Julie
Background
Julie Caffrey is an advice columnist for the Press Herald in Los Angeles, California. She is married to Doug, but they are getting a divorce. Her column is called Dear Julie.
During the events of Schizoid (1980) played by Marianna Hill
Julie sits in her apartment typing on her typewriter. The next day Julie, Rosemary, Sally, Pat, and Francoise sit in a hot tub together. Julie tells Sally that they will all miss her and wishes her luck. Pat suggests Rosemary rent a hot tub for the groups therapy sessions with Pieter Fales. They congratulate Julie on getting a divorce and later leave Rosemary's house. Julie briefly talks to Maxine and Freddy about their upcoming deadlines for the day. She opens a piece of mail and it has a paper with words glued onto it. She reads it aloud to Freddy and the writer threatens to shoot Julie and others. She shows it to Doug, who thinks she should go to the police and it is probably a member of the therapy group she goes to. He blames the therapy group for their divorce and she asks if the divorce papers came in. He shows her some wall paper he plans on using to decorate the new art department with. As she is hurrying to her therapy group, Gilbert tells her he is going to be working at her building the next day. During therapy, Gilbert tells the group how lonely he is and how angry he gets knowing others have somewhere else to go. Pieter asks Gilbert what he does when he gets angry and Gilbert says he either goes for long walks or drives. Francoise tells Gilbert, the group is there for him, but he says no one is there for him in the middle of the night. Barney tells Francoise having a significant other makes it easier to deal with the loneliness. Rosemary says Francoise would be better off without her husband and when Julie, objects, she reminds her they tore Francoise's husband up the session before.
After the session, Julie shows Pieter the note she received, but he doesn't think the writer is serious. He starts to kiss her, but is interrupted by Bruce. Julie gives Pat a ride to work. As Julie gets into her building's elevator, Fritz opens the elevator door and gets in with her. Julie starts to shake as Fritz stares at her. As she gets out of the elevator, Fritz follows her and eventually goes into the apartment of Fritz's Friend who is very excited that Fritz shaved his head. Someone calls Julie's phone, but doesn't say anything when she answers. Julie goes to the police station and tells the desk sergeant she is there to speak with Donahue. She shows Donahue the letter, but he thinks it is nothing. She mentions going to a therapist and Jake wonders why she needs a therapist. The next day, Julie shows Doug another letter she received. Maxine walks in and calls the sender a schizoid and when Julie suggests reaching out to the writer with her column, Doug doesn't like the idea. She goes back to the police station, and tells Donahue about the letter, but he tells her they can't do anything based on a maybe murder. He asks Archie for the folder with all the latest murders and shows Julie all of the unsolved murders they are dealing with. Jake tells her they don't have enough officers to give her protection and Julie recognizes one of the murder victims as Sally. Julie calls Pieter and he and her watch as Sally's body is shown and Pieter asks how she was murdered. Later, she tells Pieter she is going to answer the letter writer in her column. The next day, Julie finds a business card on her office door and Jake tells her they are going to set up a special phone line for her. Jake asks her if she suspects it might be someone from work or her therapy group. Julie goes to Pieter's house for dinner. She subtly tries to find out if he is the one sending the letters to her.
During dinner, Alison Fales wears her mother's dress and is antagonistic to Julie. Pieter asks her why she is behaving the way she is and she starts to take off her dress and runs away. Julie goes into her office. Gilbert surprises her and they get into the elevator. Gilbert tells Julie after he finished fixing the boiler he went to look for her office and he thinks about her. He tells her he knows her and Pieter are seeing each other and she tells him she is leaving the therapy group. Julie drives home and she and Pieter have sex. Pieter tells Julie she shouldn't mention Sally's murder to the rest of the group. Pieter calls Julie's office and Maxine answers the phone. He asks for Julie and Julie tells him they are waiting for the police and the letter she received is going in her column that day. Donahue and Jake go to Julie's office and show her and Doug how they set up the second line. The phone rings and a guy comes on the line and tells Julie, he thinks she is full of crap. The phone rings again, and it is Alison on the other end. She asks if she can come and see Julie and Julie invites her to come and see her at her office. Julie lets Alison into her office and Alison admits that she is the one that wrote all the letters. Alison pulls out a gun and points it at Julie and Doug. Pieter calls the office and Julie tells him Alison is with her. Julie and Alison, who are tied together struggle to get free. They manage to get free using the large scissors Doug was using to murder his victims. Pieter and Doug start to fight and Alison stabs Doug in the back with the large scissors, killing him. Donahue, Jake and the police arrive on scene and Pieter hugs Alison and Julie.
