What really makes A Cult is Isolation

"What is a Cult Film? 

A Cult Film is one, which 

has A Passionate Following, but 

Does NOT appeal to everybody :

James Bond Movies are NOT Cult Films; 

but Chainsaw Movies are --

Just because A Movie is A CULT Movie, 

Does not automatically guarantee Quality : 

Some Cult Movies are very bad;

others are very, very Good -- 

Some make an awful lot 

of Money at The Box-office;

others make No Money at all --

Some are considered ‘Quality’ Films; 

others are Exploitation -- 

One thing they 

DO have in common 

is that they're all Genre films --

That's to say, a French word meaning, 

'The Type or Category of Film in question' -- 

For example, Gangster Films or Westerns. 

Cult Films also have a tendency to 

slosh over from one genre into another;

Me : That's very True -- 

So that A Science-fiction Film might 

become A Detective Movie, or vice versa. 

They're also generally cheaply made :

Most of the films in this cost under $2 million;

Some of them cost a great deal less."

“It is really interesting to think of The Idea of 

Cult Film becoming a genre that people ASPIRE to....

And I think it goes back to when people were 

Watching Moviedrome at Home on Television, alone. 

There WASN'T this big, shared Internet Culture. 

There's something about the personal engagement 

with Film, and how it filters down through Your Imagination 

and You might make A Film of Your Own -- 

You can't guarantee You're making A Cult. 

You make What You Like, and it's filtered 

through What You've Seen -- 

And I Think that's perhaps

what's become Harder to Do, 

because everything can be shared instantly 

on social media platforms with each other;

and so people are more conscious of Feeding

-into this big pool of stuff that's labeled 'Cult'. 

And I think perhaps The Key to going back to The Roots 

of What Really Makes a Cult, is, it comes out of Isolation --

And You Don't yet KNOW until it lands, and possibly 

over The Years that You'll find Kindred Spirits --

That's The Truth of A Cult, isn't it?”

I Just Felt it Move

quicken(v.)

c. 1300, quikenen, "come to life, receive life," also transitive, "give life to," also "return to life from the dead;" see quick (adj.) + -en (1). The earlier verb was simply quick (c. 1200, from late Old English gecwician, and compare Old Norse kvikna).

The sense of "hasten, accelerate, impart speed to" is from 1620s. The intransitive meaning "become faster or more active" is by 1805. Also, of a woman, "enter that state of pregnancy in which the child gives indications of life;" of a child, "begin to manifest signs of life in the womb" (usually about the 18th week of pregnancy); probably originally in reference to the child but reversed and also used of the mother. 

Related: Quickened; quickening.

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quicken(v.)

c. 1300, quikenen, "come to life, receive life," also transitive, "give life to," also "return to life from the dead;" see quick (adj.) + -en (1). The earlier verb was simply quick (c. 1200, from late Old English gecwician, and compare Old Norse kvikna).

The sense of "hasten, accelerate, impart speed to" is from 1620s. The intransitive meaning "become faster or more active" is by 1805. Also, of a woman, "enter that state of pregnancy in which the child gives indications of life;" of a child, "begin to manifest signs of life in the womb" (usually about the 18th week of pregnancy); probably originally in reference to the child but reversed and also used of the mother. 

Related: Quickened; quickening.

vegetation (n.)

1560s, "act of vegetating," from French végétation and directly from Medieval Latin vegetationem (nominative vegetatio) "a quickening, action of growing," from past-participle stem of vegetare "grow, quicken" (see vegetable (adj.)). The meaning "plant life, plants collectively" is recorded by 1727.

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speeder(n.)

c. 1400, speder (early 13c. as a surname), "one who furthers or assists another," agent noun from speed (v.). As "one who advances rapidly or attains success," 1570s. Both the older senses are archaic or obsolete. By 1847 as "mechanical contrivance for quickening." As "one who drives fast or moves with great swiftness" by 1891.

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alive (adj.)

c. 1200, "in life, living," contraction of Old English on life "in living, not dead," from a- (1) + dative of lif "life" (see life). The full form on live was still current 17c. Of abstract things (love, lawsuits, etc.) "in a state of operation, unextinguished," c. 1600. From 1709 as "active, lively;" 1732 as "attentive, open" (usually with to). Used emphatically, especially with man (n.); as in:

[A]bout a thousand gentlemen having bought his almanacks for this year, merely to find what he said against me, at every line they read they would lift up their eyes, and cry out betwixt rage and laughter, "they were sure no man alive ever writ such damned stuff as this." 

—Jonathan Swift, "Bickerstaff's Vindication," 1709]

Thus it was abstracted as an expletive, man alive! (1845). Alive and kicking "alert, vigorous," attested from 1823; Farmer says "The allusion is to a child in the womb after quickening," but kicking in the sense "lively and active" is recorded from 1550s (e.g. "the wanton or kicking flesh of yong maydes," "Lives of Women Saints," c. 1610).

abortion(n.)

