Red Flags 2 (2023) Movie Script

(electronic whooshing)
(coins clinking)
(electronic whirring)
(electronic whooshing)
(wind whooshing)
(thunder rumbling)
(gentle music)
Just keep my bed
Just (indistinct)
Just keep my bed
Just (indistinct)
(thunder rumbling)
(indistinct)
Trying to get to (indistinct)
'Cause you're all alone with me now
(indistinct)
I get high (indistinct)
(indistinct)
And there is no feeling
That we could ever (indistinct)
(indistinct)
(upbeat music)
(woman moaning)
- [Man 1] I see what I need, Crazy.
- Man, look.
Oh my gosh.
(phone vibrating)
Speak of the fucking devil.
Look, I gotta go.
I can't have him coming
downstairs looking for me.
- So you want me to drop you off?
- So he can kill us both?
I'll walk.
- Well, how about you
get a hotel this weekend?
- Why? Are you trying to cut him?
- And some more stuff.
Come on, it'd be fun.
- I don't know, we'll see.
But in the meantime, I gotta get up there
'cause you already know if he catches me,
it's a whole fuck rap.
- All right man.
So you just gonna hit
me and leave me, huh?
Females ain't shit, come on.
(birds chirping)
(car door clicking)
(car door slamming)
(car door slamming)
(suspenseful music)
(door clicking)
(car door slamming)
(engine swinging)
(engine roaring)
(engine roaring)
(sinister music)
(sinister music)
(fist pounding)
(phone clattering)
(phone vibrating)
(suspenseful music)
- The residents and
the city are shaken up.
Morale is low as citizens mourn,
what might be the death
of Tamara Wilson.
I'm here with two entrepreneurs.
How is this affecting your business?
- It's affecting us a lot Daniela.
We put a lot of time and effort
into building our business and brand.
It used to be rewarding,
but now it's just a curse.
I mean, Tammy was a brilliant woman
with so much talent.
I just think it's messed up and disgusting
how people out here treating black women.
- Yeah, it's really fucked up
that someone's targeting women at all.
- Back to you.
(upbeat music)
What would it profit
Ooh
Profit a man who gain this world
Lose his soul
I know it ain't worth it
It ain't worth it
Ooh
- The FBI witness a
horrific day in Houston,
as over seven bodies have been found
in an abandoned field
behind a wooded area.
Officials of the FBI believe these remains
belong to the missing women in Houston.
Two months ago,
the body of Houston's
detective Lance Carter daughter
was found in a wooded
area similar to this one.
(Detecter Carter sobbing)
I'm Melissa Nguyen reporting
from Channel 7 News.
(Detective Carter sobbing)
- [Reporter On TV] Remain calm,
and assist family members or neighbors
who may be vulnerable to
most extreme heat and cold.
(Detective Carter sobbing)
Batteries to be used until
(indistinct) back up.
Do not use candles as this (indistinct)
(Detective Carter sobbing)
Turn off sensitive
electric equipments
such as computers and televisions.
Turn off (indistinct)
appliances that were--
- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
(Detective Carter sobbing)
I'm sorry.
- [Reporter On TV] Keep your refrigerator
and freezer doors closed
as not just...
(Detective Carter sobbing)
- [Reporter] Do not use the
stove or fridge at home.
This can cause a fire or fatal gas leak.
Use extreme caution when driving.
If traffic signals are out,
treat each signal as a stop sign.
Come to a complete stop
at every intersection
and look before you proceed.
Do not call 911 to ask
about the power outage.
Listen to news radio stations for updates.
- Hey.
You owe a lot of people
until this is over.
(Detective Carter sniffing)
We're gonna keep this between me and you.
(soft music)
What good is profit
Ooh
- I'm gonna get him.
I promise you.
I promise you.
I'm gonna get him.
(Detective Carter sobbing)
No it ain't worth it
It ain't worth it
- Seven mother fucking bodies.
Seven mother fucking bodies.
But not just any body.
Black women.
Williams said that you wanted a shot.
Make it personal.
You got your shot.
(gravel crunching)
- Fuck.
- Just confirmed the skeleton remains
we found in (indistinct)
woman between the ages of 18 and 40.
- Damn.
I was hoping we was gonna find some light
at the end of this tunnel.
- Either way,
we still gotta tell somebody the bad news.
- Get forensics to run
DNA on all the remains,
get them ID'd and notify the families.
- Okay, I'll make sure to
take care of that right away.
(gravel crunching)
I need you to run DNA on all the victims
and put a rush on it.
- We gonna catch 'em?
- We always do.
But how many people are
in danger until then?
(indistinct radio chatter)
You know what I don't understand,
why does he target
professional black women?
- You know,
that's what I've been wrestling with
since I first heard about this thing.
Maybe that asshole lost his job
and a woman took his position.
Now he's taking his
frustration out on them.
