The Making of 'The Mean Season' Page #2

TELL THEM:

I'LL CALL BACK.

I AM NO YOUR SECRETARY.

FIVE SECONDS?

I'LL BE THERE.

ANDERSON.

[Man]

HELLO.

YEAH, HELLO.

LISTEN,

I'VE BEEN READING

YOUR STORIES:

ABOUT THE MURDER

OF THE YOUNG GIRL.

UM, WELL-WRITTEN.

I MEAN, THEY SEEM

VERY ACCURATE.

WELL,

I APPRECIATE THE CALL,

AND I AM KIND OF BUSY

RIGHT NOW.

[The man] I HAVE

A SPECIAL INTERES IN YOUR STORIES.

I SEE.

WHY IS THAT?

BECAUSE IT WAS ME.

I KILLED HER.

??[Suspenseful music]

WHO IS THIS?

[Laughs]

YOU DON'T REALLY

EXPECT ME TO ANSWER

THAT, DO YOU?

IT DEPENDS ON:

WHY YOU CALLED.

I GET 30 CALLS LIKE THIS

EVERY DAY--

PEOPLE CLAIMING:

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING.

WHAT MAKES YOU:

SO DIFFERENT?

UH...

I CALLED:

.

BECAUSE:

I WANT TO HELP YOU

HOW COULD YOU HELP ME?

HER RIGHT REAR POCKET.

WAS THERE SOMETHING IN IT?

UM...

I HOPE:

YOU'RE AS BRIGH

AS I ASSUMED:

YOU WERE.

UM...

LISTEN.

CAN YOU BE:

AT YOUR PHONE:

AT, SAY, 3:
00?

[Crackle]

HELLO?

[Dial tone]

HEY, RAY.

SO, YOU GUYS

DECIDED:

?

TO HOLD OU:

T ON ME, HUH

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WE GOT A COURT APPEARANCE.

MAKE IT FAST.

DID YOU:

LOOK THROUGH:

HER CLOTHES?

WHAT DID:

YOU FIND?

NONE OF YOUR:

F***ING BUSINESS.

JUST THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE

FOUND SOMETHING:

IN HER RIGH REAR POCKET.

WE DID--LINT.

TAKE IT EASY.

WAIT A SECOND.

MALCOLM, HOLD ON.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

HE CALLED ME.

WHO CALLED YOU?

THE KILLER.

SH*T.

COME HERE.

HE SAYS THE KILLER

CALLED HIM.

BULLSHIT.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

WHAT DID HE SOUND LIKE?

HE SAID HE:

LEFT SOMETHING:

IN HER POCKET.

DIDN'T SOUND

LIKE ANYTHING.

I'M TRYING

TO FIND OUT.

WAS HE WHITE,

BLACK, ORIENTAL--

WHITE,

PROBABLY.

HOW OLD?

OVER 30.

DID HE SAY:

HE WAS GOING TO CALL AGAIN?

WHAT DID YOU:

FIND?

NO.

TAKE IT EASY.

HOLD ON.

WE GOT TO TELL HIM

WHAT WE GOT.

[Man] NO. HE'LL

JUST STIR IT UP.

[Ray] HE'S GOT NO REASON

TO LIE TO US.

IT'LL BE O.K.

THIS IS NO FOR PUBLICATION.

YOU KNOW ME BETTER

THAN THAT.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW

WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

THERE WAS:

A NOTE.

WHAT DID IT SAY?

RAYMOND.

"NUMBER ONE."

NOW, DON'T GO

CRAZY ON THIS.

??[Scary music]

IF THIS IS THE SAME GUY,

YOU'LL WAN TO TALK TO ME.

?

WAIT! WHAT HAV

E YOU GOT FOR US

NOTHING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

CALL ME WHEN:

YOU GET OUT OF HERE.

DON'T JUMP

TO ANY CONCLUSIONS!

HEY, COME ON, GUYS.

WHAT--

DOESN'T ANYBODY HAVE

ANYTHING BETTER TO DO?

