HE ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT | Twisted Plots: "Wisdom 2"

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-23

[00:00:05]He shoved a single mother into a refrigerator full of bowling balls and pushed it down a fire escape.

[00:00:12]>> This is his 39th time being arrested for the same crime. What's the point when you know he's going to be out in a week?

[00:00:18]>> When I first joined the force, we put criminals in jail.

[00:00:23]>> Now all we do is make excuses for them.

[00:00:26]Why? I don't know. But we pathized everything. Evil has been turned into disease. Everyone seems to have forgotten. You can't give people excuses.

[00:00:38]I don't have the luxury of forgetting that. But I have ways of trying.

[00:00:44]>> Are you drinking on the job?

[00:00:45]>> Alcoholism is a disease. A disease I don't have. Not that it would be my fault if I did. What people don't understand is that alcoholism is a sickness, not a moral failure. a complex intersection of socioeconomic and genetic factors. Not that I would know because I don't really drink that much.

[00:01:04]How can a person be so blind?

[00:01:07]>> HEY, NO.

[00:01:09]>> IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE.

[00:01:22]Poor thing. Needed that cop car to feed his family. Thank goodness my research will make crime a thing of the past.

[00:01:36]>> And late nights at the office, too.

[00:01:38]>> Oh, of course, honey. Yes. I love you.

[00:01:46]Uh, got to go.

[00:01:51]If this works, it should perfectly duplicate him.

[00:01:55]>> I wish we could perfectly duplicate you >> and this photograph of my wife, who I love very much.

[00:02:01]>> Whatever you say.

[00:02:04]>> Thank goodness I'm not the cheating type.

[00:02:11]>> It's ready.

[00:02:25]Oh my goodness, >> it worked. I knew it would work.

[00:02:28]>> Let's celebrate.

[00:02:29]>> Not prematurely. Does it have the same memories? See if it can do the trick.

[00:02:42]>> Do you know what this means?

[00:02:44]>> We can duplicate mouses. mice. Lucy, we can duplicate mice.

[00:02:50]>> You're so smart.

[00:02:51]>> LUCY, STOP NOW. SORRY. SORRY. I I shouldn't yell >> and passionate.

[00:02:56]>> Lucy, do you understand what I've just done? I've ended scarcity, poverty, inequality, perhaps even crime itself.

[00:03:24]Thank goodness I'm not the cheating type.

[00:03:58]I guess I was wrong about me. YOU'RE WATCHING THE DRAMA NETWORK. Today on Serial Killer Showcase, Roger Macy, who locked a 100 children in a school bus and shot it with a rocket launcher.

[00:04:13]>> Okay, I'm not that bad. I mean, I've never killed anyone.

[00:04:17]>> Before we judge this man harshly, we have to remember that there's a genetic or environmental basis for everything.

[00:04:26]>> Yeah. Yeah. This poor man got the shoot children in a school bus with a rocket launcher gene when he could have gotten the cure AIDS gene instead.

[00:04:37]>> Is there a cure AIDS gene?

[00:04:39]>> We believe so. But it's tragically less common than the gene for spreading it.

[00:04:45]>> Yeah, my genes made me do his genes made him do it.

[00:04:48]>> Turn this crap off.

[00:04:50]>> Oh, of course. It might encourage you to show empathy towards the people you arrest instead of using them as punching bags for your big manly aggression.

[00:04:58]>> Oh, someone think of the liars, cheaters, and killers. They're the real victims.

[00:05:02]>> They are victims of circumstance. If you lived their life, you would behave just like them.

[00:05:09]>> Sounds like a convenient way to avoid negative feelings.

[00:05:13]>> Yeah. I mean, what about free will?

[00:05:16]>> It doesn't exist. You're starting to sound like a defense attorney. Ha. Good luck proving that in a court of law.

[00:05:24]>> I will. I will prove it.

[00:05:28]>> Dude's weird. I assume he can't help it.

