The Dead Zone s05e10 Episode Script

I had the perfect life until I was in a coma for six years, and then I woke up and found my fiancee married to another man and they're raising my son.
Everything has changed including me.
One touch, and I can see things, things that happened, things that will happen.
You should see what I see.
Dick Ooh, watch it.
I called the other parents.
Everybody's home.
- When was the last time you talked to her? - About 4:00.
She was taking J.
J.
to the little league game, but that's been over for hours now.
- Did you try her cell? - Voice mail.
Maybe they stopped to eat.
We were supposed to hook up for pizza after the game.
She even left me a note telling me to meet her.
Dick What is it, John? Did you see Sarah? What did you see? It's a 2004 silver jeep liberty.
License plate romeo-4-hotel,8-3-2.
Roscoe, what's the story, man? Come on.
We've contacted local A.
A.
A.
, the gas stations, nothing.
All right, well, I want the interstate toll booths checked, I want all these cars, I want them out of here, and a forensics team in here right away.
- They're here already.
- Well, put them to work, then, Roscoe.
Forensics, hey! You seen anything? No.
I can't stop thinking about what you saw.
Walt, don't do this.
It'll to be fine.
You saw my wife bound and gagged.
What about that's going to turn out fine, John? You need to stay focused.
All right? What would Sarah say if she were here, huh? She'd say,"have faith.
Do the best you can.
" Well, that sounds like good advice.
He stole Sarah's cell phone, then he took off.
What did he look like, John? He was wearing a hood.
Something doesn't feel right about this.
It seems like Sarah was the target right from the beginning, doesn't it? Any luck finding the jeep? No, it's like they vanished into thin air.
I'm going to backtrack some of the side roads.
- I'll ride with you.
- Yeah, let's roll.
All right, let's go over this again.
You saw a man sitting in a chair, and then you saw Sarah in the bedroom.
That's right.
Well, is there anything else that could give us a location? It was dark.
I couldn't see very much.
Well, could the guy that stole her cell phone be the same guy sitting in the chair? I guess.
I couldn't see his face.
Well, was he tall, short, fat, thin, black, white, what? - I'm not sure.
- Well, what the hell did you see, John? I mean, this is my family we're talking about, for christ's sake.
There.
Unit one? This is sheriff Bannerman.
I'm going to need a search team out to route 156, about six miles south of 17 junction, and I'm going to need a canine unit as well.
Over.
Copy that.
Keys are still in the ignition.
There doesn't seem to be any damage.
Oh, look at this.
Is that blood? No, it's radiator fluid.
There's holes in the radiator.
That's rad fluid, all right.
Looks intentional.
It's embarrassing.
Oh, come on.
What's wrong with a mother cheering for her son?Huh? Mom, you okay? Oh, yeah.
It's just something I ate didn't agree with me.
Hang on.
- What was that? - I don't know.
What are we going to do now? Don't worry.
I'll call dad.
It'll be fine.
Have you seen my phone? It's dark out there.
Someone's coming.
Stay here, okay? Looks like it's our lucky day.
Sarah couldn't get the engine started.
- She waved down a truck.
- What kind of truck? I couldn't tell.
The headlights were in my eyes.
Well, did you see the driver? Was it the same guy from the park? I don't know, Walt.
Jesus, John, you're there for everybody else when they need you.
It's an amazing thing, but right now it's Sarah and J.
J.
,for crying out loud.
I want to find them as bad as you do.
I can't control my visions, though.
You know that.
What now? Call in the big dogs.
- How's the marriage, sheriff? - My marriage? Everything okay at home? Are you suggesting that I have something to do with this? I have to consider every possibility.
We're working with a deserted car.
It's possible that your wife may have set this up herself.
I've seen it before.
Let's get something straight.
My marriage is fine.
My wife is the most stable person I ever met, and my son is a great kid, so why don't you cut the murder she wrote crap and tell me how you're going to help me find my family.
You're not the biological father, are you? Jeez Sir, I'm John Smith.
I'm the biological father.
Johnny Smith I've heard about you.
Yeah, then you know he's the real deal, right? I told you what I saw.
Sarah was bound and gagged.
I really respect what you do, mr.
Smith, but I can't allocate federal resources for something that could be attributed to a psychic hunch.
