[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMING IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour,
there must be something on.
DAUGHTER: Oh, wow, Candied Critters!
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters, our favorite show.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[SHUSHING] It's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
DOCTOR: I've never seen anything like her.
Not in 25 years in medicine.
Nobody should have survived that accident.
And I figure from the skid mark,
that beautiful Lamborghini was doing about 75 once it hit that truck.
I was in the ER when the rescue squad brought her in.
We took this x-ray series just in case she lasts the night.
Phenomenal.
Perfectly normal.
There's no trauma, no bruising,
no swelling, nothing's wrong.
She was crushed between the door and the steering wheel.
It took two hours to pry her out.
I've never seen tissue behave like this before.
So, what happened to her head?
Oh, abrasions, contusions.
Serious concussion.
You're aware that she has total amnesia.
So the report said she didn't have any ID on her.
Oh, no driver's license,
no credit cards.
She was carrying $5,000 in cash,
which we put into the safe along with the diamonds.
DOCTOR: But unlike that, you know, she got a husband, family.
Somebody's lookin' for her.
Checks don't have any address on 'em.
To put it bluntly,
we're just not comfortable having her here under these conditions.
We need to know where to send her.
Please, do everything you can.
Let me get this straight.
You contacted Social Security, IRS, Motor Vehicle.
The FBI, Center for Missing Persons, Interpol.
She's not just a medical freak.
Officially she doesn't even exist.
But her bank must have had an address.
Did. Post Office box.
I need you on this, Sarah.
It's gonna take a psychic to crack this thing.
Is this still an official case?
Department wants to drop her.
The woman's in a tight spot.
She's incredibly rich, Sarah. She wants to pay you.
You know I don't take money.
Why not?
Just this once. She can afford it.
You got a very special gift, Sarah,
and she has a very real need for it.
Sounds like exploitation to me.
Take me ten years to earn what she'd pay.
I care about you, Sarah.
It's just...
I think we have an opportunity of a lifetime here.
A chance to do something big with your talent.
Something that's gonna change our life for once.
I'm happy with things the way they are.
Well, they could be better.
I can quit the force and then we can spend all our time together.
If that's what you want.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
MADELINE: Come in.
Miss Westcott.
This is Sarah McPherson,
the friend I was telling you about.
So...
you're the psychic.
Where do we begin?
It's so strange.
You look inside,
grope for a name, an image,
your mother's face,
and nothing comes.
SARAH: It must be very frightening.
It's maddening.
But this feeling, this is even worse than the amnesia.
I know I've lost some vital secret,
some matter of life and death, can you understand that?
It's something more important even than who I am.
And I have to remember it.
He said you've helped the police before.
MADELINE: What can you do for me?
Isn't this how it's done?
SARAH: Yes.
Try to relax, let your mind go free.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Nothing.
Why don't you pick up her wallet?
[SARAH BREATHING HEAVILY]
I'm sorry.
It's not something I can force.
RICHARD: It's okay.
Just relax.
We got plenty of time.
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[GASPS]
Malcolm.
Who?
Were you an actress?
She was dressed in a costume, like a flapper,
with a man, Malcolm.
Here, try again.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
SARAH: Malcolm Rinehart.
Not possible.
I know it's crazy, but it's him.
He loved her and she did something horrible to him.
He vanished 60 years ago.
You got your wires crossed, honey.
I didn't.
Well, then how do you explain it?
You're telling me that this sexy young fox killed some guy,
but he died 40 years before she was born?
Yes. Somehow she did.
How? She some kind of monster?
She must be.
That man loved her and she used him and she hurt him
like his love was nothing at all.
It's an antique, right?
Lots of different owners, lots of different vibes you could be picking up on.
Maybe Madeline's great grandmother
was a homicidal maniac and she did this Rinehart in.
But it couldn't have been her.
I want you to try it again.
Come on.
It's the last big chance.
Let's get it right.
Sarah needs a lot of coaxing
to get that stuff to work right,
but it always does.
I got some good leads from her.
No.
She's told you things that don't make sense.
Hasn't she, Richard?
And now you don't know what to think.
And I'm no closer to being out of here than I was before she came,
isn't that right?
Takes time.
I told you.
Time is the one thing I don't feel I have.
Tell me something.
You two are close.
Are you lovers?
We...
see each other.
We're not married.
What does that mean?
It means we don't have a lifetime commitment.
Good.
Then we can talk about us.
We both know I'm in a deep hole.
Right now, you're about the only friend I've got.
And you're a policeman.
I think you could spot trouble coming my way a lot faster than I could.
You want a bodyguard?
No.
Something more personal.
I don't know how long I'll be like this, and...
I just wanna know you'll be around.
Partners, Richard.
I've got plenty of money, more than one person could spend.
And I'll share it with you.
I'll share everything with you.
Just promise me you'll get me through this.
You'll watch over me and get me out of here.
It's all I want.
Well?
[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
MAN OVER PA: Dr. Anderson, Ward C.
Who are you?
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[GASPS]
Sarah.
What are you?
You tell me.
What did you see, Sarah? Did it frighten you?
What's my secret?
Won't you tell me?
I know you can. I can feel your power like my own.
You're so special, Sarah.
You're worth a hundred Richards.
Have it your way.
But remember, I wanted us to be close.
And Richard's the price I'm willing to pay.
Tell me what I need to know and I'll let you keep him.
But keep playing this stupid game and he's mine.
Who do you think you are?
Richard was so easy, Sarah.
You deserve much better.
He's just using you.
Richard isn't like that.
There isn't a man alive who would stay with you
if he could have me.
Look.
Now, listen to me.
In time, with or without your help,
I will remember who I am.
And whatever it is I do that terrifies you so much,
I will get out of here and I will do it again
and again and again.
Only this time,
your precious Richard will be there with me.
Unless you tell me.
Power.
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[RUMBLING]
[PANTING]
What was it?
You can go to hell.
Sarah, don't.
Don't.
Sarah, don't.
I was right about her.
She isn't human, not anymore.
She's old, Richard.
God only knows how old.
Centuries.
What's she got? The fountain of youth?
It's in her hair.
What?
Like Samson, her power is in her hair.
She cuts some of it off,
she eats it, then it turns into thread.
She spins a cocoon
and then she goes inside until she's young again.
She has to do it once every lifetime,
and her time was running out.
She needs food to rejuvenate.
That's what she uses the men for.
She tricks them into loving her
and then she lures them inside with her
and she drains them.
Rich men, so she can take their money when she's done.
Now, you tell me
exactly what happened in the hospital, everything.
Don't worry. I took care of her.
What are you talking about?
She won't hurt anyone ever again.
Sarah, you talk sense to me.
Now, did you hurt Madeline?
[GASPS]
[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]
If you're so worried,
why don't you just go see your little fox for yourself?
[THUNDERCLAP]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Madeline?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh, God.
Richard, help me.
Richard.
Help me. Richard.
Richard.
Don't leave me.
Don't leave me here like this.
Help me.
[SOBBING]
Come in.
You're trembling.
It's all right.
I never cared about her.
It was only the money.
Oh, I know that.
I did it for us. For both of us.
It's all there.
I thought about all the things that you said
and realized that you were right.
A chance like this comes once a lifetime.
You can't let it slip away.
I'm not angry with you, Richard.
Really.
I'm grateful.
But show me that you love me, Richard.
Let me hold you.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]