1540s, "the expulsion of the fetus before it is viable," originally of deliberate as well as unintended miscarriages; from Latin abortionem (nominative abortio) "miscarriage; abortion, procuring of an untimely birth," noun of action from past-participle stem of aboriri "to miscarry, be aborted, fail, disappear, pass away," a compound word used in Latin for deaths, miscarriages, sunsets, etc., which according to OED is from ab, here as "amiss" (see ab-), + stem of oriri "appear, be born, arise" (see origin).

Meaning "product of an untimely birth" is from 1630s; earlier in this sense was abortive (early 14c.). Another earlier noun in English for "miscarriage" was abort (early 15c.). In the Middle English translation of Guy de Chauliac's "Grande Chirurgie" (early 15c.) Latin aborsum is used for "stillbirth, forced abortion." Abortment is attested from c. 1600; aborsement from 1530s, both archaic. Aborticide (1875) is illogical. Compare miscarriage.

In 19c. some effort was made to distinguish abortion "expulsion of the fetus between 6 weeks and 6 months" from miscarriage (the same within 6 weeks of conception) and premature labor (delivery after 6 months but before due time). The deliberate miscarriage was criminal abortion. This broke down late 19c. as abortion came to be used principally for intentional miscarriages, probably via phrases such as procure an abortion.

Criminal abortion is premeditated or intentional abortion procured, at any of pregnancy, by artificial means, and solely for the purpose of preventing the birth of a living child : feticide. At common law the criminality depended on the abortion being caused after quickening. [Century Dictionary, 1899]

Foeticide (n.) appears 1823 as a forensic medical term for deliberate premature fatal expulsion of the fetus; also compare prolicide. Another 19c. medical term for it was embryoctony, with second element from a Latinized form of Greek kteinein "to destroy." Abortion was a taboo word for much of early 20c., disguised in print as criminal operation (U.S.) or illegal operation (U.K.), and replaced by miscarriage in film versions of novels. Abortium "hospital specializing in abortions," is from 1934, in a Soviet Union context.

How to Turn Any Phone Recording into PERFECT Transcripts

How to Turn Any Phone Recording
into Perfect Transcripts

He Had An Electric Snake

 

Constant Struggle

Kwame Ture on Constant Struggle, Socialism and Zionism

Constant Struggle - We want to make this aspect of Constant Struggle, clear of course the capitalist system of course will confuse you it presents things only as one side it's one-sided that things are only one side when they talk about the indians and the cowboys you just get the cowboy side not the indian side 

When They talk about The Struggle in Palestine it's just a zionist never the palestine i mean never the other day someone was sitting down look at a movie it was a movie about how these you know the jewish people had suffered and now because they're suffering they're going to Palestine -- Zionist picture -- so it was on television so i walked out the room someone said oh you know you are so racist i said i'm racist yes this is a story it's just a story about people suffering and just that suffering and you think i said one last have you seen a picture of a palestinian family suffering on television you will never see it -- you will never see it because they don't want to work up Your Sentiments to support The Palestinians --

