** [ Rock ]
* I've died a thousand times *
* Drowned in a sea of lies
* Walked every path through every door *
* Oh, how I've suffered through *
* The wicked men can do
* The pain they can endure
* The things I have in store *
* These are the lies
* Here in paradise
* Legions suffer for the few *
* Never knowing they were used *
* Don't turn away
* Get down to your knees and pray *
* On the things you dedicate
* For the pain you would forsake *
[ Buzzing ]
* The little lies
* These are the lies
* The dirty little lies *
[ Phone Rings ]
[ Modem Line Connecting ]
[ Computer Voice ] Welcome.
[ Chuckles ] Here we go. Donna, check this guy out.
What kind of name is Captain Howdy ?
Do you like hip-hop ? [ Chuckles ] Love it.
What's "IM me" ? Not "IM me."
"I," period, "M," period, me.
[ Chimes ] Instant message.
Now we can talk to him one on one.
[ Computer Chimes ]
Whoa. Let me get this straight.
You're going on a blind date with a screen name ? Who is this guy ?
Where have you been ?
Someday we'll meet, marry and have cybersex with the man of our dreams on-line.
Everything I need to know about this guy is right here.
Feel better ? I guess so.
Hey, he didn't invite you.
[ Giggles ] Just kidding.
[ Both Girls Giggling ]
Get his address.
[ Woman ] Mike ?
Mike !
Yes, Toni ? What is it ?
Do you, uh, notice anything ?
I don't know. What am I lookin' for ?
Genevieve didn't come home last night.
Didn't she stay at Tiana's ? Yeah. She probably spent the night.
I'm gonna kill her for not calling me. [ Phone Rings ]
That better be her.
[ Ringing Continues ]
[ Toni ] Hello ?
Oh, Mary Ann. I'm glad you called.
What ? [ Beeps ]
[ Toni Continues, Faint ]
[ Toni ] Bye-bye. [ Hangs Up Receiver ]
That was Tiana's mom.
She didn't come home either.
[ Screaming ]
Mommy ! Aah !
[ Inhales ]
** [ Stereo: Metal ]
** [ Continues, Louder ]
[ Whimpering ]
- There. - [ Whimpering, Groaning ]
- That's better. - [ Whimpering Continues ]
Try not to speak.
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
[ Chattering, Indistinct ]
[ Sirens Wailing, Chattering Continues ]
Jesus Christ. [ Sighs ]
Here all night ?
Everything's slow motion but the clock.
[ Machine Whirring ]
Goddamn machine.
[ Change Dropping Into Tray ]
What'd you do with the N.C.I.C. printouts ?
[ Cup Drops Into Position ] N.C.I.C. ?
[ Liquid Pouring ] The F.B.I. computer search.
I asked you to phone in the request for a list of all known sex offenders.
You told me you'd take care of it.
What, do I gotta do everything here myself ?
[ Sighs ]
Hey, look, I'm on your side. Okay ?
I just got here.
It should've been done yesterday.
Our success depends on the other guy screwin' up, Christian.
We don't make mistakes. Ever.
Sure you don't want some decaf ?
Hey, look, why don't you just go home, grab a shower, get some rest, whatever ?
I'll phone the F.B.I. and get the list.
Anything turns up, I'll page you.
I promise. Anything turns up, I'm gonna page you.
Just go home. Okay ?
Yeah.
[ Sirens Continue ]
[ Toni ] The minute I hear anything, so will you. Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I'll call you later.
Okay ? Okay.
That was Tiana's mom.
She's a mess.
She wants to know what's going on. Like I know something.
She knows more than I do.
[ Sighs ]
Toni, I tell you everything that relates to the case.
Hey, I know the drill.
[ Doorbell Rings ]
God.
I can't help Genevieve...
if my concerns as her father...
override my objectivity as a detective.
You know this. Yeah, well, it might help me.
[ Doorbell Rings ]
Are you gonna let us in, or do I have to cook dinner out here on the porch ?
Forty-eight hours ? Let me ask you something.
Do you have any kids ?
Yeah ?
Well, let's just imagine he's been missing for two days...
and some asshole file clerk tells you that's it's gonna be two more days...
until you get the information you need to find him.
Right. You got 12 hours, not a minute more.
[ Phone Rings ] This is Christian. What do you got ?
How are you holding up ?
Awful.
I just want to scream.
You have every right, baby.
How's Michael ?
The man of steel.
He's a good man. Don't think that he's not torn apart too.
[ Toni ] Who can tell ?
Do you ever go on-line, Uncle Mike ?
[ Chuckles ] No.
It's pretty cool.
Why is that, Angela ?
Well, you can e-mail people anywhere.
You could write 'em a letter, too, pick up the phone.
No. It's more than that.
I don't have to be me.
Sometimes I pretend I'm some goody-two-shoe prom queen...
and then I can change my on-line name and become a hell-raising "B" girl.