[00:05:35]>> I simply need to duplicate myself. Put the duplicate in the same situation. And when he cheats, it will prove once and for all that there's no free will and it isn't my fault I cheated ON MY WIFE.

[00:05:48]H.

[00:05:50]>> OH, you're here early.

[00:05:52]>> I was up all night.

[00:05:53]>> You're not losing sleep over it, are you?

[00:05:55]>> Ah, contr.

[00:05:58]>> It means on the contrary.

[00:06:00]>> It's so hot that you're bilingual.

[00:06:02]>> Ah, well, you keep that attitude, my little sexy pie.

[00:06:08]>> Sexy pie.

[00:06:09]>> My hot little amoeba.

[00:06:11]>> Ew.

[00:06:11]>> I'm not good at flirting. I'm going to cut to the chase here. We need to recreate yesterday exactly as it was.

[00:06:19]>> Oh, I want to relive it, too.

[00:06:21]>> Now, listen to me carefully. You might think I'm saying it should feel the same way or seem the same way, but I am being extremely literal. Everything must be exactly the same as yesterday.

[00:06:35]>> Okay. Wow. Yeah, you really meant it.

[00:06:38]You're not good at flirting.

[00:06:40]>> Mhm. Exactly the same.

[00:06:43]>> Yes. Exactly the same.

[00:06:44]>> Excellent.

[00:06:48]>> What do I see in him? Me and my hormones.

[00:07:01]Now to erase yesterday's memory and Professor, I'm here. I've ended scarcity, poverty, inequality, perhaps even crime itself.

[00:07:29]>> Whoa. What are you doing?

[00:07:31]>> Huh?

[00:07:32]>> You just tried kissing me. What was that?

[00:07:35]>> You wanted me to.

[00:07:39]You picked up on my attraction towards you.

[00:07:43]>> Uh, yes.

[00:07:45]>> And I was going through such lengths to hide it.

[00:07:48]>> You were >> incredible what the ever mysterious female psyche is capable of intuiting.

[00:07:53]Was it a sigh? A subtle glance? My pherommones?

[00:07:57]>> Professor, you literally looked me in the eyes this morning and told me you wanted this. Perhaps in some way it may have felt like that to your overly analytical mind, but you were almost certainly misinterpreting something I said. My communication style is direct, Lucy. I'm very literal and straightforward.

[00:08:15]>> Okay, so I should take your words literally.

[00:08:18]>> That would be appreciated.

[00:08:19]>> And do literally exactly what you said this morning.

[00:08:23]>> Yes, whatever that was.

[00:08:26]LUCY, STOP.

[00:08:27]>> WHAT'S GOING ON, >> LUCY? I love my wife.

[00:08:31]Her smile, her gentle touch, all the sacrifices she's made for my career. How could I betray her now?

[00:08:39]>> Line.

[00:08:41]>> What >> line?

[00:08:42]>> What are you talking about, Lucy?

[00:08:43]>> I need you to give me my next line. We didn't rehearse this.

[00:08:47]>> What is going on with you?

[00:08:48]>> Why are you doing this? Are you punishing me?

[00:08:51]>> Punishing you, Lucy. I'm looking out for you. You do not want to live the rest of your life knowing you destroyed a 19-ear long marriage. How does a person forgive themselves for something like that?

[00:09:04]>> You're such a jerk.

[00:09:10]>> I'm a jerk. Could today get any stranger?

[00:09:14]>> You think you're better than me?

[00:09:24]>> I know this man. I've seen him at the bar book club. my book club where I read books. Do you know him?

[00:09:32]>> I've never seen him before in my life.

[00:09:35]>> Me neither. I don't drink. I'd better notify his family.

[00:09:42]>> Hello. I >> live here. I live here.

[00:09:47]>> What? Do you have a twin?

[00:09:49]>> Why would I need a twin to live here? Go away, you.

[00:09:53]>> I found a body identical to yours this morning. Beaten to death by a giant wrench.

[00:09:59]>> How can you tell what weapon was used?

[00:10:01]Out of curiosity.

