This guy at work kept going on and on about how good this show is. Then again, this is the same guy who claimed Arrow was also a good show. Therefore I head into this with low expectations.
Night. Virginia. While Virginia claims to be for lovers, at this particular moment we're at a penitentiary. Pete the Guard is getting off his shift and collecting his things from his locker. Just as Pete is driving out of the gates of the prison, inside a gruesome discovery is made. Several prison guards have been slaughtered at their post. The lights blaze on and the sirens begin to wail, but "Pete" is well out of range.
Day. Brooklyn. A phone rings. Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) drags himself out of bed but ignores the ringing phone. He guzzles down water like there's no tomorrow. At least I hope that's water. Hardy flips on the TV and is stunned to hear the report about the five guards killed and the notorious serial killer Joe Carroll escaping. This time when the phone rings Hardy answers. Its the FBI. They want Hardy back. He's the one who caught Carroll the first time and he's the only one who can catch him again. (Which doesn't speak highly for the rest of the agents at the Bureau.)
Afternoon. Virginia. Dr. Sarah Fuller is taking out the garbage when suddenly the police arrive. They take their recycling seriously! Sarah is alarmed to hear of the escape of Joe Carroll. A former student of Carroll's, she had survived his attempt to kill her and had testified against him in court. The cops will be protecting her 24/7. Sarah's neighbor, Will, comes to check on her. I bet we need to keep an eye on Will.
Hardy arrives at the prison and is greeted by two other agents who like to walk and talk fast. Hardy makes it a point to inquire about Sarah. A little background here: Carroll, who was scheduled to be executed the next month, was a literary professor at Winslow University. In Carroll's jail cell, Hardy finds a copy of the book he wrote about the killer. Inside the book is a note to Hardy suggesting he write a sequel.
Elsewhere in Virginia, Carroll's ex-wife, Claire Matthews, and their son are also under police protection as the vultures media start setting up camp outside her home.
Hardy and the two agents arrive at mobile command center (which appears to be inside an abandoned grocery store.) Hardy walks past, but doesn't notice, a woman who has come to speak to someone about Joe Carroll. She's shuffled aside to fill out paperwork.
Hardy goes over the back story of failed novelist Joe Carroll who felt the need to cut out his victims' eyes. They keep throwing around the word "piquerist" which leads me to end up reading the nauseating tale of real life serial killer Albert Fish, but I digress... Back to Hardy. We learn the reason he's no longer with the FBI is because he was seriously wounded by Carroll during his first capture and Hardy now has a pacemaker.
Mystery Woman (one of many Carroll groupies who came to visit him in prison) receives a text message, a signal for go. She removes an ice pick from her purse (apparently the FBI doesn't bother to screen people who come into their mobile command centers) and starts taking off her clothes. Her body is covered in writing. Hardy attempts to calmly talk her out of whatever she's going to do. She says "Lord, help my poor soul" and then drives the pick into her eye. Ick.
Hardy takes a drink from his bottle of "water" as they read all the words on the dead woman's body. All Poe. Even her last spoken words were supposedly Poe's last words. Hardy receives a phone call from Sarah Fuller. Although she formerly refers to him as Mr. Hardy, you can tell there's something more between these two.
The FBI suspect one of the guards at the prison actually helped Carroll escape. The cops swarm the guard's house. The guard isn't home but he left behind evidence of the dogs he tortured and killed.
Sarah and her two gay neighbors are watching the news about the woman's death. Sarah decides to call it a night at the boys leave. She's getting undressed and stops to stare at the scars on her body. Flashback to 2003. She and another girl return to their empty sorority house (the rest are in Daytona) when Carroll attacks. It's Sorority House Massacre!
Hardy goes to speak with Claire at her home, which leads to another flashback of when they first met and flirted like crazy. Back to the present, Claire shows him a letter she had received from her crazy husband. Hardy asks her not to show the letter to anyone else. During their conversation, Hardy gets the idea that Carroll will make his next move against Sarah Fuller as she's unfinished business.
Night. Sarah's house. Hardy and his team arrive. The other police detective believes Sarah is in bed asleep. Yet when Hardy rushes into her bedroom, she's not there. There is the corpse of the officer who is supposed to be guarding her, though. Hardy follows a blood trail to Sarah's closet and discovers the back of the wall is false. There's an opening that leads into the house next door of the gay neighbors. The blood trail leads to the garage where they find the dead body of a cop. Written on the wall in blood: "Nevermore."