I met-- I-I've chatted with some killer guys.
It's all right.
Girls ever go out with any of these guys ?
[ Chuckles ] It's okay, Angela.
I'm not gonna say anything.
Well, yeah.
How about Genevieve ? She ever go with a boy she met on-line ?
Sure, sometimes.
[ Faint Moaning ]
[ Man ] Where are the rites of passage ?
The initiations for the young to endure ?
How can they ever hope...
[ Moaning Continues ] to become true adults without them ?
We live in a world filled with people...
wearing middle-aged bodies,
yet they stumble to a crawl...
with their childlike minds.
We must all go through a rite of passage,
and it must be physical.
It must be painful...
and it must...
leave a mark.
[ Man ] I think we got it ! Yeah.
** [ Radio: Rap Metal ] Frank !
I think we got it !
** [ Continues ]
You sure you want to oversee this deal ? I don't have a choice.
So, what do we got ?
Evenin', Tom. Detective.
Okay, a couple of hunters spotted these tire tracks veering off into the water.
You ready ? Yeah.
- You ready back there ? - Good to go.
Then can we kill that music ?
** [ Stops ]
[ Man ] Stay clear of the cable, please. Stay clear of the cable.
Easy. Easy.
There you go.
[ Woman Shouts, Indistinct ]
[ Man ] Slower. Let it drain.
[ Man ] Easy.
[ Christian ] Whoa. That's good.
That's good. [ Man ] Whoa, whoa ! Whoa !
Hey, Officer, let me-- I wanna get a shot on the left side.
[ Mike ] This is Tiana's car.
Oh, shit.
[ Sighs ]
Ohh !
[ Sighs ]
It's Tiana.
Hey, Gage ? Hey, come here. Take a look at this.
What the hell is that thing ?
Looks like a septum spike to me.
Industrial strength. A what ?
A septum spike.
It's for a pierced septum,
and that's probably the biggest one I've ever seen.
"Industrial strength." What, this is bigger than average ?
Yeah. That one's a fuckin' monster.
A standard septum piercing is made with a 14-gauge needle.
Eight gauge, max.
This is an eight-gauge. Get it ?
That piece ? That piece looks like a double-zero gauge.
The owner of that spike...
has a hole in his septum big enough to stick your finger through.
He must be a real aficionado, huh ?
What makes you such an authority ?
Welcome to my world, Detective.
You think my only interest in life...
is to chase ambulances with this rig ?
What do you mean, your world ?
Body art. Tattooing. Piercing. Branding.
Scarification.
These are all forms of personal expression...
dating back to the fuckin' caveman.
- Yeah, right. - Hey, we have power over our own bodies.
As technology runs away with itself,
we-- the modern primitives, man--
we remain grounded in the tradition of body modification...
and tribal rituals.
- "Modern primitives." - That's right.
You think it's somethin' new ?
Winston Churchill's mother had a tattoo on her wrist, for Christ's sake, man.
- So, where do these "modern primitives" hang out ? - Xibalba.
"Xibalba" ? Yeah.
It's a club in the city. You're gonna love it.
I'm sure I will. What does "Xibalba" mean ?
It means "the entrance to hell."
** [ Metal ]
* Pretty girl with a knife *
* Watch your back It's your wife *
* Heroin Load my blood *
* Shoot, shoot Fun, fun *
* Pretty girl on Ecstasy
** [ Continues ]
[ Man ] Hey ! About time !
[ Chattering ]
* On Ecstasy
* Now she wants to fuck me on the chin *
* We are in league
* We are the doctors of low self-esteem *
* We do it wrong and we don't believe *
* We are the congress of the new disease *
* Pretty boy with a gun
* Bang, bang Fun, fun *
* Pretty girl with a knife *
* Watch your back It's your wife *
* Heroin Load my blood *
* Shoot, shoot Fun, fun *
* Pretty girl on Ecstasy
* Now she wants to fuck me on the chin *
* We are in league
* We are the doctors of low self-esteem *
* We do it wrong and we don't believe *
* We are the congress of the new disease *
** [ Continues ]
* That's right Yeah, yeah *
Let's get outta here.
It's like trying to find the owner of the glass slipper.
Yeah, in a room full of Cinderellas.
* Yeah
* Pretty thing with no head *
* Perhaps you're better Better off dead *
* War Blood everywhere **
** [ Fades ]
Let him down.
He said to let him hang.
He didn't tell us to kill him.
Why...
am I not dead ?
We thought you were dead.
I was almost there !
The shamans call it the small death.
I was crossing the abyss !
I was almost there. [ Sighs ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Man ] Yeah, right.
[ Christian ] Well, you don't need to know the specifics of this case.
Yeah, fine.
[ Man ] Christian. Hey, Captain.
[ Captain ] Talk to me when you wrap that up.
Gage.
[ Christian ] Yeah.
Michael ?
[ Christian ] We're not gonna release any information.