- You know that could be,
but this isn't like in our normal cases.
You know usually we
don't catch the suspect
until they slip up.
But in this case, we actually
have a prime suspect.
Just not enough evidence to hold him.
- You're running point on this thing.
what you wanna to do?
- Let's hand pick a team
and get started the first
thing tomorrow morning.
- I can do that.
Where you wanna start?
- From the beginning.
(suspenseful music)
(background chatter)
- Well fellas,
look like our lead hit a dead end.
- Where would he be at?
- Man, I don't know where Maxwell will be.
- $100, he's still in Atlanta.
- California?
- Nah, California's too far.
(pen clicking)
(pen clattering)
- We gotta find this mother fucker man.
(background chatter)
(Agent Williams clearing throat)
- Agent Jefferson.
You know you're looking
pretty comfortable.
I know you're new to the FBI,
but this is not how we operate.
Maxwell St. Claire last
seen out in Houston, Texas,
but there's no evidence
that he's still around.
- There's a missing girl in Atlanta,
he could be there.
- He most definitely, probably was.
But guys,
we can't keep playing catch up.
This mother fucker has
dead bodies popping up
all over the country.
- Okay.
- We have to stop him before
he makes his next move.
- I mean, who's to say
he's not an Atlanta still?
I mean there's a huge pool of women
that fit his target's profile.
- That's true,
but we also have a team out in Georgia.
This guy's smart,
and his moves are starting
to become a pattern.
- Yeah.
- And y'all all know
that the more we have on him,
the better chance that
we have to catch him.
So why we still in Houston?
- Because for all we know
this is where it started,
and we're starting from the beginning.
- Come on man.
- We're going to re-interview
everyone that we've already interviewed.
Maybe we can come up with more evidence.
- What about his parents?
Have anybody made any contact with them?
- We haven't been able to
find a birth certificate
on any Maxwell St. Claire.
- Not any?
- Not any.
The only Maxwell St. Claire we know
died from Covid 18 months ago.
- [Man 2] Hey Cook, you got a minute?
- And there's no evidence
if he have children or not.
The fingerprints that we found
in the home was a dead end.
This guy doesn't even have a record.
- Guys, we all know
that this is a hard one.
- Yeah.
- So let's just go back
and let's see if we missed anything.
- Copy that.
- [All In Unison] Copy.
(keyboard clicking)
- [Man 2] Hey cook you got a minute?
(gentle music)
What we doing
Moving in the bed like a relay
What we doing
Beat 'em at the top make big plays
What we doing
(indistinct) on a weekday
What we doing
(indistinct) on a weekday
What we doing
Moving this bed like a relay
What we doing
Beat 'em at the top make big plays
What we doing
(indistinct) on a weekday
What we doing
(indistinct) on a weekday
I need (indistinct) on me
Y'all need to move (indistinct)
(indistinct)
I make (indistinct)
(indistinct)
I'm too fly in their presence
(indistinct) so hard no (indistinct)
(indistinct)
(indistinct)
Bitch so high no (indistinct)
(indistinct)
(indistinct)
(indistinct)
- [Christine] Max.
(upbeat background music)
- You shouldn't be
anywhere near me right now.
- As soon as you tell
me the truth, I'm done.
Max, you owe me this.
You have no idea what I've been through.
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
(upbeat background music)
So you gonna tell me the truth?
- The truth?
Whose truth are you looking for?
- You tell me, say something.
- Look, I can tell you that it wasn't me.
I can say that I was framed,
that I don't know anything
about these females.
- Why Max?
- Why does that matter?
Why does that matter?
It's not like the family of those girls
cared about what I am or
cared about what I do.
They don't know what I've been through.
- I mean that may be true.
But I can tell you,
I wanna know for me.
You don't know what it's like
to be in love with someone
the world sees as a monster.
I can't explain it.
I'm ashamed and angry,
but I can't believe it's true.
Even when I hear it come outta your mouth.
(upbeat background music)
- Well you should,
because I'm a terrible person.
You need to get back on that plane.
- Max, you weren't terrible to me.
I mean you knew
I knew what you did.
But you didn't harm me.
There's some good in you Max.
- Christine, I can't control it.
You know that night that I stared at you,
I knew that you knew.
I should've killed you.
I needed to kill you.
But I just couldn't.
- 'Cause you wanna change.
- No, because you're different.
And you're not like her.
- Her?
- Talking about your ex-wife?
Max?
- You think my wife made me do this?
- I don't know.
I know she hurts you.
I know it really had an effect on you.
- She didn't do anything
but make me realize how
fucked up my childhood was.
- So if she didn't do
this to you, who did?
- The only person that can
mean something to a child.
My mother.
(upbeat background music)
(bed creaking)
(Loretta moaning)
(gentle music)
(Lamont inhaling)
(Lamont sighing)
- Fuck.
