Red Dragon
Baltimore, Md 1980
''Think to yourself
that every day is your last...
''the hour to which
you do not look forward...
''will come
as a welcome surprise.
''As for me...
''when you want a good laugh...
''you will find me,
in a fine state...
''fat and sleek...
''a true hog of Epicurus' herd.''
And we find you cribbing lines
from Horace, as well.
Well done, John.
l must say, Hannibal...
speaking for the rest
of the herd...
l'm sorry,
for the Symphony Board...
of yours...
are always the highlight of our year.
-Just so.
-You're too kind.
l do feel guilty enjoying
tonight when a musician is...
still listed as
a missing person.
Yes, poor fellow.
Shall l confess
something wicked?
l can't help feeling
the tiniest bit...relieved.
lt sounds awful, l know.
But, let's face it,
so does the man's playing.
Hannibal, confess.
What is this divine-looking
amuse-bouche?
lf l tell you...
l'm afraid
you won't even try it.
-Bon apptit.
-Bon apptit.
Special Agent Graham.
What an unexpected pleasure.
l'm sorry to bother you again,
Dr. Lecter. l know it's late.
lt's no bother.
We're both night owls, l think.
-Come in, please.
-Thank you.
Let me take your coat.
What's on your mind?
We've been on the wrong track
this whole time. You and l.
Our whole profile's wrong.
We've been looking for someone
with a crazy grudge...
and some kind
of anatomical knowledge.
Decertified doctors,
med school dropouts...
laid-off mortuary workers--
From the precision of the cuts,
and his choice of souvenirs.
That's where we're off-target.
He's not collecting body parts.
-Then why keep them?
-He's not. He's eating them.
No, listen. We were at
Molly's parents' for New Year's...
and her dad was showing
my son, Josh...
how to carve a roasted chicken.
He said, ''The tenderest part
of the chicken is the oysters...
''on either side of the back.''
expression before, ''oysters.''
Then suddenly l had a flash
of the third victim...
Darcy Taylor.
her back. And then it hit me.
Liver, kidney, tongue, thymus.
some body part used in cooking.
Have you shared this
with the Bureau?
No, l needed to see you first.
But l'm right. l know l'm right.
l'm starting to be able to think
like this one.
Yeah, it's fascinating.
You know, l'd always suspected
as much. You are an eidetiker.
l'm not psychic, Doctor.
No, this is different.
More akin
to artistic imagination.
You can assume the emotional
point of view of others...
or sicken you.
lt's a troubling gift,
l should think.
How l'd love
to get you on my couch.
Something still doesn't
make sense to me.
You're the best
forensic psychiatrist l know...
and somehow,
in all our time together...
this possibility
never occurred to you.
l am only human, Will.
Perhaps l made a mistake.
You don't strike me as a man
who makes very many mistakes.
Now l'm sorry to think
l might...
no longer enjoy
your full confidence.
No, l didn't say that.
l don't know what l'm saying.
l'm very, very tired.
l almost had it.
lt'll come to you.
Why don't you come back
in the morning?
l'll clear some time
on my schedule and...
then we can get started
in revising our profile.
-Sound good?
-Yeah.
Rest here,
and l'll get your coat.
Won't be a tick.
Don't move.
You're in shock now. l don't
want you to feel any pain.
ln a moment you'll begin to be
light-headed. Then drowsy.
Don't resist. lt's so gentle.
Like slipping into a warm bath.
l regret it came to this, Will.
But every game
must have its ending.
Remarkable boy.
l do admire your courage.
l think l'll eat your heart.
Marathon, Fl Several Years Later
Hey, Dad. Someone's here.
Hey.
You've got
Yeah, it's good.
-You know why l'm here?
-Yeah, l can guess.
How much do you know?
Just what was in
the Miami Herald and the Times.
Two families killed
Birmingham and Atlanta.
The circumstances were similar.
Not similar. The same.
What have you
kept out of the papers?
He smashes mirrors
and uses the pieces.
Wears latex gloves, so we've got
no prints. Size 1 1 shoe.
He's not too comfortable
with locks.
Pried open a patio door
in Birmingham...
used a glass cutter in Atlanta.
And his blood's AB positive.
-Somebody hurt him?
-Nope.
We typed him from semen
and saliva. He's a secretor.
Tell me something, Will.
You knew what this was.
Did you ever consider picking up
the phone and giving me a call?
You've got all the people
you need.
You've got Dortmund at Harvard.
You got Bloom in Chicago.
l've got you down here
fixing boat motors?
Yeah, l like fixing boat motors.
l wouldn't be
very useful to you.
l don't think about it anymore.
Really?
The last two we had, you caught.
By doing what you
and the other guys are doing.
That's not entirely true.
lt's the way you think.
Come on. There's been a lot of
bullshit about the way l think.
l've got technicians
to examine evidence...
but you've got that other thing.
lmagination. Projection.
Whatever.
-l know you don't like it.
-You wouldn't like it, either.
in Birmingham...
on Saturday night, February 25.
Full moon.
in Atlanta...
One day short of a lunar month.
lf we're lucky, we may have
before he does it again.
Will, do you respect
my judgment?
Of course.
l think we have a better chance
to catch him fast if you help.
Go to Atlanta and look.
Just look.
Then help me brief the locals.
That's it.
Crawford has
the whole damn government.
Why does he need you?
He just wants me to look
at some evidence, Molly.
Give him another point of view.
lt's a few days, a week maybe,
and l'll be right back.
-And you believed that?
-Yes.
These kinds of cases
come up very rarely...
and l've had experience.
Yes, you have.
You're paid up, Will.
All of us. Even Josh.
There's a chance l could
help them save some lives.
How do l say no to that?
This one will never see me
or know my name.
l'll just help them find him.
The cops will take him down,
not me.
l'll be in the back of the pack,
Molly, l promise.
Never in your life.
-l know you.
-Come on. Come here.
l love you.
-See you in a few days.
-Okay.
l'll call you tonight.
Bye, Dad!
Leeds House, Atlanta, Ga
Where's the dog?
No one heard barking.
in the case file.
The intruder enters in the dark
and cuts Charles Leeds' throat.
the stomach as she's rising...
disabling her
but not killing her.
He leaves her
then turns
and goes down the hall.
The children were....
The children were still in bed
when they were shot...
which might indicate
that he used a silencer.
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