Coroner's report on Tiana Moore.
They have confirmed she was dead 72 hours before you pulled the body out.
- [ Christian ] Because she's a minor ! - There's more.
[ Christian ] Right, so why don't you go crawl back under a rock.
It won't wait, Church. I can handle this.
They found a series of symmetrically placed puncture wounds...
through the fascia and epithelial layers of skin on her face,
her breasts and genitalia.
[ Christian ] Have a great day. [ Phone Hangs Up ]
The report says judging from the crescent-shaped wounds, entrance and exit,
they were made with a number eight surgical needle.
Damn.
None of the wounds were, of themselves, life-threatening.
Very little blood, in fact.
That's not what killed her.
The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
- She had a heart attack ? - Tiana had a congenital heart defect.
A trauma caused the attack.
What kind of trauma ?
She was tortured.
** [ Stereo: Rap Metal ]
** [ Continues, Loud ]
[ Tapping On Keyboard ]
[ Computer Chimes ]
[ Computer Voice ] Welcome.
[ Phone Ringing ]
[ Angela ] Hello ? Hi, Angela. It's Uncle Mike.
Hey. Could you come down to the precinct tonight ?
I need a little help.
Okay, type "Tinsel.
"Comma. Buttmunch. Period.
Tinsel bomb, exclamation point."
[ Gage ] You're kidding. This is a band ?
[ Phone Rings ]
This is Christian.
H-Hold on a sec.
It's that computer geek Bendix from the on-line service.
Hi, Mr. Bendix. This is Detective Gage. What do you have for me ?
[ On Speaker Phone ] I have that list you asked for. But let me explain--
So fax it through. Shh, shh ! But what ?
Well, there's one name in particular that you may be interested in.
The last person MissXXX chatted with before she disappeared,
you know, f-from the chat room.
I'm very interested, Mr. Bendix. What is it ?
Well, he or she used a stolen credit card number and false personal information.
We have nothing except a screen name.
This is Detective Christian. What is this bullshit ?
We gave you a court order, not some request,
so I suggest you start processing some useful information...
before I come down there and arrest your megabytin' ass !
Hey, hey, hey ! Steve. W-What is it, Mr. Bendix ?
You got a pen ? I-I-It's spelled...
upper case "C," lower case "a-p-t,"
upper case "H," lower case "o-w-d-y."
"Capt. Howdy" ? Yeah, that's it.
I-I'll keep the account active until you tell us otherwise.
Thank you, Mr. Bendix. Good luck, Detective.
What are you, my dad ? Don't ever do that again.
Don't you ever think ? We want the guy to help us, not hate us.
Got him. Got who ?
Captain Howdy.
I used the "Locate a Member" on-line search engine.
What is a "Locate a Member" on-line search engine ?
A net pull-down menu.
Oh, Angela. Look at you. There you go.
There he is.
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Barking Continues ]
So, how do we draw this guy out ?
I know what to do.
Open up his profile.
This is why people like him.
He's a cool guy. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
How do we even know that this is a guy ?
We don't. Okay, quick, open up your profile.
Now, highlight "Hobbies,"
delete "water skiing."
Now put in "winter sports."
There are thousands hacking at the branches of evil...
to one who strikes at its roots.
Ask if there's any snowboarders in the house.
I told you. Tell him "half-pipe, freestyle."
Then ask what kind of board he uses.
Gotcha !
[ Captain Howdy ] The term "sadism" is so maligned.
If a doctor performs a hair transplant or a nose job,
that's okay.
But try and help another human being...
achieve a higher level of spiritual and sensual awareness...
by, say,
piercing his genitals,
and everybody says you're sick.
Which one do you want ?
[ Captain Howdy ] Mmm, the ampallang.
Well chosen.
Now that's a piercing.
[ Moaning ] Sure, it is a touchy operation.
You've gotta go through the spongiosum,
and it does bleed a lot.
And God forbid you hit the cavernosum.
[ Whispers ] Blood squirts everywhere.
That said, there are tribal women in Borneo...
who won't even consider having sex with a man who doesn't have an ampallang.
Those I've used mine on have gotten a real kick out of it.
Isn't that right ?
Clear ! Go !
- Move, move, move ! - Clear here ! Take the stairs !
Clear ! Let's go, let's go !
Go. Go.
All right, then.
Let's have a whack at it.
Move !
[ Moans, Muffled Scream ]
- Move out to the right ! - [ Moaning Intensifies ]
Look here !
[ Loud, Muffled Screaming ]
[ Whimpering ]
- [ Both Gasp ] - [ Weak Moan ]
[ Groaning ]
M-My pills.
[ Groaning Continues ]
- [ Metal Tools Rattling ] - [ Whimpering Continues ]
That went well.
Yeah.
Where's Gage ?
I can't imagine what he's going through.
You got that right.
[ Sighs ]
I'm gonna go talk to him.
