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...

that these little soirees

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.''

l had never heard that

expression before, ''oysters.''

Then suddenly l had a flash

of the third victim...

Darcy Taylor.

She was missing flesh from

her back. And then it hit me.

Liver, kidney, tongue, thymus.

Every single victim lost

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...

even those that might scare

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

a beautiful setup here, Will.

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

a month apart in their homes.

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.

This freak killed the Jacobis

in Birmingham...

on Saturday night, February 25.

Full moon.

He killed the Leeds family

in Atlanta...

a few nights ago, March 28.

One day short of a lunar month.

lf we're lucky, we may have

a little over three weeks...

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.

There's nothing about it

in the case file.

The intruder enters in the dark

and cuts Charles Leeds' throat.

He shoots Valerie Leeds in

the stomach as she's rising...

disabling her

but not killing her.

He leaves her

to watch her husband die...

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.

He dragged the bodies into

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