Stalker

The Soho house? No, I can't.

I have an early call time tomorrow night,

and I've got a ton of a dialogue to learn.

Why don't we do Giorgio's this weekend?

OK. All right. Talk to you later. Bye.

Ohh. Ahh.

Ahh. That's nice.

"Paul, you can't do this.

"You can't show up here and profess your love

and expect me to forget everything you've ever done."

OK. "Paul begs." Blah, blah, blah.

"I'll never trust you, Paul,

"and once the trust is gone,

love is lost."

"Tears flow."

Emily?

You still here?

I thought you were taking the night off, babe.

Yummy.

Emily?

Emily?

Where are you?

Emily?

Aah!

Unh!

Ohh! Aah!

Aah! No!

Ohh.

So how goes it with the child?

Must you torture me?

Did I say, "child?"

I meant very young man.

Of legal age, I might add.

What's his name again?

- Brody. - Brody.

When do I get to meet the young but legal Brody?

Uh, I'm seeing him later today.

You, however, shall see him when hell freezes over

with that attitude.

You know I am thrilled.

Seriously, how's it going?

It's hot, no-strings fun like you said.

I follow directions.

Good girl.

And Brody? What's his deal?

Is he fine with it being light and fun?

He's fine. Please. He's a child.

He's not a child. He's just a...

Very, very young legal man.

Go. Get now. I'm done with you.

Bye.

Morning, belle.

Good morning. Jack is looking for you.

Your mail.

Thanks.

Hollywood station called in a home invasion

on an active case.

Which one?

Actress. Nina Preston. News already broke.

Reporters and paparazzi are all over her house.

Janice and Ben are already on the scene.

Good.

You OK? Bad news?

What?

Oh. I'm not being nosy.

It's big letters. I can read it from here.

It's nothing.

Let's go.

Hey. Let's step back.

I didn't know Nina Preston was such a big deal.

Never seen her show. What's it called... "Savage Shore"?

I haven't seen it either, but it's a big hit.

It's made her the target of several stalkers.

She has a huge fan base.

I mean, look at the paparazzi.

They hunt her.

- Hey. - Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, hey!

What do you think you're doing?

Just going for a better shot. You can't see anything from here.

Take your camera and get the hell out of here.

Fine.

Check this. I'll be outside, OK?

Nina's out back, and she's pretty shaken.

She's with her sister.

Are we looking for Heather Miller?

We're locating her now. Apparently, she was

released from the hospital a month ago,

downgraded to outpatient.

All right. Well, keep me in the loop. I'm gonna go talk to Nina.

This way.

Who's Heather Miller?

An obsessed fan of Nina's.

Booked on two counts of trespassing last year

and was diverted to a court-mandated psychiatric ward.

Delusional, dissociative disorder.

- Violent? - Potentially.

Did Nina get a look at the attacker?

No.

Neither did the security cameras.

Check it out. She has a nice little setup here.

She has a full-on panic room.

Smart girl.

Nina's had some bad luck when it comes to fans.

The attacker's wearing a burn victim mask.

What's that about?

It's because Paul burned his face.

In "Savage Shore." Paul ran into

a burning building because he thought Lily was inside,

and that's when he got horribly disfigured,

but turns out, Lily was never inside the building.

It was all a ploy by Bruce to kill Paul.

Only it backfired because Lily ended up

falling in love with Paul.

Interesting how you can work side by side with someone

and you don't really know them at all.

Let me guess. You watch "The Good Wife"?

You're Nina's sister.

Yeah. Emily.

Where were you last night, Emily?

I was here till around 6:00,

and then I had to go run some errands. I'm also Nina's assistant.

Sister and assistant? How does that work?

I offered to help her after that girl started stalking her.

Nina didn't feel comfortable

with strangers in the house.

Any other employees?

Nope. Just me. It's safer that way.

Nina's attacker knew personal things about her.

Lasagna was her favorite food,

and roses were her favorite flower.

Can you think of anyone who knows Nina like that?

Yep. Anyone on the Internet.

Nina has a lot of fans.

Some of them go a little crazy-town.

Has she thought about hiring private security.

I'm looking into it right now.

When did you put in the panic room?

After that horrible situation with Sandra Bullock.

You stated that your attacker was a man.

Could it have been a woman?

I guess. Um, I didn't really get a good look because of the mask.

The body was covered, the hands had gloves, a big coat.

You don't think it was that nutty girl

you guys put away, do you?

I got a notification that she'd been released.

We're looking into it.

Has she had any contact with you lately?

No.

Where would I see her?

I don't really go out that much.

This is my fourth stalker in 3 years, Lieutenant.

I don't go anywhere to see anyone.

Listen. I get it. You know, I wanted this.

I came to L.A. to be an actress, to be famous.

I'm not crying a river here,

but...

I should be safe in my own home.

Celebrity stalkers write to their targets before approaching.

Her publicist gave us access to her e-mail,

but there are thousands of messages.

It will take us a while to slog through them all.

I scoured the Internet.

There's hundreds of forums and chat rooms

about Nina and the show.

She has 3 million Twitter followers

and even more on Instagram.

So her life is out there.

Her stalker has too much access to her.

Complete access. The paparazzi chronicle

every aspect of her life.

Sometimes, it can get out of control.

I'm running background checks on several paps with arrest records.

What's the show about?

It's your typical teen Gothic romance.

Very addictive. Her TV character is in love

with a disfigured man.

It's very "Beauty and the Beast" thematically.

The stalker may see himself as Nina's savior and she his.

Dinner, candles, bottle of wine.

I mean, this is like bad textbook romance.

What are you thinking?

This kind of display screams incompetent suitor,

someone single and lonely, never been in a real relationship,

possibly a virgin, but he's not after sex.

He's looking for a love connection.

He spends every waking minute thinking about Nina

and their future together.

Like her previous stalker... Heather Miller.

Where is she?

They're bringing her in now.

Does he have access to send me mail?

That's all I'm asking.

No. There's no return address,

but it's postmarked Seattle,

so he sent it.

Somebody sent it.

Will you please check again

and call me back on this number?

If I don't pick up, leave a message.