[ Man ] Officer, can you tell us what happened here ?
[ Conversation Continues, Faint ]
Want company ?
No.
You wanna know what Gen's thinkin' ?
[ Gage ] No one's gonna find her. Hey, come on, Mike.
She just might be right.
Look, Mike, we're gonna get this guy.
[ Clears Throat ]
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Barking Continues ] [ Moans ]
[ Chimes ] [ Computer Voice ] Welcome.
[ Captain Howdy On Computer ] Using the concept of "sick" to minimize and disparage...
draws a veil across a reality...
[ Dog Barking ] which you are in no position to interpret.
Nice show tonight. Hope you weren't too disappointed.
[ Barking Continues ]
It's part of the job. It's part of finding you.
You're an intelligent man. Why don't you give yourself up ?
[ Barking Continues ]
[ Computer Chimes ]
[ Captain Howdy ] Don't you find a victory by forfeit to be a hollow one ?
Come on. Find me.
[ Barking Continues ]
[ Captain Howdy ] ...to be a hollow one.
Come on. Find me.
[ Dog Barking On Computer Message ]
Find me. [ Dog Barking ]
[ Barking Continues On Computer ]
[ Lock Rattling ]
** [ Metal, Faint ]
** [ Continues, Louder ]
* Well, I'm a man
* I can't wait
* I'm a man
* Ain't I great
* I'm a man
* Real motherfucker
* You ain't shit
* Just another sucker *
** [ Continues ]
[ Moans ]
[ Moaning ]
- Oh, Gen ! - [ Moaning, Whimpering ]
Oh, Genny. It's Daddy. Genny.
It's okay, baby. I'm here.
Don't move, honey. Shh. It's okay.
- [ Yelps, Whimpering ] - It's all right, baby. It's almost over with.
It's okay, baby. Hang on, all right ?
[ Loud Metal Click ]
[ Whimpering Intensifies ]
Shh ! It's all right ! Daddy's here.
We'll all be out of here in a minute, okay ? Backup's on the way.
- [ Muffled Shout ] - Here it comes--
[ Captain Howdy Shouts ]
Aaaah !
[ Groaning ]
Aaah !
- [ Gunshot ] - Aaaah ! Ohhh !
Just give me a reason.
Give me a reason, you sick fuck !
You son of a bitch ! Give me your hand !
- [ Breathing Deeply ] - [ Handcuffs Ratcheting ]
Give me your hand.
- [ Whimpers ] - Son of a bitch !
It's all right, baby.
- It's all right. - [ Whimpering ]
[ Low Chuckle ] It's okay, Genny.
[ Sighs, Moans ]
- [ Gage ] All right. - [ Groaning ]
Almost over.
I've never been afraid of anything in my whole life.
Do you know why ?
Because I wish I was dead.
"Why do you wish that ?"
There's nothing left to fear.
I have only hatred to live for.
It's my only pleasure. [ Giggles ]
[ Muffled Giggles ] I wish you were dead too.
[ Laughing ]
[ Whispers ] It's over. It's okay.
There you go.
[ Laughing Continues ]
Come on. Shh. It's okay. Don't cry, baby.
Come on. Let's get you out of here so I can help these people.
[ Radio Static, Announcer ] Time, weather and--
[ Radio: Reporter ] In the halcyon town of Helverton, Colorado,
a veritable house of horrors was discovered today...
by a detective searching for his missing daughter.
Unfortunately, he found much more than he was looking for.
[ Radio: Talk Show Host ] Captain Howdy went with this insanity plea.
Look at the guy. He's a nut. [ Woman ] Looks have nothing to do with it.
The only question is, can this man understand--
[ Teletype Keys Clacking ] [ Woman Reporter ] Well, the big story is...
Carleton Hendricks was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
[ Radio: Talk Show Host ] Captain Howdy. That's great.
The cops should've killed him.
[ Male Reporter ] Despite intense local protests,
Carleton Hendricks, the notorious Captain Howdy, is being released.
Doctors report he has made a complete and total transformation.
Carleton Hendricks is a changed man.
**
** [ Female Singer Chuckles ]
* Yes, I must peel away the skin *
* And cut away the flesh
* To discard, expose and absolve *
* The pain such a cold heart longs *
* To express with groans *
[ Woman On P.A. ] Line three, please.
** [ Male Singer Whispers ] Beyond.
[ Emphatically ] Beyond !
[ Screaming ] Beyond !
[ Woman ] They must have misunderstood.
They couldn't have said that. That's insane.
They're really letting him out ?
[ Man ] Hendricks ? They've got to. Carleton's a changed man.
He's passed every treatment plan review...
and got great reviews from the disposition committee.
Courts couldn't find a reason to hold him. The man's good to go.
[ Woman ] Not by me. What he did to those kids was unconscionable.
[ Man ] What Captain Howdy did, okay ? [ Woman Scoffs ]
Carleton Hendricks, he's as good as gone.
