In Oregon, a youngs man tunnels
his way out of a farmhouse and escapes
into the darkened countryside. He spots
what appears to be an abandoned Chevy
Impala parked alongside a road. As the
youngs man attempts to jump start the
car by opening the hood and hot-wiring
the motor, it suddenly springs to life.
The unseen driver runs over the youngs
man's legs, halting his escape. A dark
female form and a Long-Haired Man
approach their victim. The Long-Haired
Man tosses the screaming body into the
trunk of the car.
Meanwhile, at James K. Polk High
School in Seattle, two 18-year-old
friends, Landon Bryce and Howard
Gordon, meet guidance counselor Teresa
Roe. During the discussion, Bryce urges
Gordon to apply to college--this
despite Roe's assessment that Gordon's
grade point average is too mediocre to
worth bothering. The conversation
escalates into a loud argument until
Landon accuses Roe of being a failure.
That night, an intruder breaks into the
Bryce home. Gordon dies, and Bryce is
kidnapped.
As Frank and Giebelhouse observe,
a pathologist rules that Gordon died as
the result of a coronary. But further
neurological evidence indicates the
heart attack was triggered by fear.
Frank travels to the Bryce home, where
he observes Landon's bedroom. He is
struck by internal visions of the
Gehenna Devil and Lucy Butler, the
woman who murdered Bletcher. Meanwhile,
the Long-Haired Man drags a
bound-and-gagged Bryce into the remote
country farmhouse. The teenager is
thrown into a room, where he is spoken
to by the female form. The woman tells
Bryce that she loves him. A short time
later, Bryce realizes he has a cell
mate--the Screwed-Up Guy who attempted
to escape in the teaser.
Meanwhile, a concerned Frank
attempts to contact Jordan by
telephone, only to discover she is not
at home. Frank tells Watts his concern
stems from the fact that he sensed Lucy
Butler's presence in Bryce's bedroom.
Watts attempts to calm Frank's concerns
by noting that a Millennium Group
member, Olson, has been monitoring
Butler's movements ever since she won
release on suspicion of Detective
Bletcher's murder. A short time later,
Frank and Watts travel to Lucy's last
known address--a rural farmhouse. But
once inside, the pair discover Olson's
rotting corpse. The men realize that
Butler had gained access to Olson's
Group files and then submitted her own
surveillance reports.
Bryce, meanwhile, manages to rip
loose a section of the door to his
cell. But his escape is thwarted when
the Gehenna Devil--which transforms
into the Long-Haired Man--knocks him to
the ground and then drags him back to
the room. Lucy then cradles Bryce's
head in her lap... and begins the first
stages of brainwashing him.
Frank decides the best hope of
locating Bryce is by interviewing
Teresa Roe, as the argument between her
and the two teenagers was so loud it
attracted the attention of others
outside her office. During the
conversation, Frank takes note of Roe's
use of the past tense whenever she
mentions Bryce's name. Afterward,
Giebelhouse, Watts and Frank research
Roe's background. They realize that
wherever she taught school, students
disappeared. Frank concludes that all
of the missing teenagers were just like
Bryce--ordinary kids with average
grades who exhibited signs of promise.
Meanwhile, Bryce manages to gain
the confidence of the Screwed-Up Guy...
who is so confused mentally that he
cannot remember his own name. Bryce
discovers the existence of a tunnel
that runs beneath the farm, the same
tunnel the Screwed-Up Guy used for his
escape earlier. He convinces his cell
mate to join him for a break-out. The
pair make their way through the tunnel,
but when they emerge on the other side,
they are confronted by Lucy and the
Long-Haired Man. Back in the cell, a
demonic Lucy tells Bryce that he is
mediocre--an ordinary teenager--and the
sooner he understands this concept, the
better.
Meanwhile, while being interviewed
by Frank, Watts and Geibelhouse, Roe
espouses the same philosophy when
discussing Bryce. The men surprise Roe
by mentioning the name Kate Lynn. Roe
claims not to recognize the name...
though it soon becomes clear that she
is Kate Lynn, a once-promising student.
Frank accuses her of surrendering, of
giving up on the hope of improving the
numbers by which she and all other
students are judged. Instead, she made
a pact with the devil. A frightened Roe
reveals the location of Lucy's farm.
Shortly thereafter, police raid the
location, setting free the many
students kidnapped by Lucy, including
Bryce and the Screwed-Up Guy. As the
Screwed-Up Guy is escorted away by
paramedics, he notices a photograph of
himself, which is labeled with the name
"Marshall Lee Lambert." But he does not
recognize his own name. Frank instructs
police to search everywhere for Lucy.
Later, he once again phones Jordan, but
upon discovering she is not at home, he
leaves another message describing how
much he loves her.
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