Kiss the Girls

Kyle Craig:
This guy's Houdini squared.

Alex Cross:
Multiply your anger by about a hundred, Kate, that's how much he thinks he loves you.

Kyle Craig:
He's Don Juan on one side and Josef Mengele on the other.

John Sampson:
This does not look like a 7-11 run. Where does this road go?

Henry Castillo:
Vancouver.

Det. Davey Skes:
Sure picks lookers, doesn't he?

Alex Cross:
Yeah, he does. But you know these women are more than just attractive. They're all extraodinary in some way. Smart, talented.

Det. Davey Skes:
He ain't choosing them just for their congeniality.

Alex Cross:
Ordinarily, they don't, but I think our guy is a little different.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
How so?

Alex Cross:
I think killing's not his ulterior motive. This guy's a collector. I bet these women are alive.

Det. Davey Skes:
Come on, doc. Our boy's brain is soft as a two-minute egg and nothing personal, but I figure every one of them gals is tied to a tree just waiting to get found.

Alex Cross:
Think about it, Sikes. The three you found were killed out of sequence. They weren't even among the first abducted.

Det. Davey Skes:
That's right.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
That don't mean they're not still out there.

Alex Cross:
But you would have found them by now. He makes absolutely no attempt to hide 'em and the way they were killed, very revealing. That last long walk through the woods.

Kyle Craig:
Marching to their fate.

Alex Cross:
Exactly. The rape, cutting off their hair.

Kyle Craig:
It's punishment.

Alex Cross:
Maybe for violating some trust.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Somebody help me. My name is Kate! I'm Kate McTiernan! I'm a doctor at the Carolina Regional Medical Center. I need help! I know you can hear me. Come on! Who's out there?

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Somebody help. My name is Kate McTiernan. Somebody talk to me! Who is out there?

Naomi Cross:
My name is Naomi Cross. I've been here for 8 days, I think.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Hello, I'm Kate McTiernan. First, I'd like to say something to the families who have a loved one missing. Please, do not give up hope. There are other women where I was held and I believe in my heart that they are still alive. Second, to the boys who fished me out of the river and saved my life, and to the nurses and doctors here who are taking such excellent care of me, and for the thousands of letters and prayers I've recieved from all across America, thank you. And last, to the man who calls himself Casanova. The man who took me from my own home and ultimately tried to kill me. I broke your rules, just me. None of the other women helped. So if you're looking for someone to blame, blame me. That's all I have to say right now. Thank you for taking my message to the families of the missing and I hope it helps a little bit. Thank you.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
You're going out there on your own?

Alex Cross:
I got people.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Take me with you.

Alex Cross:
I think you're best served by staying here.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
And pretend like nothing's happened?

Alex Cross:
No, that's not what I was going to say. I just think you should be trying...

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
I'm the only person who's seen this guy. I know his size, his voice, I know the way he moves

Alex Cross:
I know how you feel, honestly.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Would you please stop treating me like I'm a victim? You think I'm some kind of tourist in all this because I wasn't raped? Every night when I go to sleep I hear those women's voices. You want to save your neice? Well, guess what. So do I.

Alex Cross:
Got something for you.

Alex Cross:
Ta-da!

Naomi Cross:
What happened to the strings?

Alex Cross:
New strings for new music.

Naomi Cross:
Thank you.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
How are you feeling, by the way? You feel like you're getting back on your feet?

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
I guess if I felt solid anywhere it should be in this house. I've been in it one way or another my whole life. It was my great aunt's. But I don't know. It's just different now. Something's off. I used to walk in the middle of the night down to the corner market for a quart of milk.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
That's true. I mean, people just get complacent. It happens.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Would you please hand me the big chopping knife.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
The department gives courses of self-defense.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
I've been thinking about spending more time at the dojo.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Kick boxing's fine, but that's not what I mean. I'm talking prevention. We teach things like, uh, varying your routine. Keeping your lights on at night. Maybe getting a dog. I'm sorry. Does this bother you?

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
It's good. I need to hear it.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Just simple things like, um, carrying personal alarms. Taking your garbage out the morning of. Not using cordless phones. Anyone with a scanner can listen in.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
What does taking your garbage out the morning of have to do with anything?

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Night before, anyone can tear through it.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Who in the world possibly cares how much tuna I eat?

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Would you rinse this for me, please?

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Think about it. A guy could come by, say, Tuesday night, 3 in the morning, dump your trash in one of those 30-gallon plastic sacks. Haul it down to an abandoned lot and bingo! There it is. What a lady eats, how often she shaves. He can even tell a lady's time of the month. Anything you want to know. What kind of lipstick she wears, and used condoms. How often's she gettin' it? Twice a week? Three times? The same guy, different guys?

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Of course, that doesn't apply to you. Let's face it. In your case, it's been quite awhile. Not since that, that surgeon. What? Six, seven months ago? You were special, Kate. Do you have any idea how much time I gave you? Months. Yes, months. I sacrificed for you, but now I'm going to show you sacrifice. What are you going to do? Are you going to cut me? Do it!

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Good girl.

Alex Cross:
Don't do it, Nick.

Dr. Kate McTiernan:
Alex.

Alex Cross:
Let's talk about it, ok? You want to put the lighter down, Nick? Please?

Detective Nick Ruskin:
She has to know.

Alex Cross:
She knows, Nick.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Then why don't you shoot me?

Alex Cross:
Ah, I don't think so. Muzzle flare, room full of gas, all that, you know? Look, Nick I'm gonna put the gun down. Look, see? There now. How's that? I want you to think about this, Nick. If you do this, no one will ever understand.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Oh, don't mind f*** me!

Alex Cross:
No, I'm not, Nick.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
See Kate? It's all about building rapport. You use the subject's first name, and your tone, you gotta keep it soft and steady.

Alex Cross:
Establish eye contact, seek his level.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
You wanna know the truth, Alex? You're the one who really needs help.

Alex Cross:
Well, enlighten me, Nick. Tell me what the truth is.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Truth is looking at a beautiful woman, like our Kate here, and saying to yourself, I gotta have that. I gotta break her down. It's your basest animal self. Dig deep, Alex. You'll recognize him. He's ugly.

Alex Cross:
I've run into him now and then.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
Go ahead. Reach for the Glock and take me down before I tell you about the 10 days I spent with Naomi. 10 days, Doc. Things she'd never tell you. My brown sugar, face like an angel. Perfect, every inch of her. You never knew Naomi. Not like I did. Deep down, you envy me that. Say it.

Alex Cross:
I don't work like you. I don't, hate.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
You only wish you had the courage. Good night, sweet Kate.

Detective Nick Ruskin:
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Alex Cross:
Kate. It's alright Kate.