[ Knocks On Door ]
Are you ready to rock and roll ? Hey, Sam.
The big day's here, and you got your face buried in a book.
"I have withdrawn myself...
"from the confusions of cities and multitudes...
"and spend my days surrounded by wise books,
"bright windows in this life of ours...
lit by the shining souls of men."
Uh-huh. Is that a Hendricks original ?
[ Chuckles ] I wish.
It's H.G. Wells.
So, what does ol' H.G. got to say about you goin' home today ?
Unfortunately, nothing.
I'm a bit nervous.
They wouldn't be lettin' you go if they didn't think you were ready.
Just keep up with your medication.
You'll be fine. Hmm ?
Let's go.
Carleton, I think I'd better warn you.
There's a welcoming committee waiting for you on the outside.
They ain't too happy.
I can imagine.
No.
I don't think you can.
[ Overlapping Angry Voices Shouting, Faint ]
Mom ? Dad ?
I'm home !
[ Captain Howdy ] The act of slow piercing...
is a transcendent spiritual event. No ! No !
[ Whimpering, Screaming ] There is no pain. Just sensation.
You observe the body experiencing the sensation !
Surrender to the experience !
Feel the endorphin rush...
as the surgical steel slices through !
- [ Grunts ] - Daddy !
[ Whimpering ]
Hey, Genny, Genny, Genny. Honey.
Shh. It's okay, baby.
[ Sobbing ] He was here. It's okay. It was just a dream.
Daddy's here.
Nobody's gonna hurt you, honey.
Shh. Ohh, baby. [ Sobbing Intensifies ]
Don't cry, don't cry. Don't cry.
Don't cry, honey. It's okay.
Okay. All right. [ Sobbing Continues ]
[ Whispers ] Okay.
[ Man ] You got the extra battery pack, right ?
[ Reporter ] This is the scene outside the home of Carleton Hendricks,
a man who, three years ago, was responsible for the kidnapping and torture...
of five young people and the untimely death of a 16-year-old girl.
Carol Anne Chalmers-Perez at the scene.
Could you let us in on your feelings...
concerning Carleton Hendricks' release ?
No comment. You must have some thoughts.
This man violated your daughter.
[ Sighs ]
I'm Carol Anne Chalmers-Perez,
outside the home of Carleton Hendricks, reporting for Channel 4 News.
[ Shutter Clicking ]
[ Woman ] Go back to the psycho ward ! [ Murmuring, Chattering ]
[ Woman Continues ] You are the son of Satan.
[ Man ] Burn 'im, you bastard ! Psychotic nut !
- I have a brief statement to make. - [ Chattering Simultaneously ]
Please. Mr. Hendricks is trying to make a difficult transition here.
You're hounding him.
The courts have found Mr. Hendricks not guilty.
Get out of town, sick ass ! He spent a year in jail during his trial...
and three years in a state-run facility.
[ Spits ]
Mr. Hendricks has been treated and released.
[ Jeering, Shouting ] Mr. Hendricks has nothing to say.
Yes.
I do.
[ Man ] You murdering monster !
I-I'm sorry. [ Woman ] Move.
My Lord, Jesus Christ, will see you burn in hell,
you sorry son of a bitch !
[ Woman ] You sorry son of a bitch !
Somebody's gotta take that boy out.
Right ?
Darlin', where the fuck is your daughter ?
She's probably with her friends.
No, no, no, no, no.
I'll tell you where she is.
She's out humpin' some high school football player.
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
Honey, I'm sure she's fine. She's probably just lost track of time.
...over the release of a potentially dangerous parolee...
from a state-run mental hospital earlier this week.
Carleton Hendricks, also known as Captain Howdy,
has parents and concerned citizens there outraged...
at his discharge...
back into the Helverton, Colorado, community,
where the memories of the heinous crimes he committed...
only four short years ago...
are still fresh in the minds of local residents.
Colorado officials have been quoted as saying their hands "are tied."
They must "follow the letter of the law."
[ Attorney ] He spent a year in jail during his trial...
and three years in a state-run facility.
[ Thunder Crashing ] Mr. Hendricks has nothing to say.
[ Hendricks On TV ] Yes. I do.
I-I'm sorry.
My Lord, Jesus Christ, will see you burn in hell,
you sorry son of a bitch !
[ Anchorman ] The forecast-- showers, heavy at times, with occasional thunderstorms--
What about that piece of shit, huh ? Back on the streets.
He goes near my little girl, I'll kill him.
Jack !
Honey, are you sure you want another one ?
Kelly's fine.
Some psycho animal is out there right now-- with our daughter, perhaps--
and you say everything's just fine ?
And who are you to tell me when I've had enough to drink ? All right.
Where's the phone ? Hmm ?
Where's the phone ? Gimme the phone !
We'll call the police-- Jack !
It's too late for that. They've had their chance.