(Lamont chuckling)
I'm sorry, okay?
Listen, we can go again.
- Why would I even waste my time?
I don't even know what
I was expecting, Lamont.
But you always start off good,
but you a horrible finisher.
- Come on, come on baby.
Look, don't be like that.
Look here man, I'm sorry,
let's just try again.
- Stop, stop, stop,
I gotta go to work.
I gotta...
You need to watch my son.
That's the least you can do, right, right?
(Lamont sighing)
- [Lamont] God.
- Look ladies,
I know this was some time ago,
but I need your help.
Is there anything you two remember
from the night your friend disappeared,
that can describe the guy
you all saw in the bar?
The night that your friend disappeared?
- Listen, we told you everything
that we knew back then
- And even with all the
information we gave the cops,
they still haven't found shit.
I guess we don't care about
our young black queens.
- I guess not.
- That's not true.
Look, we do care.
And believe it or not,
this is my number one priority right now
to figure out who's out here
hurting our young black queens.
- Look--
- Just trust me.
- We're gonna do whatever it takes
to make sure we find the girls missing.
- And until then?
'Cause right now I don't
have no faith in y'all.
- Yeah, y'all can't even
protect your own family.
What hope does that give us?
(gentle music)
(indistinct background chatter)
(gentle music)
(indistinct background chatter)
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
(indistinct background chatter)
- God damn, y'all ain't going
to give me a bag of chips,
a bottle of water, a shot
of Jack or something?
God damn.
Me and them last laws I talked to,
man them mother fuckers
made me feel comfortable,
you hear me?
But you,
shit, you good baby.
See me and you,
that badge and them cuffs,
we gonna make us a real
live movie, you feel?
- We can make a movie?
Mm-hmm.
- Anyways, where them
other two laws at, man?
- FBI handles these type of cases.
- Look, we just trying to see
if anything resurface
your memory, that's all.
Do you know anything
that happened that night?
- Say I did remember something.
How can y'all accommodate me
for the information I'ma give back to you?
- What you mean?
- Listen,
I got a case on my head right now,
from where I might
or might not have
got pulled over with what
I might or might not have
had an illegal substance in my car.
You hear me?
So right now I'm facing 15 years.
Shit, y'all the FBI.
y'all mother fuckers known
for making shit disappear.
You hear me?
Shit, what's up?
What y'all need from me?
- Get your ass up outta here.
(phone ringing)
(indistinct background chatter)
(dramatic noise)
- Loretta,
it is 2:00 AM.
- I got a watch,
I know what time it is.
- Listen, you know I don't
mind watching your son,
but this?
Come on.
- If you don't mind, there
shouldn't be no buts.
I mean look, besides, Max is easy.
Hell, you barely even watching him.
Baby, he's 12 years old.
Boys need their moms in their lives.
They need somebody to
show them how to love,
hold their hands, something.
- That boy knows I love him.
- Knowing that you love him
and knowing how to do it
ain't the same baby.
You need to do something.
- Look, what you not gonna do
is tell me what I need to do with my son.
My son needs to grow up not broke,
which is more than what
my mama did for me.
- Loretta, you know I didn't
have my mom either, right?
But my parents were there.
- And that's what you have to show for it?
- Okay.
- Mm-hmm.
- Wow, right, there you go.
You always like to emasculate me.
- Emasculating you?
(Loretta scoffing)
Boy, please.
Gotta have some more
masculinity for me to do that.
Look, you can't fuck, you can't fight,
you can't fucking find a job
and one thing that you kinda good at,
you always damn complaining about it.
- Wow.
- Yes.
- Really?
- Mm-hmm.
- That's how it is?
(Lamont scoffing)
You know I have a master's
in psychology, right?
I don't need this shit.
(Loretta clapping)
- Okay, and what you
gonna do with that shit?
Teachers teach.
- Oh, I don't know.
But what I do know is,
is that this can't continue.
- Okay, right, right.
(Lamont groaning)
- I knew it.
I knew that you didn't respect me.
Listen do you...
Do you even love me?
- Why would I do something
so fucking stupid Lamont?
(Loretta chuckling)
Huh?
- Okay.
(Lamont clearing throat)
There's gonna come a time
where you're gonna wish I was here.
And that day is when you're gonna realize
this was the biggest mistake of your life.
- Okay.
- I'm done.
(Loretta clapping)
- Hey, don't forget your shit.
- [Lamont] Man, I don't
need any of this shit.
- I'll leave here with my fucking dignity.
I don't need this shit.
- Get your trifling ass outta here.
And if you leave out of that door, Lamont,
you not coming back in here.
Try me.
(door slamming shut)
(door slamming shut)
(somber music)
(upbeat background music)
- I mean, I'm just trying to understand.
- Can I get you guys
anything else to drink?
- Thank you.
So what makes you choose a girl?
- You don't have to do this Christine.
- Do what?
