4-04 Risque Business

4-04 Risque Business

Risque Business

Very tempting, Roy. However, I could never share this stud muffin with anyone. Maybe next time

Miss Parker

Risque Business

Very tempting, Roy. However, I could never share this stud muffin with anyone. Maybe next time

Miss Parker

Original air date: November 6, 1999

Written by: Andrew Dettmann & Daniel Truly

Directed by: Terrence O’Hara

Jarod poses as a sex therapist to investigate a brutal attack on a young female psychologist.

Jarod’s Discoveries:

Jarod’s Occupations: Sex Therapist

Jarod’s Aliases: Jarod Kinse

 

Behind the scenes insights and the Creator’s Take

Official Synopsis

Jarod poses as a sex therapist to investigate a brutal attack on a young female psychologist.

 

Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots trace Jarod’s trail to a zoo.  The zookeeper informs the trio that Jarod, disguised as an animal behaviorist, spent most of his time in the chimpanzees’ cages studying their mating habits.  In scouring personal effects left behind by Jarod, Parker, Sydney and Broots uncover sexual paraphernalia and a shipping receipt with no return address from the Internet website LustyFun.com.  Contrary to Lyle’s orders to report all findings on Jarod to Cox, Parker sends Broots on a secret mission to find the return address.

Jarod, now posing as a sex therapist, replaces psychologist Melissa Blass at the Arnett Center.  Allegedly, a convicted sexual offender and patient of Melissa’s, Luke Carlo, physically attacked and handcuffed Melissa at a motel called the “Eros Inn.”  Now, a traumatized Melissa imprisons herself in her home.  Jarod’s important first-patient encounter is with the seductive Monique, who suffers from excessive sexual role-playing.  Jarod questions other sex therapists at the clinic, the jokester Dr. Alan Covney, and the clinic boss, Dr. Paul Arnett, about the patient attack on Melissa.  Dr. Arnett states that Carlo was a predator who took advantage of Melissa’s caring nature and transformed her into a shell of her former self.  Later, Jarod views a video of Arnett effectively treating a patient’s phobias by revealing his own fear of water.

That night, Jarod pays Melissa an unannounced visit.  He persuades the weak, wary young woman to let him enter her house.  The home décor reflects a love of water and the ocean.  However, Melissa’s anxious demeanor is anything but peaceful.  Jarod gently prods Melissa to recount the night of the attack.  As a trembling Melissa reaches for a bottle of pills and her vodka, she suffers a panic attack and orders Jarod out of her home.

After studying videos of therapy sessions between Melissa and Carlo, Jarod locates Carlo in an area of sex shops and adult theaters.  Carlo vehemently insists that he had nothing to do with the attack on Melissa and escapes before Jarod can press for more information.

In a quiet suburban neighborhood, Parker and Broots follow their lead to the home of a “swinging” couple, Roy and Linda, who run their sex toy business through the Internet.  They reveal that Jarod placed a large order.  Roy gives Broots and Parker Jarod’s mailing address.

Jarod returns to Melissa’s house bearing gifts of sand, seashells and a CD of ocean sounds to create a sensory relaxation exercise.  In recounting the attack, Melissa remembers that Carlo lured her to the hotel.  However, Melissa never saw who actually attacked, handcuffed her and put a dog collar around her neck.  As Melissa reaches for vodka, it spills on her pills, causing them to fizz red.  Melissa tells Jarod that Dr. Covney prescribed the medication.

At the clinic, Jarod confronts Dr. Covney about his discovery that Melissa’s medications marked Pronil, a sedative, are actually Darvonex, which heightens anxiety. Dr. Covney explains that Dr. Arnett prescribed all of Melissa’s meds personally, and it would be inconceivable that Dr. Arnett made such an error.

Jarod snoops around Arnett’s office and examines his extensive Marretta University paraphernalia.  He discovers a secret compartment in one of the trophies.  Inside, he finds a stack of articles chronicling a series of coed rapes on the Marietta campus.  Under the photo of a young Melissa Blass, the headline reads, “Rape Victim Courageously Comes Forward.”

Back at Melissa’s home, Jarod questions a less anxious, unmedicated Melissa, who has stopped taking the Darvonex.  In contrast with her recent attack, Melissa states that, after the campus rape she refused to crumple, and developed a steely resolve to go on with her life.  Dr. Arnett, the Maretta alum, recruited her to work in his clinic.

Jarod now knows the identity of the attacker but needs to squeeze the last piece of the puzzle from Carlo.  He locates a reluctant, frightened Carlo on a park bench.  Carlo reveals that Dr. Arnett blackmailed him.  If he had refused to lure Melissa to the hotel, Arnett would have reported his probation violations of missed appointments, sending him back to prison.