What are you gonna do ? What should have been done already.
[ Ringing ]
[ Man ] Hello ?
G-man. Jackson here.
Hey, Jacks. What's up ? Listen, I, uh--
I think Howdy's got Kelly.
Shit. Yeah.
Make some calls and meet me at the club. And Gino ?
Yeah ? Bring the equipment.
** [ Metal ] [ Both Moaning, Panting ]
* Welcome to my tidal wave
[ Exhales ] * How I arrived I can't explain *
** [ Continues ] Eric ?
Don't you pass out on me. I've gotta be home by midnight, or my dad'll freak.
[ Moans ] * When everyone just runs away *
All right.
* There's a secret place I'll wake you up in, like, a half an hour.
* I like to go
* Everyone has left
* But their face don't show *
- Come on ! - [ Men Grunting ]
You fuckin' monster ! Where is she ?
- What have you done with my daughter ? - [ Man ] You psychotic !
- [ Groans ] - [ Men Grunting ]
You like pain, psycho ?
[ Man ] Come on ! Get back there !
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
- Gino. - [ Panting ]
- Let's take a little drive. - [ Men Laughing ]
Gonna get yours now, boy !
That-a-boy !
[ Jackson ] Come on, now. Get in the car !
[ Man ] We're gonna have a party !
- [ Engine Starts ] - [ Doors Closing ]
Let's go get the others.
[ Hooting ]
[ Man ] Whoo-hoo !
[ Woman On Police Radio, Indistinct ]
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
Let's go !
Move your damn feet !
This'll hold. Make it tight.
[ Shouting ] Come on !
Let's go !
Get the rope. I've got it.
Give me his hands !
- Die, you bastard. - [ Man ] Get him up here.
Death... is like an old friend.
- Hang the son of a bitch ! - Yeah !
- Bastard ! - Hang him !
[ Gags ]
[ Man ] Yeah !
[ Thunderclap ]
Come on ! We're outta here !
[ Murmuring, Chattering ]
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
[ Branch Creaking ]
[ Loud Crack ]
[ Gasps, Coughing ]
What a rush.
[ Man ] It's okay. Come on in.
[ Continues Chattering ]
[ Man ] Have a seat.
Is this your homework ?
[ Girl ] Yeah, it's for science. It's really hard.
Madeline ? Come on out now.
I'm startin' to lose my hard-on here, for Christ's sake.
I'll be right there. This stuff isn't easy to put on, you know.
[ Grunts, Clattering Noise ]
What the hell's goin' on in there ?
Dumb bitch.
Hey, all right. That's it.
Give her what she wants right now.
** [ Disco ]
Oh, yeah.
Come to Daddy.
[ Inhales ] Oh !
Damn, get out of here. You're turnin' me on here !
[ Laughing ]
[ Panting ]
Enough of this shit.
Come here. [ Panting Continues ]
You deaf ?
I said, enough of this dancing sh-- My God, Maddy.
What ?
What's the matter with your neck ?
Maddy ! You !
- Wanna play ball, scarecrow ? - Ohh !
[ Body Thuds ]
[ Christian ] Don't be so hard on us.
Come on, we're doin' everything we can.
Hey, Mike.
Poor Kelly Roth thinks this vigilante thing's all her fault.
I mean, this was gonna happen, with or without her.
[ Chimes ]
Tell him yes, sticking out of his fucking lower intestines.
[ Phone Rings ]
[ Ringing Continues ]
- Pick up that. - [ Rings ]
Twelfth Precinct. Detective Christian speaking.
[ Howdy On Phone ] I'm one of those who finds the superfluous essential.
But you, I could do without.
I-It's him.
You ready to come in, Carleton ?
You think your badge is power.
It's not. Knowledge is power.
Your badge isn't even permanent.
My badges, I can never take off.
They set me apart from all others until the day I die.
My badges are forever, but yours is a convenience.
Your badges have no meaning.
My badge represents the law.
I need a trace on Gage's outside line.
And which law is that, Michael ? The law that found me not guilty ?
Or the law that allowed others to take matters into their own hands ?
- That was wrong. - No, you were wrong !
You all were wrong.
Now I've found a whole new flock in need of...
a spiritual awakening through my steady hand.
Where are you, Carleton ? Tell me where you are.
Fuck !
Some people want everything given to them with a big, red bow,
but not you.
You don't want a thing, do you ? [ Muffled Yelling ]
How much is enough, hmm ?
It's been said that the road of excess...
leads to the palace of wisdom,
for we never know how much is enough...
[ Screaming ]
until we know what is more than enough.
[ Screaming ] Oh, stop being a baby.
You don't like me very much, do you, Jacks ?
[ Muffled Yell ]
I understand.
In our society, physical difference frightens people.
Oh, you can be as...
deviant as hell on the insides,
but do one little physical thing like-- oh, I don't know--
tattoo your face,
and man, do people freak out.