- Try to justify what I am.
- What you did was terrible,
but I believe I can--
- What?
Fix me?
You think you can fix what I am?
(somber music)
(cards shuffling)
(somber music)
- Hey, what you doing little man?
(cards shuffling)
Hey,
I was talking to you.
(cards clattering)
See you just like your mama.
You don't understand how this
thing's supposed to work,
but you going to find out today.
(somber music)
(box clattering)
Oh, you gonna pay for that.
(fist thudding)
- Like I said,
I looked at the newspaper
and he just matched the description.
I never saw anything
strange other than that.
But one night I was
coming home from a party
and I saw him coming out of
his garage in his black Jeep.
And he didn't look pleased
when I saw him in the car.
I mean, how many times
are you guys gonna ask me
the same questions?
- What do you mean?
- The detective just came
by yesterday at my house
asking me the same questions.
- What detective?
- The one who daughter died.
How do you guys not know this?
- [Man 3] Oh, that's... It's not.
(indistinct)
(phone ringing)
(dramatic noise)
- Hey, Don told me what happened.
Sorry for being rough with y'all,
but you know how y'all boys get.
Can't start something
without messing up the next thing, right?
You're strong, Max.
- Yeah, he sure is.
Almost strong enough to be a cop.
(Loretta laughing)
- You hear this fool baby?
And he said you should be a cop.
- And what's wrong with being a cop?
- My baby ain't being a cop,
he's gonna be a doctor.
Besides cops don't make no money.
- I'm a cop.
So what's wrong with being a cop?
- [Loretta] Stop it.
- What the hell you smirking at?
At least I get to have fun with her.
And what do you get, huh?
What kind of mother
doesn't wanna spend
time with her own child?
I feel sorry for you.
Having a mother that just doesn't love you
the way she should.
Just sad.
(Don chuckling)
(somber music)
- So you telling me
you don't know where the
hell your partner is.
- [Agent Perkins] Or where he might be?
- I don't.
But I'm pretty sure he's
dealing with the loss
of his daughter.
- You know why he's going around
asking questions about the case.
(somber music)
- Look, you two are no
longer a part of this case.
And if I find out that
you're covering for him,
you're gonna pay for it.
- You might wanna try New Orleans.
Look, I worry about him from time to time,
so I check on him.
When I check this morning,
that's exactly where he said he was.
- Why would he be in New Orleans?
- Off the record.
(phone ringing)
- Fuck.
Off the record.
- Carter's not dealing
with the loss of his daughter too well.
He's been obsessed with the Maxwell case.
And if he finds him before you two do.
There ain't gonna be no handcuffs.
- So why does Carter believe
Max is in New Orleans?
- All I know is he's working
with someone on the case.
It's a credible source.
So if he's in New Orleans,
it's for a damn good reason.
(somber music)
- [Man 4] How about the... How
about the (indistinct) again.
- I remember there was one summer
I went to my cousin's house,
and her parents would have
these terrible fights.
I mean they were just scream--
- Here you guys go.
- They were screaming and yelling
and we just locked
ourselves in the closet.
We were sure one of them
wasn't gonna make it to the morning.
The next morning they just act
like nothing ever happened.
- Don't try to relate.
It's not the same thing.
You don't know what it is to
have these impulses, Christine.
How euphoric it feels to
submit to these feelings.
- You don't have to submit to them Max.
You can fight it,
like you fight it with me.
- I don't wanna hurt you Christine.
If I wanted to, I
would've a long time ago.
- What makes me different?
What makes them special?
- Special?
- I mean all the girls are pretty similar.
- I'm not talking to you about this.
- Max,
We can get through this.
But I gotta know what
I'm getting myself into.
- I've done some terrible things recently,
and mostly have no regrets on none of it.
But we both know
that we can't live this fairytale life.
I'm gonna go to the restroom,
and when I get back,
I do not wanna see you again.
I do not wanna see you.
I'ma put it on my baby
Like a woman is supposed to
If I don't then another girl will
I'ma put it on 'em
soon as I get closer
(indistinct) got a thing for me
And I love it when he come
and make it sing for me
When I hop up on his mic
'Cause baby treating
me right all night
'Cause (indistinct)
make it rain for me
(indistinct) run it
down when he go down
Come up on my gown
Then he (indistinct)
when he beat it down
Baby (indistinct) four rounds
We be in the lounge we be getting loud
Making sounds when he come
around (indistinct)
And he pitches every time
when I be throwing it
And I be knowing it
And then he know just what to do
(indistinct) showing it
When he go slow in it
You got me soaking baby, come on and
Make you (indistinct)
Make you tick
Make you, make you crazy
Drive you crazy
We gon' get (indistinct)
Drive off the roof
We gon' (indistinct)
Bring that freak outta you
Make you naked
Make you take it
(suspenseful music)
(door squeaking)
(gun cocking)
- Turn around, slowly.