With Monique’s help, Jarod sets a trap for Dr. Arnett.  He jabs him with a syringe of sedatives and, hours later, Dr. Arnett awakens in the Eros Inn handcuffed and dog-collared, lying on his back in a bathtub.  Dr. Arnett, the hydrophobic, begins to unravel.  Jarod spins the water tap until Dr. Arnett confesses.  Arnett reveals that Melissa’s resilience after the rape angered him, because it meant that what he did to her had no meaning.  Arnett believed Melissa needed to “learn a lesson.”  Consequently, his second assault, coupled with medication, would prevent her from fighting back and finally break her.  Eventually, water swallows up the struggling Arnett.  Jarod yanks the gagging Arnett out of the water.

Jarod and Melissa sit on her sun-filled porch. Melissa faces more recovery, but plans eventually to return to her practice. Jarod suggests that if she wants to open her own clinic, he knows of a big cooperation that might be persuaded to provide the seed money.

4-04 Risque Business

Risque Business Transcript

 

  Institute for Animal Reproductive Studies 
     
Employee   I told Jarod he was welcome in the crew quarters but he wanted to be here, nearer the animals. Careful where you walk. He let some of them run free.
Miss Parker   Let’s see if he left anything else besides… this stench.
Broots   Oh, look at these. Wild Kingdom, National Geographic. Hey, here’s that crocodile guy. [Australian Accent] “That mammoth snake’s a real beauty, ain’t she? I’m gonna try and ride her.”
Sydney   You were saying that Jarod claimed to be an animal behaviorist?
Employee   Yeah. Some zoo up north. Some place in, uh-
Lyle   Blue Cove, Delaware? That’s where I’ve been waiting since someone failed to notify me about this little road trip.
Miss Parker   Lyle-
Lyle   It’s an oversight. Your people were gonna call my people.
Miss Parker   Actually, I was going to say-
    [Squishing Sound]
Miss Parker   Watch your step.
So, this is all Jarod did? Just watch TV and, uh, play with his furry friends?
Employee   Actually, he spent of his time in front of the chimpanzee cages. He’d sit there for hours, mesmerized.
Sydney   Jarod knows the agony of being caged. The prying eyes. That’s why he studied the chimps because he related to them.
Employee   [ Laughs ] Nah. He just liked watching them do it.
Miss Parker   It?
Employee   Yeah, you know, mate.
Broots   Okay, weird time. Hot peppermint-flavored massage oil. Feather ticklers. Edible apparel. I guess it’s all for, uh, for-
Lyle   Sex, Broots. The word is sex.
Miss Parker   Looks like our little monkey’s in heat.
     
     
    Arnett Centre for Sexual Therapy
     
Monique   Oh, good morning. You must be Dr. Kinsey. Welcome to the Arnett Center.
Jarod   Thank you, Nurse Plenty?
Monique   Plen-tay.
Jarod   Ah.
Monique   I took the liberty of getting you all set up. Your daily schedule is here. Your weekly here. Here’s a little pamphlet to explain the phones. And since I didn’t know which you prefer, I brought you tea and coffee.
Jarod   Well, thank you very much. That’s great.
Monique   At the Arnett Sex Center, satisfaction is our motto.
Jarod   Was there something else you needed?
Monique   Oh, yes, Doctor. There is something I need very badly.
Jarod   Uh, Nurse Plenty, I-
Monique   Plen-tay.
Jarod   Uh-
    [Footsteps]
Gloria   Oh! I am so sorry, Doctor. Monique slipped right past me.
Jarod   She’s not really a nurse, is she?
Gloria   No. She’s your 9:00 patient.
Jarod   Ah. Monique Brooks. Suffering from an uncontrollable urge for sexual role playing.
Monique   We all like to pretend once in a while, don’t we, Doc?
Jarod   Uh-huh.
     
     
    Arnett Center
     
Female Patient   It went from a couple of quickies on the dryer
Male Patient   To the upper deck at Dodger Stadium.
Female Patient   We crave daring places. Need daring places.
Male Patient   It never occurred to us that we had a problem. Until this.
Female Patient   The paramedics said we were lucky falling off the scoreboard like we did
Male Patient   If it weren’t for the peanut guy? We might have been killed.
Jarod   Hmm.
     
Young Male Patient   We’ve been together five years. And…we’re still…you know- unspoiled… after five years.
Jarod   Well, many people choose to wait. In the grand scheme of things, five years really isn’t that long.
Young Male Patient   We’ve been married for four of them.
Jarod   We have some videos here I think might help.
Young Male Patient   Thank you very much!
Jarod   Just don’t try everything in one night.
Dr. Covney   Excuse me. You must be Dr. Kinsey.
Jarod   That’s what it says on my door anyway.
Dr. Covney   I’m Dr. Covney. All my patients call me Allen.
Jarod   Nice to meet you, Allen.
Dr. Covney   Hey. How many sex therapists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Jarod   Is there a lightbulb I can help you change?
Dr. Covney   It’s just- it’s just a joke.
Dr. Arnett   Sort of like the funny ones, only different. Get used to it, Jarod. Sex therapy’s the butt of a lot of jokes. The work we do at this clinic is important.
Dr. Covney   Speaking of which, Dr. Arnett, my 11:00 group is waiting. Welcome aboard.
Jarod   Thank you.
Dr. Arnett   Jarod, you got a minute?
Jarod   Uh, sure.
     