So the only stories you see are suffering stories of them all the time all the time all the time one-sided view of life is given everywhere this one-sided view of life we must come to look at the other side we must come to investigate the other side and when you investigate the other side the other side falls i told you that i was a socialist and i am i know that uh i must tell you this because capitalism just confuses you the other day i told a brother so she said you still socialist yeah he said but he fell i said really he said yeah you hear about it i said no i didn't hear about it he said it collapsed i said oh he said you know about the soviet union they're gone i said really i said listen i said you mustn't get confused you know capitalism doesn't just rape your labor and rip off your resources it deforms your thinking it deforms your thinking i told the man you're not thinking he said what you mean he said i saw it happen it's finished i said you never judge a system by its adherence you never judge any system by its believers you judge it by its principles he said i understand what you're talking about i said all i'm saying to you brother is you don't judge socialism by socialist he said you're talking double talk i said am i he said if you tell me that you can't judge socialism by sources who you judged by i said let me ask you one question do you judge christianity by christians if you judge christianity by christians it fell with judas and if it didn't forward judas so many many christians in so many many ways every day violates every principle of christianity when you judge a system you judge by its principles christianity has been betrayed everywhere the pope used it to divide the world slave masters use it to bring about slavery but me i will never condemn christianity i know its principles the principles are just therefore eternal any man any woman any time wishing to live a just life can pick up the principles imitate them and lift them so it is with socialism you must not get confused socialism hasn't gone anywhere it has been betrayed yes but betrayal doesn't mean collapse perhaps they get confused because at least judas had the dignity after betraying christianity to hang himself yeah gorbachev is still running around world picking up pieces of silver you must be clear here not confused i'm a socialist one other thing i must tell you now they confuse people about socialism brother the other day said why ain't no sources i said why not brother he said cause it's a white thing i said oh really you see europe tries to make believe that everything that comes out of the world comes out of europe i told the man i said socialism ain't no white thing he said yes it is he said karl marx discovered it mark's never discovered socialism he cannot you call the laws of gravity newton's laws i'm sure there's a mnemonic device to help you on your quizzes but you certainly cannot believe that isaac newton confound that a body falls at the rate of 32 feet per second squared per second squared he can't find this he can't discover he cannot invent this he can only observe it and record it discover the law if i'm sitting in timbuktu in africa and i've never heard of sir isaac newton and i'm conducting any experiments with gravity i will come to the same conclusion that he does a body in motion tends to stay in motion unless stopped by an outside force he cannot invent this he can only observe it and record it our marx did not invent socialism if i'm sitting in libya in the desert and i'm doing any research with capital labor without ever having heard of karl marx i will come to the same conclusion that he did that any time capital seeks to dominate labor there'll be a ruthless uncompromising struggle on the part of labor until it comes to crush capital and dominated this is a fact my history demonstrates that we came as chatted slaves for centuries we fought and fought and fought until we crushed it now we're just slave of the wage and now we've got to rise up and crush that one that's to declare that karl marx didn't invent socialism is there for all to see karl marx's great contribution to the world was in the air of historical materialism and dialectical materialism something you need to know if you know about socialism but since you don't know about socialism you don't even know the words and not only does the enemy keep you ignorant you stay ignorant you won't ever read a book about socialism why read a book about socialism they already told me my glasses ain't no good you will not even read a book about somebody you don't even read a book about your history we come to inspire you to learn we come to tell you that when you come to server people you must know as much as you can the more you know the better able you are to serve the people

Some People just bring out The Worst in Me

Some People just bring 

out The Worst in Me

or, Instances where The Doctor 

tries to straight-up Murder Davros.

Lymph

 I am glad You’re going to be Okay.

[ Does that mean you need someone to 

Massage it, until it goes down…? ]

(That's What He Calls Himself) Remembers…..

That was The Night Sporty Spice

asked Me if She Looked Pretty --

( She Did -- and she was dressed

as a WWII WREN. Hat, 

stockings & everything.)

COAL

The Morning Show (2019) "I'm exhausted" - Reese Witherspoon

“What Do YOU Think 

is Wrong, Fireman?”, said 

The Fat Controller.

“Excuse Me, sir”, said His Fireman,

“But The Fact is, THE COLE is Wrong;

We’ve had a Bad Lot lately, 

but Today, it’s worse —

The other engines are fine, 

 they have large smokeboxes —

Henry’s is small and *can’t* make The Heat.

With WELSH Cole, he’s be a DIFFERENT Engine.”

“It’s expensive….” said The Fat Controller,

“But Henry MUST be given A Fair Chance —

James shall go and fetch some at once.”

The New Shadow

'This isn't Hell,' 

The Doctor assured her. 

'It’s only A Sequel.'

Why Tolkien Abandoned His Sequel

“In the years following The release 

Publication of The Lord of the Rings 

and its massive Success, J.R.R Tolkien 

considered The Idea of A Sequel —

This Idea was quickly abandoned 

and His Vision of A Sequel never fulfilled. 

The dozen or so pages he did write, 

however, were finally published in 1996 

as part of Christopher Tolkien’s 

The Peoples of Middle Earth. 

From this, in combination with private letters 

that were released to The Public in 1981, 

We can begin to Paint a Picture not only of 

His Vision, but why he ultimately abandoned it. 

The Story itself is a simple Dialogue 

between two characters, Borlas, The Son of Berag 

from The Lord of the Rings, and Saleon. 

This conversation takes place well into the reign 

of Aragorn's son, Elderon, over a hundred years 

after the death of the great King —

The War of the Ring 

is nothing but A Story. 

Gondor is prosperous and peaceful. 

The memory of Sauron almost forgotten. 

The two men delve into 

a philosophical discussion 

regarding The Evil in Men's Hearts. 

Its constant presence 

regardless of Their Circumstances. 

They contemplate The Nature 

of this Evil, the so-called Dark Tree. 

And at some point, 

We hear of the term Herumour. 

What this is, We don't really know. 

What We Do Know is that 

it was used by a secret cult 

hidden within Gondor that had begun 

worshiping The Dark Lord as A God. 

The People, Salem claimed, 

had grown discontent, and 

there was increasing unrest. 

He asks Borlas to join him 

somewhere secret after nightfall 

in order to explain further, after which 

he leaves our protagonist alone to ponder.