Have you seen his track record in criminal cases? I'd put it up against yours any day.
Well, that very well might be, but, sheriff, I have 37 missing persons cases currently on the books.
That's 37 husbands, wives, mothers, fathers going through the exact the same thing you're going through.
All right so, what is it that you want? Just hard evidence.
- Walt, state police.
- What's up? They found a 10-year-old boy matching J.
J.
's description in the middle of interstate 12.
He was bound and gagged.
That hard enough for you? Come on.
- Dad! - J.
J.
! J.
J Oh, J.
J are you okay? You're all right? You're not hurt, are you? J.
J.
, do you know where mommy is? Did you see the man in the truck? The one that stopped to help you? Look, I know this is hard, okay, but it's really important.
What did he look like? Do you remember? I didn't see his face.
Why? Because it was dark? Because of the mask.
The man who took your mom was wearing a mask? What did it look like, J.
J.
? Was it clear, J.
J.
? Was he wearing a clear plastic mask? - It's impossible.
- Is it? Somebody want to tell me what's going on? Roscoe Hey, J.
J.
, let's grab some water, huh, chief? J.
J.
, we'll be right here, okay? A little while back, we had a case, a serial kidnapper.
Guy wore a clear plastic mask.
What happened to him? We tracked him to an industrial plant.
- There was an explosion, a big fire.
- So he's dead? Well, the fire was fueled by chemicals.
It burned for, like, five hours.
There were no remains.
There's no way he could have survived that heat.
If you're right, Sarah's abduction, it wasn't a random act.
It was revenge, John.
Now looking left and to the right.
Doc, he wasn't hurt, was he? Well, there were no physical injuries, but we did find traces of trichloromethane in his lungs.
Is that chloroform? Son of a bitch I'd like to keep him for a day, just to be safe, but don't worry, Walt, he's a pretty tough kid.
I'm going to keep an officer stationed outside.
I'm not going to risk losing him again.
- How's the boy? - He doesn't remember much.
Maybe now we'll get some cooperation.
Sheriff, I need to ask you a few more questions.
Oh, great, just what I need, more questions.
The man that you referred to as "the collector" in your report, - what can you tell me about him? - He's a psychopath.
He kidnaps women, tortures them, and then he throws them back into the woods.
You said this was revenge.
Yeah, we stopped the guy.
He got hurt in the process.
It probably pissed him off, and now he's back.
This man has eluded the authorities for years.
How did you find him so fast? A psychic hunch.
If you never recovered the body, why did you close the case? What are you trying to say? He's trying to say if we hadn't screwed up, he'd be dead or in prison, and we wouldn't be doing this.
Isn't that right? I think you've become too involved in this case.
I think you should go home and get some rest.
Let us do our job.
My wife is out there with that sick bastard, all right? You want me to go home and take a nap? I won't hesitate to lock you out of the investigation.
You know I can do it.
So take a few hours and chill.
You're not going to go home now, are you? No, I am not, but I do have an idea.
Come on.
I thought you went through this place after it burned? We did.
So, what do you expect to find this time? Oh, not me, you.
We came right to here, and then we separated.
I went left, and you went right.
You went ahead without me, and I walked toward the kitchen that's where the fire started.
This is the last place we saw him.
And Linda.
We can just go, together.
- Nobody's going anywhere.
- Walt, put the gun down.
I've got a half-dozen cruisers on their way up the hill right now.
You can arrest me and watch your friend die, or you can step aside.
It's your choice.
Walt, listen to me.
You need to let this one go.
I've seen it before.
All right.
Fine.
Then we all just relax.
Take it easy.
Is it worth it, Linda? You don't understand.
His face was badly burned, and his arm, too.
What happened after that? I let them go.
The factory's full of chemicals.
We have to find erika.
I know where she is.
She's underneath us.
Follow me.
Don't stop.
I won't let you die! I won't let you die When we took off to save the girl, the collector and Linda slipped out the side exit.
They drove away in a black S.
U.
V.
I saw part of the plate.
It said W-R-4.
All right, let's go find the bastard.
Thanks a lot.
There was a black '97 ford bronco matching that partial plate description registered to a Landmount properties.
- Probably a dummy corporation.
- Was there an address? P.
O.
Box.
It gets even better.
The deserted car they found? - It was abandoned three months ago.