    The Centre
Broots   Syd, do you ever wonder why these dolls always have the same surprised expression on their face?
Miss Parker   [ Snickers ]
Broots   Go ahead. Say it.
Miss Parker   This is fish in a barrel territory. Tell me about this stuff, boys. Looks like Jarod could use a nice cold shower.
Sydney   Well, his is an inquisitive mind. No reason why he wouldn’t use it to explore his sensuality.
Miss Parker   Syd’s fancy way of saying our boy has his horns up.
Broots   [Chuckles] Horns up.
Miss Parker   So, did you find anything useful?
Broots   Uh, well, basically whatever turns you on, baby.
Miss Parker   To locate Jarod?
Broots   Still lookin’. Maybe we’ll get lucky. [Laughs]
I’ll keep you posted.
Miss Parker   Thank you.
Lyle   Forget to call me again?
Miss Parker   Don’t worry, Lyle. You can play with the toys when we’re done.
Lyle   The game’s changing. Due to recent lapses in communication, I have decided to take a more supervisory role in the hunt for Jarod. From now on, you’ll report every aspect of your search to me.
Miss Parker   Every aspect. And if we don’t, you’ll go up to the Tower and get us in lots of trouble. Tattletale will go so nicely on your resume.
Lyle   Like you said, watch your step.
Broots   Reporting to Mr. Lyle can’t be good. Wonder what that means?
Miss Parker   I know what it means to me. Nothing. I don’t answer to anyone. Especially my little brother.
Sydney   This is interesting. Shipping invoice., no return address. Just a Web site.
Miss Parker   lustyfun.com. This is where Jarod ordered all the stuff from. Find a real address on that. And, Broots, not a word.
Broots   But Mr. Lyle just said we’re supposed to-
Miss Parker   Broots. Think of your worst nightmare. [Cracks Whip]
     
    Arnett Centre
Jarod   Mighty Bobcats from Marietta University. You must really like these Mighty Bobcats.
Dr. Arnett   You’re a therapist. You can use the term obsession. Don’t you have a similar attachment to your alma mater?
Jarod   I have a strong feeling about the place.
Dr. Arnett   Please. Jarod, I want to thank you for stepping in on such short notice and taking over for Dr. Blass. I have to tell you, I’m concerned about Dr. Blass’s patients…how they’re going to make the transition to you. Many have spent a long time developing a trust with her.
Jarod   Well, I’m going to have to work very hard to maintain that trust.
Dr. Arnett   You never realize how many lives are affected when a tragedy like Melissa’s happens.
Jarod   Has her attacker been caught yet?
Dr. Arnett   No. Police are looking for one of her court referral patients- Luke Carlo. Melissa was working with him as a term of his probation.
Jarod   What happened?
Dr. Arnett   Melissa had the admirable tendency to care too much. Carlo was a predator. He took advantage of that. He called her, said he was having a crisis. She ended up downtown in some dive called the Eros Inn.
Jarod   I hear she’s in pretty bad shape.
Dr. Arnett   She’s a shell of who she was. I just wish that you could have met the Melissa that we all used to know. She was a wonderful, loving woman.
    [Dr. Arnett On Tape] Mr. Truly, do you know why you’re here? [Mr. Truly On Tape] Yeah, Judge Dettman thinks I’m a pervert.
Jarod   Tony? I’m Dr. Kinsey. I’m the new guy. So, I understand you’re the one who knows everything that goes on around here.
Tony   Yeah. I live the lowly life of an intern. I’m also workin’ on my master’s.
Jarod   “Psycho-Sexual Agression.” “Aberrant Sexual Behavior.” Hmm. Cheery stuff.
Tony   My honor’s thesis is on sexual predators, and I watch all the court referred sessions so I might as well make good use of it.
Jarod   Is this Dr. Arnett working with someone?
Tony   Yeah. This is your standard trench coat and sneaker flasher. Here.
    [Dr. Arnett On Tape] Everyone has fears. It’s nothing to be ashamed of. The key is to acknowledge and understand them. [Mr. Truly On Tape] Yeah well, I’m not afraid of anything.
Tony   It’s amazing what you can learn about a person’s psyche by just watching them.
    [Dr. Arnett On Tape] Mr. Truly, when I was a kid, my father took me duck hunting. I was laying out the decoys and somehow the boat flipped. I got trapped underneath in this tiny air pocket. The water kept rising up my neck, over my chin. I was terrified. I nearly drowned. To this day, I’m hydrophobic. A shower, fine. But a bath, a swimming pool…the fear rises in me as fast as the water. See, fear is natural. It’s healthy even. But we’ve got to control it. We can’t let “it” control us.
Jarod   Did you observe Dr. Blass’s sessions with Luke Carlo?
Tony   The guy that assaulted her? Yeah. There are tapes of that guy in her office. Scary dude. He was the kind of guy that was just wound too tight. Unfortunately for Dr. Blass, he decided that she was gonna be the one that he went off on.
     
