Manhunter Page #15

FBI MEN:

moving fast, follow Graham. Their eyes sweep the terminal area.

One carries an Uzi submachine gun, the other two, handguns.

A CORDON OF FLORIDA STATE TROOPERS

hussle Molly and Kevin between them from their cars towards

Graham. Two carry suitcases.

GRAHAM + MOLLY + KEVIN

inside the protective barrier of men.

HIGH ANGLE:
THE AIRPORT

Graham moves Molly and Kevin up into the Gulf Stream. FBI

men follow. The troopers back off. The flashers on their

cars are still turning. PAN RIGHT with the Gulf Stream as

it taxis to the head of the runway. It pauses a moment, then

blasts down the runway and up into the morning sun.

CUT TO:

INT. BALTIMORE SAFE HOUSE, FOYER - DOOR - DAY

HOLD. Then it opens. Molly and Kevin, followed by Graham.

Unmarked FBI cars are parked on the front lawn. Molly enters

the foyer, looks around and stops.

HOUSE INTERIOR:

Holiday Inn decor.

MOLLY:

Who decorated this place, Richard

Nixon?

Molly takes a deep breath. Then lets it out. She's tired.

Graham takes her hand.

66.

GRAHAM:

...sorry, Molly. I'm sorry this

happened to you.

MOLLY:

You didn't do it to me, Will; it's

happened to us.

(touches his face)

And if I survive the wallpaper

we'll be okay...

(Graham has to smile)

He's after you now, isn't he?

She didn't check to see that Kevin is our of earshot.

Graham does.

GRAHAM:

It's a precaution...

(to Kevin)

Why don't you run down to the bay.

They got a swimming float.

KEVIN:

I'll hang around in here. I'll

just be in the kitchen, Mom...

GRAHAM:

(to Molly)

What is he? Afraid to leave you

alone with me now?'

(beat)

He read the Tattler piece, didn't

he?

MOLLY:

He didn't know you had been in a

mental institution. Be asked me

if I knew. I said yes. I wanted

to talk to him. He said he wanted

to bring it up to you. Face to

face .

GRAHAM:

Good for him.

(beat)

Thanks a lot, Freddie!

(to Kevin)

Kevin. We're going grocery

shopping .

CUT TO:

INT. SUPERMARKET - GRAHAM + KEVIN - DAY

push a basket collecting stuff from the shelves. Other

families are shopping The place is medium-crowded. Mind-

dulling MUZAK comes from the ceiling.

67.

KEVIN:

Is there anything I need to know to

see about Mom?

GRAHAM:

No. You're very well-protected.

No one can find our where you are.

KEVIN:

Barry's mom had this newspaper. It

said you killed the guy in

Minnesota and were in a mental

hospital. Is it true?

GBAHAM:

Yes .

KEVIN:

I figured I'd ask you...

GRAHAM:

I was in the psychiatric wing. It

bothers you, finding out I was in

there... doesn't it?

KEVIN:

I told my dad before he died, I'd

take care of Mom. And I'll do it.

(beat)

This guy wants to kill you?

GRAHAM:

We don't know that.

KEVIN:

Are you gonna kill him?

GRAHAM:

No. It's just my job to find him.

(beat)

I was in the hospital after Garrett

Jacob Hobbs.

KEVIN:

How did it happen?

GRAHAM:

Hobbs was insane. He was attacking

college girls and he killed them.

KEVIN:

How?

GRAHAM:

With a knife.

(MORE)

68.

GRAHAM (CONT'D)

(beat)

I found a curly piece of metal in

the clothes of one of the girls.

The kind of shred a pipe threader

makes. I was taking a look at

steam fitters, plumbers. It took

a long time. In one place there

was a resignation letter from a

man named Hobbs. I saw it and it

was.., peculiar.

(beat)

I was going up these stairs to

Hobbs' apartment. I was halfway

up when he shoved his wife down

at me. She was dying.

(beat)

I sent the officer with me to call

a SWAT team. But I could hear kids

in there and screaming. I couldn't

wait .

KEVIN:

You went in the apartment?

GRAHAM:

Yes. Hobbs had one of his

daughters from behind. He was

cutting her. I shot him.

We get the feeling Graham is leaving out lots of pieces and

gives Kevin only the bare bones of what he needs to know.

GRAHAM:

I kept thinking there must be some

way I could have handled it better.

It kept replaying in my mind.

Later I got depressed. A doctor

friend of mine, Dr. Bloom, asked

me to go into a hospital. After a

while I got some distance on it

and was okay.

KEVIN:

Did the girl die?

GRAHAM:

No.

KEVIN:

She got all right?

GRAHAM:

...after a while.

KEVIN:

And Hobbs died?

69.

GRAHAM:

(nods)

... yes.

Kevin pauses, then asks with 11-year-old innocence:

KEVIN:

Killing somebody feels that bad?

EXTREMELY CLOSE:
GRAHAM

turns and stares at Kevin:

GRAHAM:

Kevin:
it's the ugliest thing in

the world.

Kevin thinks about this for a long time. He nods. He feels

he understands Graham and is closer to him for it:

KEVIN:

What kind of coffee do you like?

GRAHAM:

Huh?

KEVIN:

You like that Colombian stuff, don't

you?

Kevin reaches for the coffee and puts it in the basket.

KEVIN:

Mom likes that, too.

REAR SHOT:
KEVIN + GRAHAM

walk down the aisle. Graham puts his hand over Kevin's

shoulder. They look like father and son. As they disappear

around a corner...

CUT TO:

EXT. BALTIMORE SAFE HOUSE, BACKYARD - REAR SHOT: GRAHAM +

MOLLY - NIGHT

Beyond is Chesapeake Bay and the nightlights of Baltimore

reflecting across it. The swimming float bobs in the

distance. One yellow light is on it.

FRONTAL:
MOLLY + GRAHAM.

The grass looks cold in the moonlight. Holly wears a heavy

cardigan.

70.

Behind them -- with yellow lights -- the house looks like

a motel.

MOLLY:

It's hard to have anything, isn't it?

Rare to get it, hard to keep it. This

is a damn slippery planet.

When she said this she was staring out to sea. Now she turns

to look at Graham and puts a hand on his arm. He still stares

out to sea:

GRAHAM:

Slick as hell.

Then Graham looks at her and covers her hand with his own.

MOLLY:

You remember when we first met?

And were together alone in that

room. And the exhilaration was

too much to hold on to. And then

something flickered across your

face like a shadow and I asked you

what was wrong?

GRAHAM:

I remember.

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