WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:01.958 --> 00:00:05.625 (narration): "She runs through the dark and cold halls... 2 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:05.625 --> 00:00:08.875 Senses heightened to any sound she makes. 4 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:09.542 --> 00:00:13.500 The little light she uses, bounces from the walls. 6 00:00:13.500 --> 00:00:17.250 Deceiving her with shadows of false sanctuary. 7 00:00:17.958 --> 00:00:19.875 She's terrified, 8 00:00:19.875 --> 00:00:23.167 but focussed. Ready to move, until... 9 00:00:23.500 --> 00:00:25.250 she hears him. 10 00:00:25.917 --> 00:00:29.042 His deep and hauntingly calm breath, 11 00:00:29.042 --> 00:00:31.542 slightly elevated by the hunt, 12 00:00:31.542 --> 00:00:35.417 matches the rhythmic shuffle of his stride. 13 00:00:35.958 --> 00:00:39.083 She stops and listens, 14 00:00:39.333 --> 00:00:42.708 hoping her nightmare will end. 15 00:00:43.333 --> 00:00:49.333 Her heart breaks until her salvation comes into view in the shape of an exit door. 16 00:00:49.667 --> 00:00:54.875 She looks behind her, gaining that last ounce of courage to survive. 17 00:00:54.875 --> 00:00:56.750 And she runs... 18 00:00:57.083 --> 00:01:01.375 towards the exit doors with the anticipation pounding through her shaking body. 19 00:01:01.375 --> 00:01:03.875 But, by some cruel twist of fate, 20 00:01:03.875 --> 00:01:05.750 what she finds... 21 00:01:05.750 --> 00:01:07.167 is him. 22 00:01:07.417 --> 00:01:11.542 The horror in her eyes upon his cold and jarring grasp. 23 00:01:13.375 --> 00:01:15.583 In that moment of cruel fate, 24 00:01:15.583 --> 00:01:19.792 her life flashed before her eyes in a millisecond. 25 00:01:20.750 --> 00:01:26.042 That horror in his eyes is what he, the monster, 26 00:01:26.042 --> 00:01:28.125 craved for. 27 00:01:28.125 --> 00:01:30.292 It's what made his appetite grow 28 00:01:30.292 --> 00:01:32.958 with each victim the universe offered up as sacrifice. 29 00:01:33.875 --> 00:01:39.250 It's what made an otherwise ungodly man... a god. 30 00:01:40.250 --> 00:01:43.583 God of death. God of terror. 31 00:01:45.792 --> 00:01:47.542 But tonight's sacrificial feast 32 00:01:47.542 --> 00:01:51.458 was just a taste... of the meal to come." 33 00:01:51.458 --> 00:01:54.125 (applause) 34 00:01:59.208 --> 00:02:01.208 Thank you. - Thank you very much. 35 00:02:01.208 --> 00:02:02.875 - - No problem. 36 00:02:02.875 --> 00:02:05.417 - Hi. I mean, hello. Mr. Blake. 37 00:02:05.417 --> 00:02:07.958 - Oh, true fans call me Miles. 38 00:02:07.958 --> 00:02:09.958 (sighing) - Miles. 39 00:02:09.958 --> 00:02:12.292 Your books, they're... so addicting. 40 00:02:12.292 --> 00:02:14.292 In a good way. A great way. 41 00:02:17.708 --> 00:02:21.875 Uh, the murders in your books, they're so macabre. Detailed. 42 00:02:21.875 --> 00:02:24.375 It's like you can see inside of all of my own fears. 43 00:02:24.375 --> 00:02:26.333 How do you do that so well? 44 00:02:26.333 --> 00:02:29.667 - Do we have time for a fan? - I think so. 45 00:02:30.458 --> 00:02:33.958 - Anytime I'm writing a new book, I just think about, 46 00:02:33.958 --> 00:02:36.333 you know, what my own fears are. 47 00:02:36.333 --> 00:02:38.000 You know, my bestseller before this one, 48 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.333 What Lies in the Woods, that's just based on my own fears. 49 00:02:40.333 --> 00:02:45.208 And actually writing that story, I'm... not afraid of the woods anymore. 50 00:02:47.167 --> 00:02:49.042 For that, I'm grateful. 51 00:02:49.042 --> 00:02:50.625 And for you, too, of course, 52 00:02:50.625 --> 00:02:53.042 the reader, for actually buying the book. 53 00:02:53.042 --> 00:02:55.042 - Oh, thank you so much. 54 00:02:55.042 --> 00:02:57.042 - Thank you so much. 55 00:02:57.042 --> 00:02:58.292 Next. 56 00:02:58.292 --> 00:02:59.708 - Hi. - Hi, there. 57 00:02:59.708 --> 00:03:02.042 - All right, thanks, guys. 58 00:03:02.042 --> 00:03:03.167 Thanks for coming. - Thank you. 59 00:03:03.167 --> 00:03:05.208 - Good to see you. Thanks. 60 00:03:05.208 --> 00:03:06.708 - Thank you. - Thanks. 61 00:03:07.792 --> 00:03:10.875 All right, I checked you in through the airline app. 62 00:03:10.875 --> 00:03:12.583 I confirmed all your bags and boxes are already 63 00:03:12.583 --> 00:03:14.375 at the house the university is providing. 64 00:03:14.375 --> 00:03:17.500 - Okay. It'd be nice to get settled in before classes start. 65 00:03:17.500 --> 00:03:19.708 - You'll have a few days to settle in. 66 00:03:19.708 --> 00:03:21.250 - Great. 67 00:03:21.250 --> 00:03:23.500 - Are you sure you wanna do this? 68 00:03:23.500 --> 00:03:27.375 Teaching a semester of class could be a lot of work. 69 00:03:27.375 --> 00:03:29.708 We can always back out. Blame the book tour. 70 00:03:29.708 --> 00:03:31.833 - No, no, it's good for the soul to be back. 71 00:03:31.833 --> 00:03:33.708 Besides, teaching about writing's the easy part. 72 00:03:33.708 --> 00:03:35.583 What I'm looking forward to is the time off. 73 00:03:37.292 --> 00:03:40.792 - Are you promising a draft when the semester's over? 74 00:03:40.792 --> 00:03:42.375 - Yes, boss. 75 00:03:43.667 --> 00:03:45.833 See you on the other side of my next bestseller. 76 00:03:56.083 --> 00:03:58.208 (soft music) 77 00:04:16.708 --> 00:04:18.333 (phone chiming) 78 00:04:20.250 --> 00:04:22.958 - Saved by the bell, Ashley. 79 00:04:36.417 --> 00:04:39.667 - Ha, ha, the daughter I never had. 80 00:04:39.667 --> 00:04:41.333 - One of these days, I'm gonna tell your daughter 81 00:04:41.333 --> 00:04:42.917 that you keep saying that. (chuckling) 82 00:04:42.917 --> 00:04:44.542 - It's good to see you. 83 00:04:44.542 --> 00:04:46.875 - Yeah, it's been a busy semester. 84 00:04:46.875 --> 00:04:49.333 Sometimes I kick myself for choosing to write 85 00:04:49.333 --> 00:04:51.833 my first novel as my Master's thesis. 86 00:04:51.833 --> 00:04:54.542 - You know, I remember my early days as a writer. 87 00:04:54.542 --> 00:04:56.750 I really loved deadlines. 88 00:04:56.750 --> 00:04:59.917 And the whooshing sound they made as they sped right by. 89 00:04:59.917 --> 00:05:01.542 (laughing) 90 00:05:01.542 --> 00:05:03.792 - But yeah, deadlines aren't really real 91 00:05:03.792 --> 00:05:07.292 until they're staring at you... right in the face. 92 00:05:07.292 --> 00:05:11.208 - Ah yes, your chapters. - Hmm. 93 00:05:11.208 --> 00:05:12.792 - They are exemplary. 94 00:05:14.542 --> 00:05:17.417 - You're just saying that. - Well, don't thank me yet. 95 00:05:17.417 --> 00:05:21.000 I'm about to make your life and your deadlines 96 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:22.667 a little more busy. 97 00:05:23.875 --> 00:05:27.458 So, we're going to have a celebrity of sorts on campus. 98 00:05:27.458 --> 00:05:29.208 - Trust me, I know. 99 00:05:29.208 --> 00:05:32.458 I'm already enrolled in his Dynamics of Murder Mysteries class. 100 00:05:32.458 --> 00:05:35.542 - Yeah, but that's an underclassman credit. 101 00:05:35.542 --> 00:05:38.042 And you're a thesis away-- - A novel. 102 00:05:38.042 --> 00:05:41.542 - Yes, a novel away from graduating with a Master's degree. 103 00:05:41.542 --> 00:05:43.625 - He's my favorite author. 104 00:05:43.625 --> 00:05:45.625 So, wait, why is this bad news? 105 00:05:45.625 --> 00:05:47.333 I can still take the class, right? 106 00:05:47.333 --> 00:05:48.958 - Oh, you'll be in his class, 107 00:05:48.958 --> 00:05:50.958 although from a different vantage point. 108 00:05:50.958 --> 00:05:56.958 Mr. Blake needs a teaching assistant, and I've chosen you. 109 00:05:56.958 --> 00:05:58.667 - I'm just... I'm confused. 110 00:05:58.667 --> 00:06:00.375 You have so many other options, 111 00:06:00.375 --> 00:06:02.500 you know, like uh, David, your TA, 112 00:06:02.500 --> 00:06:04.542 he would love something like this. 113 00:06:04.542 --> 00:06:05.833 - Yes, yes, David is driven, 114 00:06:05.833 --> 00:06:08.583 but you'd benefit from this the most. 115 00:06:08.583 --> 00:06:10.583 - Professor, I am flattered, 116 00:06:10.583 --> 00:06:12.542 but I just, I have so much on my plate right now. 117 00:06:12.542 --> 00:06:16.375 - Ashley, listen to me, you have more talent 118 00:06:16.375 --> 00:06:18.708 than any student that has ever passed 119 00:06:18.708 --> 00:06:22.625 through my lecture hall doors in over 30 years of teaching. 120 00:06:22.625 --> 00:06:24.875 That doesn't come by too often. 121 00:06:26.042 --> 00:06:29.583 Being under the wing of somebody like Miles Blake 122 00:06:29.583 --> 00:06:33.750 could be all that's standing between you and your dream. 123 00:06:33.750 --> 00:06:35.083 - Okay. 124 00:06:35.083 --> 00:06:36.375 - All right. 125 00:06:40.875 --> 00:06:42.708 - I'm assuming by the look on your face 126 00:06:42.708 --> 00:06:44.250 that he told you the wonderful news. 127 00:06:44.250 --> 00:06:45.583 - Hi, David. 128 00:06:46.667 --> 00:06:48.292 I... didn't want to-- - You didn't want 129 00:06:48.292 --> 00:06:49.875 the opportunity of a lifetime? 130 00:06:49.875 --> 00:06:51.458 Is that what you were going to say? 131 00:06:51.458 --> 00:06:53.167 - No, I meant-- - Because that would make him 132 00:06:53.167 --> 00:06:54.542 choosing you over me even worse. 133 00:06:54.542 --> 00:06:56.458 - Look, I'm sorry, David. 134 00:06:56.458 --> 00:06:59.417 - Hey, hey, um, listen. 135 00:06:59.417 --> 00:07:01.667 I'm just giving you a hard time. 136 00:07:01.667 --> 00:07:03.542 You gotta learn how to take a joke, Ash. 137 00:07:03.542 --> 00:07:05.542 No, I'm... I'm, you know, I'm swamped 138 00:07:05.542 --> 00:07:07.583 with Professor Dorr's classes anyways. 139 00:07:07.583 --> 00:07:09.750 That's uh... You know, that's probably why he chose you 140 00:07:09.750 --> 00:07:11.542 over me in the first place, yeah. 141 00:07:11.542 --> 00:07:13.167 He didn't wanna lose his TA. 142 00:07:15.708 --> 00:07:19.542 By the way, I um... I read your chapters. 143 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:22.208 - You did what? 144 00:07:22.208 --> 00:07:25.708 - Yeah, they were just uh, sitting there on his desk. 145 00:07:25.708 --> 00:07:28.667 I thought they were an underclassman's project or something. 146 00:07:28.667 --> 00:07:31.500 Oh the... that's not... that's not what I meant. 147 00:07:32.542 --> 00:07:34.625 Yeah, the pages were great. 148 00:07:35.333 --> 00:07:36.958 There's just one thing missing. 149 00:07:37.583 --> 00:07:39.167 - Yeah? What was that? 150 00:07:40.792 --> 00:07:43.042 - You need a more threatening villain. 151 00:07:44.125 --> 00:07:45.625 A better adversary. 152 00:07:48.208 --> 00:07:49.917 (eerie music) 153 00:07:59.917 --> 00:08:02.750 - He actually said that? - I know, right? 154 00:08:02.750 --> 00:08:04.917 And the creepy thing was he didn't even seem 155 00:08:04.917 --> 00:08:06.542 like he was talking about my book. 156 00:08:06.542 --> 00:08:08.750 Like it was some sort of threat, or something. 157 00:08:08.750 --> 00:08:10.750 - Okay, you need to introduce me to this little boy 158 00:08:10.750 --> 00:08:12.167 'cause I'll put him in his place. 159 00:08:12.167 --> 00:08:13.083 (laughing) 160 00:08:13.792 --> 00:08:16.208 Anyway, I'm sure he's just jealous. 161 00:08:16.208 --> 00:08:19.417 I mean, you get to work with "the" Miles Blake. 162 00:08:19.417 --> 00:08:21.708 - It's not that big of a deal. - Oh, come on! 163 00:08:21.708 --> 00:08:24.708 I bet you have a copy of one of his books in your bag right now. 164 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:27.083 (sighing) 165 00:08:28.542 --> 00:08:31.125 (laughing) Thank you. 166 00:08:31.125 --> 00:08:32.500 Wow! 167 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:34.292 He's handsome. 