    The Centre
Sydney   Interesting drawing, Broots.
Broots   [Clears Throat] Oh, I was just doodling. It’s nothing.
Sydney   Well, doodling is often the most direct expression of the unconscious. And I couldn’t help notice there was a certain resemblance to Miss Parker.
Broots   Yeah? Well, it’s just that’s she so impressive. You know, she’s always in control. The way she never shows fear. Oh, God.
Sydney   Fantasies about coworkers are perfectly natural, Broots. I’d be very surprised if sublimated sexual feelings didn’t surface from time to time.
Broots   So, what do I do?
Sydney   Well, you can’t keep these emotions inside. Otherwise they’ll, uh, control you.
Broots   Oh, no. I’m not gonna tell her.
Miss Parker   Tell her what? Another crush, Broots? Who is it this time? That double-chinned chick in, uh, R&D?
Broots   [Chuckles] No. Yeah. Uh, yeah. But it’s two, uh, clefts, one chin.
    [Music On Computer]
Broots   Oh, look. It’s the address for Jarod’s receipt- lustyfun.com.
Miss Parker   All right, Broots, you stay here and pretend like we’re still searching.
Broots   Okay.
Miss Parker   The less Lyle knows, the better.
Broots   Aren’t we supposed to report everything we hear?
Miss Parker   Aren’t you supposed to have a pair?
Sydney   Uh, Miss Parker, I’ll stay. I have plenty of things to do here.
Miss Parker   It’s you and me, cowboy. Saddle up.
Sydney   Good luck, Broots.
     
     
    Arnett Center
    [Woman 1] I don’t know, Doctor. I’m just so confused. I never had to deal with anything like this before.
    [Woman 2] Gloria, it will be fine, I promise you. We’re gonna get you through this.
Jarod   Dr. Blass?
Gloria   Oh, Dr. Kinsey. I’m sorry. I just needed to look at these old tapes.
Jarod   I heard your voice. You were one of Dr. Blass’s patients?
Gloria   Oh, well, she- she was just, uh, helping me with a problem I had with my boyfriend, Eddie. I- I just wanted to hear her advice again. There’s no one else like her. Excuse me.
    [Phone Ringing]
    [Tape Rewinding] [Dr. Blass On Tape] Gloria, it will be fine. I promise you, we’re gonna get you through this. [Gloria On Tape] Thank you. I don’t know what I’d do without you. [Blass] Oh.
     
    [Outside Dr. Blass’s house] [Dog Barking In Distance]
    [Doorbelll Rings]
Dr. Blass   Put the package in the box.
Jarod   Oh, I’m not a deliveryman, Dr. Blass. I’m a doctor with the clinic.
Dr. Blass   Go away. I don’t need your hlep.
Jarod   Well, actually, I was hoping to get your help. You see, I’m taking over your case load at the clinic. There’s a new patient I need some advice with. A young woman. I need to reach her before she slips over the edge.
    [ Lockc clicks ]
Dr. Blass   I really wish I could help. I, uh, don’t practice annymore.
Jarod   Maybe not, but I’m hoping you still care.
Dr. Blass   How do I konw you really are who you say you are?
Jarod   Mr. name is Dr. Jarod Kinsey. Dr. Arnett hired me. I work with Dr. Covney, and Tony is the intern.
Dr. Blass   But anybody could know that.
Jarod   Well, you’re right. But, uh, Gloria…she’s still having problems with her boyfriend, Eddie.
Dr. Blass   [Clicks Tongue] Gloria.
Jarod   Please? I won’t take up too much of your time.
You collect shells. Do you like the ocean?
Dr. Blass   My grandmother had a beach house when I was growing up. She was my sanctuary. I guess the ocean still remindss me of her. I was just about to put on some tea. So , you said somethign about a new patient?
Jarod   Yes. She’s suffering from a generalized anxiety disorder brought on by emotional trauma.
Dr. Blass   Symptoms?
Jarod   Insomnia, panic attacks and an overwhelming sense of fear. The thing is, deep down inside, I think she really wants to get bettter but the fear stops her. Some days she’s too afraid to even get out of bed. Her heart races, she can’t breathe. She feels like she’s losinig control. The thing that reallyy worries me is she’s beginning to think that ending it all is is the only way out.
Dr. Blass   There’s no new paitient, is there? Like I told you before, I don’t want your help.
Jarodm   Maybe if you just talked about the night you were atttacked?
Dr. Blass   No, I can’t.
Jarod   Just try.
Dr. Blass   Look, my head is all just twisted. and jumbled.
Jarod   Melissa? Just try.
Dr. Blass   I went downtown to this hotel one of my pa- one of my patients was staying in.
Jarod   Luke Carlo.
Dr. Blass   The door wsas open so I walked in. There was… a hand clamped over my mouth. And… a blindfold. Handcufffs.
Jarod   Handcufss with Luke Carlo’s fingerprints on them?
Dr. Blass   [Breathes Heavily[ [Pills Rattling] Luke. I thought he was getting better, you kwno? I t hought I was helping him. You have to go noww!
Jarod   It’s not a very good idea for yuo to mix those things.
Dr. Blass   I know that! Can you please just go?
Jarod   We should just go sit-
Dr. Blass   Please go!
Jarod   Okay, okay.
     