Borlas returns home, but he feels uneasy 

as if an ancient Evil was beginning to return. 

With this, Tolken stopped 

and never picked up The Pen to write 

a sequel for The Lord of the Rings ever again. 

The Question is, why? 

Why did he abandon this specific sequel? 

And also, why didn't he just write something different instead? 

Thankfully, in his letters, he answers 

the first question rather definitively. 

In letter 256, written in 1964 to Colin Bailey, Tolken says,

"I did begin a story placed about a 100red years after the downfall, but it proved both sinister and depressing. 

Since we are dealing with Men, it is inevitable that we should be concerned with the most regrettable feature of their nature, their quick satiety with Good. So that the people of Gondur in times of peace, justice, and prosperity would become discontent and restless, while the dynast descended from Aragorn would become just kings and governors like Denithor or worse. 

I found that even so early, there was an outcrop of revolutionary plots about a center of secret satanistic religion while Gondorian boys were playing at being orcs and going around doing damage. 

I could have written a thriller about the plot and its discovery 

and overthrow, but it would have been just that, not worth doing. 

A year before his death, he mentions the subject yet again with the main difference being changing the timeline of events. Instead of the sequel taking place a century after the fall of Baradur, this version occurs a century after Aragon's death. 

In letter 338, he explains, "I have written nothing beyond the first few years of the fourth age, except the beginning of a tale supposed to refer to the end of the reign of Elderon about a 100 years after the death of Aragorn." 

Then I of course discovered that the king's peace would contain no tales worth recounting and his wars would have little interest after the overthrow of Sauron, but that almost certainly a restlessness would appear about then owing to the it seems inevitable boredom of men with The Good. There would be secret societies practicing dark cults and orc cults among adolescents. 

In his original conceptualization of a sequel, Tolken imagined a Gondor perhaps akin to Numor before its fall. The goodness and the legends of the past had been forgotten, perhaps abandoned in this new age of prosperity and safety. Why should anyone care about the struggles of the past when we have nothing to worry about today? In this environment, people simply do not understand how lucky they are, how protected and peaceful their lives have become due to the sacrifices of their ancestors, of our protagonists from the War of the Ring. In this age of wealth, they grow bored. They grow not to care for what forged their good living in the first place. Thus, they turn to alternatives. They even begin worshiping the same darkness that tried to enslave their fathers and mothers. What could be more depressing than that? Everything that our protagonist went through to defeat Sauron and destroy the ring. Every death, every drop of blood reduced to nothing within a few centuries. And perhaps worse than that, it was reduced to nothing from within, not due to some external enemy. Humanity itself is shown to bring about its own doom inevitably, like an endless cycle of misery. In short, a sequel that renders The Lord of the Rings redundant is no sequel at all, which is why it was abandoned. Even more so, it would have desecrated the primary theme of The Lord of the Rings. Hope. The book is all about hope, about beating the odds, doing what is right in the face of insurmountable odds. How could this hope be destroyed without The Lord of the Rings itself being rendered meaningless? The problem is that any type of sequel would have required some sort of antagonistic force. This version, as Tolken rightfully said, would have felt more like a thriller due to its psychological struggle with evil from within Gondo. But even an external enemy would have likely been a bad idea, as it would have either made Sauron redundant or the new enemy would not have been strong enough to compare. Either the sequel is disappointing or the Lord of the Rings is overshadowed. Moreover, another problem that would have affected any type of sequel has to do with Tolken's world building itself. As you know, the fantastical and the magical within Middle Earth is slowly on its way out. This is a major theme of the Lord of the Rings that the age of the elves is waning and the age of men is about to begin. After all, Tolken wanted Middle Earth and Arda to gradually transition into our own reality, a reality without magic and fantastical creatures. As this was already a big theme of The Lord of the Rings, it would have had to be a large theme of a sequel taking place many years after The Lord of the Rings 2. The issue is that without the fairy and mythological elements that Tolken adored so much, his new book would no longer really be a fairy story. It would not have the mystical elements that we have grown so used to with the Sylmerelion, the Hobbit, and the Lord of the Rings. Not unless he completely changed directions on this massive theme of this world. Something I do not think would have been wise. something that Tolken obviously agreed with considering we did in fact get no sequel. The last major reason why a sequel was abandoned had to do with the Sylmerelion. The Sylmerelion was the passion project of Tolken's entire life. He was in the process of writing and rewriting it for about 50 years, never being able to quite finish it and be satisfied. Therefore, understanding the issues with writing a sequel, he instead focused his efforts on other endeavors. And though they were not published in his lifetime, we can thank his son Christopher for editing and publishing them for the past 40 years. A massive thank you to my channel members, and thank you very much for watching.

