The Making of 'The Mean Season' Page #4

NOT TO ANSWER:

THE PHONE?

I THINK YOU'D BETTER

CALL ME AT THE PAPER.

YOU MUST BE ANXIOUS

TO GET TO WORK.

NUMBER FOUR.

WHERE?

MATHESON HAMMOCK.

[Caller hangs up]

MALCOLM, HOW LONG

ARE YOU GOING TO

LET THIS GO ON?

CHRIS, I'M LOCKED

INTO THIS THING.

HE WON'T TALK

TO ANYBODY ELSE.

IT'S TURNED INTO

A COLLABORATION.

THAT'S A REAL

STUPID THING TO SAY.

STUPID? YOU JUS GOT OFF THE PHONE

WITH A MANIAC.

DID YOU EVER:

TELL THAT TO HIM?

DO YOU TWO:

EVER ARGUE?

RAY? I JUS GOT ANOTHER ONE.

[Thunder]

??[Eerie music]

[Sirens]

HOW WE DOING HERE?

THEY'RE OVER THERE.

[Baby crying]

YOU'RE O.K.

YOU'RE O.K.

MOMMY!

[Crying]

YOU'RE O.K., BABY.

TONY, HOW YOU DOING?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

SHE'S ALL CHOPPED UP.

TAKE A WALK, BABE.

COME ON.

WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK

TO MALCOLM ANDERSON,

A REPORTER:

FOR THE MIAMI JOURNAL.

RECENTLY, THE SERIES

OF BRUTAL MURDERS IN HIS CITY

HAS SOMEWHAT CHANGED

HIS OBJECTIVITY:

BECAUSE THE KILLER

HAS CHOSEN TO USE HIM

AS A LIAISON BETWEEN

THE COMMUNITY,

THE POLICE, AND HIMSELF.

A SITUATION HAS DEVELOPED

WHERE A REPORTER

IS MATERIALLY INVOLVED

IN THE STORY HE'S COVERING.

HE'S WITH US AT WSVN,

OUR NBC AFFILIATE IN MIAMI.

MALCOLM, THANKS

FOR BEING WITH US.

MY PLEASURE, JOHN.

TO BEGIN WITH,

TELL US WHEN AND WHERE

YOU RECEIVED:

THAT FIRST CALL.

UH, IT WAS

AT THE JOURNAL,

AND IT WAS:

A FEW DAYS:

AFTER THEY FOUND

THE FIRST BODY.

HOW DID YOU REACT WHEN

HE TOLD YOU WHO HE WAS?

I DIDN'T BELIEVE

HIM AT FIRST.

IN MY YEARS:

OF REPORTING,

I'VE HAD MY SHARE

OF PECULIAR CALLS.

[John]

BUT HE CONVINCED YOU.

HE HAD KNOWLEDGE

OF THE MURDER:

AND THE VICTIM:

THAT NOBODY ELSE

COULD HAVE HAD.

[John] HOW MANY TIMES HAVE

YOU AND HE TALKED?

[Malcolm]

FIVE TIMES, JOHN.

CAN WE ASSUME THA HE HASN'T SAID ANYTHING

THAT'S BEEN OF MUCH HELP

TO THE POLICE?

IT WOULDN'T BE HELPFUL

FOR ME TO COMMEN ON THE PROGRESS

OF THE INVESTIGATION

RIGHT NOW.

AFTER TALKING TO HIM

AS OFTEN AS YOU HAVE,

WHAT'S YOUR SENSE

OF THE RELATIONSHIP

THAT'S DEVELOPED?

WELL, "RELATIONSHIP",

JOHN, SUGGESTS

THAT THERE'S

SOMETHING IN I FOR BOTH PARTIES.

I'M CERTAINLY DOING

WHAT I CAN TO HELP,

BUT THIS:

WASN'T MY IDEA.

I MEAN,

HE CALLED ME.

[Gun cocking]

[John] HAS HE SAID

WHY HE CALLED:

YOU IN PARTICULAR?

[Malcolm]

HE SAID HE LIKED

THE WAY I WRITE.