    Arnett Center
    [Luke’s Voice on Tape] It’s not like I ever hurt anybody. I just like to look, all right? [Dr. Blass’s Voice] No, it’s not all right. You are victimizing these women. So what we have to do today, is find a better way for you to deal with your sexuual impulses. [Luke’s Voice] Deal with them. Lady, you have no idea what it’s like in my neighborhood. Around here, sex is all secrets and whispers. There it’s sold in the streets. It’s in your face 24 – 7. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why the call it the “Flesh District.” [Rewinds] It doesn’t take a genius to figure out why they call it the “Flesh District.” [Repeats] The “Flesh District.” The “Flesh District.”
     
    [No Audible Dialogue During Street Scenes]
     
Jarod   Excuse me. I’m looking for this guy.
Homeless Man   I don’t see nobody.
Jarod   Nobody sees you. The best eyes to see the world with are invisible.
Homeless Man   You’ve spent some time on the streets.
Jarod   You could say that. He’s supposed to be a regular around here.
Homeless Man   Walked by here just a minute ago. I see him around here all the time. When in doubt, liquor store down the street. There is he, right there.
Jarod   Thanks.
    [Chase Ensues] [Clattering]
Luke Carlo   What do you want with me?
Jarod   I want to talk to you about Dr. Blass.
Luke   I didn’t have nothin’ to do with that.
Jarod   Is that why you’re pointing a gun at me?
Luke   I didn’t do it. I’m tellin’ you. I didn’t… do it! [Pulls Down Stack Of Pallets And Runs] I didn’t do it!
     
    The ‘burbs
Broots   This isn’t sleazy. It’s Beaver Cleaver’s house. This is not exactly what I would have expected from lustyfun.com.
Miss Parker   Behind all the aluminum siding, suburbia’s a freak show.
Broots   Miss Parker, can I ask you something? You see, Sydney has this theory about expressing your feelings, not bottling up your emotions.
Miss Parker   Is this more about you and the chins?
Broots   Yeah. Uh, no.
    [ Parker Rings Doorbell ]
Broots   Well, kind of.
Miss Parker   Broots. No woman worth her salt wants to be with a guy who spills his feelings all over the floor. You like this chick, either make a move or move on.
    [Door Opens]
Miss Parker   Hi. We’re here to shop.
Roy   I don’t know what you’re talkin’ about.
Miss Parker   You know, something exotic for hubby?
Broots   [Sniffs Parker’s Hair]
Roy   I’m afraid I can’t help you.
Miss Parker (to Broots)   I guess Jarod lied to us, honey.
Roy   Whoa, whoa, whoa. You’re friends of Jarod’s?
Miss Parker   [Smiles]
Roy   Come on in! [Chuckles] Sorry about the hassle. Gotta keep a low profile for the neighbors. This is my wife, Linda. I’m Roy. God bless the internet. A few months ago- sex toys, experimenting- it was just a hobby with us. Of course, I don’t have to tell you two about that, now do I?
Miss Parker   Mmm. It’d be nice if you didn’t.
Broots   So, uh, Roy, how do you know Jarod?
Roy   Never met. Except in chat rooms and the humongous order he laid on us. It got my wife’s attention, I can tell you that. [Chuckles] Yeah, we’re still shippin’ him stuff on back order.
Miss Parker   Really? You know, he just recently moved. You don’t happen to have his new address, do you?
Roy   Well, yeah. I think he gave to it us, yeah. Yeah. 1248 Wren Park, Wyattville.
Broots   Yeah, 1248 Wren Park. That- that’s it.
Roy   Hey, won’t don’t you two come into the den. We’ll open up the sloe gin and see what kind of natural wonders occur? [Chuckles]
Miss Parker   [Laughs] I prefer my natural wonders in national parks. But thank you.
Roy   Oh, come on, I just laid some brand-new shag. It’s three-quarter pile, extra thick padding. Makes for some comfy cuddlin’. [Chuckles]
Broots   Are you talkin’ about the four of us?
Roy   Yeah sure, you two swing, don’t ya?
Broots   [Chuckles]
Miss Parker   Very tempting, Roy. However, I could never share this stud muffin with anyone. Maybe next time. Buh-bye.
    [Door Opens, Closes.]
    [Phone Beeping]
Roy   Yeah, it’s me. They just left.
     