It was The Killing of The Charismatics — They Were WHITE, and They Were BLACK

It was The Killing of The Charismatics — 

They were WHITE, and They were BLACK

Horse Sense

"You'll Kill The Baby!"

Brilliant flashback scene from Equus 1977, by Sidney Lumet

Alan Strang :

-- on A Beach 

...what?

Alan Strang :
Where I first saw A Horse

how old are you? 

how should I know -- six 

what were you doing there

nothing... digging sand --

Well, what else?

go on --

Equus :
That's a terrific Castle --

Must have taken a 

long time to build 

you can stroke him if you like; he 

won't mind his name's Trojan 

easy there, Trojan, 

easy boy easy there --

Trojan 

Oh you can hardly reach from down

there you want to come up

come on --

Then no come on this side --
You always mount a horse 

on the left -- I'll give 

you a lift up ...

Okay 

I do nothing at all easy, easy, easy,

don't be frightened huh just hold

untight to his man and grip with your

knees... that's it -- come on n let's go 

Want to go faster....? All you have 

to do is say, "Come on,

Trojan -- bear me away!
Say it, there --

Bear me away --
I can't hear you, say it,
'Bear me away --', 

come on --

[Music]

[Music]

Alan! Come back here!

hey, you...!!

as EAS 

What do you imagine you're doing..?! 

Imagine what is my son

doing up there he's not hurt is he don't

you think you should ask permission

before doing a stupid thing like that

it's lovely Dad! Please don't be Hy don't you be ly D with me young man 

come down here alen

you heard what your mother said 

no! 

come down here at once no right this moment 

I said this moment 

watch it are you

mad do you want to terrify the horse

you're a public Mel do you know that

easy 

How DARE you pick up children and

put them on dangerous animals 

dangerous

the bo HTS of course look at his eyes is

are rolling you're yours thank 

he's cut himself the boy hurt 

I'm not I'm not I'm

not I'm not I'm not I'm 

not I'm not I'm not 

.......that's all I remember

OPTICS

You know Paul.

Paul's come over from Justice,

unofficially, as a favour to us.

In other words, He's Here, 

and He's not Here.

KRENDLER:

So, I take it you've seen 

The Coverage in The Papers, 

and on Television?

Clarice :

I have nothing to Do with 

The News, Mr Krendler.

KRENDLER:

The Woman had a 

baby in her arms.

There are pictures.

You can see The Problem, 

I would think.

Clarice :

Not in her arms, in 

a carrier across her chest.

In her arms, she 

had a MAC-10.

[SIGHS] 

KRENDLER:

Look, we're here to help you, Starling.

It's gonna be a hell of a lot harder 

to do with a combative attitude.

[ PAGER BEEPING ]

Clarice :

Can I speak freely, Mr Pearsall?

Your Agency called This Office 

to get me assigned to 

Help You on this raid.

I tried to Do that.

I clearly expressed my Judgement, and 

was ignored, and now a Good Agent, 

and A Friend, is dead.

KRENDLER:

You shot and killed five people 

out there, Agent Starling.

Is that how you define 

'Good Judgement'?

Clarice :

This raid was an ugly mess.

I ended up in a position where 

I had A Choice of Dying, or 

shooting A Woman 

carrying A Child.

I chose. I shot her.

I killed A Mother 

holding her child.

And I regret it, 

I resent myself for it.

All right, gentlemen,

I'm going to call a 

halt to this meeting

and get back to you 

individually by phone.

[MEN SCOFFING]

Waste of time.

PEARSALL: 

You have A Secret Admirer, Starling.

Isn't much to look at, but he does 

have friends in high places.

Remember Mason Verger?

Clarice :

Lecter's fourth victim,

The Rich one. 

The only one 

that survived.

He says he has some new information

on Lecter. He'll only share it with you.

Clarice :

What do you mean, "only share

it with me"? You want it, seize it.

KRENDLER:

We'd rather not.

Clarice :

I wasn't speaking to 

you, Mr Krendler.

When I speak to you,

you'll know it, because 

I'll look at you.

Why would We 

'rather not'?

The last time he called was when we

took Lecter off the Ten Most Wanted list.

He was upset about that.

We said, "Hey, that's life."

He said, "Hey, this is

A Senate oversight committee,

to make your life miserable."

His Family's political contributions

may not be enough to buy A Senator,

but they are enough to rent them

from time to time.

There's no reason to go through that again

if he really does have something new.

KRENDLER: 

It's a good deal for you, Starling. 

You can't pretend it isn't.

You get to go back on a celebrated case.

I'll take care of the media

for your Drumgo killing.

- Everyone's gonna be happy.

Clarice :

I'm not happy.

Well, maybe you're incapable

of being happy.

Clarice :

Mr Krendler, when 

You're out on the street,

you know you might take

a bullet in the line of duty.

You accept it, or you get out.