[Ring]

[Ring]

ANDERSON.

[Man]

AFRAID I WOULDN'T CALL?

I WASN'T CERTAIN.

CERTAINTY,

I HAVE LEARNED,

IS SOMETHING THE WORLD

IS IN VERY SHORT SUPPLY OF.

DID YOU CALL:

AND TALK TO THE POLICE?

YES.

AND WHAT DID THEY SAY?

THERE WAS SOMETHING

IN HER POCKET.

SUPPOSE YOU TELL ME

WHAT IT WAS.

AH, A TRUE SKEPTIC.

NOTEPAPER. FOLDED ONCE.

TWO WORDS.

"NUMBER ONE."

THERE'S GOING TO BE

A NUMBER TWO?

AND A THREE:

AND A FOUR AND A FIVE.

WHY?

IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THAT.

YOU'RE DOING THIS

ON SOME KIND OF SCHEDULE?

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

AND YOU ALREADY:

KNOW WHO THEY ARE?

I KNOW:

WHAT THEY ARE.

AH...

THREE WOMEN AND TWO MEN.

I JUST MIGHT NO PRINT THIS.

THEN YOU WILL BE MISSING

A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

I'LL CALL SOMEONE ELSE.

LOOK.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE

MY CONDUIT TO THE PUBLIC.

TELL ME ABOUT IT.

LOOK,

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

WE'LL TALK AGAIN

AFTER NUMBER TWO.

[Hangs up]

[Dial tone]

[Camera clicking]

THIS IS THE ONE YOU'VE

BEEN WAITING FOR, MAL.

FABULOUS!

I'M NOT SURE THIS

STORY WILL DO US

OR ANYBODY ELSE:

ANY GOOD.

THERE'S NO WAY

OF SEEING:

WHERE THIS THING

COULD GO.

IT COULD TAKE:

SOME KIND OF TWIST.

WE COULD:

LOOK NEGLIGENT.

[Jacoby] THE CHANCE

OF LIABILITY?

HE DIDN'T CALL THE PAPER.

HE CALLED ME.

MR. JACOBY...

I THINK:

WE HAVE A CHANCE,

LET ALONE THE OBLIGATION,

TO DO A PIECE ON A SOCIOPATH

WHO'S STILL OUT THERE.

HE'S STILL A THREAT.

,

THAT'S--THAT'S

OUR RESPONSIBILITY

ISN'T IT?

THIS STORY'S

GOING TO SELL:

A HELL OF A LO OF NEWSPAPERS

FOR SOMEBODY.

LEGALLY,

HOW FAR COULD:

OUR ASSES BE:

HANGING OUT?

DID YOU TELL HIM

YOU'D TRY TO PROTEC HIS IDENTITY IN ANY WAY?

NO.

DID YOU IMPLY:

YOUR CONVERSATION

WAS OFF THE RECORD

OR CONFIDENTIAL?

NO.

MAKE THEM:

COMFORTABLE.

WELL, WE

HAVE THREE:

IMPATIEN COPS OUTSIDE.

OH, LOVELY.

CAN WE GO:

TALK TO THEM?

I THINK:

WE BETTER.

GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

HOW MANY TIMES:

HAS HE CALLED?

TWICE.

WE WANT A STATEMEN FROM ANDERSON

AND TO LOOK:

AT HIS NOTES.

YOU KNOW BETTER:

THAN THAT.

BILL,

WE'VE GOT A GUY

WHO'S ANNOUNCED

HE'S GOING TO KILL SOMEONE.

WE'D LIKE

YOUR COOPERATION,

BUT IF WE HAVE TO,

WE'LL GET A SUBPOENA.

WHAT HAPPENED:

TO FREEDOM:

OF THE PRESS?

YOU'RE ABUSING

THE PRIVILEGE.

THAT'S YOUR

OPINION.

IF WE DON'T WRITE

ABOUT THESE GUYS,

AND GET THE PUBLIC

INVOLVED,

YOU'LL NEVER GET THEM.