    Arnett Center
     
Dr. Arnett   Jarod? I heard you went to see Melissa last night.
Jarod   Yes, I did.
Dr. Arnett   I’m surprised you got in. Most of the time she’s not even answering the phone. How is she?
Jarod   She’s not doing well. She’s obviously paranoid and she’s exhibiting obsessive-compulsive behavior. Now I realize she’s been traumatized but I’m sensing there’s something, something else going on with her.
Dr. Covney   So, you think there could be deeper issues at work?
Jarod   Perhaps. I’m not sure. I was hoping maybe you could tell me.
Dr. Arnett   Up until all this, Melissa Blass was one of the most solid, stable people I’ve ever known.
     
    Dr. Blass’s Home
     
    [Doorbell Rings]
     
Melissa Blass   Jarod, please. I don’t want to talk.
Jarod   I have a delivery this time.
    [Door Opens]
Jarod   How would you like to take a walk on the beach?
    [Waves Crashing, Seagulls Squawking On Tape]
Melissa Blass   Jarod, this is crazy.
Jarod   We’re shrinks. Crayz is our business. Iw ant you to close your eyes. Cl0ose your eyes. Imagine yourself at your grandmother’s beach house. Remember how safe you used to feel there. Hear the surf rolling in and out. Feel the warm sunn on yuor face. Nothign bad can ever happpen to you here.
Melissa’s Voice (in her head)   And so I walked in. There was a hand clampeed over my mouth. Blindofld. Handcuffs. Handcufs. Handcuffs.
Melissa Blass   Jarod, I know what you’re doing. I use sensory-relaxation exercises all the time with my patients.
Jarod   And you know that they wokr. It’s very improtant that we talk about the night you were attackked.
Melissa Blass   But I todl you everytihing I could.
Jarode   I need to know if yuo actually saw Luke Carlo. Did you actually see him?
Melissa Blass   [Breathing Heavily] Well, he called me and lured me down there.
Jarod   But did you see him?
Melissa Blass   Well, I don’t know. I dont remember. I- [Pills Rattling] No. I guess I- mean I never- No. I didn’t. But why would anyone else want me there? [Pills Scatter, Several Fall Into Glass Of Vodka] Damn it! Oh!
Jarod   [Picks up Glass, Picks up Pills] Pronil?
Melliss   Just a mild sedative.
Jarod   Dr. Covney filled this?
Melissa   He handles all the meds at the clinic.
     
    Arnett Center
     
    [Jarod drops different meds into vodka.]
     
Dr. Covney   Oh, hey, Jarod.
Jarod   Dr. Covney.
Dr. Covney   Something wrong?
Jarod   How often are mistakes made on prescriptions around here?
Dr. Covney   Never. Why?
Jarod   Because this was given to a patient in a bottle marked “Pronil”.
Dr. Covney   Daronex? Well, this is wrong. This is really wrong. Pronil’s a sedative. But Daronex- it’s main side effect is heightened anxiety. A steady diet of these will push just about anybody over the edge.
Jarod   Then explain to me why you gave it to Melissa Blass?
Dr. Covney   Melissa? Now wait a minute. I did not fill that prescription.
Jarod   Your name’s on the bottle.
Dr. Covney   I’m the one with the med permit. My name is on all the labels. But I didn’t fill that one. Dr. Arnett did. He takes care of Melissa’s meds personally. But I can’t believe he’d make a mistake like that.
Jarod   Neither can I.
     
     
Male Patient   We tried what you suggested, Dr. Kinsey.
Jarod   Making love at home, behind closed doors, in your own bedroom.
Female Patient   Yeah. It was good.
Male Patient   Unfortunately, I got a little out of control. I couldn’t help myself. I opened the curtains.
Female Patient   And then it got great.
Male Patient   We had no idea we had so many nice neighbors in our apartment complex.
Female Patient   It’s really a shame we’re gonna have to move now.
     
Monique   Give me an “S!” “S!”
Give me an “E!” “E!”
Give me an “X!” “X!”
Sex!
[Giggles]
Jarod   Thank you, Monique. Now, please put your clothes on.
     