168 00:08:34.292 --> 00:08:37.417 Writers aren't supposed to be that handsome, Ashley! 169 00:08:37.417 --> 00:08:40.375 - Okay. - Maybe you'll fall in love 170 00:08:40.375 --> 00:08:42.583 and make best-selling author babies together. 171 00:08:42.583 --> 00:08:44.583 - That is the last thing I am looking for right now. 172 00:08:44.583 --> 00:08:46.500 I'm just gonna try to soak up all the knowledge 173 00:08:46.500 --> 00:08:47.875 and experience that I can. 174 00:08:47.875 --> 00:08:49.625 He probably won't even talk to me that much. 175 00:08:49.625 --> 00:08:51.833 - Can I keep this? - No. 176 00:08:51.833 --> 00:08:53.542 - Oh, come on. - Well, enough about me. 177 00:08:53.542 --> 00:08:55.625 How's your last semester of criminal justice going? 178 00:08:56.708 --> 00:08:59.542 - It's taken a dark turn this semester. 179 00:08:59.542 --> 00:09:02.208 - How so? - Another internship, 180 00:09:02.208 --> 00:09:04.208 some on-the-job education. 181 00:09:04.208 --> 00:09:05.500 - Okay, where? 182 00:09:06.375 --> 00:09:09.375 - What's the last place you once said you'd ever wanna be locked in? 183 00:09:09.375 --> 00:09:12.208 - No! - Mm-hmm. 184 00:09:12.208 --> 00:09:16.042 This girl's gonna be spending her last semester in the town morgue. 185 00:09:16.042 --> 00:09:18.208 - I suppose if you're gonna be a detective, you do have 186 00:09:18.208 --> 00:09:20.500 to get used to looking at dead bodies, right? But still. 187 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:22.708 - It is what it is. I'll be a fly on the wall 188 00:09:22.708 --> 00:09:24.875 for any criminal investigative biopsies, you know. 189 00:09:24.875 --> 00:09:26.875 - And you'll tell your best friend everything? 190 00:09:26.875 --> 00:09:29.958 Maybe some inspiration for her future stories? 191 00:09:29.958 --> 00:09:32.042 - Hmm. Only if you give me that book! 192 00:09:32.042 --> 00:09:33.625 - No! - Come on! 193 00:09:33.625 --> 00:09:35.750 But if I ever meet him, he's fair game. 194 00:09:35.750 --> 00:09:37.917 - All right, okay. Sure. (laughing) 195 00:09:37.917 --> 00:09:39.542 - Sure? What do you mean sure? 196 00:09:39.542 --> 00:09:40.792 - I'm just saying. 197 00:09:40.792 --> 00:09:42.042 - I mean what I say. 198 00:09:42.042 --> 00:09:44.000 - We'll see about that. We'll see. 199 00:10:01.292 --> 00:10:02.708 - Too much? 200 00:10:04.208 --> 00:10:06.542 You know, I worry with the younger college crowd 201 00:10:06.542 --> 00:10:08.417 that most likely haven't read my books, 202 00:10:08.417 --> 00:10:10.917 they won't take me seriously unless they actually see the work. 203 00:10:10.917 --> 00:10:14.667 - Oh, I think everyone in this class will know who you are. 204 00:10:14.667 --> 00:10:16.708 Um, I like the books. 205 00:10:16.708 --> 00:10:18.417 It's a good touch. 206 00:10:18.917 --> 00:10:21.792 - Miles Blake. - Ashley... Ashley Dunn. 207 00:10:21.792 --> 00:10:24.375 - Ah, the prodigy. Nice to finally meet you. 208 00:10:24.375 --> 00:10:26.125 - Prodigy? I... 209 00:10:26.125 --> 00:10:28.833 - Professor Dorr is uh, is pretty proud. 210 00:10:28.833 --> 00:10:31.042 - I am so sorry. I did not know that he was 211 00:10:31.042 --> 00:10:33.167 going to give you those chapters. 212 00:10:33.167 --> 00:10:34.125 - Ashley... 213 00:10:35.208 --> 00:10:36.375 They were brilliant. 214 00:10:37.167 --> 00:10:39.958 You know, I gotta admit, I get asked to read short stories, 215 00:10:39.958 --> 00:10:42.833 chapters, full on manuscripts, pretty much everywhere I go, 216 00:10:42.833 --> 00:10:44.875 so when he put those on my desk with a smile, 217 00:10:44.875 --> 00:10:47.042 it was a little... - Cringy? 218 00:10:47.042 --> 00:10:50.042 - Yeah, a little bit, but I told him I'd read 'em as a courtesy. 219 00:10:50.042 --> 00:10:52.792 You know, rarely do the pages actually ever live up 220 00:10:52.792 --> 00:10:56.542 to the hype, but you... 221 00:10:56.542 --> 00:10:59.792 Your voice, your narrative structure, 222 00:10:59.792 --> 00:11:04.750 your syntax, I mean, it's... mesmerizing. 223 00:11:04.750 --> 00:11:06.167 Impressive. 224 00:11:07.417 --> 00:11:09.000 - Thank you. 225 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.042 Um... I've worked really hard on them. 226 00:11:11.042 --> 00:11:12.750 - I like that. 227 00:11:12.750 --> 00:11:15.208 It's a strength to know how to take a compliment 228 00:11:15.208 --> 00:11:17.375 and they come very rarely when you're first starting out. 229 00:11:17.375 --> 00:11:20.083 Even less so from the critics' corner when you're actually published. 230 00:11:20.083 --> 00:11:22.000 - I get that from Professor Dorr all the time. 231 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:25.042 - Well, he's a wise man. - Yes, he is. 232 00:11:25.042 --> 00:11:28.042 - So, all I need from you is some basic assistance, 233 00:11:28.042 --> 00:11:30.375 uh, fielding students' questions, 234 00:11:30.375 --> 00:11:32.750 help with the assignments when they get turned in, 235 00:11:32.750 --> 00:11:35.167 you know, I could use some extra eyes on 'em. 236 00:11:37.542 --> 00:11:39.667 Come on! - Sorry? 237 00:11:41.458 --> 00:11:43.875 - Let's go for a walk. - Oh. 238 00:11:47.417 --> 00:11:51.208 - And you have writers that are far more talented than me 239 00:11:51.208 --> 00:11:53.958 that never got to see their dreams come true 240 00:11:53.958 --> 00:11:56.792 because the universe had different plans for 'em 241 00:11:56.792 --> 00:12:01.625 or they didn't take the opportunities that were in front of 'em, but I'm... 242 00:12:01.625 --> 00:12:03.708 I'm really glad that you took this one. 243 00:12:03.708 --> 00:12:06.333 I mean, who knows? You might be looking out 244 00:12:06.333 --> 00:12:08.792 in a sea of hundreds of your fans soon, 245 00:12:08.792 --> 00:12:11.083 waiting for you to sign your bestseller. 246 00:12:11.083 --> 00:12:13.750 (sighing) - That's the dream. 247 00:12:13.750 --> 00:12:15.500 Hopefully no stalkers, though. 248 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:17.958 - Ah. My second book. 249 00:12:17.958 --> 00:12:19.625 You read that too, I assume? 250 00:12:19.625 --> 00:12:21.208 - I've read all of them. 251 00:12:21.208 --> 00:12:24.125 You know, I've always wondered, is that a true story? 252 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.042 - I've had my share of uniquely devoted fans, 253 00:12:28.042 --> 00:12:30.458 but nothing that me or my publicist couldn't handle. 254 00:12:30.458 --> 00:12:32.458 (chuckling) 255 00:12:37.583 --> 00:12:40.167 (sighing) And here we are. 256 00:12:40.167 --> 00:12:42.708 Took you from one side of the campus to the next. 257 00:12:42.708 --> 00:12:44.417 - You get to stay here? 258 00:12:44.417 --> 00:12:47.167 - Well, more importantly, I actually get to write here. 259 00:12:47.167 --> 00:12:49.500 You know, when I'm not teaching, of course. 260 00:12:50.042 --> 00:12:52.458 You know, between you and I, 261 00:12:52.458 --> 00:12:56.542 I had two very specific deal-breaking requests in my contract. 262 00:12:56.542 --> 00:13:00.792 One, a unique house of my own with room and board. 263 00:13:01.583 --> 00:13:05.875 And two, teacher's assistant to pick up the extra work, 264 00:13:05.875 --> 00:13:08.083 so I could actually write in said home. 265 00:13:08.875 --> 00:13:12.833 This... is where I'm gonna write my next bestseller. 266 00:13:14.208 --> 00:13:16.542 - Your new book, what's it about? 267 00:13:16.542 --> 00:13:18.375 - I don't know. 268 00:13:18.375 --> 00:13:20.042 Hasn't told me yet. 269 00:13:21.542 --> 00:13:23.375 See ya in class. 270 00:13:25.458 --> 00:13:27.250 (eerie music) 271 00:13:44.417 --> 00:13:46.042 - Hey! 272 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:49.208 You okay? - Yeah, I guess. 273 00:13:49.208 --> 00:13:52.042 - Is there a problem? - Not yet. 274 00:13:52.042 --> 00:13:53.417 - I suggest you keep walking then. 275 00:13:55.208 --> 00:13:57.333 - Thanks. - No problem. 276 00:14:04.292 --> 00:14:06.875 (indistinct chatter) 277 00:14:06.875 --> 00:14:09.083 - It helps get more money, it helps with clean up. 278 00:14:09.083 --> 00:14:11.667 - Guess it adds to something. - Um, Mr. Blake? 279 00:14:11.667 --> 00:14:14.375 Sorry to interrupt. Hi, Ashley. 280 00:14:14.375 --> 00:14:15.875 - Hi, David. 281 00:14:15.875 --> 00:14:19.042 - Uh, I... I just wanna say that I... I'm a big fan. 282 00:14:19.042 --> 00:14:22.542 I read all of your books, a few times over, and I... 283 00:14:22.542 --> 00:14:25.583 I read your book on writing, as well. So inspiring. 284 00:14:25.583 --> 00:14:28.125 And I've actually written seven novels myself. 285 00:14:28.125 --> 00:14:30.000 I started when I was 15. 286 00:14:30.583 --> 00:14:34.042 - Very nice to hear. Congratulations on the writing. 287 00:14:34.042 --> 00:14:36.583 If you'll excuse me, we have a class to get started. 288 00:14:36.583 --> 00:14:38.083 It was nice to meet you. 289 00:14:44.083 --> 00:14:46.375 I see two types of people out there. 290 00:14:48.917 --> 00:14:51.167 Those of you who are looking to learn a thing or two 291 00:14:51.167 --> 00:14:53.042 about the murder mystery genre 292 00:14:53.042 --> 00:14:55.958 and those of you who are looking for an easy credit. 293 00:14:57.500 --> 00:15:00.917 But each and every one of you share one thing in common. 294 00:15:00.917 --> 00:15:05.667 We... love... a good mystery. 295 00:15:06.750 --> 00:15:10.500 Since the dawn of mankind, we have been sharing stories 296 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:12.917 of mystery, and intrigue, 297 00:15:12.917 --> 00:15:16.750 and none of those stories capture our imagination 298 00:15:16.750 --> 00:15:20.958 more than those involving... (groaning) 299 00:15:20.958 --> 00:15:22.500 Murder! (laughter) 300 00:15:24.500 --> 00:15:26.958 But why do we kill, right? 301 00:15:26.958 --> 00:15:31.042 What drives somebody to commit murder? 302 00:15:32.667 --> 00:15:34.125 It's our greatest mystery. 303 00:15:34.125 --> 00:15:36.042 (footsteps thudding) 304 00:15:37.667 --> 00:15:39.750 - Can I help you? - Hey! 305 00:15:39.750 --> 00:15:41.417 Did you write those books? 306 00:15:42.708 --> 00:15:45.708 - Yes. Yes, I did. Let me guess, you didn't like 'em. 307 00:15:45.708 --> 00:15:47.167 - Miles? 308 00:15:48.458 --> 00:15:50.458 - Hey, man, not here. 309 00:15:50.458 --> 00:15:52.958 - You need to get outta my face right now. 310 00:15:52.958 --> 00:15:54.875 - I thought I told you to keep walking? 311 00:15:54.875 --> 00:15:56.792 - Whoa, gentlemen, please! 312 00:15:56.792 --> 00:16:00.417 - Every time you come here, you're trying to start stuff. 313 00:16:00.417 --> 00:16:03.333 - Now I have a problem with you, sport. 314 00:16:04.375 --> 00:16:05.875 (groaning) 315 00:16:05.875 --> 00:16:07.333 (gasping and exclaiming) 316 00:16:16.125 --> 00:16:18.625 (chuckling) - Ladies and gentlemen, 317 00:16:18.625 --> 00:16:21.792 Jonathan Hansen and Liam Rodgers of the theater department. 318 00:16:21.792 --> 00:16:23.708 (applause) 319 00:16:24.583 --> 00:16:26.500 Come on, give it up. 320 00:16:27.042 --> 00:16:30.208 Every murder mystery has set-ups, 321 00:16:30.208 --> 00:16:32.583 shocking surprises, right? 322 00:16:32.583 --> 00:16:36.125 Now, some of you saw Mr. Hansen when he walked in, right? 323 00:16:36.125 --> 00:16:38.083 His disheveled, mysterious, no offense, 324 00:16:38.083 --> 00:16:40.375 somewhat creepy appearance. 325 00:16:40.375 --> 00:16:42.500 Captured your attention, right? 326 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:45.333 If only for a moment. 