Turn around,
son of a bitch.
Gimme a reason why I shouldn't
put three in your chest
right now.
- I mean, I can't think of any.
But I'm not gonna beg
for this pitiful life.
You know how many times
I've thought about ending my life.
I know I killed your daughter.
So if you gonna shoot me,
(slapping chest)
shoot me.
- Don't shoot him.
(Maxwell groaning)
(dramatic music)
(indistinct) stop,
stop.
- You wanna die?
Die mother fucker, die.
You killed my daughter.
You a evil mother fucker.
You killed so many women,
you hurt so many families.
You need to die.
Die mother fucker, die.
You wanna die?
Die.
You killed my daughter,
you son of a bitch.
(gun blasting)
(Christine whimpering)
(Detective carter groaning)
(body slamming)
(Christine breathing heavily)
(car horn honking)
(coffee pouring)
- So you think he doubled
back and went to New Orleans?
- But why would Carl be in New
Orleans in the first place?
And the last thing we need to do
is waste money on a goose hunt.
- So which do you want first?
The good news or the bad news?
- Just say what you gotta say.
- Well, I did some digging
on the real Maxwell St Claire
and I found the make
and model of the vehicle
that drove by at the time of his death.
- Which was?
- Get this, it was a 2010 black Jeep.
Now that may be a coincidence,
but then I decided to do
a little bit more digging.
Then I found,
while he was dying in the hospital,
He only had one visitor, just one.
- Maxwell Borne.
- So what was the bad news?
(dramatic music)
- There was a shooting at
a bar in New Orleans today.
The two suspects fled the scene.
They shot a man in the bathroom.
- Carter got to Maxwell.
But that's good news.
(dramatic music)
- Fuck.
(dramatic music)
(crickets chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(engine rumbling)
(engine rumbling)
(suspenseful music)
(engine rumbling)
- Why didn't you let him end this?
Every time I'm trying
to get you out of this,
you keep coming back.
- I didn't mean to kill him,
I just wanted to stop
him from killing you.
- I don't deserve to be saved.
Why do you keep trying to save me?
- 'Cause I love you.
- You don't love me,
you love the thought of who I was.
(Christine sobbing)
I'm tired of living a lie.
I've never been the
person you thought I was.
- Max, what is this?
Why are we here?
(suspenseful music)
- You see that feeling right there?
It's not love, it's fear.
You know,
I wonder why you followed me here.
I was confused at first,
but once I realized I saw
Detective Carter, I knew.
- You knew what?
- You tried to set me up.
- Max, I wasn't I...
- Relax, I'm not gonna kill you.
But you need to know
this is where we part ways.
Get out.
- You're gonna kick me out
in the middle of the night by myself?
- What are the odds of
you getting outta my car
and getting into another
serial killer's car?
One in a million, right?
- Max, don't do this.
(Max chuckling)
- I figured it out.
You know I'm not innocent,
You don't want me to die,
you know we can't be together,
so that only leaves one thing.
And now I'm not going to prison.
(suspenseful music)
I need you to go back to that bar
and tell 'em that I shot Detective Carter,
that I held you against your will.
You are not gonna ruin your life for me.
(suspenseful music)
- Okay.
- Go.
Now go.
(suspenseful music)
(door clicking)
- Max, I don't know
if this is gonna be
the last time I see you
or how much time you have left.
So I'm just gonna say this,
you have to forgive her.
I know she's gone,
but what she put you through,
that burden is still lingering.
All you do is destroy if
you don't forgive her.
Promise me.
(crickets chirping)
(door slamming shut)
(crickets chirping)
(suspenseful music)
- Okay.
Got it.
Thanks.
So we reviewed the footage
and it shows two suspects
fleeing the scene.
Maxwell Barnes and Christine French.
- But what we don't know
is if French is working with Barnes
or if this is a kidnapping situation.
- Max has been on a rampage
all across this country.
When could he have found the time
to come all the way back to Houston,
then kidnap his own wife.
- And most importantly, why?
These are the questions
that remain unanswered.
But right now,
we're gonna fly to Louisiana
to see if we can find out what's going on.
- You know there's a good chance
our suspect could still be in New Orleans,
but why does he keep going
back to his hometown?
Relatives? Friends maybe?
He could be seeking refuge there too.
- Okay, let's get packed
and get ready.
- Copy.
(gentle music)
- You think he's still in New Orleans?
- Agent Perkins,
I think Maxwell Barnes
is just getting started.
(gentle music)
Why do he keep killing these women
when he knows we already
have him identified.
- He's killed more women
since he's been ID'd.
It's like he's taunting us.
- Well let's just hope his arrogance
catch up to him and it
works out in our favor.
I think I have a plan.
- What you thinking?
- Every woman he's
killed, he's buried right?
- Except for Carter's daughter.
- Exactly.