    1248 Wren Park, Wyattville
     
Broots   Well, this is the address we got from that lustyfun.com couple. It’s not the nicest place Jarod’s ever lived.
Miss Parker   Better than swinger’s central. Come here. [Looks Up At Tall Fence] Yeah. Give me a boost.
Broots?
Broots   Oh, yeah, okay, right.
Miss Parker   One. Two. Three. Broots!
Broots   Oh, yeah, okay.
    [Clattering]
Miss Parker   Damn it! I’m so tired of being late for the party.
Broots   Shh. Miss Parker, we might not be late this time. Look at all this stuff. Today’s paper. Food, clothes, a D.S.A. player. This computer’s still warm.
Miss Parker   Jarod’s still living here.
Broots   This is too important not to tell Mr. Lyle. Don’t you think this is important enough that we have to let him know? [Broots grabs pistachios] Sorry. I-I get hungry when I’m nervous. Pistachio?
Miss Parker   Broots, when exactly did we find that receipt in the box from Jarod’s lair?
Broots   Right after Mr. Lyle left.
Miss Parker   We’re out of here.
Broots   What? Why? Wait, Miss Parker? Wait, don’t leave me here.
     
    Dr. Paul Arnett’s Office
    [Jarod finds articles uncovering earlier attack on Blass]
     
     
    Dr. Melissa Blass’s Home
Melissa   I can’t believe the difference. I already feel so much clearer. I should’ve known something was wrong those other pills.
Jarod   How could you? They both look exactly alike and with what the Daronex was doing to your mind. Melissa? I think it’s time that we had a real talk about what happened to you. Look, you can put locks on your doors, you can put bars on your windows. But they can’t keep out the feaar inside of you.
Meliss   Yeah, but I already todl you everything I could. The rest justt isn’t there.
Jarood   Then let’s go further back… to the first timme you were attacked.
Melisas   How did you know?
Jarod   Call it… a doctor’s hunch.
Melissa   It was back in college.
Jarod   You went to Marietta University with Dr. Arnett.
Melissa   Yeah. I was, uh, coming homee late one night after styudying. [Sniffles] [Sighs] I was, uh, passing by on eof the old dorms. A man in a mask jumped out oft he shadows, grabbed me and pulled me insiide . They never even caught him.
Jarod   But you bounced back.
Melissa   Yeah, I did. I really did. I got counseling, I – I worked erally hardt o become me again. But always in the back of mind my …part of me is just…. shattered. I don’t know if I can boucne back this time. [Reaches For Glass Of Vodka]
jarod   No. No more crutch. [Takes Glass] It’s time to figure out what what really happened downtaown that night.
Melissa   But how, Jarod?
Jarod   By asking someone who knows.
     
Melissa on Tape   Luke, I want you to just imagine somewhere very peaceful. It’s very safe. Tell me what you’re seeing. [Luke] Trees. Lots of green grass. There’s a – a park I go to sometimes, not far from here. There’s a – a bench I like to sit on. I look up at the clouds. [Melissa] Are you hearing anything? [Luke] Music. There’s a – a guy who’s always there and he brings his cello. {sighs} It’s really soothing…sitting on the bench just listening to the cello.
     
    Music [Cello]
    The Park
     
Jarod   You were right, Luke. It is relaxing here.
Luke   What the hell?
Jarod   You can run all you want. But your guilty conscence will be tapping you on the shoulder wherever you go.
Luke   Look, I told you. I’m not guilty of nothin’. I didn’t attack Dr. Blass.
Jarod   I know. But someone made you lure her to that hotel room. Why? Dr. Arnett attacked her, didn’t he?
Luke   I didn’t wanna call her. I like Dr. Blass. She was the first person who really seemed to care about me. But one night, after a session, Arnett grabbed me. He told me he’d make me a deal. He said that if I got her to the hotel, he wouldn’t report me. I was, like, report me for what?
Jarod   Missed appointments. Probation violations. Whatever he could make up.
Luke   He said sending a deviant like me back to prison was easy. So either I called or he did. The next day, when I heard, I was like- I felt like I was gonna puke. Dr. Blass always said “Recovery is a long road.” But one step at a time will get you there. And I was taking those steps. I was getting better, thanks to her.
Jarod   Why didn’t you come forward?
Luke   My word versus Arnett’s? A lowlife like me against the respected doctor? No one will ever lay a finger on him.
Jarod   Don’t bet on it.
     
    Arnett’s Office
     
Dr. Arnett   Jarod. You’re working late.
Jarod   Yes. I have a case that’s starting to trouble me.
Dr. Arnett   Anything I can help you with?
Jarod   Maybe you can. Being that you have such an insight into the mind of sexual predators. You see, I’m having trouble understanding his motivation.
Dr. Arnett   Well, you know, Jarod, it’s control. Sex may be the avenue they choose but the underlying motivation- it’s always control. To get it, he puts his victim down. He debases their humanity. It’s only way the predator can convince himself he’s worthy.
Jarod   And if he refuses to seek treatment?
Dr. Arnett   Without admission of responsibility, there’s very little hope for improvement.
Jarod   Then I guess I’d better find a more radical form of therapy. Thank you for your…insight.
     