327 00:16:45.333 --> 00:16:47.042 Who was he? 328 00:16:49.375 --> 00:16:52.708 Did he belong in this class? If not, why not? 329 00:16:52.708 --> 00:16:58.333 Was I going to be the product of a truly deranged individual 330 00:16:58.333 --> 00:17:00.958 who is hellbent on killing me, huh? 331 00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:04.583 Was he a, uh... I don't know, 332 00:17:04.583 --> 00:17:07.458 an overzealous fan entranced by my brilliance? 333 00:17:07.458 --> 00:17:09.875 Something I may have written about in my second book, 334 00:17:09.875 --> 00:17:11.750 for those of you loyal readers. 335 00:17:12.917 --> 00:17:14.542 And also... 336 00:17:17.292 --> 00:17:19.417 Who is this knight in metaphorical shining armor, 337 00:17:19.417 --> 00:17:21.208 who came to save the day? (chuckling) 338 00:17:21.208 --> 00:17:23.583 Huh? Now, that... 339 00:17:25.167 --> 00:17:28.750 that, my fellow writers... 340 00:17:30.542 --> 00:17:32.375 and easy credit seekers, 341 00:17:32.375 --> 00:17:37.708 is what makes the murder mystery genre so enthralling 342 00:17:37.708 --> 00:17:44.167 for readers, and what makes writing them so much fun. 343 00:17:47.542 --> 00:17:50.208 That's what I hope to teach you in this class. 344 00:17:50.208 --> 00:17:51.875 Let's give it up for these two, huh? 345 00:17:51.875 --> 00:17:54.583 (applause) 346 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:06.417 - He's amazing, isn't he? 347 00:18:06.417 --> 00:18:09.292 Brilliant. Just a... a single class with him 348 00:18:09.292 --> 00:18:12.250 has me rethinking everything I've written. 349 00:18:12.250 --> 00:18:14.875 Can you believe the... the adrenaline 350 00:18:14.875 --> 00:18:17.083 of watching someone commit murder? 351 00:18:17.083 --> 00:18:19.458 I mean didn't it send chills through your bones? 352 00:18:19.458 --> 00:18:22.250 - Maybe not for the same reasons as you, but uh... 353 00:18:22.250 --> 00:18:23.958 (phone chiming) Sorry. 354 00:18:25.125 --> 00:18:28.333 Oh, I'm sorry, David, I have to go meet someone, but have a great night. 355 00:18:36.167 --> 00:18:38.208 (♪) 356 00:18:40.375 --> 00:18:43.125 - You need to learn to charge that thing. 357 00:18:43.125 --> 00:18:44.833 You're gonna be stranded without it. 358 00:18:44.833 --> 00:18:46.333 (laughing) 359 00:18:49.417 --> 00:18:52.292 - Seriously though, it was... it was so disturbing, 360 00:18:52.292 --> 00:18:56.542 but thrilling at the same time. Like, which I hate to admit, 361 00:18:56.542 --> 00:18:59.375 David was a little too thrilled, though. 362 00:18:59.375 --> 00:19:01.958 - That doesn't surprise me. (sighing) 363 00:19:01.958 --> 00:19:04.750 - I just can't fathom seeing something like that. 364 00:19:04.750 --> 00:19:06.792 Like, I've never even seen a dead body. 365 00:19:06.792 --> 00:19:08.958 I can't imagine what you're seeing in the morgue. 366 00:19:08.958 --> 00:19:10.417 - Ugh, nothing yet. 367 00:19:10.417 --> 00:19:12.208 I mean, that's a good thing. 368 00:19:12.208 --> 00:19:17.042 But let's forget about dead bodies, and uh... 369 00:19:17.042 --> 00:19:22.708 tell me about Professor Handsome and your little walk together. 370 00:19:22.708 --> 00:19:24.417 - I told you, it's not like that. 371 00:19:24.417 --> 00:19:26.208 It's all about the work. 372 00:19:26.208 --> 00:19:28.458 He... he told me how he got started and it... 373 00:19:28.458 --> 00:19:30.583 it gave me hope. Made me feel worthy. 374 00:19:30.583 --> 00:19:33.958 Like, I got home and the words just kept flowing. 375 00:19:33.958 --> 00:19:37.042 It... it felt like he kicked a door open for me, you know. 376 00:19:37.042 --> 00:19:39.292 Like, the chapters just kept coming, 377 00:19:39.292 --> 00:19:40.750 and I can't stop it's... 378 00:19:41.458 --> 00:19:44.750 - Ooh, speaking of kicking in doors... 379 00:19:46.167 --> 00:19:48.667 - Well, I didn't expect to see you here. 380 00:19:49.542 --> 00:19:52.292 Shouldn't you be writing? - Shouldn't you? 381 00:19:53.625 --> 00:19:57.000 - I guess we writers do have to eat and drink. 382 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.458 (laughing) 383 00:19:58.458 --> 00:20:01.375 - Oh, um, sorry, Miles Blake, 384 00:20:01.375 --> 00:20:03.500 this is my best friend, Jordan. - Hi. 385 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:05.208 Nice to finally meet you. 386 00:20:05.208 --> 00:20:06.792 It's an honor. 387 00:20:06.792 --> 00:20:08.333 - Oh, no, honor's all mine. 388 00:20:08.333 --> 00:20:10.083 Any friend of Ashley's. 389 00:20:10.083 --> 00:20:11.667 Can I get you anything? 390 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:15.208 What do you say, a round on me? 391 00:20:15.208 --> 00:20:16.792 - Oh, let's do this. 392 00:20:17.667 --> 00:20:20.708 (indistinct chatter) 393 00:20:20.708 --> 00:20:23.250 - It seems like, you know, you go in the big city, 394 00:20:23.250 --> 00:20:25.250 you just drink all night long, right? 395 00:20:25.250 --> 00:20:27.000 It doesn't seem fair. 396 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.958 All right, have a good night. 397 00:20:28.958 --> 00:20:30.625 - Good night. 398 00:20:31.042 --> 00:20:32.500 (giggling) - Come on. 399 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:34.333 - I could run right now. 400 00:20:34.333 --> 00:20:36.208 I could run six miles. (laughing) 401 00:20:37.042 --> 00:20:39.000 - That was beautiful. - Thanks. 402 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.750 - That was beautiful. (laughing) 403 00:20:41.708 --> 00:20:42.708 - Oh, you know... 404 00:20:54.792 --> 00:20:56.208 (sighing) 405 00:21:09.875 --> 00:21:11.875 (ominous music) 406 00:21:17.542 --> 00:21:18.708 (grunts) 407 00:21:20.625 --> 00:21:21.792 (grunts) 408 00:21:21.792 --> 00:21:25.250 (breathing heavily) 409 00:21:47.917 --> 00:21:51.750 - Details. We have to be thinking about those details. 410 00:21:51.750 --> 00:21:53.375 Now, I want you to see the story, 411 00:21:53.375 --> 00:21:56.625 not only through the eyes of the victim of the murder, 412 00:21:56.625 --> 00:21:58.917 but through the killer's eyes as well. 413 00:21:58.917 --> 00:22:00.708 Now, how do we do that? 414 00:22:00.708 --> 00:22:04.417 How do we capture the reality of what it's like 415 00:22:04.417 --> 00:22:06.500 to murder somebody 416 00:22:06.500 --> 00:22:10.708 and give the reader that authentic experience? 417 00:22:15.458 --> 00:22:17.333 That's a trick question, folks. 418 00:22:17.333 --> 00:22:18.500 (chuckling) I mean... 419 00:22:19.958 --> 00:22:21.875 I mean, we need to do more than research, right? 420 00:22:21.875 --> 00:22:24.292 I mean, in a... in an ideal world, 421 00:22:24.292 --> 00:22:26.083 we'd just commit the murder ourselves. 422 00:22:26.958 --> 00:22:30.833 That's the only way to offer the reader true authenticity. 423 00:22:32.083 --> 00:22:35.500 But we are not going to be that dedicated to our work, 424 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:38.208 my young writers, right? 425 00:22:38.208 --> 00:22:39.833 I need to hear a verbal yes. 426 00:22:39.833 --> 00:22:41.708 (students agreeing) Yes, yes, yes, yes, okay. 427 00:22:42.750 --> 00:22:44.083 Uh, yeah? 428 00:22:44.083 --> 00:22:46.208 Uh... Derek, right? 429 00:22:46.208 --> 00:22:48.375 - Um, David. David Freeman. 430 00:22:48.375 --> 00:22:49.625 - Yeah, David. What's up? 431 00:22:49.625 --> 00:22:52.208 - I read your book on writing. 432 00:22:52.208 --> 00:22:56.250 You... you mentioned that when you were first starting out, 433 00:22:56.250 --> 00:22:57.833 you would pick a random person from a crowd 434 00:22:57.833 --> 00:23:01.708 and follow them at night, trying to remain unseen. 435 00:23:01.708 --> 00:23:04.125 Is that close enough to authenticity? 436 00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:07.792 - Uh, guilty as charged. 437 00:23:07.792 --> 00:23:09.708 Let that be a lesson to everybody. 438 00:23:09.708 --> 00:23:11.500 Be careful of the stories you tell about yourself 439 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:14.333 because they will come back to haunt you. 440 00:23:14.958 --> 00:23:16.833 But yeah, if... 441 00:23:16.833 --> 00:23:21.875 in my early days of anonymity I did partake in that odd, 442 00:23:21.875 --> 00:23:26.375 and let's just call it out, creepy exercise, 443 00:23:26.375 --> 00:23:29.833 but uh, yeah, no I... I found a new way. 444 00:23:31.458 --> 00:23:37.125 Controlled and... appropriate environment. 445 00:23:40.375 --> 00:23:41.625 In here. 446 00:23:45.417 --> 00:23:48.042 We're writers, aren't we? 447 00:23:48.042 --> 00:23:52.042 We use our imagination to conjure the unthinkable. 448 00:23:52.042 --> 00:23:56.583 And since our readers, most of them at least, 449 00:23:56.583 --> 00:24:00.375 don't know what it's like to murder someone, 450 00:24:00.375 --> 00:24:03.542 authenticity is debatable. 451 00:24:05.750 --> 00:24:10.167 Now with that, I have your first assignment. 452 00:24:12.583 --> 00:24:15.375 How do any of you expect to write a good book 453 00:24:15.375 --> 00:24:17.458 about murder mystery if none of you know 454 00:24:17.458 --> 00:24:20.750 how the killer does the dark deed? 455 00:24:21.542 --> 00:24:24.208 The devil is in the details, folks. 456 00:24:24.208 --> 00:24:30.000 So, I want each and every one of you to do the unthinkable. 457 00:24:30.875 --> 00:24:35.958 I want you to plan the perfect murder. 458 00:24:36.708 --> 00:24:40.708 Three pages. No more. No less. 459 00:24:48.167 --> 00:24:51.375 (panting) 460 00:24:51.375 --> 00:24:53.167 - How are you not dying right now? 461 00:24:53.167 --> 00:24:54.583 (sighing) 462 00:24:54.583 --> 00:24:56.042 - I told you it'd be tough. 463 00:24:56.833 --> 00:25:01.375 Try doing this after a 2.4 mile swim and 100 miles on a bike. 464 00:25:01.375 --> 00:25:03.125 - If there is a swim involved in this, 465 00:25:03.125 --> 00:25:05.333 then we are not friends anymore. (laughing) 466 00:25:06.042 --> 00:25:09.375 (sighing) - So, you're gonna have a class 467 00:25:09.375 --> 00:25:11.208 full of potential murderers, then? 468 00:25:11.208 --> 00:25:12.750 - It's just an assignment. 469 00:25:13.667 --> 00:25:16.458 - How would you do it? - Do what? 470 00:25:16.458 --> 00:25:17.500 - Kill me. 471 00:25:18.208 --> 00:25:21.000 - Well, after this workout you just put me through, 472 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:25.875 I'd make sure it was slow and very, very painful. 473 00:25:25.875 --> 00:25:28.042 (laughing) - Like your run out there today? 474 00:25:28.042 --> 00:25:29.125 - Okay, okay. 475 00:25:33.375 --> 00:25:35.250 (knocking on door) 476 00:25:40.708 --> 00:25:43.875 - Pretty jumpy for a woman who writes murder so well. 477 00:25:50.833 --> 00:25:52.542 (sighing) Thanks for coming 478 00:25:52.542 --> 00:25:54.000 all the way across campus. 479 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.750 I thought it'd be more comfortable to read in here 480 00:25:55.750 --> 00:25:58.375 than some small office or cold lecture hall. 481 00:25:58.375 --> 00:26:00.375 Can I get you anything to drink? 482 00:26:00.375 --> 00:26:03.042 Coffee, wine? - No, thanks. 483 00:26:03.042 --> 00:26:07.292 - All right, well, sorry for the uh, hard copies. 484 00:26:07.292 --> 00:26:10.042 I know your generation has an affinity for all things digital, 485 00:26:10.042 --> 00:26:14.625 but uh, there is just something pure about reading actual paper. 486 00:26:15.292 --> 00:26:16.917 - Professor Dorr would agree. 487 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:21.083 - Mm-hmm. He and I have a lot in common. 488 00:26:22.208 --> 00:26:23.292 Including you. 489 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.542 By the way, how's your writing going? 490 00:26:31.167 --> 00:26:33.625 Oh, I know that look well. 491 00:26:35.125 --> 00:26:37.750 - It's practically writing itself. 