You Live with it.

What you don't expect, 

or accept, is taking one 

in the back in your  Boss' 

office for doing your job

exactly as they've taught you.

That makes you unhappy.

Of course, you're right, Starling,

but it doesn't really change anything.

Clarice :

It changes everything. It changes me.

Agent Starling, hi. I'm Cordell Doemling,

Mr Verger's private physician.

CLARICE: How do you do?

If you'd be so kind

as to park down at the end.

One's eyes adjust to the darkness.

MAN ON TV: versus an estimate of 16.

Dylan, they're saying sales

have slowed down.

Seems like a recurring theme here. Perhaps

corporate spending on a slowdown...

CORDELL: Mr Verger, Agent Starling is here.

Good morning, Mr Verger.

VERGER: Was that a Mustang

I heard out there?

Yes, it was.

- A five litre?

- Yes.

Fast.

Cordell, I think you can leave us now.

I thought I might stay.

- Perhaps I could be useful.

- You could be useful

seeing about my lunch.

I'd like to attach this microphone

to your clothing or your pillow,

if you're comfortable with that.

Oh, by all means.

VERGER: Here, this should make it easier.

You know, I thank God for what happened.

It was my salvation.

Have you accepted Jesus, Agent Starling?

- Do you have faith?

- I was raised Lutheran.

That's not what I asked.

This is Special Agent Clarice Starling,

5-1-4-3-6-9-0,

deposing Mason R. Verger

on March 20, sworn and attested...

- I wanna tell you about summer camp.

- Mr Verger...

- It was a wonderful childhood experience.

- We can get to that later.

No, we can get to it now.

You see, it all comes to bear.

It was a Christian camp my father founded

for poor, unfortunate,

castoff little boys and girls

who would do anything for a candy bar.

Mr Verger, I don't need to know

about the sex offences,

- I just have to...

- No, it's all right.

I have immunity from the U.S. Attorneys,

and I have immunity from the Risen Jesus.

And nobody beats the Riz.

Had you ever seen Dr Lecter

before the court assigned you to him

for therapy?

What do you mean? Socially?

[LAUGHING]

That is what I mean.

Yes, if you don't mind talking about it.

- Oh, not at all. I'm not ashamed.

- I didn't say you should be.

No. We met conventionally,

as doctor and patient.

- How did he end up at your house?

- I invited him, of course.

To my pied-?terre.

I came to the door

in my nicest "come hither" outfit.

I was concerned he'd be afraid of me,

but he didn't seem to be afraid of me.

That's almost funny now.

[LAUGHING]

I showed him my toys,

my noose setup, among other things.

It's a way you sort of hang yourself,

but not really.

It feels good while you...

Well, you know.

Anyway, he said, "Mason..."

Mason, would you like a popper?

And I said, "Would l? Oh, wow."

Once that kicked in, I was flying.

He said, "Mason, show me how you smile

to gain the confidence of a child."

[LAUGHING]

Then I smiled.

He said, "Oh, I see how you do it."

The good doctor approached me

with a piece of broken mirror.

"Try this."

Try peeling off your face.

"And feeding it to the dogs."

[CUTTING]

LECTER: No. I can still see it.

[VERGER LAUGHING]

LECTER: Try again.

No, I'm afraid not.

VERGER: [LAUGHING] That's entertainment!

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Mr Verger, you indicated to me that you'd

received some kind of new information.

Um...

Cordell.

- Where did this come from?

- Buenos Aires. I received it two weeks ago.

- Where is the package it came in?

- Good question.

There was nothing written on it of

interest. Cordell, did we throw it out?

- Yes, I'm afraid we did.

- Oh, dear. You think it'll help?

I hope so. I hope it'll help you catch him,

to help cleanse the stigma

of your recent dishonour.

- Thank you. I think that's all I need.

- Did you find some rapport with Dr Lecter,

in your talks at the asylum?

I know I did, while I was peeling.

We exchanged information in a civil way.

- But always through the glass?

- Yes.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

- Isn't it funny?

- What's that?

You can look at my face,

but you shied when I said the name of God.

- Finding what you want?

- Are you sure this is all of it?

That's all there is now. There was more,

but it's been picked over

little by little over the years.

You know, this stuff's worth

a lot of money in certain circles.

It's kind of like the cocaine

that disappears around here,

little by little.

[NURSE SCREAMING]

NURSE: Let me go!

[SNARLING]

Hey, Barney. Remember me?

Would you agree for the record,

Agent Starling,

that I've not been read my rights?

I have not Mirandized Barney.

He is unaware of his rights.

So, when you turned Dr Lecter over

to the Tennessee police...

They weren't civil to him.

They're all dead now.

Yeah, they only survived his company

three days.

You survived him six years at the asylum.