Dr. Arnett’s voice on tape   Everyone has fears. To this day, I’m hydrophobic.
Jarod   So, Monique, you wanna play dress-up?
Monique   Really?
Arnett’s Office   [Door Outside Closes]
Dr. Arnett   Melissa? Melissa, is that you? Melissa, I didn’t know you were out of the house these days? Monique? [Groans] Jarod?
Jarod   Just a B-12 shot, Dr. Arnett. Whoops. It’s a sedative. Don’t you just hate it when medications get switched?
    [Whistling Row Your Boat]
Arnett   [Gasps] Jarod?
Jarod   Relax, Doctor. You’re strapped down and going nowhere. Welcome to the Eros Inn, Doc. Oh, that’s right. You’ve been here before.
Arnett   What the hell are you doing?
Jarod   I’m just tryin’ to help you relax. And what’s more relaxing that a nice, warm bath. [Reaches to turn water on]
Arnett   No, no! No, don’t! Don’t, don’t, don’t!
Jarod   That’s right. Hydrophobia. You really should see a therapist about that.
Arnett   Jarod, you’re crazy. What’d I ever do to you?
Jarod   Oh, it’s not what you did to me. It’s what you did to Melissa Blass.
Arnett   You’re out of your mind. Everybody knows Luke Carlo attacked her.
Jarod   Not everyone. Allow me to float my theory. [Turns on Tap]
Arnett   [Gasps] Damn it, Jarod! You can’t do this!
Jarod   It’s all about control. Like back when you were in college, when you were a Mighty Bobcat. The way you took control over those four innocent girls.
Arnett   You don’t know what you’re talkin’ about.
Jarod   I may not have all the details but I do have the broad strokes. Oh, speaking of strokes? Do you know yours? Breaststroke? Backstroke? ‘Cause you’re going to need them the way this water level’s rising.
Arnett   I swear!
Jarod   Now you know how Melissa felt. Powerless. Drowning in her very worst fear.
Arnett   Why are you doing this?
Jarod   Because you did it to her!
Arnett   Jarod, no! Please don’t! It was her fault! I put her down 12 years ago! She should have stayed down!
Jarod   But she didn’t! She wouldn’t let what you did to her destroy her!
Arnett   She kept rubbing it in my face.
Jarod   Then you tried to ruin her for good. From the day you hired her at the clinic, every day since then, you’ve been planning her second assault.
Arnett   She had to learn her lesson!
Jarod   Now it’s time that you learn yours.
    [Pulls Arnett’s Head and Face Under the Water]
    [Replays Tape]
Arnett on Tape   She had to learn her lesson!
    [Jarod ejects tape]
    [Jarod pulls a struggling Arnett from the water]
Arnett   [Gasping]
Jarod   [Water Off]
Arnett   [Sobs]
Jarod   Like you said, Doc, everyone has fears.
Arnett   [Whimpering]
     
    The Centre
     
Lyle   Miss Parker, I was starting to worry. I hadn’t heard any developments in your Jarod pursuit.
Miss Parker   That’s because there was no Jarod pursuit, was there, Lyle? It was all just a setup. The bogus shipping report, the fake lair with all the sex toys. The swinging couple, however, was a very cute touch. You don’t usually show that much imagination when trying to screw me over.
    [Broots and Syndey watch from a distance]
Lyle   I don’t have the foggiest idea what you’re talking about.
Miss Parker   [Grips Lyle’s Neck] Next time, do your homework. Jarod’s allergic to pistachios. [Shoves Pistachio Into Lyle’s Mouth]
Broots   [Double takes] God, she’s amazing.
Sydney   Go on, tell her.
Broots   No, Syd. Women don’t wanna be told. They wanna be shown. It’s time I make my move. [Advances on Miss Parker]
Miss Parker   [Turns Just as Broots Approaches, Places Palm Against His Chest] Broots, I’m flattered. In fact, it’s kind of sweet. But it’s never gonna happen. [Slaps him on the shoulder, winks] Good luck with the chinny-chin-chin.
     
    Melissa Blass’s Home (Porch)
     
Melissa   Mmm. Mmm. Oh, that sun feels nice. [Sighs] Well, it’s a start, huh?
Jarod   Today the porch, tomorrow the world. Melissa, there’s a lot of people who miss you, who want- who need your help.
Melissa   Well, I’m sure helping them will be the best therapy for me.
Jarod   One step at a time is the best therapy.
Melissa   Jarod, thank you. [Hugs]
Jarod   Good luck. [Walks Away]

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