492 00:26:39.292 --> 00:26:41.917 - Well, shall we? 493 00:26:41.917 --> 00:26:42.958 - We shall. 494 00:26:46.042 --> 00:26:49.042 (soft music) 495 00:27:06.625 --> 00:27:10.083 So, what'd you think? Any standouts? 496 00:27:10.083 --> 00:27:12.542 - Hmm, maybe some potential. What about you? 497 00:27:12.542 --> 00:27:14.208 - Truth? 498 00:27:14.208 --> 00:27:15.958 - Always. 499 00:27:17.708 --> 00:27:20.083 - I think these people have seen way too many movies. 500 00:27:20.083 --> 00:27:22.792 That's what I see in their writing. 501 00:27:22.792 --> 00:27:25.750 - You know, the methodology of a killer is the key 502 00:27:25.750 --> 00:27:27.833 to any successful murder mystery. 503 00:27:27.833 --> 00:27:30.708 I mean, anybody can just follow somebody home and attack 'em. 504 00:27:30.708 --> 00:27:32.583 Sadly, we see that happen every day. 505 00:27:32.583 --> 00:27:35.417 But what sets a great murder mystery apart 506 00:27:35.417 --> 00:27:37.167 from all of the terrible murders 507 00:27:37.167 --> 00:27:42.042 that we see on the news every day is... ingenuity. 508 00:27:42.042 --> 00:27:46.875 I mean, that's what makes for a compelling fictional killer. 509 00:27:48.125 --> 00:27:50.708 - And no one captured your imagination? 510 00:27:53.750 --> 00:27:58.125 - This uh... David Freeman. 511 00:27:59.417 --> 00:28:02.083 - Professor Dorr's TA. (chuckling) 512 00:28:02.083 --> 00:28:04.917 Yeah, the uh... - Miles Blake superfan? 513 00:28:04.917 --> 00:28:06.000 - Hmm... 514 00:28:06.875 --> 00:28:10.167 Yeah, I run into one or two of 'em at every event. 515 00:28:10.167 --> 00:28:14.792 Eh, they're mostly harmless, but uh, try to steer 'em in the right direction. 516 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:30.083 (eerie music) 517 00:28:42.542 --> 00:28:45.750 (ominous music) 518 00:28:52.083 --> 00:28:53.958 (sighing) 519 00:28:59.167 --> 00:29:00.708 (sighing) 520 00:29:10.375 --> 00:29:12.333 (rustling) 521 00:29:14.458 --> 00:29:17.458 (suspenseful music) 522 00:29:36.917 --> 00:29:38.792 - Hey, are you home? 523 00:29:41.625 --> 00:29:43.792 (indistinct chatter) 524 00:29:51.583 --> 00:29:52.500 (knocking on door) 525 00:29:53.167 --> 00:29:54.417 - Hey. 526 00:29:54.417 --> 00:29:56.333 Come in. It's all right. 527 00:30:09.417 --> 00:30:12.042 See? Not that hard. 528 00:30:14.417 --> 00:30:16.250 (soft music playing) 529 00:30:31.583 --> 00:30:33.917 - I wish I had the courage you have. 530 00:30:34.542 --> 00:30:36.417 I mean, look at me. 531 00:30:36.417 --> 00:30:39.750 I'm a wreck. I've walked that campus for six years now. 532 00:30:39.750 --> 00:30:42.208 I've never felt anything like this. 533 00:30:43.083 --> 00:30:46.000 - Well, you were just in a creepy old house. 534 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.875 - Beautiful house. - Okay. 535 00:30:47.875 --> 00:30:51.417 Creepy, old, beautiful house, 536 00:30:51.417 --> 00:30:53.542 with the top murder mystery author, 537 00:30:53.542 --> 00:30:56.250 reading multiple plans for multiple murders. 538 00:30:56.250 --> 00:30:59.542 - I suppose it could've triggered my imagination a little bit. 539 00:30:59.542 --> 00:31:01.083 - You're a writer. 540 00:31:01.083 --> 00:31:04.167 Conjuring scary situations is pretty much your thing. 541 00:31:05.042 --> 00:31:08.750 Now, let's talk about this intimate little night 542 00:31:08.750 --> 00:31:10.042 with Professor Handsome, hmm? 543 00:31:10.042 --> 00:31:11.417 - Call him that one more time... 544 00:31:11.417 --> 00:31:12.708 (laughing) 545 00:31:12.708 --> 00:31:14.542 It's not like that. 546 00:31:14.542 --> 00:31:17.208 He's not my type. - Oh, right. 547 00:31:17.208 --> 00:31:21.958 Successful, charming, talented, handsome. 548 00:31:22.667 --> 00:31:24.333 Oh, stay clear of that. 549 00:31:26.583 --> 00:31:29.000 (laughing) 550 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:31.833 - He was so cute though. - Very. 551 00:31:32.542 --> 00:31:34.375 Let's head over to Fratelli's. 552 00:31:34.375 --> 00:31:36.375 Usually plenty of cute guys there. 553 00:31:36.375 --> 00:31:39.292 - Uh, I can't. I have an essay to finish. 554 00:31:39.292 --> 00:31:43.208 - Come on, Kate, peer pressure. 555 00:31:43.208 --> 00:31:46.708 (laughing) - Thanks. Next time, for sure. 556 00:31:46.708 --> 00:31:48.375 - Fine, suit yourself. 557 00:31:48.375 --> 00:31:51.625 You want us to at least walk you home first? 558 00:31:53.208 --> 00:31:55.708 - I'll be fine. It's not that far. 559 00:31:55.708 --> 00:31:57.292 And I'll keep my phone in my hand. 560 00:31:57.875 --> 00:32:00.042 (all): Bye! 561 00:32:09.458 --> 00:32:11.458 (phone chiming) 562 00:32:20.042 --> 00:32:21.458 (branch cracking) 563 00:32:43.958 --> 00:32:45.625 (branch cracking) 564 00:33:02.042 --> 00:33:03.625 (phone ringing) 565 00:33:06.125 --> 00:33:08.583 - Hey. What are you doing up so early? 566 00:33:09.208 --> 00:33:12.042 - Just pulled an all-nighter at the morgue. 567 00:33:12.042 --> 00:33:14.708 - Oh, that sounds fun. You have any good stories? 568 00:33:16.208 --> 00:33:18.417 - A no dead body night is a good night. 569 00:33:18.417 --> 00:33:20.125 (chuckling) You have class today? 570 00:33:20.125 --> 00:33:22.542 - Yep, just getting some writing done before. 571 00:33:22.542 --> 00:33:24.333 - I need coffee. - Ditto. 572 00:33:24.333 --> 00:33:27.417 I will see you in five? - Yep. 573 00:33:27.417 --> 00:33:33.167 But I'll warn you now, I am in full zombie mode. 574 00:33:33.167 --> 00:33:34.792 - Not for long. See ya. 575 00:33:34.792 --> 00:33:37.667 (sirens blaring) 576 00:33:46.083 --> 00:33:48.750 - Mm, that is so good. 577 00:33:49.875 --> 00:33:52.500 (phones chiming) 578 00:33:54.208 --> 00:33:56.125 - What's going on? (phone chiming) 579 00:34:00.542 --> 00:34:02.000 - Look! 580 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.792 - Police investigators have confirmed 581 00:34:03.792 --> 00:34:06.125 that a university student has been reported missing 582 00:34:06.125 --> 00:34:07.708 since last weekend. 583 00:34:07.708 --> 00:34:10.542 Freshman Kate Bishop was last seen this past Friday 584 00:34:10.542 --> 00:34:13.708 as she said goodbye to friends for the short walk home to the dorms. 585 00:34:13.708 --> 00:34:16.125 Her roommate reported her missing yesterday morning, 586 00:34:16.125 --> 00:34:17.417 which means her whereabouts 587 00:34:17.417 --> 00:34:19.750 have been unknown for nearly 72 hours. 588 00:34:19.750 --> 00:34:22.333 Campus police are working with police investigators 589 00:34:22.333 --> 00:34:24.792 as the search has officially begun. 590 00:34:32.708 --> 00:34:35.375 - Hey. - Hmm. 591 00:34:35.375 --> 00:34:39.333 - Oh wow, what happened? - Oh, yeah, shaving. 592 00:34:39.333 --> 00:34:42.542 Up really late writing. 593 00:34:42.542 --> 00:34:45.375 Didn't get much sleep. Must've dozed off during the morning shave. 594 00:34:45.375 --> 00:34:47.125 It's fascinating how such a small, 595 00:34:47.125 --> 00:34:49.458 superficial cut can bleed so much. 596 00:34:51.208 --> 00:34:53.208 - Did you hear about the missing student? 597 00:34:53.208 --> 00:34:55.167 - Missing student? 598 00:34:55.167 --> 00:34:57.333 - Yeah, it's all over the news and online. 599 00:34:57.333 --> 00:34:59.708 - I turn all that stuff off when I'm writing. 600 00:34:59.708 --> 00:35:01.292 What happened? 601 00:35:01.292 --> 00:35:02.917 - She's been missing since Friday. 602 00:35:02.917 --> 00:35:05.417 Went out with some friends, walked home alone and... 603 00:35:06.375 --> 00:35:09.375 - Oh, my God, that's a shame. Did you know her? 604 00:35:09.375 --> 00:35:11.833 - Do I know her? Um, no, I... 605 00:35:11.833 --> 00:35:14.458 I suppose I've seen her on campus a few times, but we've never met. 606 00:35:14.458 --> 00:35:19.708 Hopefully she just... went home or something. 607 00:35:19.708 --> 00:35:21.708 Forgot to tell someone? 608 00:35:21.708 --> 00:35:25.792 - Hmm, nice alternative, but... probably not likely the case. 609 00:35:25.792 --> 00:35:28.042 Hey, be careful out there, okay? 610 00:35:28.042 --> 00:35:29.958 That's horrible. 611 00:35:29.958 --> 00:35:31.625 - Thanks, I will. 612 00:35:34.208 --> 00:35:36.750 Wow, you're usually the first one in class. 613 00:35:37.375 --> 00:35:39.750 Are you okay? You look kinda... 614 00:35:39.750 --> 00:35:41.667 - Yeah, must've just caught a bug, or something. 615 00:35:41.667 --> 00:35:43.500 - All right, everybody. 616 00:35:44.875 --> 00:35:46.333 I know I look a little tired. 617 00:35:47.208 --> 00:35:49.042 Spent all weekend reading your stories 618 00:35:49.042 --> 00:35:50.750 on how you plan to murder people. 619 00:35:51.625 --> 00:35:55.125 Look, you know, for your first assignment, not bad, right, 620 00:35:55.125 --> 00:35:57.792 but this is the dark manifestations of the mind 621 00:35:57.792 --> 00:35:59.792 and how to harness them, so we just need to learn 622 00:35:59.792 --> 00:36:01.542 how to harness these ideas that you guys come up... 623 00:36:04.583 --> 00:36:06.542 (retching) 624 00:36:11.708 --> 00:36:14.625 (breathing heavily) 625 00:36:30.792 --> 00:36:32.583 - Hello?! 626 00:36:37.417 --> 00:36:39.458 Please! 627 00:36:41.875 --> 00:36:46.333 I'm sure my... my family's worried about me! 628 00:36:50.375 --> 00:36:52.667 - Hi. - Oh, hey. 629 00:36:53.375 --> 00:36:56.875 Whatcha got there? - I... Gosh, the words 630 00:36:56.875 --> 00:36:58.542 have just been flowing. 631 00:36:58.542 --> 00:37:01.500 I reworked everything, took a whole different turn with it. 632 00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:03.292 It's... it's become something else entirely. 633 00:37:03.292 --> 00:37:05.042 Something... something better. 634 00:37:05.042 --> 00:37:07.875 - They do that, don't they? - What? 635 00:37:07.875 --> 00:37:10.833 - Your stories... they evolve. 636 00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:14.583 I'll read them tonight. Maybe we can set up a dinner 637 00:37:14.583 --> 00:37:16.333 later on in the week to talk about it. 638 00:37:17.375 --> 00:37:20.375 - Um... - A dinner amongst peers. 639 00:37:20.375 --> 00:37:23.625 - Okay, of course, yes, that sounds nice. 640 00:37:31.417 --> 00:37:33.292 It's been three days now. 641 00:37:33.292 --> 00:37:34.792 Almost four. 642 00:37:36.417 --> 00:37:38.667 Doesn't look good, does it? 643 00:37:48.125 --> 00:37:51.167 - You don't have to do this! 644 00:37:51.167 --> 00:37:53.250 I haven't seen your face! 645 00:37:55.833 --> 00:37:57.667 (ominous music) 646 00:37:59.125 --> 00:38:00.917 At least some water! 647 00:38:06.208 --> 00:38:08.625 At least that! 648 00:38:09.917 --> 00:38:12.833 At least give me some water! 649 00:38:15.583 --> 00:38:17.792 - It is not your job as an author 650 00:38:17.792 --> 00:38:20.583 to give your readers something expectant. 651 00:38:20.583 --> 00:38:25.000 No. Give them something unexpected! 652 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:29.375 That's what they look for in every book that they choose, 653 00:38:29.375 --> 00:38:32.708 and it is our duty to provide that. 654 00:38:41.292 --> 00:38:43.208 - Thanks for walking with me. 655 00:38:43.208 --> 00:38:45.125 - Hey, strength in numbers. 656 00:38:45.125 --> 00:38:47.458 - What do you think happened to her? 657 00:38:48.375 --> 00:38:49.792 - I don't know. 658 00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:52.333 And I don't wanna even imagine it. 659 00:38:53.417 --> 00:38:55.708 I need a drink. Dinner and cocktails? 