- Where? About two hours north of here, a place called shawnee peak.
Can you believe it? The guy's been in our backyard the whole time.
- You going to talk to agent Gribbins? - So he can tell us to go home? I mean, let's face it, to him, Sarah's nothing but another case number.
All right, well, let's go find him.
There's no way anyone could have survived that kind of trauma without medical attention.
According to them there hasn't been a major burn victim admitted here in over a year.
You feel better now? Yeah.
If the guy was hurt, and Linda didn't take him to the hospital, that means she took care of him herself.
Yeah, and? Well, she'd need medical supplies, right? It's against the law for me to sell to the public.
So you don't remember a woman asking for medical supplies? Something to treat a burn, huh? - I told you, I'd lose my license.
- Well, maybe you could check your records.
- Like I said, it's- - Yeah, I know.
I heard you the first time.
- I'll get it.
- No! I'm expecting an important call.
Now, if you gentlemen will excuse me, I have a business to run.
Stack those boxes straight! What are you, blind? Four hours, we're back to ground zero.
We're never going to find her at this pace.
Sheriff? Hi.
Um, I heard you talking to my boss.
He's lying.
He wasn't telling the truth about selling supplies to the public.
Well, go on.
I've seen a lot of supplies go out the back door, stuff that never shows up on any invoices or tax statements.
Do you remember a woman coming in here about 11 months ago? Late 30s, blonde, pretty? Oh, right, yeah.
I remember her.
She wanted a lot of stuff in bulk.
Um, gauze, antibiotics, and cyanocrylite.
- Cyano- what? - Cyanocrylite? It's a glue solvent.
They use it for keeping skin tissue connected after a really bad burn.
She paid 10 times retail, too, in cash.
- You sure about this? - Yeah, I'm sure.
I delivered it myself.
- What, you have an address? - I can tell you where it is.
- Take this.
- Why? You've seen what this guy's capable of.
Come on, let's go.
Police, put your hands on your head! Put your hands on your head! Jesus Christ Sarah it's empty.
If he's dead, who took Sarah? There, there, now.
Everything's going to be okay.
You'll see.
Please don't do this.
Where's my son? Please don't hurt my son.
What do you want? See? What they did to him? To everything that I cared about? Yeah, well, now it's my turn.
I'll show them the meaning of love.
Time to sleep now.
No, please don't- just shh this won't hurt.
No, it's not me, okay? It's for my baby.
Please I just found out today.
My husband doesn't even know yet.
Please.
I'll do whatever you want.
I promise I won't struggle.
Just just don't hurt my baby.
Get up.
It's Linda, Walt.
She's the one who took Sarah.
Linda? What? What else? Nothing.
No, tell me what you saw, John.
Look, man, I've got the right to know, okay? Sarah's pregnant, Walt.
Pregnant? Yeah, she just found out today.
Whoa, she's she's going to have a baby.
That's why we have to stay focused.
All right? Right.
Right.
Thanks for coming in so early, Mark.
No, it's not a problem.
You know how much we all care about Sarah.
What did you find, doctor? Well, the body has third-degree burns to the face and chest area.
The right arm is nearly burnt off at the shoulder.
So he died from fire? No, infection, and the pain must have been incredible.
Good.
How long's he been dead? It's hard to tell without more extensive testing, but I'd guess the better part of a year, maybe nine,10 months.
The solvent seems to have slowed the rate of decomposition.
No, it's obvious whoever preserved this body did it with tremendous care.
Thank you, doctor.
Thanks, Mark.
What? I could have your badge for interfering in a federal investigation.
Since when is capturing a felon considered interference? Here's the deal.
You want to work on this case, we work as a team.
Otherwise, I lock your ass up, and you read about it in the paper.
That's the offer, and it's non-negotiable.
Sun comes up in two hours.
I've got 15 agents coming down from washington.
They'll be here by 8:00.
In the meantime, I suggest go home, take a shower, grab some chow, try to get a couple hours of sleep.
Once we get started, there'll be no time for that.
The best I've got.
You heard him,15 of the very best FBI agents.
- It's a good thing, Walt.
- I hope you're right.
Go home.
I'll pick you up at 8:00.
All right.
You have one new message.
If you want to know what happened to Sarah, come to where she was taken.
Come alone, or she dies.