How'd you do that?

It wasn't just being civil.

Yes, it was.

Did you ever think after he escaped

he might come after you?

No. He once told me that whenever feasible,

he preferred to eat the rude.

[CHUCKLES] "Free-range rude,"

he called them.

What about you?

You ever think he might come after you?

You ever think about him at all?

Oh, at least 30 seconds of every day.

I can't help it.

He's always with me, like a bad habit.

Do you know what happened to his stuff?

His books, papers, drawings...

Everything got thrown away

when the place closed. Cutbacks.

Barney, I just found out that Dr Lecter's

signed copy of The Joy of Cooking

sold to a private collector for $16,000.

Phew!

It was probably a fake.

The seller's affidavit of ownership

was signed Karen Phlox.

Do you know Karen Phlox?

You should.

She filled out your employment application,

only at the bottom, she signed it "Barney."

Same thing on your tax returns.

You want the book? Maybe I can get it back.

I want the X-ray they shot

after you broke Lecter's arm

during the attack on that nurse.

And everything else you got.

We used to talk about

a lot of things at night,

after the screaming finally died down.

We talked about you sometimes.

- You wanna know what he said?

- Go get the X-ray.

- I'm not a bad guy.

- I didn't say you were.

Dr Chilton was a bad guy.

After your first visit,

he started taping

your conversations with Dr Lecter.

[SIGHS]

These are valuable.

Go on, now. You've grieved long enough.

And what'd he say?

What'd he say about me, late at night?

Well, he was talking about inherited,

hard-wired behaviour.

He was using genetics

in the roller pigeons as an example.

They fly way up in the air, roll over backwards in a display, falling toward the ground.

LECTER ON TAPE:

There are shallow

rollers, and there are deep rollers.

You can't breed two deep rollers,

or their young, their offspring,

will roll all the way down, hit, and die.

Agent Starling is a deep roller, Barney.

Let us hope one of her parents was not.

Surely, the odd confluence of events

hasn't escaped you, Clarice.

Jack Crawford dangles you in front of me,

then I give you a bit of help.

Do you think

it's because I like to look at you

and imagine how good you would taste,

Clarice?

CLARICE: I don't know. Is it?

LECTER: I've been in this room

for eight years now, Clarice.

I know they will never, ever

let me out while I'm alive.

What I want is a view.

I want a window where I can see a tree,

or even water.

I want to be in a federal institution,

far away from Dr Chilton.

[CHURCH BELL TOLLING]

MAN 1: The Capponi correspondence

goes back to the 13th century.

Dr Fell might hold in his hand,

his non-Italian hand,

a note from Dante Alighieri himself,

but would he recognise it? I think not.

Gentlemen, you have examined him

in medieval Italian,

and I will not deny

that his language is admirable

for a straniero, but

is he acquainted with the personalities

of the pre-Renaissance Firenze?

I think not.

What if he came upon a note

in the Capponi Library,

say, from Guido de Cavalcanti?

Would he recognise that?

[CHUCKLES]

I think not.

They're still arguing.

MAN 1: The Capponi correspondence

goes back to the 13th century.

Sogliato wants the job for his nephew,

but the scholars seem satisfied

with the temporary guy they appointed.

MAN 1: If he's such an expert on Dante,

let him lecture on Dante to the studiolo.

Let him face them if he can.

FELL : 

I look forward to it.

MAN 2: 

Let's set a date.

MAN 3: 

Very well. On the 14th.

Dr Fell?

Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi

of the Questura.

Commendatore. How can I be of service?

I'm sorry.

I'm investigating the disappearance of your predecessor, Signore de Bonaventura.

I was wondering if...

"Predecessor" implies I have The Job.

Unfortunately, I don't, not yet,

though I am hopeful.

 Police Constable Nicholas Angel. 

Born and schooled in London. 

Graduated Canterbury University in 1993 with a double first in Politics and Sociology. 

Attended Hendon College of Police Training. 

Displayed great aptitude in field exercises. 

Notably, urban pacification and riot control. 

Back off! 

Academically excelled in theoretical course work 

and final year examinations. 

Received the Baton of Honour. 

Graduated with distinction into 

The Metropolitan Police Service. 

Quickly established an Effectiveness 

and Popularity within The Community. 

Use your brain. 

Proceeded to improve skill base with courses in 

Advanced Driving and Advanced Cycling. 

Became heavily involved in 

a number of extra vocational activities. 

To this day holds the Met record for the 

100 metre dash. 

In 2001 began active duty with the renowned 

SO 19 armed response unit. 

Received a Bravery Award for efforts in the resolution of 

Operation Crackdown. 

In the last 12 months has received nine Special Commendations.

 

Achieved the highest arrest record for any officer in The Met. 

And sustained three injuries in The Line of Duty. 