Another flashback to 2003 as Hardy is on the campus of the university where Carroll taught. Turns out he was just outside of the sorority house just as Sarah and her doomed friend were arriving. He soon hears Sarah screaming and he breaks into the house. He finds Sarah on the floor, a knife sticking out of her abdomen. She has the strength to warn him Carroll is right behind him. This is the fight where Carroll stabbed Hardy in the chest. Thinking him dead, Carroll goes back to Sarah to slit her throat. Hardy shoots the professor twice.
Back to the present. While the rest of the team are examining the gay guys' house, Hardy silently figures out by himself where they (and hopefully a live Sarah) may be at. Interestingly, Hardy doesn't share this news with the crew but leaves them all behind.
Still night. Still Virginia. Hardy arrives at a dilapidated bed and breakfast. He starts searching inside the cobwebbed interior. The sounds of Sarah's screams pierce the air. Hardy begins running towards them which causes his defective heart to act up.
Suddenly Carroll whomps Hardy with a two by four. Hardy, gasping, asks where Sarah is. Carroll reveals her screams were a recording, then unties a rope which drops Sarah's body from the ceiling. Hardy launches himself at the killer, wrapping his hands around Carroll's throat. Carroll squeaks how he formally surrenders and wants to turn himself in. Right at that moment Hardy's team come rushing in and have to order him to release Carroll.
Returned back to prison, Joe Carroll wants to have a talk with Hardy. As they're talking, we see the dog-torturing guard (wearing a police uniform) asking a young woman to allow him to check her doors and windows just in case. She allows him in. Back to the prison, Carroll wants to see his wife. Hardy replies she'll never agree to that but Carroll believes she'll change her mind this time.
Cut to Claire's house and she can't find her son, Joey. Her trusted babysitter has taken him and delivers the sleeping boy to the gay neighbors. They all ride off into the night.
In conclusion: do NOT read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Unless you're a piquerist in which case this book is right up your alley.
Night. Sarah's house. Hardy and his team arrive. The other police detective believes Sarah is in bed asleep. Yet when Hardy rushes into her bedroom, she's not there. There is the corpse of the officer who is supposed to be guarding her, though. Hardy follows a blood trail to Sarah's closet and discovers the back of the wall is false. There's an opening that leads into the house next door of the gay neighbors. The blood trail leads to the garage where they find the dead body of a cop. Written on the wall in blood: "Nevermore."
Another flashback to 2003 as Hardy is on the campus of the university where Carroll taught. Turns out he was just outside of the sorority house just as Sarah and her doomed friend were arriving. He soon hears Sarah screaming and he breaks into the house. He finds Sarah on the floor, a knife sticking out of her abdomen. She has the strength to warn him Carroll is right behind him. This is the fight where Carroll stabbed Hardy in the chest. Thinking him dead, Carroll goes back to Sarah to slit her throat. Hardy shoots the professor twice.
Back to the present. While the rest of the team are examining the gay guys' house, Hardy silently figures out by himself where they (and hopefully a live Sarah) may be at. Interestingly, Hardy doesn't share this news with the crew but leaves them all behind.
Still night. Still Virginia. Hardy arrives at a dilapidated bed and breakfast. He starts searching inside the cobwebbed interior. The sounds of Sarah's screams pierce the air. Hardy begins running towards them which causes his defective heart to act up.
Suddenly Carroll whomps Hardy with a two by four. Hardy, gasping, asks where Sarah is. Carroll reveals her screams were a recording, then unties a rope which drops Sarah's body from the ceiling. Hardy launches himself at the killer, wrapping his hands around Carroll's throat. Carroll squeaks how he formally surrenders and wants to turn himself in. Right at that moment Hardy's team come rushing in and have to order him to release Carroll.
Returned back to prison, Joe Carroll wants to have a talk with Hardy. As they're talking, we see the dog-torturing guard (wearing a police uniform) asking a young woman to allow him to check her doors and windows just in case. She allows him in. Back to the prison, Carroll wants to see his wife. Hardy replies she'll never agree to that but Carroll believes she'll change her mind this time.
Cut to Claire's house and she can't find her son, Joey. Her trusted babysitter has taken him and delivers the sleeping boy to the gay neighbors. They all ride off into the night.
In conclusion: do NOT read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Unless you're a piquerist in which case this book is right up your alley.
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