660 00:38:56.750 --> 00:38:59.417 - Okay, I'm gonna tell you something, but I need you 661 00:38:59.417 --> 00:39:02.417 to promise that you're not gonna be well... you. 662 00:39:02.417 --> 00:39:04.542 - Huh, can't wait to hear this one. 663 00:39:04.542 --> 00:39:06.708 - I have dinner plans with him. 664 00:39:06.708 --> 00:39:10.333 - I knew it. Oh, this whole "he's not my type" thing 665 00:39:10.333 --> 00:39:12.125 that you've been blabbing on about? 666 00:39:12.125 --> 00:39:14.375 - It's just dinner. Between peers. 667 00:39:14.375 --> 00:39:16.375 - Between peers? 668 00:39:16.375 --> 00:39:19.667 - Two peers having dinner, talking about writing. 669 00:39:19.667 --> 00:39:21.833 My writing, specifically. Nothing more. 670 00:39:21.833 --> 00:39:25.042 - Oh, God, if I was at dinner with that man, 671 00:39:25.042 --> 00:39:27.500 business would be the last thing we would be talking about. 672 00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:30.417 I'd be-- - Okay, okay, I get it! 673 00:39:32.042 --> 00:39:33.750 (crying) 674 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.125 - No! Please! 675 00:39:48.250 --> 00:39:51.458 Come back! I won't tell them anything. 676 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.458 (suspenseful music) 677 00:40:25.208 --> 00:40:28.417 No! No! Please! 678 00:40:28.417 --> 00:40:30.875 Please! Come back! 679 00:40:34.708 --> 00:40:36.750 (soft jazz music) 680 00:40:43.458 --> 00:40:45.250 - I'm sorry I'm late. 681 00:40:45.917 --> 00:40:47.500 Your book wouldn't let me go. 682 00:40:51.542 --> 00:40:53.125 I'm blown away. 683 00:40:53.125 --> 00:40:54.500 - Really? 684 00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.750 - Really. 685 00:40:55.750 --> 00:40:58.375 I want to take this to my publisher. 686 00:40:58.375 --> 00:41:01.208 Right away. Seriously, they're that good. 687 00:41:01.208 --> 00:41:03.750 - You're sure? I mean, I feel like I was kind of going 688 00:41:03.750 --> 00:41:07.125 off the beaten path and... - That's what I liked about it! 689 00:41:07.125 --> 00:41:09.542 I mean, there's nothing like it. 690 00:41:09.542 --> 00:41:11.458 And that villain... 691 00:41:13.792 --> 00:41:16.250 - Well, there has to be something. 692 00:41:16.250 --> 00:41:19.375 You say it yourself, Professor Dorr says it all the time, 693 00:41:19.375 --> 00:41:22.042 criticism is invaluable as a writer. 694 00:41:22.042 --> 00:41:26.125 Critique the work, please. Just anything. 695 00:41:27.083 --> 00:41:29.708 - All right. Fair enough. 696 00:41:31.833 --> 00:41:37.625 You could push the envelope even further, if you're willing. 697 00:41:38.333 --> 00:41:40.875 - I am. I really am. 698 00:41:40.875 --> 00:41:42.500 - All right. 699 00:41:44.542 --> 00:41:48.083 If it's missing anything, it's um... 700 00:41:53.208 --> 00:41:54.500 - What? 701 00:41:56.000 --> 00:41:59.583 - You haven't fully tapped into the realistic dynamics of murder. 702 00:42:00.583 --> 00:42:02.167 Not just how the captive victim feels, 703 00:42:02.167 --> 00:42:05.208 but how the killer feels, as well, all right? 704 00:42:05.208 --> 00:42:10.667 There is a thrill of getting into the mind of a killer. 705 00:42:10.667 --> 00:42:13.542 Seeing what they see. 706 00:42:13.542 --> 00:42:15.500 Feeling what they feel. 707 00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:18.042 You have to tap into that 708 00:42:18.042 --> 00:42:21.792 and go to those uncomfortable places. 709 00:42:24.042 --> 00:42:26.250 - How do I do that? 710 00:42:30.750 --> 00:42:33.000 - I want you to think about Kate. 711 00:42:36.292 --> 00:42:38.375 The missing student. 712 00:42:38.375 --> 00:42:40.208 - What? 713 00:42:40.208 --> 00:42:42.292 - Look... statistically, 714 00:42:42.292 --> 00:42:45.000 if somebody's been missing for more than 48 hours, 715 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:46.875 it most likely means they're dead, right? 716 00:42:46.875 --> 00:42:49.583 So, that usually points to homicide. 717 00:42:49.583 --> 00:42:53.042 So, I want you to not only put yourself 718 00:42:53.042 --> 00:42:55.708 in Kate's mind frame upon abduction, 719 00:42:55.708 --> 00:42:59.917 but also the possible killer's mind frame as well. 720 00:43:04.583 --> 00:43:08.000 The possibilities are enthralling. 721 00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:11.708 That is where you push the envelope. 722 00:43:11.708 --> 00:43:14.708 You just have to conjure up what happened to her. 723 00:43:14.708 --> 00:43:16.875 You capture that, 724 00:43:16.875 --> 00:43:18.917 put that on the pages... 725 00:43:20.375 --> 00:43:22.333 ...you have a bestseller. 726 00:43:22.333 --> 00:43:24.833 (eerie music) 727 00:43:29.083 --> 00:43:30.458 I'm sorry. 728 00:43:30.458 --> 00:43:32.375 - Oh no, it's okay. It's um... 729 00:43:32.375 --> 00:43:34.833 - Oh, no, no, no. It's not. I'm... 730 00:43:35.792 --> 00:43:38.375 Look, I get like this when I write. 731 00:43:38.375 --> 00:43:39.625 I went too far. 732 00:43:40.333 --> 00:43:41.750 I'm sorry. 733 00:43:56.417 --> 00:43:58.917 - I wanna go swimming. 734 00:43:58.917 --> 00:44:00.750 - Are you crazy? It's freezing! 735 00:44:00.750 --> 00:44:02.583 - Come on, chicken! 736 00:44:02.583 --> 00:44:04.917 Hey, I know a way we can keep each other warm. 737 00:44:07.792 --> 00:44:09.292 Coming, or not? 738 00:44:13.458 --> 00:44:14.708 What's wrong? 739 00:44:14.708 --> 00:44:16.958 Lexi, come back over here. 740 00:44:16.958 --> 00:44:18.792 Why? We're just gonna go swimming. 741 00:44:18.792 --> 00:44:20.583 - Seriously, Lexi! 742 00:44:20.583 --> 00:44:22.792 There's something over there. 743 00:44:26.625 --> 00:44:28.792 (screaming) 744 00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:44.042 (phone ringing) 745 00:44:46.417 --> 00:44:48.458 - I'm home. Alone. 746 00:44:48.458 --> 00:44:50.333 No Professor Handsome in sight. 747 00:44:52.125 --> 00:44:54.000 - Turn on your TV. 748 00:44:56.917 --> 00:44:59.333 - Authorities have confirmed that the body 749 00:44:59.333 --> 00:45:01.667 is that of Kate Bishop, 750 00:45:01.667 --> 00:45:05.083 the university freshman that went missing just last weekend. 751 00:45:05.083 --> 00:45:08.083 Student ID and other identification 752 00:45:08.083 --> 00:45:10.208 were found near the body. 753 00:45:11.458 --> 00:45:13.375 - I'm glad you're safe. 754 00:45:13.375 --> 00:45:17.917 - I'm fine. It's um... It's Kate, the missing student. 755 00:45:18.708 --> 00:45:20.208 They've already identified her body. 756 00:45:20.208 --> 00:45:22.042 - Oh, my God. 757 00:45:41.667 --> 00:45:44.000 - Now, as a visitor to your university, 758 00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:47.042 I just wanna offer my deepest condolences to you all. 759 00:45:47.042 --> 00:45:50.542 I can't imagine what you all are feeling right now and... 760 00:45:50.542 --> 00:45:52.250 I um... 761 00:45:54.250 --> 00:45:56.542 I've decided to postpone classes for the rest of the week, 762 00:45:56.542 --> 00:45:59.458 in Kate's honor, to give you all an opportunity to, 763 00:45:59.458 --> 00:46:00.958 you know, mourn her passing. 764 00:46:01.875 --> 00:46:05.292 I am... so sorry. 765 00:46:06.583 --> 00:46:07.833 Thank you. 766 00:46:28.292 --> 00:46:31.000 - I can't, it's just... it's so horrible. 767 00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:32.292 I thought that they-- 768 00:46:32.292 --> 00:46:34.417 - Can't believe how naïve kids can be. 769 00:46:35.833 --> 00:46:37.792 They think they're so invincible. 770 00:46:39.417 --> 00:46:42.208 I mean, one minute they're drinking at a bar. 771 00:46:42.208 --> 00:46:44.042 The next, they're driving away in their car, 772 00:46:44.042 --> 00:46:46.208 jumping into freezing cold water. It's just... 773 00:46:47.875 --> 00:46:50.083 ...so naïve! 774 00:46:50.083 --> 00:46:51.875 - Is that what you think it was? 775 00:46:51.875 --> 00:46:54.125 I mean, you said it yourself that if they're not found 776 00:46:54.125 --> 00:46:56.208 after 48 hours, it's likely that-- 777 00:46:56.208 --> 00:46:57.875 - This is the real world, Ashley. 778 00:46:57.875 --> 00:47:00.000 Not everything's a mystery to be solved. 779 00:47:05.458 --> 00:47:08.208 - Have you noticed that David's been missing from class? 780 00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:11.875 He hasn't been there in the past few days, and when he was, 781 00:47:11.875 --> 00:47:14.875 he seemed kind of um... off and... 782 00:47:14.875 --> 00:47:16.417 - You're not saying... 783 00:47:17.083 --> 00:47:18.917 - No, I mean, um... 784 00:47:18.917 --> 00:47:20.375 I don't know, just... 785 00:47:21.875 --> 00:47:24.542 - There's a line you can't cross as a writer, Ashley. 786 00:47:24.542 --> 00:47:27.250 A line where you start to believe your own words are reality. 787 00:47:27.875 --> 00:47:29.917 We're not detectives. 788 00:47:29.917 --> 00:47:32.542 We tell lies for a living, okay? 789 00:47:32.542 --> 00:47:34.167 Dark ones. 790 00:47:34.167 --> 00:47:36.208 - No, I think you misunderstood. 791 00:47:36.208 --> 00:47:38.250 I was just wondering where he is. 792 00:47:39.875 --> 00:47:41.375 (sirens blaring) 793 00:48:17.375 --> 00:48:19.000 Damn it, Ashley. 794 00:48:30.708 --> 00:48:33.417 David? Hello? 795 00:49:11.417 --> 00:49:13.708 - What are you doing here? (gasps) 796 00:49:13.708 --> 00:49:15.708 - I am so sorry. 797 00:49:15.708 --> 00:49:17.000 Um... I just walked in. 798 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:18.875 The door was open when I knocked, 799 00:49:18.875 --> 00:49:20.417 so I thought you might be in here. 800 00:49:29.333 --> 00:49:32.333 I just wanted to come check on you. 801 00:49:32.333 --> 00:49:34.625 You haven't been in class lately. 802 00:49:35.208 --> 00:49:38.167 - You were checking on me? - Yeah! 803 00:49:38.167 --> 00:49:43.250 Uh, well not me, Miles... I mean, Mr. Blake was. 804 00:49:44.167 --> 00:49:46.208 - Miles Blake was asking about me? 805 00:49:46.208 --> 00:49:47.542 - Yeah. 806 00:49:48.083 --> 00:49:50.083 Yeah, he noticed you hadn't been in class, 807 00:49:50.083 --> 00:49:52.125 so he wanted to make sure everything was okay. 808 00:49:55.583 --> 00:49:57.292 - I came down with a flu. 809 00:49:57.292 --> 00:49:59.667 My immune system has never been that great, 810 00:49:59.667 --> 00:50:01.375 back since I was a kid. 811 00:50:01.375 --> 00:50:03.708 So, when I... when I do get sick, it hits pretty bad. 812 00:50:04.292 --> 00:50:06.042 - I'm sorry to hear that. 813 00:50:08.208 --> 00:50:10.500 - Um... Do you want... 814 00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:12.250 Do you want some water, something to drink? 815 00:50:12.250 --> 00:50:14.250 - Oh no, I'm okay. Thanks. 816 00:50:17.083 --> 00:50:19.167 - Sorry, I know... I know it's a mess in here. 817 00:50:19.167 --> 00:50:21.042 - No, it's um-- - I spent a few nights 818 00:50:21.042 --> 00:50:22.708 at the university hospital. 819 00:50:22.708 --> 00:50:26.083 They saw how dehydrated I was and it was pretty bad, so. 820 00:50:26.083 --> 00:50:28.542 You know, I normally clean up during the week 821 00:50:28.542 --> 00:50:30.167 and I missed that, obviously, so. 822 00:50:30.167 --> 00:50:33.167 - So, you're just getting back today? 823 00:50:39.833 --> 00:50:43.042 - Yeah, I'm still a little weak. 824 00:50:43.917 --> 00:50:45.542 On the mend, though. 825 00:50:49.458 --> 00:50:51.375 They inspire me. 826 00:50:53.208 --> 00:50:56.500 Yeah, every time I see 827 00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:59.792 something amazing he's written... 828 00:51:02.042 --> 00:51:07.542 A plot point, a twist, character arc note... 829 00:51:08.042 --> 00:51:09.833 I make note of it. 830 00:51:13.208 --> 00:51:15.583 I suppose it's a little weird. 