Showing posts with label Will Graham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Will Graham. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 February 2025

All The Women Have a Boom on Them



Manhunter Will Graham figures it out.



...but He doesn't 
TAKE anything.

There's no souvenirs 
taken from The Houses.

He needs souvenirs or 
trophies to re-live The Event.

Maybe he records it somehow...
so he could see himself accepted
over, and over, and over again.

VTRs, Polaroids, stills, what?

How do I know?

How does he find 'em?
When we find out how 
he found them,
we'll find him.

There is no connection
between the two families.

We've done a dozen computer runs.

Jack, all The Women
have A Bloom on them.

He didn't win them in A Lottery,
he picked these women.

There's selection and design
in his choices.

Look, admit we struck out
this month.

The Lear Jet is standing by,
the basic lab stuff is on it.

You, Zeller, Jimmy Price,
the photographer,

anywhere he hits, we can be there
in an hour and 15 minutes.

We get the call, we roll.

The scene will be fresh,
fresher than we've ever had it.

It's not over yet.

Oh, for Christ's sake!

It's a foregone conclusion.

It's 11:30 p.m., the full moon
is happening tonight.

Give it up! Forget this month,
it's too damn late!

I gave it up.
Till you showed up with pictures
of two dead families,
knowing goddamn-well
that I'd imagine families
three, four, five, and six, right?

You're f'cking right I did,
and I'd do it again!

Great! But don't talk to me
about late, pal.

I'll tell you
when it's too f*cking late!

Until then, we go as late
as I want to take it!

A padlock.
That's why the bolt cutter.

What's that?

He used a bolt cutter
to trim away the branch
when he was watching
from the woods.

Why didn't he use the bolt cutter
on the garage door?

Because a deadbolt was there
when they were killed.

Donald Jacobi's 
12th birthday party
was April 14.

Sometime between
April 14 and August 1
they changed the lock.

But he thought
there was a padlock there.

From the street,
you can't see |the glass
in The Leeds' kitchen door.

There's a big
high fence there.
But he was ready
with his glass-cutter.

So either he was 
casing far ahead
and we didn't check 
back  far enough,
or...

We checked.

Don't Talk.

Metcalfe, it's Graham --
Is the Leeds and Jacobi stuff
still in the storeroom?

Have The Guard down there call me.
Do it.

You know that's The Jacobis' cat.
You brought a bolt-cutter 'cause
you thought there was a padlock.

The Leeds' dog
doesn't have a collar,
but you know it's 
The Leeds' dog,
don't you, My Man?

See The Woman?
The Bloom on The Woman?

You can see her again and again
anytime you want.

Doggie doesn't have a collar,
but you know it's The Leeds' dog.

And The Jacobi cat.

And the padlock on the door;
And you know you need a bolt cutter
and every other g*dd*mn thing
because everything with you
is seeing, isn't it?

Your primary sensory intake
that makes your dream live
is seeing -- Reflections
mirrors, images...

You've seen these films --
Haven't you, my man?

It's The Guard 
in the storeroom.

The cans.


What cans?

The tapes were transferred
from Home Movies.

Where's the packaging
the films came in?

There's films of the families
in the document storage. Find them.

You got 'em?

Are there any labels?

Leeds can, Gateway Lab,
St. Louis, Missouri.

The Jacobi label 
will say the same thing as 
The Leeds label :
Gateway Lab,
St. Louis, Missouri.

Who processed The Jacobi film?

No. Bob's Photo Store, Birmingham.

Stores send them out.
Have him peel the top label back.

Is there a label underneath?

It does, doesn't it?

Monday, 27 May 2024

It Would Be Obscene


Leland Palmer sits on the unmade bed, 
his hand absent-mindedly brushing the bedspread.
Deputy Hawk is unobtrusively searching The Room. 
He opens a dresser drawer beside 
the bed and discovers 
a locked diary, embosses 
with Laura’s initials.

HAWK
Do you know where 
The Key for this is, sir? 
[YES.]

LELAND (shakes his head)
Do you have to take that? 

HAWK
We’ll return it as soon 
as possible

[ It’s NEVER going to be possible. ]


Lecter :

Good morning, Will.

So nice of you to visit again.


He carved this on a tree

near the Jacobi house.


With a Buck knife.


The same one later used on Charles Leeds.


Yes.


Lecter :

Take a walk with me.


He had a second tool, too. A bolt cutter.


He used that to clear his view.


But?


I don't think that's

what he brought it for.


It's too heavy. Too awkward.


And he had to carry it a long way.


And what do we make of that symbol?


Asian Studies at Langley


identified it as a Chinese character.


It appears on a mah-jong piece.


It marks the Red Dragon.


Red Dragon. Correct.


This boy begins to interest me.


We don't know what greater meaning

the symbol might have...


Do you like my little exercise cage, Will?


My so-called lawyer

is always nagging Dr. Chilton


for better accommodations.


I don't know which is the greater fool.


Perhaps if you could offer

some insight into...


"A Robin Red breast in a Cage

Puts all Heaven in a Rage"


Ever been a redbreast, Will?

Of course you have.


I'm allowed 30 minutes

in here, once a week.

Get to the point.


Will Graham :

I think he meant to use the bolt-cutter 

to enter The Housebut he didn't.


Instead he broke in

through the patio doors.


The noise woke Jacobiand he had 

to shoot him on the stairs.


That wasn't planned

It was sloppyAnd that's 

not like him.


Lecter :

We mustn't judge too 

harshly, Will -- It was 

his first time.


Have you never felt a sudden rush of panic?

[ He lunges at Will, teeth-beared, until 

he reaches the limit of his choke-chain]


Yeah, that's The Fear we talked about…

It takes experience to Master it.

Lecter :
You sensed who I was back when I was

committing what you call my "Crimes."


Will Graham :

Yes. --


Lecter :

So you were hurt not by 

a fault in your perception 

or your instinctsbut because 

you failed to act on them 

until it was too late --


Will Graham :

You could say that.


Lecter :

But you're wiser now

Imagine what you 

would do, Will, if you 

could go back in time.


Will Graham :

Put two in your head before you 

could palm that stiletto.


Lecter :

Very good, Will.

You know, I believe we're 

making progress.

And that's what 

Our Pilgrim is doing.


He is refining his methods.

He is evolving.


The case file mentioned videos 

of The Leeds Family.

I'd like to see those.


Will Graham :

No.


Lecter :

Why not?


Will Graham :

It would be obscene.


Lecter :

….you don't make it easy, do you?

Still, one aims to please.


I'll call you if I think of anything else.

Would you perhaps like to 

leave me your home number?


- That's the end of our session, Dr. Lecter.



For now.


It was only his first time.


Already in Atlanta he did much better.


Rest assured, My Dear Will,

this one will give you plenty of exercise.

My love to Molly and Josh, goodbye.


Go to the back of the cell, Dr. Lecter.