[00:10:03]>> I've been on the job a long time. Easy to identify, impossible to get used to.

[00:10:09]Whoever did this is barely human.

[00:10:12]>> Well, I'm alive and well, DETECTIVE DRUNK.

[00:10:16]>> HEY, DETECTIVE DRUNK BOY.

[00:10:17]>> I'M NOT A DETECTIVE. I DON'T DRINK.

[00:10:19]>> REALLY? Because it sounds like you're seeing double.

[00:10:22]>> Very clever. You're losing your mind, aren't you?

[00:10:26]>> No.

[00:10:26]>> It was only a matter of time.

[00:10:29]>> I can tell that you're hiding something, and I'm going to find out what.

[00:10:32]>> I don't have anything to hide. I'M A GOOD PERSON. YOU'RE HALLUCINATING, you alcoholic.

[00:10:41]>> You think you're better than me?

[00:10:48]I'm not no callic.

[00:10:51]All right, everyone, listen up. We have a highly unique case, to say the least. I found a man dead this morning, but he's still alive. I suspect he killed himself. Murder suicide. He's a scientist, so it's possible this is a clone or a version of him from an alternate universe. Perhaps time travels involved. Not sure, but I know what I saw. Uh, detective, were you up all night at your book club again?

[00:11:24]>> I don't read. Get off my back.

[00:11:28]>> Chief, I need you to listen to me.

[00:11:29]Something strange is going on.

[00:11:31]>> Take a sheet, detective, and have a little coffee.

[00:11:33]>> I don't need any.

[00:11:34]>> I insist.

[00:11:38]Okay.

[00:11:39]And here's your cup.

[00:11:41]>> Uh-huh.

[00:11:42]>> Detective, you have a drinking problem.

[00:11:44]It's starting to interfere with your work. I should have never let it go on this long. To be honest, I'm starting to worry about you.

[00:11:52]>> I really like that cup.

[00:11:54]>> All this talk about seeing dead people who are still alive, clones, people are concerned.

[00:11:59]>> Who told you that? Was it him?

[00:12:04]Huh?

[00:12:05]No. Okay.

[00:12:07]>> And I don't want to hear any more crazy theories about clones or time travel or anything else. Can I trust you to stop screwing around? I'm not screwing around.

[00:12:23]>> Well, all right then. I trust you.

[00:12:26]ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

[00:12:27]>> WAIT, CHIEF. AH, WHAT DID YOUR CLONE DO IT?

[00:12:29]>> YOU'RE ALL turning it into more than it is because you know I'm the best cop in the department AND YOU'RE THREATENED.

[00:12:34]YOU ARE THE BEST. THAT'S WHY I'VE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY for so long.

[00:12:39]You're going to end up killing yourself, Chief. No. One more screw up like this and you're off to force is a load of crap. Anyone who's seen what I've seen would want a few drinks now and again.

[00:12:51]I'm not some kind of degenerate.

[00:12:53]>> I don't want to hear it. Zero tolerance.

[00:13:02]>> What? You think you're better than me?

[00:13:12]What was that?

[00:13:13]>> Nothing. I'm not a bad person. Anyone with my genes and upbringing would have cheated. That was an anomaly. And anyone with my genes and upbringing would have murdered a clone that didn't cheat. I'll prove that, too. Just one more experiment.

[00:13:29]>> Do you know what this means?

[00:13:32]>> I can't. I love my wife.

[00:13:38]What on earth is happening?

[00:13:40]Do it. Do it.

[00:13:46]I've done wrong. Oh, I've done wrong.

[00:13:48]I've failed to love my wife. Oh my gosh.

[00:13:51]You I'm a replica, aren't I? I was doing this all to see if I had free will. And I you you didn't do what I did. I'm a bad man. I cheated on my wife.

[00:14:06]>> Hey. Hey. Everything's going to be okay.

[00:14:08]Everything's going to be >> You guys think you're better than me?

[00:14:15]>> Oh, come on.