He placed her body 'cause
he wanted her to be found.
(dramatic music)
- It's like he's sending a message.
- Yep.
He was sending a message.
Carter went to Maxwell's
house to ask questions.
Maxwell got upset,
killed Carter's daughter,
places her body to where she can be found.
Just so he can get intent gratification.
- So he's bold,
but how do we use that to catch him?
- We pick his next victim.
Let's get packed up.
(knocking on door)
(sinister music)
- Hey mom.
(crickets chirping)
(door clicking shut)
(crickets chirping)
- All right son, I'm gonna go to bed.
I don't know why you won't
just go to sleep in your room.
When did you say you leaving?
- I didn't.
- Well, thanks for coming to see me son.
You know you safe here.
No need to worry.
It's all over the news.
I'm surprised they not
kicking down the doors
to come in here and ask questions.
- You know the house is
not in your name, right?
I transferred the deed years ago.
Right before you foreclosed.
- That's right.
I don't remember what
all that fuss was about.
But I don't believe what they
all saying about you on there.
I raised a decent man.
No child of mine would ever
do something that stupid.
Bury a body halfway underground.
Child, only kind of
person that would do that
ain't worth half a quarter.
Even half a man knows
you bury a body six feet underground.
Good night, son.
(somber music)
(somber music)
(indistinct yelling)
(indistinct yelling)
(somber music)
(indistinct yelling)
(somber music)
(somber music)
(suspenseful music)
(upbeat background music)
(indistinct chattering)
(upbeat background music)
- [Woman 1] People just (indistinct)
- [Woman 2] Right girl, (indistinct)
(indistinct)
I don't know.
(woman laughing)
- I don't know.
(indistinct)
- Bye girl.
- All right, bye.
(suspenseful music)
(somber music)
- Yeah, sure I'll come in.
(knocking on door)
- I hate him so fucking much.
- What did he do now?
- What doesn't he do? I
get that we on a break,
but that doesn't give him
the right to be a hoe.
- I mean, wasn't he a hoe
when he was your boyfriend?
- Well, yeah, but that's
why I broke up with him.
- Kelly, what do you expect him to do?
- I don't know,
change, chase me.
Prove to me that I meant something to him.
Anyways, you wanna have a girl's night?
Binge watched some movies?
- Yeah, no, I'm tired.
You could stay, I'm exhausted.
(phone beeping)
Who was that?
- Oh, it's the guy from the bar tonight.
He wants to get beignets.
- What?
- What?
Why? What's your problem?
- Kelly, you just met this man.
There's a whole serial killer on the loose
and you out here trying to get laid.
- Rianna, I know this could
sound super fucked up,
but the CEO killer only targets
professional black women.
And I'm a redheaded college dropout.
I think I'll be okay.
And don't worry,
I will call you first thing in the morning
with all of the details.
Okay, okay,
I will call you when I wake
up with all the details.
- Girl, be careful, Kelly.
(door clicking shut)
(sinister music)
(sinister music)
(sinister music)
(suspenseful music)
(fist pounding)
(body thudding)
(feet pattering)
(door slamming shut)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
- Any idea how he got
into the hotel last night?
- No.
He must have made a key
or maybe he was in the
room the entire time.
- Do you know where he went?
- I think when I was
fighting for my fucking life,
I might have forgot to ask
him who was next on his list.
- Listen, we're so
sorry for the questions.
It's just that
you are the only survivor
that we can talk to.
So any information that
we obtained from you
will help us out tremendously.
Anything that you remember,
please let us know.
- Where'd you go?
Were you alone?
Was it the same guy that
attacked you on the news
or was it someone different?
- We were out, me
celebrating passing the bar.
Went bar hopping and then at some point
we went to get something to eat.
- Where at.
- I saw him.
He was at the bar.
We bumped into in the
street on the way home.
The pervert was following us.
- Was this the guy?
- Yeah, I think.
His beard was a little thicker.
Everything happened so fast,
I can't really remember.
- We understand.
- Is there anything
else you need me to do?
- Actually, there's one thing.
(car engines rumbling)
(door clicking)
- Son, your wife is beautiful.
(spoon clicking)
I see why you got rid of the other one.
(Loretta chuckling)
I'm just kidding.
Have a seat, I'm cooking something.
- When did you start cooking?
- Well, if you would keep
your ass still long enough,
you would know when.
- How'd you find the house?
- I left my phone in your car
and tracked it.
It lead me here.
I didn't tell anyone Max.
But you're right,
I think you should turn yourself in.
- What?
- Max, your face is on every
TV screen in this country.
There's no evidence
that leads you to any
of those crime scenes.
You can beat this thing.
- But I am guilty.
I've already been through hell.
I'm not trying to relive it
again by going to prison.
The day that they catch me
is the day that I die.
- There's some good in you, Max.
You've gotta stop being so
scared to let that good out.