It's a curse of our society that we must...
fit in to a rigid pattern to belong.
There's no room for imagination...
and creativity.
[ Sobbing ] Are you crying ?
Jacksy.
[ Chuckles ] Jackson !
There's no crying. You're not a child.
Your childhood was over the moment you knew you were going to die.
[ Moans ]
[ Metal Clinking ]
[ Moaning ] Sunny.
It's time to expand...
your spiritual horizons.
[ Muffled Scream ] Trust me.
You need an out-of-body experience. [ Muffled Screams ]
What's that ?
[ Moans ] You're already spiritually aware ?
Sunny, my dear, old dad always told me,
never confuse desperation...
with a spiritual awakening.
Prepare for the Kavandi Bearing.
Embrace the Spears of Shiva.
Suffer, my daughter, to wear the Itiburi.
Will the daughter accept the Itiburi ? [ Groans ]
I'll take that as a yes. Don't move.
This pain is an important part of our bonding, [ Frightened Moaning ]
a physical horror that binds us...
even tighter. [ Screams ]
The very intensity of this experience...
helps to widen the gulf between us...
and those who have not shared it with us.
You must transcend what the body feels as pain.
Turn it into pleasure, [ Loud Groan ]
and then into a spiritual event.
You do not feel the pain.
- The body feels the pain. - [ Screaming ]
Well, maybe you do feel the pain.
[ Car Door Opens ]
[ Door Closes ]
Thank you. [ Sighs ]
[ Phone Ringing ]
- Yeah. Gage. - Hey. This a bad time ?
We're headed over to the hospital to see how Madeline Roth is doing.
How's things at your mom's ?
She's good, I'm good. I wish you were here.
Yeah, me too.
So Gen's back home ?
What are you talking about ? She's at school.
I called the school. They said she left yesterday.
What ?
The school said that you called.
- Uh, uh-- - Mike ?
Uh-- I'm on my way to the house.
[ Tires Screeching ]
[ Busy Signal Beeping ] Oh, God, please don't let this be happening.
[ Busy Signal Continues ]
[ Horn Honks ]
[ Tires Screeching ]
[ Mike ] Genevieve !
Toni ?
Oh, no. Oh, man.
What, no hello ?
Where's my daughter, Hendricks ?
- Genevieve's with me. - [ Toni Sobs ]
I'm taking especially good care of her.
You've got to love this technology.
Detective What's-His-Name.
Falling apart at the seams, I see.
And is that the lovely Mrs. Gage ?
What an unexpected, yet pleasant surprise.
What have you done with my daughter, you fuckin' bastard ?
Ooh ! Fiery.
I need that. Maybe I took the wrong one.
Why Genevieve ? What did she do to you ?
She didn't do a thing.
Didn't you tell her ?
You didn't, did you ?
- How human. - What is he talking about ? What didn't you tell me ?
Mike, we're on it. Keep him on-line.
You know, pain is a uniquely personal experience.
Long is the ornament, short is the pain. [ Moaning ]
- Oh, God. Oh, no, no. - It's too bad you're not here.
When the piercings are fresh, the sexual excitation...
is to die for.
You sadistic sack of shit ! I'll kill you !
I swear to God, I'll kill you ! Stop, stop.
Sadistic ? Really ?
This animal has Genny. Do you really want to set him off ?
I find sadists rather dull. I'm interested in heightening people's awareness,
altering states through primitive rituals.
Hey, where'd everybody go ?
It's okay, honey. Daddy's gonna find you. You just hang on.
Ooh ! "Daddy's gonna find you. Hang on." Scary ! When ?
Please, Carleton, I'm begging you.
Take me. Let my daughter go.
Tempting, but you see,
Gen and I have only...
brushed the surface of our relationship.
So much flesh,
so little time.
- What's-- What's going on ? - [ Stifled Sobbing ]
- No. - Oh, no !
No.
[ Sobs ] No !
[ Angry Grunting ]
[ Clattering ] Toni ?
What did he mean by that ?
What didn't you tell me ?
[ Sobbing ] What did you do ?
What I didn't do.
[ Woman On Police Radio ] Unit Nine, investigate a report of unauthorized activity...
at 410 East Halifax.
Unit Nine on the 10-7. The lock was jimmied. We're inside.
Requesting a Code One.
10-4, Unit Nine. You now have a Code One. You may proceed.
[ Elevator Stops ]
** [ Man Rapping ]
Unit Nine. We have unidentified intruders on the premises.
Requesting immediate backup. Over.
[ Dispatcher ] Proceed with caution. Backup is en route.
** [ Loud Rap Metal ]
* Take a look around
- * You forgot what you came in for * - [ Policeman ] Shit !
* What's your theory Tryin' to play that game *
* You can't forget my name
* Take a look around Take a deep breath Recollect yourself *
[ Whimpers ]
* You can't forget my name Uhh * Oh, my God.
