Carreon clears Joaquin the jackass of all liabilities concerning the death of Clarissa. Cardo is having himself fooled some more by Erwin/Eric the psycho. He later brings him to meet his family. The neighbors purchase his sweets and make him feel welcome. While he goes on putting up a show, a CSI shows Jerome some photos of the victims at the precinct, which suggests that the serial killer had used different knives in the murders.
Everyone seems to be warming up to Erwin. As Benny tries showing him some self-defense skills to protect himself, Erwin deliberately twists his arm and applies pressure. Cardo and the family don’t seem to notice though as they go on to cheer the madman. They later have dinner with him. Erwin picks up a knife and stares at it for a while before Cardo asks Benny to help him out with it. The family entertain the madman, ready and willing to take him in.
“Do you wanna live here with us?” Cardo asks.
Erwin makes a face.
Cardo laughs along with everyone else. “He got shy, grandma.”
Teddy and Virgie counsel their son JP over having informed his friends about what his sister had said about Lorraine before. Meanwhile, Lorraine apologizes to Mrs. Girona for her stubborn behavior lately. Cardo asks Benny to see Erwin off. Later, Flora is going about her business outside when Erwin picks up a knife and creeps up on her, brandishing it.
“Grandma Kap?” Rhoda, a neighbor calls from behind.
Flora turns to see Erwin, who puts on his act. “Yes, Rhoda?”
“Grandma Kap, um…” Rhoda shrinks back in fear as Erwin turns to stare at her menacingly. She frantically bids Flora goodnight and flees.
“I wonder what she wanted to say, Flora says to herself. “That was kind of strange.”
Cardo and Onyok lie in bed, discussing how “nice” and resourceful Erwin is. They then talk about his false condition, with Cardo wanting Onyok to be more like the madman in future – resilient and independent. Meanwhile, Erwin intercepts Rhoda on her way home, asking her what she had seen. Rhoda, clearly terrified, says she’d seen nothing. She tries to get past Erwin and put in a phone call. However, Erwin stops her dead in her tracks. Having subdued her, he begins strangling her. He then grabs a stone and bashes her head in.
The next morning, the de Leon family receive another visit from Erwin. In no time, some watchmen come to announce having found Rhoda’s dead body. Tomas and Don Emilio bring Joaquin to their new underground meth lab. Tomas reveals how they’ll be delivering their products using a hearse (funeral van). Joaquin is amazed at his dad’s brilliance. While the husband of the victim cries over Rhoda’s dead body, Benny calls to tip Alyana. Flora is distraught over Rhoda’s death.
Elmo is cutting some newspapers with a pair of scissors at home. After Erwin offers to watch over the kids, Elmo leaves the scissors on the table and goes to check something upstairs. Erwin picks it up and gazes at it longingly. Onyok notices his strange expression and asks what’s wrong. Just then, Elmo returns and eventually takes the scissors from the madman.
As the crime scene investigators (CSIs) work the murder scene and take some statements, Alyana arrives with Pinggoy. Cardo introduces her to his grandma, who soon experiences a dizzy spell from all the stress and mayhem. She’s taken home where she expresses her sorrow over Rhoda’s death. Alyana shows concern for Flora.
“Do you think this is connected to what happened to Mrs. Zeny’s daughter and the others who were also murdered?” Benny asks.
“The killer’s dead,” Elmo mentions.
“This has to stop,” Cardo states. “And I’m not going to give up until I find whoever killed Mrs. Rhoda.”
Erwin looks on. And keeps on with his act. “If your neighbor’s death is already this painful,” the madman thinks to himself. “What more when a real family member dies.”
At the cemetery, Verna’s private investigator (PI) discreetly takes photos of the Tuazons as they discuss their business and former partners-turned enemies they had gotten rid, just as the inmate at the city jail is working out furiously. Later at home, the Tuazons discuss about all the enemies they have gotten rid of.
At the city jail, the inmate, called Apollo recalls how he had been betrayed by his once business partner, Don Emilio. And then how Pablo de Leon had captured him. “Because of those two people, I lost my entire family. I’ve almost rotten here in jail. I can finally take my revenge on those two scumbags.”
Jerome and Alyana discuss the motives of Edwin the supposed killer. Alyana mentions Benny’s theory of Rhoda’s death being connected to the serial killings. Rigor objects to it, mentioning that the supposed killer’s already dead.
“I noticed a pattern,” Rigor says. “All the victims were mistresses.”
“Not everyone,” Jerome disagrees. “Just two of them.”
Cardo, Flora and the rest of the family see Erwin off after he gives his “condolences”. Upon Flora’s suggestion, Cardo goes after Erwin and asks him to stay for the night since it’s dangerous outside. He has him sleep in the living room with Benny. Later that night, psycho Erwin wakes up and walks past Benny who’s busy snoring. He slips into Cardo’s room and finds him sleeping. Picking up his handgun from the desk, he takes aim.
“You’re a monster SPO2 Ricardo Dalisay,” the madman thinks to himself, recalling how Cardo had gunned down his brother. “You killed the only family I had left in the world. And now, I’m going to kill you and your entire family too.”
Psycho Erwin takes his sweet time aiming and imagining firing the gun. Just then, Flora approaches from behind and asks what he’s doing.
Hiding the gun, Erwin reverts back to his disabled state, claiming that he needs to go and pee. The next morning, Cardo wakes up Benny and asks where Erwin is. Meanwhile, the madman in question is shopping for supplies as Flora and the rest of the family are worried, wondering where he’s disappeared off to.
Erwin brings his shopping basket containing some duct tapes (for murder) and some already made coconut sweets to the counter.
“It’s you again, cutie,” a salesgirl mentions. “You really love buying those, huh?”
“They’re good,” Erwin says dumbly.
“So who do you give those to? Your girlfriend or your wife?”
“I don’t have a wife, miss.”
The salesgirl seems excited. “So that means you’re single. May I apply as your girlfriend?”
Erwin shakes his head good-naturedly. Back home, Yolly and Elmo scold Benny for having slept like the dead, thus failing to feel when Erwin got up to leave. Benny apologizes, then mentions that the guy probably knows his way. Cardo adds to the trouble, bringing up Erwin’s non-existent condition.
“Until we finally catch the criminal who killed miss Rhoda,” Cardo says. “This neighborhood isn’t safe. You understand?”
“Yes, chief. I’m sorry.”
Credit: Blasters Series