- You really don't know
what you're talking about.
- Am I supposed to?
You locked me out.
I don't know what's going on,
but I'm here trying to help you.
Just let me know what's
going on in your head,
I can handle it.
- You can handle it? (Max scoffing)
Do you remember the first
time that you called me?
What do you remember about that day?
- I remember waiting for you to call
and you never did.
So I called you first
and I remember you
acting like you were busy
doing yard work, not paying attention.
But I knew that wasn't true.
- I wasn't doing any yard work.
I was burying my horrible
wife and her punk ass lover.
(Christine gulping)
Did you know that I cut
both of their heads off
and drove all the way to Houston
with them in the back of my truck?
Stripping her life from my hands
is better than any orgasm
I've ever had with you
or anyone else.
And the urges.
The urges to kill some evil bitch
that thinks she knows
her place in this world
is unexplainable.
A woman should be at
home loving on her kids,
not like her.
- You have to forgive her Max.
You have to,
before your hate for her destroys.
- I've been destroyed Christine.
Tormented by these
thoughts since I was a kid.
I tried to fight these thoughts,
but this is who I am.
- You can still fight it.
You want to, I know you do.
- Have you ever fought to breathe?
I feel more alive than I ever had before.
I'm going to be leaving tomorrow morning
and this will be the
last time that I see you.
And I promise you it'll be the
last time you wanna see me.
- Where are you going?
- Somewhere where we both can't exist.
- You're not gonna eat.
- You haven't tried my mom's cooking.
(door squeaking)
(gentle music)
- Good evening.
My name is Hakim O'Neil
and I'm the resident
special agent in charge
of the FBI.
First I want to thank you
all for coming here today.
And I want to commend the
brilliant investigative efforts
from the FBI.
I'm now gonna pass it to
a couple of the agents
that were in charge of this investigation.
- Rianna Davis is a
reminder of women's strength
around the world.
Her courage and strength alone shows us
that we can actually beat the CEO killer.
All we have to do is stand up and fight.
- Maxwell Barnes,
we know you're out there
and we just want to let you know
that the whooping Rianna
Davis placed on you
isn't half of what the FBI is
gonna do when we catch you.
We will no longer let
some little pathetic man
prey on our women
and plague this country.
Our African-American women
have gone through enough
just to climb this ladder
and we will no longer allow
you to ruin their ambition.
- I think he's pathetic.
And the lack of ambition
drives him to pray on successful women,
because they're more of a
man than he will ever be.
(gentle music)
(upbeat music)
- Agents, let's catch Maxwell,
and get Rianna home safely.
And I'ma get a drunk
nigga put it in my hand
- Any eyes on the suspect.
(indistinct) Now we
(indistinct) about to move
Now I got 'em in the crib (indistinct)
- We have a suspect
approaching the target.
- Freeze, FBI.
Get on the ground.
Get on the ground, get on the ground.
- Get down now.
- You have the right to remain silent.
And anything you say can
and will be against you
in the court of law.
(head slamming)
- What's that?
You got anything in your pockets?
(suspenseful music)
(birds chirping)
(crickets chirping)
- What the fuck just happened, huh?
We had one fucking job.
Now Rianna is stable,
but as soon as she get out the hospital,
I can reassure you
that we're gonna have to
hear from her lawyers.
What the fuck was y'all thinking?
- Agent Williams.
- What, not right now.
- I just got word, we found him.
First I had to run a check
on all the relatives of Maxwell Barnes.
But nothing came up.
Then when I found he was married,
Maxwell, that is.
Just for kicks, we had to
run a check on her name
and found a house recently
purchased in 2020.
And guess who was the owner of the house
before she bought it?
- Loretta Barnes.
- Bingo.
(imitating bomb blasting)
- Let's get this shit right this time.
(crickets chirping)
- [Reporter] Still no
word on the cure for...
(door squeaking)
The virus is not airborne,
but can be transferred
through contact with blood
and other bodily fluids.
- [Loretta] Where did I go wrong?
- [Reporter On TV]
Violent and also somehow
seem to be reanimating the dead.
When asked--
- We're not doing this right now,
we're not.
- What did I do so bad?
You had clothes on your
back, food in your stomach.
- And pedophiles in my bed.
Don't act like you didn't know.
But you were just living your life, right?
- I don't gotta listen to this bullshit.
You know If it wasn't for me,
you would've been locked
away a long time ago.
- Woman, are you delusional?
I'm the one that was
trying to protect you.
No matter how many counselors
you try to send me to,
to try to erase my memory,
I still remember you
killed Donnie, not me.
- What do you think he
would've done when he woke up?
I was protecting you.
I'm always protecting you.
- And as a mother you failed.
And you probably still don't
feel guilty about that.
- No, no, no, no.
You are not gonna blame me for this.
Everything that they said
about you on that news,
that's not my fault.