831 00:51:15.583 --> 00:51:17.417 - No. No, it's not. 832 00:51:20.375 --> 00:51:23.292 - Not everyone has the raw talent you have. 833 00:51:24.833 --> 00:51:29.417 Others have to work and study to write as good as he does. 834 00:51:30.208 --> 00:51:33.500 - Oh, no, I'm nothing like him. 835 00:51:35.083 --> 00:51:36.833 - He thinks you are. 836 00:51:37.708 --> 00:51:39.208 So does Professor Dorr. 837 00:51:41.375 --> 00:51:43.292 Story of my life, Ashley. 838 00:51:45.875 --> 00:51:48.083 Everybody underestimates me. 839 00:51:50.875 --> 00:51:52.875 Underestimates what I'm capable of. 840 00:51:58.333 --> 00:52:00.458 - Well, not Miles Blake. 841 00:52:01.292 --> 00:52:02.875 - What do you mean? 842 00:52:02.875 --> 00:52:05.875 - Yours was the only one that he said had potential. 843 00:52:07.792 --> 00:52:10.708 - He said that? - Yeah! 844 00:52:10.708 --> 00:52:13.208 So, I think if he's ever short with you or anything, 845 00:52:13.208 --> 00:52:16.083 he's just trying to push you harder. 846 00:52:16.083 --> 00:52:18.583 So, I wouldn't worry about it too much. 847 00:52:18.583 --> 00:52:20.250 He's a fan. 848 00:52:21.792 --> 00:52:22.917 - A fan. 849 00:52:24.833 --> 00:52:25.792 - Yeah. 850 00:52:28.958 --> 00:52:31.958 - I was thinking about maybe seeing him tomorrow. 851 00:52:31.958 --> 00:52:33.625 About my paper. 852 00:52:34.958 --> 00:52:36.708 A new book idea. 853 00:52:36.708 --> 00:52:39.625 - No, you should. Yeah, go for it! 854 00:52:41.167 --> 00:52:43.375 Writing notes on the margins of his books. 855 00:52:43.375 --> 00:52:45.042 I'm gonna remember that. 856 00:52:45.042 --> 00:52:46.542 Smart thinking. 857 00:52:47.375 --> 00:52:49.375 - Why did you really come here? 858 00:52:51.333 --> 00:52:54.583 - Like I said, uh, Miles Blake was asking about you. 859 00:52:56.083 --> 00:52:58.250 Oh, by the way um... 860 00:52:58.250 --> 00:53:00.292 class doesn't pick up 'til next week. 861 00:53:01.708 --> 00:53:04.708 Thought I'd let you know. Save you the walk. 862 00:53:04.708 --> 00:53:05.833 - Why? 863 00:53:06.917 --> 00:53:10.792 - Didn't you hear the news about the missing student? 864 00:53:13.917 --> 00:53:16.500 - Kate Bishop? - Yeah. 865 00:53:17.875 --> 00:53:18.792 - No. 866 00:53:20.375 --> 00:53:23.875 I was either sleeping or reading in the hospital. 867 00:53:25.375 --> 00:53:26.667 Did they find her? 868 00:53:27.917 --> 00:53:31.375 - Yeah. Um... her body washed up 869 00:53:31.375 --> 00:53:33.583 on the campus shores of the lake. 870 00:53:34.417 --> 00:53:36.417 They think she may have drowned. 871 00:53:39.083 --> 00:53:40.333 - Drowned. 872 00:53:44.125 --> 00:53:45.625 That's too bad. 873 00:53:51.292 --> 00:53:53.792 Did you read my assignment? - No. 874 00:53:53.792 --> 00:53:56.583 We split up the pile. I didn't get a chance to. 875 00:53:57.708 --> 00:53:59.625 - Did he tell you what it was about? 876 00:54:00.542 --> 00:54:04.750 - No. Murder, I'm assuming. 877 00:54:08.667 --> 00:54:12.125 - I was thinking about what he said in class, 878 00:54:12.125 --> 00:54:13.708 about research. 879 00:54:14.292 --> 00:54:16.125 - Research? 880 00:54:16.125 --> 00:54:19.500 - You know, in a perfect world, 881 00:54:19.500 --> 00:54:23.625 the only way to offer true authenticity 882 00:54:23.625 --> 00:54:26.375 would be to commit a murder yourself. 883 00:54:27.208 --> 00:54:29.417 - He was joking, though. 884 00:54:29.417 --> 00:54:31.292 You know that, right? 885 00:54:31.292 --> 00:54:32.750 - But imagine... 886 00:54:34.458 --> 00:54:36.375 ...if someone actually did that? 887 00:54:38.333 --> 00:54:39.917 Where they took it that far... 888 00:54:45.583 --> 00:54:48.667 - Um... Well, I hope you feel better. 889 00:54:48.667 --> 00:54:51.042 I'll see you in class next week. 890 00:55:13.000 --> 00:55:14.375 (phone beeping) 891 00:55:14.375 --> 00:55:16.625 (Miles on phone): In an ideal world, 892 00:55:16.625 --> 00:55:19.583 we'd just commit the murder ourselves, right? 893 00:55:19.583 --> 00:55:22.750 That's the only way to offer the reader true authenticity. 894 00:55:23.792 --> 00:55:29.625 - It is such a shame seeing someone pass away so young. 895 00:55:29.625 --> 00:55:31.375 - Did you have her in any classes? 896 00:55:31.375 --> 00:55:36.458 - Yeah, I did. She is... was, very smart. 897 00:55:36.458 --> 00:55:38.625 Very determined. 898 00:55:38.625 --> 00:55:42.542 You know, she reminded me of a certain other student 899 00:55:42.542 --> 00:55:44.750 that has been in my life for the past few years. 900 00:55:45.833 --> 00:55:48.875 Ashley, what is it? 901 00:55:48.875 --> 00:55:50.583 - It's nothing. 902 00:55:53.542 --> 00:55:56.458 You know how you told us to trust our guts, our instincts? 903 00:55:56.458 --> 00:55:58.208 - Yes, of course. 904 00:55:58.208 --> 00:55:59.875 Why do you ask? 905 00:56:04.208 --> 00:56:06.500 - Detectives. Time to learn. 906 00:56:08.958 --> 00:56:10.708 - What is it? 907 00:56:11.542 --> 00:56:13.833 - Well, aside from the tinting of the skin 908 00:56:13.833 --> 00:56:17.667 and the shrunken eyes, her organs in the area of the galea over here, 909 00:56:17.667 --> 00:56:20.208 are showing extreme signs of dehydration. 910 00:56:20.208 --> 00:56:22.625 - Dehydration? She drowned. 911 00:56:26.417 --> 00:56:31.125 - What he said, and how he said it... 912 00:56:31.125 --> 00:56:33.542 about taking that far. 913 00:56:33.542 --> 00:56:37.042 - Ashley, David is a unique individual, 914 00:56:37.042 --> 00:56:39.667 I'll give you that, but he is no killer. 915 00:56:39.667 --> 00:56:42.208 - Haven't we heard that before in our society? 916 00:56:42.208 --> 00:56:45.917 Right before bodies are found in our neighbor's basement. 917 00:56:47.125 --> 00:56:49.458 I'm... I'm so sorry. 918 00:56:49.458 --> 00:56:51.208 I... don't know why I said that. 919 00:56:51.208 --> 00:56:54.333 - Have you heard of Occam's razor? 920 00:56:54.958 --> 00:56:57.708 - Sure, the most simple explanation... 921 00:56:57.708 --> 00:56:59.333 - Is the most likely answer. 922 00:57:00.125 --> 00:57:03.292 Getting rid of all the unnecessary information, 923 00:57:03.292 --> 00:57:08.000 speculation, out of the way, is the fastest way to the truth. 924 00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:11.208 Now, tell me, what makes more sense, 925 00:57:11.208 --> 00:57:13.792 that David is a skilled murderer 926 00:57:13.792 --> 00:57:17.083 who is able and ready to hide in plain sight, 927 00:57:17.083 --> 00:57:20.958 or that the girl drowned in a terrible accident? 928 00:57:32.875 --> 00:57:34.458 - I'm a writer. 929 00:57:35.042 --> 00:57:37.708 I should be able to find the words for how sorry I am 930 00:57:37.708 --> 00:57:39.542 for the way that I acted. 931 00:57:40.458 --> 00:57:42.042 - It's okay. 932 00:57:42.042 --> 00:57:44.667 Everyone handles these things differently. 933 00:57:45.458 --> 00:57:47.000 - I was out of line. 934 00:57:48.917 --> 00:57:51.625 - Well, so was I. 935 00:57:51.625 --> 00:57:55.000 - You know, I had a brother growing up. 936 00:57:58.583 --> 00:58:00.792 He was a few years older than me, and he drowned 937 00:58:00.792 --> 00:58:02.958 in a river after a night of drinking. 938 00:58:04.708 --> 00:58:07.750 They didn't find his body for a few days. 939 00:58:09.125 --> 00:58:12.500 - I'm so sorry. I had no idea. 940 00:58:12.500 --> 00:58:14.167 - No, how could you. 941 00:58:14.750 --> 00:58:17.958 He's not in my bio, I don't talk about him in interviews. 942 00:58:17.958 --> 00:58:20.375 Grief kinda turned him into a family secret. 943 00:58:21.083 --> 00:58:24.042 Doesn't give me the permission to use it against anybody, 944 00:58:24.042 --> 00:58:25.208 especially you. 945 00:58:27.583 --> 00:58:30.542 Anyway, back to writing. 946 00:58:30.542 --> 00:58:33.667 I'll see you in class next week? - Of course. 947 00:58:33.667 --> 00:58:36.167 Oh, and Miles? - Yes, Ashley. 948 00:58:36.708 --> 00:58:39.250 - Has the book told you what it's about yet? 949 00:58:41.125 --> 00:58:44.458 It's about the limits of human beings. 950 00:58:44.458 --> 00:58:47.125 What happens when we push ourselves too far. 951 00:58:47.875 --> 00:58:49.458 - That's all you're gonna give me? 952 00:58:50.000 --> 00:58:51.833 - About a brilliant detective 953 00:58:51.833 --> 00:58:53.542 who's trying to catch her murderer, 954 00:58:53.542 --> 00:58:56.750 only to fall for the very traps she knows to avoid. 955 00:58:58.875 --> 00:59:00.208 - Not bad. 956 00:59:01.125 --> 00:59:02.542 - It's a start! 957 00:59:12.417 --> 00:59:14.750 (knocking on door) - Come on, girl! 958 00:59:14.750 --> 00:59:16.958 It's time for that morning fuel! 959 00:59:20.875 --> 00:59:24.542 Hey! D'you go for coffee without me? 960 00:59:25.208 --> 00:59:27.208 Are you okay? 961 00:59:27.208 --> 00:59:29.458 - First autopsy last night. 962 00:59:29.458 --> 00:59:31.000 - That bad? 963 00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:32.833 - Normally, it probably wouldn't have been, 964 00:59:32.833 --> 00:59:36.542 but it was... it was her. 965 00:59:36.542 --> 00:59:38.917 Kate Bishop. - Oh, my God, Jordan. 966 00:59:39.458 --> 00:59:41.833 - Detectives finally came in. 967 00:59:41.833 --> 00:59:44.792 I was hoping they would've done it sooner, when I wasn't there. 968 00:59:44.792 --> 00:59:47.875 I mean, I need the experience, but... 969 00:59:47.875 --> 00:59:49.917 - But like, are you okay? 970 00:59:50.875 --> 00:59:52.833 (sighing) - I will be. 971 00:59:52.833 --> 00:59:54.833 Just need some rest. 972 00:59:56.292 --> 00:59:58.083 - What was it like? 973 00:59:58.958 --> 01:00:00.167 - Not good. 974 01:00:00.833 --> 01:00:02.875 I guess I can tell you the basics. 975 01:00:02.875 --> 01:00:04.833 But there are details you need to promise me 976 01:00:04.833 --> 01:00:07.458 you won't share until they're public... with anyone. 977 01:00:07.458 --> 01:00:09.083 - Yeah, of course. 978 01:00:10.167 --> 01:00:11.333 - She drowned. 979 01:00:12.708 --> 01:00:15.833 But they found some strange elements. 980 01:00:16.667 --> 01:00:18.958 First off, she was severely dehydrated. 981 01:00:18.958 --> 01:00:21.042 - Can you be dehydrated after drowning? 982 01:00:21.042 --> 01:00:25.833 - Yeah, of course. But... what they saw... 983 01:00:27.208 --> 01:00:30.292 it was consistent with someone that would've died of dehydration 984 01:00:30.292 --> 01:00:31.958 over the course of a few days. 985 01:00:33.750 --> 01:00:36.375 And from what they heard from witnesses, 986 01:00:36.375 --> 01:00:37.833 the night she was last seen, 987 01:00:37.833 --> 01:00:39.750 she wasn't even drinking alcohol, 988 01:00:39.750 --> 01:00:42.042 so how was she dehydrated the same night 989 01:00:42.042 --> 01:00:44.333 she was throwing back lemon ice waters? 990 01:00:45.208 --> 01:00:48.208 And that's not even the weirdest part about the autopsy. 991 01:00:48.208 --> 01:00:50.750 The water in her lungs... 992 01:00:52.250 --> 01:00:54.333 ...it wasn't from the lake. 993 01:00:55.083 --> 01:00:57.250 - But that doesn't make any sense. 994 01:00:58.333 --> 01:01:02.333 - She drowned long before being put in those lake waters. 995 01:01:06.708 --> 01:01:09.167 Look, I'm like the walking dead here. 996 01:01:09.167 --> 01:01:10.875 (chuckling) 997 01:01:10.875 --> 01:01:13.917 How about after I get some sleep, 998 01:01:13.917 --> 01:01:16.292 dinner and a friendly face? 999 01:01:18.042 --> 01:01:19.500 Ashley? 1000 01:01:19.500 --> 01:01:21.667 - Oh, um, sorry. 1001 01:01:22.750 --> 01:01:26.042 Can we raincheck? Tomorrow, for sure. 1002 01:01:26.042 --> 01:01:28.875 I just... I'm so close to nailing that final act and ... 1003 01:01:28.875 --> 01:01:30.792 - I see those gears turning. (chuckling) 1004 01:01:30.792 --> 01:01:32.792 Raincheck for sure. 1005 01:01:32.792 --> 01:01:34.417 Good night. 1006 01:01:34.417 --> 01:01:36.667 Or good morning, I guess. 