Stepfather II

Honey, I'm home.

Hi, Honey, Good Day at the office? -Ah, the usual.

Say, what's for dinner?

I made your favorite, pot roast and apple pie. -Mmm, mmm, mmm!

Why can't you just leave me alone?

All we need is some order around here!

Order!

We are going to keep this family together. You had better believe it!

Wait a minute!

Why am I here?

Argh!

Thank you, honey!

Stop it! - Aaagh!

I love you!

Time to see the new shrink, bad daddy.

An hour with him, then you're mine again.

In there.

Have a seat, won't you?

Excuse the mess here.

Dr. Winington has returned to his private practice.

I'm Dr. Joseph Danvers.

Call me Joe.

I thought we'd start right in, get some things out into the open,

and know what we're dealing with.

Want to tell me something about yourself?

What's to tell?

Well...

it says here...

Jerry and Susan Blake...

were, according to neighbors and friends...

the ideal, happy couple.

That is...

until Jerry brutally attacked Susan and her daughter,

murdered James Ogilvie;

and just a year earlier...

Henry Morrison walked-out on his family.

Jerry Blake, Henry Morrison, and before them, Bill Krieger.

What kind of man changes names like other people change their clothes,

and then marries into fatherless families?

And how can such a man

be a loving father,

and devoted husband, right...

...up until the time he decides, to calmly wipe that family

off the face of this planet, hmm?

I believe, just a man.

A man with the same dreams and desires

as me, or him.

A man who wanted all the things everyone else does.

home and hearth...

but it got twisted...and turned along the way.

What would you do with a man like that?

I'd help him.

I'd reach out to him,

tell him to trust me.

I'd say to him that everyone is entitled to their feelings.

Could he trust you?

Yes, Jerry,

just as much as I trust him.

Remove this man's handcuffs.

Doc, ain't no man sitting here, it's a fuckin' animal!

Just do it.

It's okay, Jerry.

I don't smoke.

Where do your thoughts take you? - Reti.

Who's Reti? - My dog.

I got him when I was 9 years old.

He was my best friend.

He was your best friend, this Reti?

For a while.

What happened?

There was a...

...an accident, kinda.

Did Reti do something bad?

Did you punish Reti? -

Jerry?

Jerry...

I thought we said we were going to start trusting eachother.

I know.

You're the only one I can trust.

Smith,

would you wait outside?

Maybe you being new, and all, you're not up on the policy here, Doc.

I make policy, now, so...

...just leave, please.

Fuckin' shrinks!

So, where did your thoughts take you, Joe?

It's beautifully crafted.

It's more than that.

It's much more.

What's that?

It answers your question of why would a man murder one family and then...

marry into another, time and again.

Wait, wait a minute.

Wait! Wait.

You see, Joe...

...the eternal optimist...

believes that you can fix whatever's broken.

So...

...he just keeps on trying.

Wait outside, Smith.

That is good. That is very good.

This will just take a minute.

Argh!

Yeah, yeah.

What is it this time?

Doc?

Smith, you made the quarter-threes on the way up.

Smith, are you asleep again?

Christ, we got an escape down here.

We got an escape!

Tell 'em! Tell 'em!

: Amtrack 169 south bound to Portland and San Francisco now boarding on platform 8.

Amtrack 169 south bound to Portland and San Francisco now boarding on platform 8.

Hi there. Need some help?

Oh jeez, thanks a lot.

You know, when I bought this car, one of the things I fell in love with was the roomy trunkspace.

Hi. - Hi.

Come in. -Right.

Right over there.

Oh boy!

Back home, the wife never lets me eat this kind of stuff,

but, ah, sometimes you just got to stop and taste the good life, don't ya?

Yes sir.

Thank you Mr. Thomas. - You betcha.

Well, I believe you're safe now.

Thanks to you!

I knew you'd come to my rescue!

: Two men were brutally murdered here this morning

when a patient here at Puget Sound Psychiatric Hospital

staged an escape in broad daylight that has local police baffled.

According to hospital authorities

convicted family killer Jerry Blake, also known as Henry Morrison

and previously, Bill Krieger;

stabbed resident psychologist Dr. Joseph Danvers

then bludgeoned security guard Ralph Smith

before making his escape.

Unfortunately for Puget Sound area residents,

local police have not been able to recapture Blake,

nor do they have any clues as to his whereabouts.

As of this moment, police are combing the streets and highways

in search of Blake, in one of the largest man-hunts in Puget Sound history;

but so far, they have made no progress.

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Excuse me,

Dr. Clifford.

Call me Gene, Miss Grayland.

Well, actually, it's Mrs. Grayland.

Oh, well, isn't Mr. Grayland the lucky one.

But I suppose it's--it's Miss Grayland now; I just got a divorce.

The logs. They don't come out, look!

Oh? -No, it's gas.

See, all you need to do is turn this little valve.

Well, I'll be! -Yes, it takes all the muss and fuss out of making a fire.

Well, I guess I'm kind of old-fashioned, that way.

Nothing like stoking a fire on a cold New England night.

Oh, really, where?

Well, my last practice was in Connecticut.

Oh, that's a coincidence! - Excuse me?

Well, the owners of this house, the Fieldings, they just moved to Connecticut.

Perhaps you have a few tips you could pass on to them?

Hm? - Did they say how long they were looking to lease for?

Yes, they did. Two years, with an option to buy at the end of the lease.

Mmm Hm!

Where's the basement? - There is no basement.

I see.

Is that a problem?

Well, my last house had a basement workshop.

I like to work with my hands.

Well, I can understand that. You know, a lot of people around here use their garage.

Do you specialize in your practice, Gene?

Family.

Family guidance types of problems.

I find that everything in life begins or ends with the family.

One way or another.

Seems like a nice neighborhood. - Hm.

You couldn't ask for a better neighborhood.

I should know, I live right over there.

All by yourself?

Actually, I have a son.