Most recently in December, when wounded by a man dressed --  

as Father Christmas.

Hello, Nicholas.

Hello, Sergeant.

How's the hand?

Still a bit stiff.

It can get awfully hairy out there. 

I'm surprised you weren't snapped up sooner 

for a Nice Desk Job. 

That's What I Did. 

I prefer to think my office is out on The street. 

Indeed, you do. 

Your arrest record is 400% higher than any other officer. Which is why it's high time that such skills were put to better use.

We're making you Sergeant.

I see. 

In Sandford, Gloucestershire.

In where, sorry?

In Sandford, Gloucestershire.

That's in The Country.

Yes, lovely. Isn't there a Sergeant's Position here in London? 

No.

Can I remain here as a PC?

No.

Do I have any choice in this?

No. Sergeant, I kind of like it here. 

Well, you've always wanted to transfer to the country.

In 20 years or so, yes.

Well done, you. Hang on, I don't remember telling you that. Yes, you did. You said, "I'd love to settle down in the country sometime, Janine." I'd like to talk to the Inspector. You can speak to the Inspector, but I can promise you he will tell you exactly the same thing as I have. - Hello, Nicholas. How's the hand? - It's still a bit stiff. - And how are things at home? - I'm sorry, sir? How's Janine? We're no longer together, sir. - Right. Then where are you living? - He's staying at the Section House, sir. - With the recruits? - Yes, he's living out of cardboard boxes. Well, then, you're packed already. Nicholas, we're offering you a smashing position with a delightful cottage, in a lovely little place that I think has won Village of the Year I don't know how many times. It'll be good for you. - I don't really know what to say. - Yes? Yes, thank you. No, I'm sorry. I'm gonna have to... - You want to take this higher? - Yes, yes, I do. You want me to bother the Chief Inspector with this? Yes. You want me to get the Chief Inspector to come all the way down here? - Yes, I do. - Okay. Kenneth! - Hello, Nicholas. How's the hand? - Still a bit stiff. - Chief Inspector... - Keep your seat. Now, I know what you're going to say, but the fact is, you've been making us all look bad. I'm sorry, sir? Of course we all appreciate your efforts, but you've been rather letting the side down. It's all about being a team player, Nicholas. You can't be the Sheriff of London. If we let you carry on running round town, you'll continue to be exceptional and we can't have that. You'll put us all out of a job. With respect, sir. - You can't just make people disappear. - Yes, I can. I'm the Chief Inspector. Well, however you spin this, there's one thing you haven't taken into account. 

And that's what the "team" is gonna make of this.

Hello? - Janine, it's me. I know. I'm at work. I know, I'm outside. What's the situation? You know the situation. We've been over this. No, I... I meant here. Two people involved, distinct signs of a struggle. Complete mess. - You are talking about here? - Nicholas, what do you want? Well, I have something important to tell you and I didn't wanna do it over the phone. Janine, I've been transferred. I'm moving away for a while. I'm not Janine. Janine, I've been transferred. I'm moving away for a while. I know. Bob told me. Hello, there. Well, I wanted to tell you in person. And there's no reason we can't be civil with each other. It's not that long ago we were talking about getting married. Yes, but you were already married to the force, weren't you? We're actually supposed to call it "the service" now. Official vocab guidelines state that "force" is too aggressive. See. It's only ever about the job. - It's all you care about. - That's not true. No, you're right, you do have that rubber plant. - It's a Japanese Peace Lily. - You just can't switch off, Nicholas. And until you find a person you care about more than your job, you never will. Besides, you were the one who suggested we take a break. Yes, well, guilty people often make the first move. Actually, there's something I need to tell you. - You're seeing someone else. - Yes. How did you... - Is it Bob? - No. Does Bob look like the kind of person I'd go out with? It's Dave. Hello, there. I see. Oh, Nicholas. You do realise that window was broken from the inside? Hello there, Nicholas, Frank Butterman here, your new Inspector. I'm just calling with details of your accommodation. We've got you a lovely little cottage on Spencer Hill. Look forward to meeting you anon. Cheerio. Nicholas, Frank again. One other thing about your cottage. It's not ready. It would appear the heavens have opened. - I was hoping to check in. - Check in? But you've always been here. - Excuse me? - Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were my husband. - You must be Sergeant Angel. - Yes, I am. I'm Joyce Cooper. I trust you had a pleasant trip. Fascist. I beg your pardon? "System of Government characterised by extreme dictatorship." Seven across. - Oh, I see. It's "fascism." - Fascism. Wonderful. Now, we've put you in the Castle Suite. Bernard will escort you up there. 

Well, actually, I could probably make 

my own way up. Hag. 

I beg your pardon? 

"Evil old woman considered frightful or ugly." 

It's 12 down. Oh, bless you.