* All right It's time to *
* Take a look around
* You forgot what you came here for What's your theory *
- * Why you try to play that game * - [ Policeman ] Jesus !
* You can't forget my name Take a look around * - Unit Nine,
I need an ambulance down here, and send me a supervisor immediately.
[ People Shouting ] [ Man ] Let's go ! Roll, roll !
Okay, ready ? Ready.
Go. [ Whimpering ]
We're taking this one to County General. Okay.
Let's go. Get 'er up !
What was God thinking...
when He made Carleton Hendricks ?
What makes you think it was God ?
"Xibalba."
You know, I could give a shit who made it, 'cause I'm gonna kill it.
There's nothing more I'd like than to see this guy dead.
But that's what he wants.
We can't, and I won't.
[ Siren Wailing In Distance ]
I'm gonna go check on Genevieve.
** [ Loud Heavy Metal ]
** [ Man Singing ]
Hendricks ? ** [ Stops ]
What ?
For a man who's gone to such great lengths to modify his appearance,
you certainly are reluctant to be seen.
Where are you at, Carleton ?
A name is not a matter for indifference.
It implies a whole series of relationships...
between the one who bears it and the source from which it is derived.
Call me Captain Howdy.
"Derived" ?
Your father was a Marine war hero.
Captain Bradford Hendricks.
Is this how you honor his name ?
Call me Captain Howdy.
I need to talk to you.
So ? Talk.
Why can't you face me ?
Maybe you're not used to dealin' with anyone who's not restrained...
and mouth isn't sewn shut.
Is that what's bothering you, Carl ?
Some regard it as evidence of bravery...
for a man to go into battle bearing no weapon...
that can do any harm at a distance.
It's easy to be hard from behind your mama's skirt.
[ Tires Screeching ]
Gage !
What is it ? My gun ?
Is that what's bothering you ?
Here. [ Places Gun On Floor ]
You know what I find intriguing ?
That for all your rhetoric and endless preening,
you're no more than a schoolyard bully with a persecution complex.
You pick on those that are weak.
You run off and hide. [ Shouts ] Huh ?
How 'bout I come over there and beat the dog shit out of you ?
Who's stopping you ?
[ Yelling ]
First you dream, and then you die.
[ Yells ]
- * Ring around the rosie - [ Grunts ]
* Pocket full of posies *
Ah-choo !
They all... fall down.
[ Gagging ] Good-bye, Michael.
[ Grunts ] Mmm.
[ Panting ]
** [ Heavy Metal Resumes ]
You know, Daddy, Genevieve screamed.
No !
[ Screams, Grunts ]
Aaah !
Michael.
Don't be afraid to die.
Death is the standard by which the reality and depth of all things can be judged.
[ Grunting ]
Genevieve will be joining you soon.
Long is the pain, short is the ornament !
[ Groaning ]
No !
[ Yells ]
- [ Grunting ] - What's the matter, Carleton ?
- You angry with me ? - You know,
Michael, I'll bet Genevieve-- [ Grunts ]
I bet Genevieve felt a lot like this...
[ Panting ] when I was inside her.
[ Laughing, Panting ]
No.
Oh, what are you gonna do now, arrest me ?
[ Laughing ]
What's the matter, Carleton ?
You afraid ?
You told me you've never been afraid of anything in your whole life,
'cause you wished you were dead.
Isn't that how it was ?
This is for Genevieve, you fuck.
No. No !
Yaaah !
[ Grunting ] Yaah !
Pain is a uniquely personal experience, Carleton.
[ Screams ] You--
[ Screaming ]
No ! No ! No !
No ! [ Whimpering ]
No !
Aaah !
Mike, it's me. Come on, he's dead.
It's over.
Aaaah !
[ Coughing ]
Mike, man.
You didn't have a choice.
Everybody's got a choice.
I just made mine.
[ Sighs ]
Tell Internal Affairs I'm going to the hospital. Are you hurt ?
I'm fine.
I'm gonna go see my family.
[ Sighs ]
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* All right
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* Listen
* Everybody says they wanna change the world *
* Everybody's got a banner to unfurl *
* Man, woman, boy and girl
* On the corner, down the road and up the block *
* There's somebody who needs some of what you've got *
* And they ain't askin' for a lot *
* Well, God knows
* You can hear the people cryin' *
* You know You can't turn away *
* You gotta give it a shot
* Heroes are hard to find
* Won't someone take the time
* Heroes are hard to find
* We need you Come on and shine *
* Heroes are hard to find
* You've got to cross that line *
* Heroes
* Are hard to find
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* Oh, it's so nice to see you
* Up inside my dreamy little world *
* And it's so nice to be with *
* All you lovely little boys and girls *
* Make yourself comfortable My place is so divine *
* Don't you think I'm wonderful *
* To say yes to you one more time *
* Stay away from Captain Howdy *
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[ Laughter Continues ] * Stay away
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