Watched it on tv. Think it was a movie. May have been a television movie, or mini-series. (Could have been a series episode too but guess not.) In English language. Likely British but unsure. Was quality! In color. I remember it was exciting from the start, a unique story. About …
I think the ‘hero’ was a detective or forensic (male?) pathologist.
Could’ve been a cold case, or he being from another area coming in to help. Perhaps he suspects something fishy within the police department? Or simply investigates a link with a case another (female) detective has in another city. Cannot point my finger at it but he was probably someone with a history. Maybe someone who got a bad name because he did something wrong or unpopular in the past, dunno. Or simply not believed. It is too vague.
What I remember more clearly, it’s about a serial killer.
And towards the end, comes the realization that the killer may not be a he or she! I remember the killer being a man with a disorder, a female psycho persona (or transgender?) so to speak. Possibly a police officer, someone who worked there, perhaps a pathologist. I really don’t remember.
A scene that I really remember well is: the police is using someone (young cop?) to go in with a hidden camera. Police are watching the screen. Could’ve been a video tape too. The hero detective tries to talk and connect with the killer, and a moment it looks like he is succeeding. However, to no vain. It ended with noise on the screen at the moment that police guy is in a chair being doctored by the killer, the killer taking his surgical knife to probably cut his b*lls. There is no gore, more suggestion. Cuts to noise.
That is something that is key to this movie: the hero detective is taunted by the killer, as if the killer likes the hunt, wants the detective to follow / leaves breadcrumbs. But mocks the detective that he is too stupid. But there seems to be growing a connection between the two, an understanding. Maybe the killer even meets the detective while he doesn’t know yet. Like some sick game. I remember it is only towards the end the realization comes that the killer is not a man or woman … something of another caliber, and he starts to put things together.
It seems like the killer wanted to be understood, heared.
I don’t even know anymore how it ended. I think he was killed eventually. But could be an open ending too. But if I would guess it must have been a satisfying ending.
Dressed To Kill
Possibly “The Crying Game”
Sounds like an episode of Wire in the Blood starring Robson Green where a trans (male to female) guy is killing people and has targeted a gay police officer. He tortures him and video tapes it and sends it to the police.
The hero is a psychologist who works for the police. He manages to talk to the killer and try to reason with them and ends up almost being tortured and murdered too.
It was a two-part episode called The Mermaids Singing from Wire in the Blood.
Im almost certain it’s this and it was very compelling.
YES! Laura, THANK YOU! That is it. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
You are very welcome! Woooo! My first solve! Hehe
Solved!