[00:14:19]>> A strange fluke. Anyone with my jeans and upbringing would have beaten two replicas to death because one didn't cheat on his wife and the other didn't murder the other. I'll just run one more experiment to prove it.

[00:14:32]>> You think you're better than another fluke? Anyone with my genes and upbringing would have beaten three replicas to death because one didn't cheat on his wife, one didn't murder the other, and the other didn't murder the other two. One more experiment to prove it.

[00:14:45]>> You think you're BETTER THAN ME? ANOTHER ANOMALY. ANYONE WITH MY GENES AND UPBRINGING WOULD BEAT FOUR REPLICAS TO DEATH BECAUSE ONE WOULDN'T CHEAT, THE OTHER DIDN'T MURDER, AND THE OTHER DIDN'T MURDER THE FIRST TWO, AND THE THIRD ONE DIDN'T MURDER ALL OF THEM.

[00:14:55]>> You think you're better than me? SO MANY STRANGE ANOMALIES. ANYONE WITH FIVE JEANS AND OUTPUT, you would have beaten five replicas to death.

[00:15:01]>> You think you're better than eight? Six replicas? Seven. Eight. Eight. Again.

[00:15:05]One slipped AND FELL. 11. 19. YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME. YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME. YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME. 28. 34. 79. 112.

[00:15:18]SO MANY OUTLIERS. I'M NOT A BAD PERSON.

[00:15:20]I GIVE TO CHARITY. I recycle. Stop judging me. You don't know me.

[00:15:31]Finally.

[00:15:34]No. No. This is wrong. I love my wife.

[00:15:41]>> You think you're better than me?

[00:15:47]>> Yes. Whoa. Whoa. That's a little excessive. I think you're better than me.

[00:15:54]>> The experiment was A SUCCESS. I'M NOT A BAD PERSON. This was all an experiment.

[00:16:01]An experiment which has proven once and for all that there's no such thing as free will. This is the outcome you got every time after cleaning up the outliers.

[00:16:15]And that is how I proved once and for all that I do not have free will and that it wasn't my fault that I cheated on my wife.

[00:16:26]>> All thanks to the conclusive actions of my perfect duplicate. This is the greatest discovery in the history of learning.

[00:16:33]>> Yeah.

[00:16:34]>> Mankind can stop being so hard on itself.

[00:16:37]>> Sadly, there were some tragic accidents with the first few duplications or so.

[00:16:41]My body was duplicated, but without life. No one died. They were simply never really born.

[00:16:47]>> Then why did you hit them with a wrench?

[00:16:49]>> For science. Yes, you were right about there being a duplicate. Guess this means you aren't an alcoholic.

[00:16:57]In conclusion, being angry with me over this would make no more sense than being angry with a lioness for hunting a gazelle. It was not chosen. It simply happened. It could have been no other way.

[00:17:13]But I'm not to blame. I proved it. I ran the experiment. We don't have to feel BAD ABOUT WHAT WE DID. ANY OF IT. I don't. And I never did.

[00:17:26]Want to go grab a drink?

[00:17:35]>> Interesting choice in bar.

[00:17:37]>> Excuse me. Perhaps not all things are genetic. Well, I'm not going back to where that detective hangs out. Of course, that self-righteous prick thinks he's better than me.

[00:17:47]>> Better than me? Better than me?

[00:17:48]>> Did you see the look on his face when the charges were dropped?

[00:17:53]>> It wasn't enough. Not nearly.

[00:17:56]>> Who does he think he is? What does he know?

[00:17:59]>> ARROGANT. HE'S ARROGANT.

[00:18:00]>> THINKS HE'S BETTER THAN ME. BETTER THAN ME.

[00:18:02]>> BETTER THAN ME. Better than me.

[00:18:03]>> There are many, many ways we can handle this. We can make a replica and kill it.

[00:18:08]Kill him and replace him with a replica.

[00:18:10]Why just him? She kicked us out. Our wife. She thinks she's better than us.

[00:18:17]Wait, wait. I mean, let's not be hasty.

