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the master bedroom, but why?

They were already dead

and none of them got the same...

extra attention as Mrs. Leeds.

Small pieces of mirror

were inserted...

in the orbital sockets

of the victims.

This occurred post-mortem.

Why did you put mirrors

in their eyes?

The pieces of mirror are to make

their eyes look alive!

He wanted an audience.

He wanted them all lined up...

watching him

when he touched her.

When he touched her.

Touched. Talcum powder.

There was talcum powder.

''Mrs. Leeds had traces of

talcum on her right inner thigh.

''A complete search

of the home...

''led to no such matching talcum

in the house.''

You took your gloves off,

didn't you? You son of a b*tch!

You took your gloves off, touched her...

with your bare hand

and wiped her down.

But when the gloves were off,

did you open her eyes?

Crawford.

Are the Leeds' bodies

still at the morgue?

Who's good

with latent prints here?

Atlanta P.D.

They've already printed

the bodies.

Not the bodies.

Tell them to check the eyes.

Mrs. Leeds' eyes.

Even her corneas.

l think he took his gloves off.

l think he had to touch her.

Jesus, Will.

Gentlemen. Ladies.

This is what the subject's teeth

look like.

The impressions came from

bite marks on Mrs. Leeds.

This degree of crookedness...

plus the groove

in this central incisor...

makes his bite signature unique.

F***in' shark.

Knock it off!

We're grateful to have the FBl.

They have a lot of expertise

in this area.

ln particular,

lnvestigator Graham does.

That right, Jack?

Yes, sir.

Anything you want to add,

Mr. Graham?

Why don't you come

on up to the front, please?

-That's the guy.

-Was he?

Yeah, that's the guy

who arrested Lecter.

l thought he retired.

The son of a b*tch

just about gutted him.

Mrs. Leeds and Mrs. Jacobi

were the primary targets.

The others were killed

just to complete his fantasy.

l know that might be hard

to accept given what you saw...

but this was not random.

This wasn't some killing frenzy.

He was never out of control.

These attacks were organized,

the women carefully chosen.

We don't know

how he's choosing them, or why.

They lived in different states

and never met.

But there is some connection.

There's some common factor,

and that's the key.

Find out what that is,

and we'll save lives.

'Cause this one

is gonna go on and on...

until we get smart

or we get lucky.

He won't stop.

-Why not?

-Because it makes him God.

Would you give that up?

You asked about the dog.

Last night a vet called us.

Leeds and his oldest boy

brought the dog in...

the afternoon

before they were killed.

Had a puncture wound

to its abdomen.

The vet had to put it down.

Was it wearing a collar

with the address on it?

No.

-Did the Jacobis have a dog?

-No dog.

They found a litter box

in the basement...

cat droppings in it, no cat.

lf the cat was attacked,

the Jacobis may have buried it.

Ask Birmingham

to check that backyard.

And tell them to use

a methane probe, it's faster.

Yeah. lt's for you.

Crawford.

Carl, you're the light

of my life.

Would it hold up in court?

Okay. Great work.

They found a print on

Mrs. Leeds' eye. Partial thumb.

Besides that,

there's nothing else to tell you.

Thank you for your time.

l can't answer

more questions.

Will Graham! Remember me?

Freddy Lounds. l covered

the Lecter case for the Tattler.

-Did the paperback.

-Yeah, l remember.

When did they bring you in?

What've you got?

You think the Tooth Fairy

will be bigger than Lecter?

l mean, he's already beaten

Lecter's score--

You write lying sh*t,

and the Tattler is an asswipe!

You stay away from me.

Get away, Lounds.

How about an exclusive?

Sorry about that.

That guy snuck into the hospital

and took those pictures of me.

Remember? With the tubes

hanging out of me?

Forget that prick.

Give yourself some credit.

When we catch the Tooth Fairy...

that print plus his teeth

will burn him.

You did that, Will.

That evidence was there, Jack.

-lt was there for anyone to see.

-But nobody else did.

All l'm sayin' is,

that was very good work.

No, good work would be seeing it

all the way through...

and catching the guy.

And l can't do that.

l did what you asked me to do.

l'm going home.

l don't even have any idea

who this guy is.

What l just gave them was broad

strokes. He's got no face to me.

That's what you said about

Garrett Hobbs, remember?

-And you figured him out.

-No, l didn't.

-You didn't?

-No, l was stuck on Hobbs.

l had help.

From Lecter.

Yeah.

Jack, don't play games with me.

Don't do it.

Just tell me

what's on your mind.

l'm saying maybe we've got

a resource we should look into.

ls that what this was about?

Did you just want to ask me that

all along?

Don't get mad at me.

l'm just doing my job.

lf you know a better shortcut,

let me know it.

lf you think there's any chance

he'll talk to me...

l'll go myself.

lf you can't handle it,

God knows l'd understand that.

As a research subject, Lecter

has proven most disappointing.

He's simply impenetrable

to psychological testing.

Rorschach,

Thematic Apperception.

He folds them into origami.

As you see.

So you can imagine the stir

your little visit...

is causing among my staff,

Mr. Graham.

lf you'd care

to share some insights--

Dr. Chilton, l'm sorry, l've got

a 4:
17 flight back to Atlanta.

Of course.

Tell me,

when you saw Lecter's murders...

their style, so to speak...

were you able, perhaps,

to reconstruct his fantasies?

And, if so, did you jot down

any impressions?

No.

Let me be frank, Mr. Graham.

The first analysis of Lecter

will be a publisher's wet dream.

l'd give you full credit,

of course.

Damn it, man. You must have

some advice. You caught him.

What was your trick?

l let him kill me.

That's the same atrocious

aftershave you wore in court.

l keep getting it for Christmas.

Christmas, yes.

Did you get my card?

l got it, thank you.

So nice of the Bureau's

crime lab to forward that.

They wouldn't give me

your home address.

Dr. Bloom sent me your article

on surgical addiction...

in the

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry.

And?

Very interesting,

even to a layman.

You say you're a layman.

But it was you who caught me.

Wasn't it, Will?

-Do you know how you did it?

-l got lucky.

l don't think you believe that.

lt's in the transcript.

What does it matter now?

lt doesn't matter to me, Will.

l need your advice, Dr. Lecter.

Birmingham and Atlanta.

You want to know how

he's choosing them, don't you?

l thought you'd have ideas.

l want you to tell me them.

Why should l?

There are things you don't have.

Research materials.

Maybe even computer access.

l'd speak to the Chief of Staff.

Yes, Dr. Chilton.

Gruesome, isn't he?

He fumbles at your head like

a freshman pulling at panties.

lf you recall, Will...

our last collaboration

ended rather messily.

You'd get to see the file

on this case.

-And there's another reason.

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