WE'LL TAKE CARE

OF OUR END.

JOHN, WE CAN' BE REQUIRED

TO TURN OVER:

THE NOTES:

BY YOU:

OR THE STATE'S

ATTORNEY.

I'LL TELL YOU

WHAT I KNOW.

IF THIS SON OF A B*TCH

KILLS SOMEBODY ELSE,

I'LL TELL THE POS YOU HELD BACK

INFORMATION:

THAT COULD HAVE:

PREVENTED IT.

WE DIDN'T SAY WE WEREN' GOING TO COOPERATE.

WE WANT AN ARRANGEMEN THAT WE CAN ALL LIVE WITH.

HOW ABOUT A TAP:

ON ANDERSON'S PHONE?

NO WAY.

YOU WON' NEED IT.

WE'LL GIVE YOU TAPES

OF THE CONVERSATIONS.

WHAT'S

THE DEAL:

HERE?

YOU GIVE US:

WHATEVER:

YOU GE:

EXCLUSIVELY,

BEFORE:

THE OTHER:

NEWSPAPERS.

NO. WE'VE ALL GO OUR RELATIONSHIPS

TO MAINTAIN.

SOLD.

??[Dramatic music]

[Malcolm on tape]

I JUST MIGHT NOT PRINT THIS.

[Killer on tape]

THEN YOU WILL BE MISSING

A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

I'LL CALL SOMEONE ELSE.

LOOK.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE

MY CONDUIT TO THE PUBLIC.

THERE MUST BE SOME KIND

OF PROFILE HERE, DOC.

WE NEED SOMETHING

TO NARROW THIS GUY DOWN.

I'M NOT A MIND READER.

I'M A SHRINK.

I CAN'T TELL ANYTHING

.

FROM ONE SHORT,

TAPED CONVERSATION

BUT ISN'T THERE

SOMETHING:

ANDERSON:

COULD DO:

TO KEEP:

THE BASTARD:

TALKING LONGER:

DRAW HIM OUT?

I THINK YOU'RE DOING

THE RIGHT THINGS

INTUITIVELY.

LISTEN TO HIM.

WHEN HE'S UNCLEAR,

ASK QUESTIONS.

I WOULDN' BE JUDGMENTAL,

AND I WOULDN'T PUS

H HIM INTO GIVING MORE

THAN WHAT HE WANTS

TO GIVE.

BE PATIENT.

BE A FRIEND.

[Car door shuts]

HEY, STEVE.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS

DOING OUT HERE?

GIVE US A BREAK.

THE MAN YOU:

TALKED TO--

THE KILLER.

DID THE KILLER:

INDICATE WHEN HE

WOULD CALL NEXT?

ANY SPECIFICS:

AT ALL, MAL?

.

HE WASN'T SPECIFIC

HE DIDN' SAY ANYTHING

THAT WOULD NARROW

IT DOWN, GUYS.

HOW LONG DID YOU

TALK TO HIM, MAL?

HOW LONG WAS IT?

HOW LONG WAS:

YOUR CONVERSATION?

NEITHER ONE WAS MORE

THAN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

EVERYTHING I KNOW

IS IN THE PAPER.

ARE YOU GOING TO

BE ABLE TO LIVE:

WITH YOURSELF?

[Asking questions]

]

??[Television news theme music

SO FAR,

MALCOLM ANDERSON,

A JOURNALIST WITH

THE MIAMI JOURNAL,

IS THE ONLY PERSON

TO HAVE BEEN CONTACTED

BY THE KILLER:

OF SARAH HOOKS,

THE GIRL FOUND MURDERED

ON BILL BAGGS BEACH.

ANDERSON HAS BEEN CONTACTED

TWICE BY THE KILLER.

EACH OF THE TWO CONVERSATIONS

WERE BRIEF,

LASTING A MINUTE OR TWO.

IT IS KNOWN FOR SURE, HOWEVER,

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