***SPOILERS*** it in fact was old taxi driver Harry Goodman, Frank Fontaine,who had the creepy and deranged Dr.Mark Lucas, David Hayden-Jnoes, number right from the start. Harry knew that Dr. Lucas was up to no good since his wife whom the Doc treated died mysteriously from a sudden and unexpected heart attack. If only the people in Ridegwood would have listened to Harry all this killing on Dr. Lucas' part would have come to an end much sooner with the kill crazy Doc put away,in the state prison, where he couldn't hurt or kill anybody.
It was Kate Ryder,Amy Jo Johnson, who just came back to Ridgewood from the big city with her asthmatic 6 year old son Sam,Nigel Bennett,who came under Dr. Lucas radar when she wen to see him for a job as his Girl Friday or private secretary. Unknown to Kate she was replacing Grace, Nancy Helmes, who was one of Dr.Lucas' victims! In fact it was also Dr.Lucas who was responsible,by giving her the wrong medication,for Kate's mothers suicide whom he felt was,in being old and sickly,no use to society anymore!
The worm finally turned for Dr.Lucas after he got a bit careless in killing far more people, including Larry Goodman, who's death, of a sudden a faked heart attack, he couldn't sweep under he rug. It's now up to Kate to expose the mad killer before she as well as her son Sam and sister Jesse, Carol Alt, who runs the town's Dad Diner end up being his latest victims. The big problem for Kate is who in town will believe her since Dr. Lucas is one of it's most outstanding citizens! Who besides offering his services for cut rate prices also on top of all that even makes house calls!
***SPOILERS*** In finding that Dr. Lucas was in fact doctoring the records of those who died of his "special treatment" which included rattle snake poison Kate tries to get the Doc's latest victim 75 year old Miss.White's, Mary Morter, body exhumed and autopsied to see if she,like the Doc stated in her death certified, in fact died of natural causes! This sends the by now losing it Dr. Lucas into an absolute fury and also exposes to everyone in town including the mostly clueless Sheriff Cooper, Lorne Brass, to what the Doc is really up to: Mass murder of those he feels aren't worthy to be alive in this world! Adding another victim to his body count Deputy Sheriff Bailey,Charles Bender, and gunning down but not killing Kate's boyfriend Tom Donovan,Paul Popowich, Dr.Lucas takes off with Sam as a hostage into the nearby corn field to chill out after the heat's off. With the Doc now completely out of his mind he spills the beans to what his true motives were all along, kill those he feels are unworthy to be alive, to the gun toting Kate who,in her having just all she can take from the crazed maniac, blew him away!
P.S As we soon find out Dr.Lucs' string of murders weren't confined to just the sleepy little town of Ridgewood that he has his practice or killing spree for just two years. He was killing people all across the country for eight years before he even came to town! And how many he killed is anybodies guess!
It was Kate Ryder,Amy Jo Johnson, who just came back to Ridgewood from the big city with her asthmatic 6 year old son Sam,Nigel Bennett,who came under Dr. Lucas radar when she wen to see him for a job as his Girl Friday or private secretary. Unknown to Kate she was replacing Grace, Nancy Helmes, who was one of Dr.Lucas' victims! In fact it was also Dr.Lucas who was responsible,by giving her the wrong medication,for Kate's mothers suicide whom he felt was,in being old and sickly,no use to society anymore!
The worm finally turned for Dr.Lucas after he got a bit careless in killing far more people, including Larry Goodman, who's death, of a sudden a faked heart attack, he couldn't sweep under he rug. It's now up to Kate to expose the mad killer before she as well as her son Sam and sister Jesse, Carol Alt, who runs the town's Dad Diner end up being his latest victims. The big problem for Kate is who in town will believe her since Dr. Lucas is one of it's most outstanding citizens! Who besides offering his services for cut rate prices also on top of all that even makes house calls!
***SPOILERS*** In finding that Dr. Lucas was in fact doctoring the records of those who died of his "special treatment" which included rattle snake poison Kate tries to get the Doc's latest victim 75 year old Miss.White's, Mary Morter, body exhumed and autopsied to see if she,like the Doc stated in her death certified, in fact died of natural causes! This sends the by now losing it Dr. Lucas into an absolute fury and also exposes to everyone in town including the mostly clueless Sheriff Cooper, Lorne Brass, to what the Doc is really up to: Mass murder of those he feels aren't worthy to be alive in this world! Adding another victim to his body count Deputy Sheriff Bailey,Charles Bender, and gunning down but not killing Kate's boyfriend Tom Donovan,Paul Popowich, Dr.Lucas takes off with Sam as a hostage into the nearby corn field to chill out after the heat's off. With the Doc now completely out of his mind he spills the beans to what his true motives were all along, kill those he feels are unworthy to be alive, to the gun toting Kate who,in her having just all she can take from the crazed maniac, blew him away!
P.S As we soon find out Dr.Lucs' string of murders weren't confined to just the sleepy little town of Ridgewood that he has his practice or killing spree for just two years. He was killing people all across the country for eight years before he even came to town! And how many he killed is anybodies guess!