[00:18:19]I mean, she's obviously wrong, but no one will even notice she's replaced. Oh, twin, >> GET AWAY FROM ME. I LOVE >> I LOVE MY WIFE. GET AWAY FROM ME.

[00:18:28]>> We can show her pain like she's never imagined. After all, we can't help it.

[00:18:37]>> Uh perhaps, perhaps. What? We should discuss this elsewhere. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[00:18:44]The laboratory where my wrenches are.

[00:18:52]All right. READY TO GO.

[00:18:54]>> YOU THINK YOU'RE BETTER?

[00:19:03]>> Put your hands up.

[00:19:23]You killed a precious homosexual.

[00:19:27]>> He wasn't gay. He loved his wife.

[00:19:42]Let's keep the celebration going, bartender. Oh, what are you celebrating?

[00:19:46]My sobriety.

[00:19:49]I think you've had enough.

[00:19:51]>> I have had enough of being judged.

[00:19:53]>> But you wear that ribbon. So, you do want to be judged.

[00:20:05]Maybe here.

[00:20:06]>> Highspeed chase in progress. Nobel Prize winner Kevin Sinclair has murdered his clone or a gay guy who looked just like him at Vice.

[00:20:14]>> No, you can't answer that. You're drunk.

[00:20:16]Then why didn't that stop me from knowing he was guilty? Face it. You've got a problem. You're addicted to telling people they're drunk.

[00:20:24]>> Fine. Who better to get in the criminal's mind than the only person who spent more time in the bar killing himself?

[00:20:32]>> Now be at the gay book club immediately.

[00:20:37]>> Come out with your hands up.

[00:20:43]>> WHAT THE YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PROVE WHICH OF US DID IT. WE'RE ALL THE SAME.

[00:20:55]>> President Kevin Sinclair has become the first man to receive the death penalty for killing himself. A judge ruled his many duplicates are legally the same person, and they were thus sentenced together in a controversial ruling.

[00:21:08]>> I deserve this for my wicked heart.

[00:21:11]>> Yeah.

[00:21:15]Unfortunately, the local sustainability council determined the energy costs of continuing the executions would have a massive impact on the environment. As a result, the remaining Kevin sentences were commuted to 793 life sentences to be served simultaneously.

[00:21:31]Like most prisons, Jefferson County has an overcrowding problem. Unlike most prisons, the overcrowding is due to one single criminal.

[00:21:42]Jefferson County Prison. Inmates sort themselves into one of three main factions. The Crips, the Bloods, and Professor Kevin.

[00:21:51]>> How do you respond to the criticism that all but ONE OF THESE REPLICAS ARE INNOCENT?

[00:21:54]>> This man proved with his own science that it was his changing upbringing that made him a murderer. Why don't we use that logic to put someone in jail for once? It's a bit of a shock that the entire community of celebrity philosophers is entirely okay with this.

[00:22:08]How can it be moral to lock all of these clones up? Surely you should be standing up for them. To be frank, dropping nearly a,200 IQ scientists into the labor force wouldn't really be ethical to us as academics.

[00:22:23]And it's not our fault we're acting this way.

[00:23:00]Which one? I don't remember either. We blacked out. One of us blacked out. The other was born. Do I only exist because somebody got too drunk? That's true.

[00:23:09]Either way, I'll drink to that. Are you out of your mind? It's possible I just got into it. No, this is it. We need to stop. Hey, we can quit. We can do this.

[00:23:20]What are you going to do? Kill yourself?

[00:23:25]Don't do this. We can quit.

[00:23:30]You're a better man than me.

[00:23:37]They say we despise the guilty, but we can't get enough of them. We fill our shows and movies and algorithms with them, feasting our eyes on their horrific crimes. Our appetite for them and their deeds is insatiable.

[00:23:53]Because the horrifying reality is, man would much rather rid himself of the innocent.

[00:24:00]Because to witness a guilty man is to see his crimes.

[00:24:04]To witness an innocent man is to see your own.

[00:24:49]Oh yeah.