I'll be watching.
If you're hearing my voice, that means you've been smart enough to follow my instructions.
Good for you, better for Sarah.
She's suffered no permanent injury.
How long she remains unharmed is entirely up to you.
You need to know that I'm watching you at this very moment.
I've had many months to reflect on our brief, but eventful association, and it occurred to me that you are a fraud of monumental proportions, operating in the knowledge that you inhabit only as an observer, a voyeur free from consequence, and that's why I've decided to strip away your safety net.
Not only do I want you to know what happened to Sarah, I want you to experience it.
There is only one thing you can be certain of, and that's if you don't do exactly what I say, you'll never see or hear from either one of us again.
Now, take the recorder and get back into the car.
You can push pause until you're ready to continue.
Put the key in the ignition, but do not start the engine.
Inside the box, underneath the bottom, you'll find a leather case.
Open the case, remove the contents.
Take the cap off the vial and drink the liquid.
You have 30 seconds.
I'm glad you're here.
What's it going to be, John? What do you want from me? What have you done with my son? There's a suitcase in the corner.
Get dressed.
I'll be back.
No, please, don't go! Please don't go where am I? Where is my son look, I know you're there.
We both know it's me that you want.
Just take me and let Sarah go, okay? You hear me? Are you there? Just tell me what you want! This is great I'm talking to myself.
Do you know what's going to happen to you? Look, I've done everything you want.
I put on the dress, and the hair.
Could you at least tell me that my son is okay? He's fine.
I let him go about an hour after I picked you up.
Oh, thank god.
God had nothing to do with it.
You know you never told me your name.
- Could you tell me your name? - Why? So I know what to call you.
- Linda.
- Linda that's a pretty name.
I used to have a friend named Linda.
That's enough.
I don't want to hear any more about you, or your friends, or your family.
Understand? This isn't a goddamn party.
Linda, do you have any children? Because I have a life inside of me right now a life that is not responsible for any of this.
This has nothing to do with you or your baby.
This has What is it? You can tell me.
I will not judge you, I promise.
I know that there is a decent person underneath all that pain and rage.
You can tell me.
You don't know me.
You don't know anything about me.
So why don't you shut your goddamn mouth before you get to know who I really am.
Now, fix your hair.
That was a really stupid thing to do what is it? Do you want to die? Huh? Is that it? Do you want to die? Because I swear to god I swear to god, I will kill you! Now, get down! I don't know when she's coming back, so I thought I'd take a chance that you would see this, and see me.
Johnny, I need you to tell Walt how much I loved him.
How much he meant to me and to my life You know, after your accident he taught me that it was okay to love again, to live again.
I want you to tell J.
J.
Not to be angry at me that I left him.
Tell him to be everything that he can be, and that I hope that one day he has a son that he loves as much as I love him, and he's going to need you now and Walt, too.
So, please will you take care of them for me? And I have a confession to make.
Johnny I never stopped loving you, not for a minute.
I couldn't show it, but it was always there, and I would think about how it could have been with us and you know, they say that you can't love two people, but they're wrong they're wrong.
Goodbye, Johnny.
Sarah you bitch! I realize how frustrated you must be by now, but I promise you, our pain is almost over.
When we first met, you asked me to be honest with you, but how can you expect something you've never offered yourself? How could you love someone and watch as she gives herself to another man? Sarah could have been yours, but you weren't strong enough to take her.
Now you and I share the pain of losing our one true love, a pain that can only be healed by death.
By the time you hear this message, I'll be one step closer to mine, and so will you.
Crazy bitch All right, you can do this, Smith.
You've got to do it.
A pain that can only be healed by death.
By the time you hear this message, I'll be one step closer to mine.
Walt Roscoe, have you seen or heard from John? I can't find him anywhere.
All right, I'll be right in.
Well, I was beginning to think that we'd never get an opportunity to talk.
Oh, I still have one barrel left.
Come on, Walt, pick up the phone.
Damn it.
Where's Sarah? What did you do with my wife? I don't care what you've done.
I don't.
I just want my wife back.
Just tell me where she is, and you can walk.
You have my word.
That's a very generous offer.
I can see why Sarah was so drawn to you, and why Johnny Smith was so intimidated.
What the hell are you talking about? I'm talking about destiny.
Fate.