1007 01:01:38.042 --> 01:01:39.875 - Get some rest. 1008 01:01:39.875 --> 01:01:41.958 And hey, everything's gonna be okay. 1009 01:01:48.042 --> 01:01:52.708 - Hey. You think I'm still cut out for this detective stuff? 1010 01:01:54.292 --> 01:01:57.625 - Take a look on that wall of adventures of yours. 1011 01:01:57.625 --> 01:02:00.125 You're capable of anything, Jordan. 1012 01:02:00.125 --> 01:02:01.708 Love you. 1013 01:02:01.708 --> 01:02:03.917 - Love you back. 1014 01:02:13.708 --> 01:02:15.250 (knocking on door) 1015 01:02:21.542 --> 01:02:22.833 - David. 1016 01:02:23.750 --> 01:02:27.042 David uh... Freeman, right? 1017 01:02:27.042 --> 01:02:28.542 - Yes. 1018 01:02:28.542 --> 01:02:31.125 Um, Mr. Blake-- - No, no. Miles. 1019 01:02:31.917 --> 01:02:34.708 (chuckling) - Miles. I um... 1020 01:02:34.708 --> 01:02:36.167 - I haven't seen you class this last week. 1021 01:02:36.833 --> 01:02:39.042 - That's partly why I'm here. 1022 01:02:39.042 --> 01:02:40.583 I wanted to apologize. 1023 01:02:40.583 --> 01:02:41.875 I was actually in the hospital. 1024 01:02:41.875 --> 01:02:44.083 - Oh no. Everything okay? 1025 01:02:44.625 --> 01:02:46.583 - I am. I am now. 1026 01:02:46.583 --> 01:02:48.208 - Great. 1027 01:02:48.208 --> 01:02:50.583 No apology necessary. What was the other thing? 1028 01:02:51.208 --> 01:02:55.333 - I um... I wanted to talk to you about my paper. 1029 01:02:55.333 --> 01:02:58.250 If you have time. If you don't, it can wait. 1030 01:03:00.208 --> 01:03:02.792 I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come to your house. 1031 01:03:02.792 --> 01:03:04.833 I overstepped. - No, no, it's uh... 1032 01:03:06.792 --> 01:03:09.250 That's all right. Um, would love to talk about it. 1033 01:03:09.250 --> 01:03:10.250 Come on in. 1034 01:03:22.708 --> 01:03:24.208 Yeah, come here. 1035 01:03:24.208 --> 01:03:25.333 Your paper... 1036 01:03:26.667 --> 01:03:28.042 - Did... did you like it? 1037 01:03:28.042 --> 01:03:29.917 - You like scotch, David? 1038 01:03:31.042 --> 01:03:34.333 - Um... My father used to drink it. 1039 01:03:34.333 --> 01:03:36.500 I had some once when I was a kid. 1040 01:03:37.542 --> 01:03:43.958 - So, your paper... was really well thought out. 1041 01:03:44.875 --> 01:03:46.208 Inventive. 1042 01:03:46.208 --> 01:03:47.667 Please. 1043 01:03:47.667 --> 01:03:49.542 (sighing) 1044 01:03:49.542 --> 01:03:53.042 To writers, may we escape our inevitable defeat 1045 01:03:53.042 --> 01:03:58.167 with grace and humility, before our inevitable... demise. 1046 01:04:03.583 --> 01:04:05.292 - That's from your fourth book. 1047 01:04:06.333 --> 01:04:07.667 - I'm impressed. 1048 01:04:07.667 --> 01:04:09.542 - I study them all. 1049 01:04:09.542 --> 01:04:11.583 - For the writing, I hope. 1050 01:04:13.292 --> 01:04:14.250 - Mm-hmm. 1051 01:04:15.125 --> 01:04:17.375 Look, uh, Mr. Blake-- - Mm-mm-mm-mm. 1052 01:04:17.375 --> 01:04:18.625 - Uh, Miles... 1053 01:04:19.875 --> 01:04:22.000 Um, I wanted to... 1054 01:04:23.250 --> 01:04:26.500 I wanted to talk to you about my paper, yes, 1055 01:04:26.500 --> 01:04:30.167 but uh, specifically about the content. 1056 01:04:30.958 --> 01:04:35.667 - Did seem somewhat, uh... familiar. 1057 01:04:36.542 --> 01:04:40.250 - That's... that's what I wanted to talk about. 1058 01:04:42.375 --> 01:04:43.917 - Yeah. 1059 01:04:43.917 --> 01:04:47.792 "Her body was found in the cold lake waters, 1060 01:04:47.792 --> 01:04:50.542 washed up in the debris of a fallen tree. 1061 01:04:50.542 --> 01:04:53.000 Lifeless, wet. 1062 01:04:53.708 --> 01:04:55.500 Waiting to be discovered." 1063 01:04:57.958 --> 01:05:00.333 - I had nothing to do with her death. 1064 01:05:01.042 --> 01:05:03.875 I was sick, and then, in the hospital. 1065 01:05:03.875 --> 01:05:05.250 You can check the records. 1066 01:05:05.250 --> 01:05:07.208 I'll give them permission to release them to you. 1067 01:05:07.208 --> 01:05:10.500 And when I got and I heard what happened, I swear, I-- 1068 01:05:10.500 --> 01:05:12.042 - David... 1069 01:05:13.042 --> 01:05:15.417 If there's one thing I've learned in all my years, 1070 01:05:15.417 --> 01:05:17.833 it's that coincidences are just a curious part 1071 01:05:17.833 --> 01:05:19.917 of the reality of the universe we live in. 1072 01:05:20.750 --> 01:05:23.042 They happen, okay? 1073 01:05:23.042 --> 01:05:25.958 I felt the exact same way that you feel right now 1074 01:05:25.958 --> 01:05:28.958 when I've read new stories that had similar details 1075 01:05:28.958 --> 01:05:31.042 to my own conjured methods. 1076 01:05:31.042 --> 01:05:33.375 Methods of my characters, mind you, okay. 1077 01:05:33.375 --> 01:05:35.542 (sighing) 1078 01:05:36.667 --> 01:05:38.208 I won't say a word to anyone. 1079 01:05:39.000 --> 01:05:41.042 You don't strike me as the killing type. 1080 01:05:42.583 --> 01:05:43.917 Okay? 1081 01:05:46.083 --> 01:05:49.542 Now, what I did find intriguing 1082 01:05:49.542 --> 01:05:52.208 was the methodology that you used for your killer. 1083 01:05:53.667 --> 01:05:57.125 It was... inventive. 1084 01:06:01.292 --> 01:06:04.167 - I wasn't sure if it was too unbelievable. 1085 01:06:05.750 --> 01:06:07.792 - "They would never know, 1086 01:06:07.792 --> 01:06:10.667 their unskilled minds to the ways of a killer mastermind." 1087 01:06:10.667 --> 01:06:12.875 That's a little heavy-handed. I'm gonna let it slide. 1088 01:06:12.875 --> 01:06:15.208 "That the girl, the victim, 1089 01:06:15.208 --> 01:06:17.292 never stepped foot in a lake 1090 01:06:17.292 --> 01:06:20.292 when she was among the living, that she, in fact, 1091 01:06:20.292 --> 01:06:22.750 drowned 50 miles away in a tub. 1092 01:06:23.958 --> 01:06:28.083 Lungs full of fresh, suburban waters." 1093 01:06:30.083 --> 01:06:34.083 Macabre, indeed, but you've got some talent. 1094 01:06:35.208 --> 01:06:37.375 A good eye for a compelling hook. 1095 01:06:41.292 --> 01:06:43.542 Let's have another drink before I have to go back to writing. 1096 01:06:43.542 --> 01:06:44.583 Thanks. 1097 01:06:45.500 --> 01:06:46.375 - Um... 1098 01:06:49.042 --> 01:06:50.875 I'm actually starting a new book. 1099 01:06:50.875 --> 01:06:52.333 - Oh, good for you! 1100 01:06:53.083 --> 01:06:55.000 Care to tell me what it's about? 1101 01:06:55.708 --> 01:06:57.333 Promise I won't steal it. 1102 01:07:06.167 --> 01:07:09.625 - It's actually inspired by something you said in class. 1103 01:07:10.875 --> 01:07:12.750 About research. 1104 01:07:14.208 --> 01:07:16.625 And how the only way to offer true authenticity 1105 01:07:16.625 --> 01:07:19.042 when it comes to seeing the world through a killer's eyes 1106 01:07:19.042 --> 01:07:22.042 is to-- - Commit the murder yourself. 1107 01:07:23.792 --> 01:07:26.083 You know I was joking, right? 1108 01:07:27.083 --> 01:07:28.792 Just trying to prove a point? 1109 01:07:33.125 --> 01:07:36.208 - But what if-- - Oh yeah, the greatest 1110 01:07:36.208 --> 01:07:38.042 and most dangerous question of all. 1111 01:07:41.125 --> 01:07:42.792 What if. 1112 01:07:53.125 --> 01:07:55.250 (upbeat music) 1113 01:08:06.208 --> 01:08:08.292 Hello there. (chuckling) 1114 01:08:10.042 --> 01:08:11.542 - Hi. 1115 01:08:11.542 --> 01:08:13.583 It's-- - Jordan. 1116 01:08:13.583 --> 01:08:17.333 Yeah, no, I never forget a pretty face. 1117 01:08:18.250 --> 01:08:20.417 Or the name that goes along with it. 1118 01:08:20.417 --> 01:08:23.292 (chuckling) Let me guess, girls' night out? 1119 01:08:23.292 --> 01:08:25.083 Is Ashley coming to meet you here? 1120 01:08:25.083 --> 01:08:26.500 - No. 1121 01:08:26.500 --> 01:08:28.708 I'm actually flying solo tonight. 1122 01:08:28.708 --> 01:08:30.125 No wing woman. 1123 01:08:30.125 --> 01:08:31.917 She's writing. 1124 01:08:31.917 --> 01:08:34.583 - Oh, well done, Ashley. 1125 01:08:34.583 --> 01:08:36.167 Well done. 1126 01:08:37.167 --> 01:08:39.375 Please, sit. Join me. 1127 01:08:39.375 --> 01:08:41.250 Nobody should drink alone. 1128 01:08:42.667 --> 01:08:43.792 - Not even you. 1129 01:08:44.833 --> 01:08:46.667 (chuckling) 1130 01:08:48.917 --> 01:08:50.333 - So... 1131 01:08:52.667 --> 01:08:54.208 What are we drinking? 1132 01:09:17.708 --> 01:09:18.792 Thanks. 1133 01:09:21.167 --> 01:09:22.667 Keep the change. 1134 01:09:33.750 --> 01:09:35.792 To... newfound friends. 1135 01:09:35.792 --> 01:09:37.750 - Hmm. Hmm. 1136 01:09:39.042 --> 01:09:40.583 And maybe something more? 1137 01:09:42.542 --> 01:09:45.375 - I'm actually afraid this is my last call. 1138 01:09:45.375 --> 01:09:48.375 - Oh. That's what I always say. 1139 01:09:48.375 --> 01:09:50.792 And then, many rounds later... 1140 01:09:51.875 --> 01:09:55.708 - Would it be too forward to ask you to go on a walk with me? 1141 01:09:56.958 --> 01:10:00.792 It can be strictly professional if you'd prefer. 1142 01:10:02.250 --> 01:10:05.625 - I'm not Ashley, Miles. 1143 01:10:05.625 --> 01:10:09.667 We don't need to... talk shop to enjoy a walk together. 1144 01:10:11.458 --> 01:10:13.625 - Just let me freshen up a bit? 1145 01:10:14.667 --> 01:10:18.083 - Tell you what, I'm gonna close out the bar tab 1146 01:10:18.083 --> 01:10:20.417 and I will meet you outside. 1147 01:10:22.708 --> 01:10:23.667 - Hmm. 1148 01:10:37.875 --> 01:10:40.167 - Sorry. Sorry. 1149 01:10:40.167 --> 01:10:42.917 - Leave it, man. Happens all the time. 1150 01:10:57.583 --> 01:10:59.708 - It's beautiful out, isn't it? 1151 01:11:01.458 --> 01:11:03.375 - Quite beautiful, yes. 1152 01:11:05.542 --> 01:11:09.000 It's hard to imagine a life was lost in those waters. 1153 01:11:10.208 --> 01:11:11.708 - I know. 1154 01:11:11.708 --> 01:11:13.375 It's sad. 1155 01:11:14.375 --> 01:11:17.042 - I hear you're quite the swimmer, though. 1156 01:11:17.042 --> 01:11:19.375 - Been competing my whole life. 1157 01:11:19.375 --> 01:11:22.875 I'm starting to train for another Ironman. 1158 01:11:24.042 --> 01:11:25.417 - Interesting. 1159 01:11:27.750 --> 01:11:30.458 (sighing) Wonder what it feels like. 1160 01:11:32.333 --> 01:11:33.667 - What... 1161 01:11:35.375 --> 01:11:36.875 What do you mean? 1162 01:11:39.542 --> 01:11:41.292 - When you're about to die. 1163 01:11:42.875 --> 01:11:44.625 - What did you say? 1164 01:11:48.708 --> 01:11:50.375 You? 1165 01:11:51.000 --> 01:11:52.417 - Think it through. 1166 01:11:53.708 --> 01:11:56.083 Back corner table at the bar. 1167 01:11:57.208 --> 01:11:58.917 Away from most people's view. 1168 01:11:59.667 --> 01:12:01.958 Had to make sure people saw me leave alone. 1169 01:12:04.750 --> 01:12:06.000 You as well. 1170 01:12:08.875 --> 01:12:11.333 Now piece it together. You wanna be a detective, right? 1171 01:12:11.333 --> 01:12:13.708 So, what's missing? 1172 01:12:18.000 --> 01:12:19.708 - The drinks. 1173 01:12:19.708 --> 01:12:21.958 - Recipe I've perfected throughout the years. 1174 01:12:23.417 --> 01:12:25.042 To a tee. 1175 01:12:25.583 --> 01:12:28.833 Quick estimation of body weight to tolerance, 1176 01:12:28.833 --> 01:12:32.583 steady stride to make sure the blood stream carries the drug. 1177 01:12:33.417 --> 01:12:35.042 All timed to perfection. 1178 01:12:35.042 --> 01:12:41.333 I mean, I don't wanna brag, but... it works quite well. 1179 01:12:42.417 --> 01:12:44.958 - I don't... I don't... 1180 01:12:46.500 --> 01:12:48.042 - Hey. - I don't wanna die. 1181 01:12:48.042 --> 01:12:49.500 - Nobody wants to die. 1182 01:12:51.875 --> 01:12:54.042 (sirens blaring) 1183 01:13:00.208 --> 01:13:01.458 (car door closing) 1184 01:13:06.250 --> 01:13:07.917 (engine starting) 1185 01:14:25.458 --> 01:14:27.000 - Come on! 1186 01:14:27.000 --> 01:14:29.167 (sighing) 1187 01:14:29.167 --> 01:14:31.875 (Jordan's voicemail): Hey, it's Jordan, you know the drill. 1188 01:14:31.875 --> 01:14:33.958 I'll get back to you, ASAP. 1189 01:14:35.250 --> 01:14:37.250 - Hey, it's me again. 