You need to be accountable
for your own actions.
- That's funny.
What do you know about being accountable?
- Your 10th grade teacher,
what was her name?
Mrs. Walker.
She embarrassed you in
front of the entire class
and then she disappeared.
That's still my fault?
Look at me when I'm talking to you,
you pathetic little shit.
I cleaned up all the mess after you.
But you wouldn't know that
'cause all you did was cry
and talk about how I wasn't around.
When your father died, I stepped up.
I stepped up
and did whatever I had to do to raise you.
Long before any of this.
You used to torture animals in your room.
So do not blame this sickness on me.
You not ready for the truth.
I wasn't around you
'cause I couldn't handle
how fucked up you were.
Okay?
I did whatever I had to do to raise you.
Everything I did was to protect you.
- How did my father die again?
You know, I spent my whole life
thinking my father was dead.
Then I get a call from
a private investigator
saying my father is alive in the hospital
dying from Covid.
I always wonder why you
couldn't look me in the eyes.
Now I realize it's because
I look just like him.
(indistinct)
- I have two regrets in this life.
Ever meeting your father
and not listening to my mother
when she said I should
have got rid of you.
I could have been saving lives.
I could've made something of myself.
(somber music)
(Max breathing heavily)
(somber music)
(somber music)
(fridge door shutting)
(dramatic noise)
(Loretta gasping)
(somber music)
(somber music)
(Loretta whimpering)
(somber music)
(Loretta sobbing)
(Loretta sobbing)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(indistinct)
(indistinct)
(dramatic music)
(indistinct)
- You hear me?
I'm not dealing with this shit.
I'm not like them other
niggas (indistinct)
I'm not that boy's daddy,
you hear me?
(indistinct)
(dramatic music)
(weapon thudding)
(dramatic music)
- What you do?
Who's gonna take care of you now, huh?
Go, go.
(dramatic music)
(Loretta sobbing)
(gravel crunching)
(dramatic music)
- I didn't mean to kill him,
I was just (indistinct)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music)
(indistinct)
(dramatic music)
(indistinct)
(gentle music)
(gravel crunching)
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Remember Christine French and Mrs. Barnes
is still alive in that house.
Let's get them out as safely as possible
and take care of Maxwell
the best way we can,
copy that?
Let's roll.
(gentle music)
(footsteps pattering)
(door thudding)
(gentle music)
Go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
(gentle music)
(footsteps pattering)
(gentle music)
Fuck.
(gentle music)
I'm so sorry.
Fuck.
- I already told you I
don't know where he is.
- That's not good enough Christine.
You owe a lot of people.
Now they may not hold you to it,
but I am.
Now think.
(clock ticking)
- I don't know.
(clock ticking)
(paper bag rustling)
(clock ticking)
- Your husband
murdered my daughter
and all these women
right under your nose.
I mean the man you slept with every night.
You knew something wasn't right about him
and you chose to protect him.
- I didn't know.
I didn't know.
- Well, maybe that's the truth.
What you do know is what he has done now
and you still refusing to help.
- You don't think I wanna
help find these girls.
I lose sleep every night blaming myself,
wondering why he didn't kill me.
(somber music)
Asking myself,
how can I even love someone so much
and not even know who
or what he is.
- Well, now is your time.
Then maybe you can get the
answers to those questions.
Don't you want closure?
Look,
I have nothing to live for.
My wife left me,
my department has put me
on mental leave of absence,
because all I do all day long
is sit on the couch
and stare
at my little baby girl.
And I hate myself
while I wasn't there for her
not being able to protect her.
And your husband took her away from me.
Christine,
help me here, fix this.
I need something to live for.
I need to capture your husband
and bring him in
before he murders some more women.
Christine,
please help me.
Help me.
Please,
please.
(somber music)
(clock ticking)
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Take 'em in your brain
I'ma (indistinct) running
through your frame
We're crawling through your brain
Hack your systems
scanners (indistinct)
Feel that tingle
System overload
I extend my cables
Deep in your cyber holes
Firewalls can't block me out
Connection can't knock me out
Shut me down reboot me up
Neural spark leakiness
Motherboard (indistinct) board
Blow the dust electric (indistinct)
Connection noise
We have come to beam you up
Tapping in girl I'm
only (indistinct) in
(indistinct) But I
might just smash it in
I might (indistinct)
(indistinct)
(indistinct) Catch
my riding in the sky
(indistinct)
So euphoric got you (indistinct)
send you to another orbit
(indistinct)
(indistinct)
(indistinct)
Thought you had me already
but you was only dreaming
You looking for an angel
But girl I'm only demon
Turn it on (indistinct)
baby light it up
This is probably
(indistinct) screaming
Thought you had it already
baby but you was only dreaming
You looking for an angel
but girl I'm only demon
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
Fuck with your mind
(upbeat music)
(upbeat music)