Don't tell me you haven't thought about it late at night.
Johnny and Sarah were lovers long before she even knew your name.
They had a future planned together.
She even gave birth to his son, a child you now claim as your own, but he isn't really yours, is he? And he never will be, and you're reminded of that every single time you look into his eyes.
I can't imagine that kind of pain.
What is it that you want? Revenge? Is that it? Fine, take me.
Just tell me where Sarah is, okay? I'll call one of my deputies, and I'll go wherever you want me to go.
Oh, you still don't get it, do you? I'm trying, okay? But I just need to know that Sarah's okay.
Can you tell me that? Can you tell me that Sarah's okay? She's dead.
Sarah's dead.
You're lying.
I took her into the woods and I shot her.
She begged for her life.
She told me all about you and her son, and she even told me about her baby.
No no, she can't - she can't be dead.
She told me how much you meant to her and how the two of you waited so long to have a child of your own.
Why? Why Sarah? Why? She begged me to spare her life.
She cried, and she pleaded, and then she got down on her knees, and then I shot her.
- You're dead.
- I put the gun to her head- do you hear me? You're dead.
And then I squeezed the trigger.
I am going to kill you.
You understand that? - I'm going to kill you! - Do it, then! Kill me! Kill me now! Drop the gun.
Drop the gun! Get on your knees, you stupid bitch.
You understand me? Get on your knees! You killed my wife.
You took everything that I cared about.
You took my life! And now I'm gonna take yours.
You understand me? I'm gonna take yours.
Walt! Walt, don't get the hell out of here, John.
This has got nothing to do with you! Look, don't you see what's happening? She wants you to kill her! That's what she's wanted from the beginning, to die, but she's too afraid to do it herself! He's lying.
She - she killed Sarah, John.
She killed her, she's dead! - What? - She shot her! Yeah.
You were never man enough for Sarah, and she knew it, and you're not man enough to do what needs to be done, but, Walt Walt, you are.
Walt, don't listen to her.
She's insane! Think about your life! I don't care about my life anymore, I don't.
Look, you want revenge, so do I, but at what cost? What about J.
J.
? What's going to happen if he loses his mother and his father! I'm not his father, John.
- You are.
- That's right.
Now you'll never be a father.
Look, don't listen to her! Who did J.
J.
Come running to when we found him? - Dad! - J.
J.
Walt, don't do this! I took it all from you.
Walt, he needs you.
I took her out into the woods - Walt, don't walk away from him.
- And I put the gun to her head Walt, don't do this! And then I killed her.
I killed her! I- Shut up! Just shut up! Shut up! - You have the right to remain silent.
- No! Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
This wasn't supposed to happen.
You have the right to an attorney.
You can't do this.
No! No! Walt Walt, come here! I saw her! Follow me! This way.
What is it, John? What is it? We have to get this open.
Look out, look out.
Watch yourself.
She's not here, John.
Walt, under here.
Under here.
She's alive! Call an ambulance! I'll get my car.
Oh, Sarah Sarah, hang on, baby.
It's okay.
Hi.
Just stay there.
Don't move.
- How is J.
J.
? - J.
J.
's okay.
He's okay, baby.
Thank you, John.
Thank you.
Hi.
Just hang tight, okay? Oh, my god help's going to be on the way, okay? Can I see her now? I think she'd like that very much.
She's okay? Yeah, she's a little dehydrated, so we hooked up an I.
V.
What about the baby? Well, I did an ultra-sound, and everything looks fine.
Congratulations, dad.
Did you hear that? The baby's okay.
Oh, my god.
I can't believe it.
We're going to have a baby, man.
I should have gotten some flowers or some candies or something.
I can think of something that Sarah probably wants more than flowers now, Walt.
What's that? You.
Go see your wife.
Thanks.
Oh, hey, John, what you said about J.
J.
before? I mean, I never tried to replace you.
Ah don't worry about it.
I'll never forget what you did for me, what you stopped me from doing.
Thanks.
Hey! Are you kidding me? We're getting a baby! Can you believe it? - I know - J.
J.
,we're going to have a baby! Can you believe it? Mommy's stomach's going to be like this Oh, my god What should we name him? I'm so glad you're okay.
Get in here, you.
You, too.
I was worried about you.
You're all right, aren't you? A him or a her?