1190 01:14:37.250 --> 01:14:38.708 We haven't gone a couple days 1191 01:14:38.708 --> 01:14:41.667 without talking since, well, ever. 1192 01:14:41.667 --> 01:14:43.667 I hope you're not ghosting me. 1193 01:14:48.542 --> 01:14:50.000 Where are you? 1194 01:15:00.583 --> 01:15:02.125 - It was a valiant effort. 1195 01:15:02.708 --> 01:15:05.792 It's exactly what I was hoping for but... 1196 01:15:05.792 --> 01:15:09.875 I'm afraid you ran out of time and it's... it's such a shame. 1197 01:15:09.875 --> 01:15:13.833 It would've made for a much more exciting ending. 1198 01:15:14.792 --> 01:15:16.583 - I know who you are. 1199 01:15:17.375 --> 01:15:19.500 You don't need the mask. 1200 01:15:20.333 --> 01:15:22.625 - We all need masks. 1201 01:15:24.083 --> 01:15:26.167 - Is that how you get through this? 1202 01:15:26.167 --> 01:15:27.958 You hide behind it? 1203 01:15:27.958 --> 01:15:30.667 You think you're someone else when you do these sick things? 1204 01:15:31.542 --> 01:15:34.042 And then, when it's over, 1205 01:15:34.042 --> 01:15:38.042 you take it off and you feel good about yourself. 1206 01:15:39.417 --> 01:15:41.125 Like someone else is doing it. 1207 01:15:42.250 --> 01:15:45.042 - That's an excellent profile. 1208 01:15:45.042 --> 01:15:47.750 You would've made a great detective. 1209 01:15:48.708 --> 01:15:51.000 - You don't have to do this. 1210 01:15:51.000 --> 01:15:52.583 (sighing) 1211 01:15:52.583 --> 01:15:54.292 - That's what they all say. 1212 01:15:55.458 --> 01:15:57.125 But I do. 1213 01:15:57.125 --> 01:15:59.042 It's the only way. 1214 01:15:59.042 --> 01:16:01.208 - Only way to what? 1215 01:16:03.042 --> 01:16:06.083 - The only way I know how to write death so well. 1216 01:16:07.708 --> 01:16:09.292 Can I offer you some water? 1217 01:16:09.292 --> 01:16:10.875 (chuckling) 1218 01:16:10.875 --> 01:16:12.083 - I remember what happened 1219 01:16:12.083 --> 01:16:14.542 the last time I accepted a drink from you. 1220 01:16:14.542 --> 01:16:19.250 - Oh, I assure you, this water is quite pure. 1221 01:16:35.667 --> 01:16:37.000 - Jordan? 1222 01:16:42.583 --> 01:16:44.292 - She's not home. 1223 01:16:44.292 --> 01:16:45.875 - Are you sure? 1224 01:16:45.875 --> 01:16:47.625 - Figured she left town for the weekend. 1225 01:16:47.625 --> 01:16:49.375 Haven't seen her since Friday. 1226 01:16:49.375 --> 01:16:51.208 - Friday. That's the last time I talked to her. 1227 01:16:51.208 --> 01:16:52.750 Uh, where was she? 1228 01:16:52.750 --> 01:16:54.917 - I saw her at Main Street Pub. 1229 01:16:54.917 --> 01:16:57.875 - Alone? - I think so, yeah. 1230 01:16:59.708 --> 01:17:02.125 (ominous music) 1231 01:17:06.625 --> 01:17:09.833 - You're sure? - Yeah uh, she and the guy 1232 01:17:09.833 --> 01:17:13.375 sat in the back corner, had a few drinks together. 1233 01:17:13.375 --> 01:17:14.625 He was a little older. 1234 01:17:18.500 --> 01:17:20.042 - Was this him? 1235 01:17:22.208 --> 01:17:24.542 - Yeah. That's him. 1236 01:17:24.542 --> 01:17:26.958 Wow, is he uh... - Did they leave together? 1237 01:17:26.958 --> 01:17:28.958 - Uh, no. 1238 01:17:28.958 --> 01:17:31.208 She was in the bathroom, I think. 1239 01:17:31.208 --> 01:17:33.125 No, he dropped a glass, looked a little upset. 1240 01:17:33.125 --> 01:17:35.208 You know, I figured it didn't work out with them. 1241 01:17:35.208 --> 01:17:37.708 Um... she left soon after. 1242 01:17:37.708 --> 01:17:39.542 - And that was Friday? 1243 01:17:39.542 --> 01:17:41.917 - Couple days ago, yeah. 1244 01:17:45.083 --> 01:17:47.083 - Could you... could you turn that up? 1245 01:17:47.083 --> 01:17:49.000 - And the death of a university student. 1246 01:17:49.000 --> 01:17:51.250 Another student, David Freeman, 1247 01:17:51.250 --> 01:17:55.375 was found dead in his apartment, of an apparent suicide. 1248 01:17:55.375 --> 01:17:57.958 On his body was a suicide note 1249 01:17:57.958 --> 01:18:01.333 confessing to the murder of student Kate Bishop, 1250 01:18:01.333 --> 01:18:05.250 originally thought to have drowned in the campus lake. 1251 01:18:05.250 --> 01:18:07.542 The more intriguing part of this story 1252 01:18:07.542 --> 01:18:11.875 is that the note referred to women, plural, that he killed. 1253 01:18:11.875 --> 01:18:14.000 Authorities hope that this is just a result 1254 01:18:14.000 --> 01:18:16.125 of a misspelling on the note, 1255 01:18:16.125 --> 01:18:20.333 but are likely to be sending out divers to the lake once again. 1256 01:18:22.083 --> 01:18:24.833 - I was thinking about maybe seeing him tomorrow. 1257 01:18:24.833 --> 01:18:29.125 About my paper and... a new book idea. 1258 01:18:29.125 --> 01:18:31.208 - It was consistent with someone that would've died 1259 01:18:31.208 --> 01:18:33.167 of dehydration over the course of a few days. 1260 01:18:34.208 --> 01:18:37.833 The water in her lungs, it wasn't from the lake. 1261 01:18:37.833 --> 01:18:39.417 - That doesn't make any sense. 1262 01:18:39.417 --> 01:18:43.583 - She drowned long before being put in those lake waters. 1263 01:18:43.583 --> 01:18:45.125 - Jordan... 1264 01:18:52.000 --> 01:18:53.833 - Help! 1265 01:19:01.458 --> 01:19:03.083 (breathing shakily) 1266 01:19:31.375 --> 01:19:33.000 - Miles? 1267 01:19:34.542 --> 01:19:36.167 (door creaking) 1268 01:19:39.792 --> 01:19:42.083 (suspenseful music) 1269 01:19:48.083 --> 01:19:49.417 Hello? 1270 01:19:49.417 --> 01:19:50.917 Miles? 1271 01:19:52.708 --> 01:19:55.333 - Please! 1272 01:19:55.333 --> 01:19:57.875 Help! 1273 01:20:07.250 --> 01:20:10.208 - It's Ashley. Are you in here? 1274 01:20:28.708 --> 01:20:31.083 (breathing shakily) 1275 01:21:19.667 --> 01:21:22.542 (eerie music) 1276 01:21:28.708 --> 01:21:30.333 - Help. 1277 01:21:31.500 --> 01:21:34.167 Help! 1278 01:21:34.167 --> 01:21:35.875 Please! 1279 01:21:38.458 --> 01:21:40.500 - Jordan? Jordan! 1280 01:21:40.500 --> 01:21:41.542 - Ashley! 1281 01:21:42.458 --> 01:21:45.333 Ashley! Turn off the water, throw the hose down. 1282 01:21:45.333 --> 01:21:46.375 - Okay! 1283 01:21:47.042 --> 01:21:48.500 - Turn off the hose. 1284 01:21:49.250 --> 01:21:51.167 Throw it down! Throw it down! 1285 01:21:51.167 --> 01:21:53.417 It's not safe, you gotta get outta here. 1286 01:21:55.250 --> 01:21:56.625 (grunting) 1287 01:21:59.792 --> 01:22:01.917 (grunting) 1288 01:22:04.792 --> 01:22:06.458 (grunting) 1289 01:22:09.958 --> 01:22:11.667 (screaming) 1290 01:22:11.667 --> 01:22:12.583 (grunting) 1291 01:22:12.583 --> 01:22:14.583 (coughing) 1292 01:22:21.875 --> 01:22:24.208 (panting, grunting) 1293 01:22:24.208 --> 01:22:27.042 (breathing heavily) 1294 01:22:27.042 --> 01:22:28.458 - She was strong. 1295 01:22:30.167 --> 01:22:32.875 Stronger than the others, just as I hoped. 1296 01:22:32.875 --> 01:22:34.958 - How could you? 1297 01:22:35.708 --> 01:22:38.625 - I'm not a killer, Ashley. I don't do this for fun. 1298 01:22:40.708 --> 01:22:42.625 I do this because I have to. 1299 01:22:43.542 --> 01:22:46.583 At first, I was just gonna follow 'em, 1300 01:22:46.583 --> 01:22:51.583 I mean, just to see, feel what it was like. 1301 01:22:51.583 --> 01:22:54.250 But then... (chuckling) 1302 01:22:54.250 --> 01:22:56.833 ...I couldn't stop. (chuckling) 1303 01:22:56.833 --> 01:23:00.125 I mean, with every new method or murder that I conjured up, 1304 01:23:00.125 --> 01:23:02.375 I had to know... 1305 01:23:02.375 --> 01:23:05.167 I had to know what it felt like. 1306 01:23:06.000 --> 01:23:09.375 I mean, you've read my books, that's why everybody loves 'em. 1307 01:23:10.542 --> 01:23:14.583 That's the draw they want to know! 1308 01:23:15.375 --> 01:23:17.000 - Why Jordan? 1309 01:23:19.375 --> 01:23:20.750 (grunting) 1310 01:23:20.750 --> 01:23:22.667 - The story. 1311 01:23:24.375 --> 01:23:26.500 It's always been about the story. 1312 01:23:26.500 --> 01:23:30.917 I mean, I wanted to explore how two very different characters 1313 01:23:30.917 --> 01:23:32.500 could get killed in the same way. 1314 01:23:33.375 --> 01:23:35.708 I mean, Kate, she was weak. She couldn't even swim. 1315 01:23:35.708 --> 01:23:37.250 But... 1316 01:23:38.042 --> 01:23:39.875 Hmm, Jordan... 1317 01:23:39.875 --> 01:23:41.292 (chuckling) 1318 01:23:43.042 --> 01:23:44.875 She was strong. 1319 01:23:44.875 --> 01:23:48.417 She almost made it! 1320 01:23:48.417 --> 01:23:49.667 Almost! 1321 01:23:50.667 --> 01:23:52.917 (grunting) 1322 01:23:52.917 --> 01:23:54.750 (breathing heavily) 1323 01:23:54.750 --> 01:23:56.708 I mean, that's the story. 1324 01:23:58.375 --> 01:24:02.708 A detective who's searching for a killer, 1325 01:24:02.708 --> 01:24:06.292 who drowned his victims in a particular way. 1326 01:24:07.292 --> 01:24:10.125 And then, he got caught in that same trap. 1327 01:24:10.125 --> 01:24:12.917 How would he fare? I mean, the fact that Jordan 1328 01:24:12.917 --> 01:24:15.458 was studying to be a detective... 1329 01:24:15.458 --> 01:24:17.167 (gasping) 1330 01:24:18.000 --> 01:24:19.458 That just felt right. 1331 01:24:20.375 --> 01:24:22.542 (breathing shakily) - You're sick. 1332 01:24:22.542 --> 01:24:24.417 - Yeah, I admit it. 1333 01:24:25.375 --> 01:24:29.042 After my last novel, I got a little writer's block. 1334 01:24:29.042 --> 01:24:30.542 - The assignment? 1335 01:24:31.292 --> 01:24:36.375 - It's like Picasso said, "Good artists copy. 1336 01:24:36.375 --> 01:24:38.833 Great artists steal." 1337 01:24:39.417 --> 01:24:41.583 (grunting, breathing heavily) 1338 01:24:42.875 --> 01:24:44.792 - David's paper. Why David? 1339 01:24:46.125 --> 01:24:48.333 - Somebody had to take the fall. 1340 01:24:49.708 --> 01:24:51.542 He was the perfect cover. 1341 01:24:53.042 --> 01:24:55.500 - You didn't even have a brother, did you? 1342 01:24:55.500 --> 01:24:56.750 (groaning) 1343 01:24:56.750 --> 01:24:58.875 - You haven't been paying attention in class. 1344 01:24:58.875 --> 01:25:02.208 It was a necessary misdirect, 1345 01:25:02.208 --> 01:25:05.292 meant to entice some empathy! 1346 01:25:05.292 --> 01:25:08.417 That's what I taught you, and it worked. 1347 01:25:10.542 --> 01:25:11.958 Huh?! 1348 01:25:11.958 --> 01:25:13.917 (breathing shakily) 1349 01:25:13.917 --> 01:25:15.833 - But what about me? 1350 01:25:15.833 --> 01:25:17.500 (sighing) 1351 01:25:17.500 --> 01:25:19.833 - Every great story has a twist. 1352 01:25:22.500 --> 01:25:24.125 I'm sorry. 1353 01:25:24.125 --> 01:25:25.625 (suspenseful music) 1354 01:25:27.000 --> 01:25:28.167 - Ashley! 1355 01:25:29.458 --> 01:25:31.375 (exclaiming) (head banging) 1356 01:25:35.958 --> 01:25:37.667 (crying) 1357 01:25:37.667 --> 01:25:39.667 (grunting) 1358 01:25:40.708 --> 01:25:42.542 (breathing heavily) 1359 01:25:53.250 --> 01:25:56.458 - "And as she finally climbed over the edge, drenched, 1360 01:25:56.458 --> 01:25:59.208 but free from her dark, dire prison, 1361 01:25:59.208 --> 01:26:01.208 she lifted her eyes to the sky, 1362 01:26:01.208 --> 01:26:03.667 empowered by the triumphant realization. 1363 01:26:03.667 --> 01:26:07.000 His submergence was her emergence." 1364 01:26:07.000 --> 01:26:08.833 (applause) 1365 01:26:10.625 --> 01:26:13.542 - Ashley, I'm going to bring this amazing reading to a close 1366 01:26:13.542 --> 01:26:16.875 with a question that I think everyone in this room is wondering. 1367 01:26:16.875 --> 01:26:20.500 You've topped the fiction charts for months. What's next? 1368 01:26:22.750 --> 01:26:25.708 - I think I may dip my toes into the waters of true crime 1369 01:26:25.708 --> 01:26:27.375 this next time around. 1370 01:26:27.375 --> 01:26:29.417 - Ladies and gentlemen, Ashley Dunn. 1371 01:26:29.417 --> 01:26:31.792 (applause) - Go, Ashley! Woo! 1372 01:26:31.792 --> 01:26:33.833 (cheering)