??[Eerie music]

[Telephone rings]

[Man]

I SAW YOU ON TV THIS MORNING.

I DIDN'T LIKE IT.

WHY?

YOU'RE BECOMING MORE

IMPORTANT THAN ME.

I'M DOING THE WORK,

YOU GET PUT ON TV.

YOU'RE GETTING

TOO MUCH ATTENTION.

I REALLY WISH:

I COULD COME FORWARD

AND SPEAK FOR:

MYSELF, YOU KNOW.

OF COURSE, I CAN'T.

I'VE ONLY BEEN

ARRESTED ONCE.

WHAT YEAR?

COME ON.

I'M ALREADY

BEING TOO GENEROUS

ON PHONES:

THAT ARE TAPPED.

MY PHONE ISN'T TAPPED.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE

WE'LL EVER MEET IN PERSON?

SO YOU CAN BRING THE COPS

AND BE A REAL HERO.

YOU ANGER ME,

YOU KNOW THAT?

CUBAN COFFEE, PHIL?

[Man on tape] I REALLY

WISH I COULD:

COME FORWARD:

AND SPEAK:

FOR MYSELF.

THIS IS:

INTERESTING.

OF COURSE,

I CAN'T.

I'VE ONLY BEEN

ARRESTED ONCE.

[Malcolm on tape]

WHAT YEAR?

[Man on tape]

COME ON.

I'M ALREADY

BEING TOO GENEROUS

ON PHONES:

THAT ARE TAPPED.

[Malcolm on tape]

MY PHONE ISN'T TAPPED.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE

WE'LL EVER MEE IN PERSON?

DUMB.

[Man on tape]

SO YOU CAN BRING THE COPS

AND BE A REAL HERO.

HIM,

YOU ARREST DEAD.

WELL, YOU GO TO CATCH HIM FIRST.

,

YOU GE A FEEL FOR HIM

FIGURE OUT WHA HE'LL GO AFTER NEXT,

AND THEN BLOW HIS

DISEASED BRAINS OUT.

I'M GOING TO GE SOME AMERICAN COFFEE.

YOU KNOW, WE SEN A GUY TO MICHIGAN,

AND THERE'S NO RECORD

OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDEN THAT HE DESCRIBED,

NOT AT ANY OF THE MAJOR

ASSEMBLY PLANTS.

I GOT A 50 SAYS HE'S

MAKING ALL THIS UP.

YOU'RE NOT TAPPING

MY PHONE, RIGHT, RAY?

NO.

GOOD NIGHT, RAY.

YEAH.

??[Moody music]

PERFECT. WIDE OPEN

??[Suspenseful music]

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

WAIT! WAIT!

WAIT A MINUTE!

I--I--I--

POR FAVOR,

I DELIVER:

FOR YOU THE PAPER.

WHAT HAPPENED?

.

I'VE BEEN WITH

THE COPS ALL NIGH

I COME HOME,

AND THE PLACE:

IS WIDE OPEN.

IS I TOO MUCH TROUBLE

TO REMEMBER TO LOCK

THE GODDAMN DOOR?

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW

YOU WERE GONE.

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T WANT TO BE

AROUND THIS ANYMORE.

I'M SORRY. I MEAN IT.

I AM SORRY.

DON'T BE.

??[Sad music]

YOU'RE LIVING ALONE,

AND I'M LIVING

WITH SOMEBODY:

I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

IT DOESN'T WORK.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I'M PUTTING A LO OF TIME IN THE STORY.

IT'S GETTING ATTENTION,

AND YOU FEEL LEFT ALONE.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS

TO IT, RIGHT?

YOU HAVE NO IDEA

WHAT IT IS.

YOU CAN'T.

YOU'RE NOT PAYING

ENOUGH ATTENTION.

CHRIS, I KNOW

I'VE BUSTED MY ASS

FOR EIGHT YEARS.

WHAT WE'VE WANTED

IS RIGHT HERE.

DON'T YOU

UNDERSTAND THAT?

EVER SINCE:

YOU STARTED:

THE BODY COUNT,

YOU LE EVERYTHING SLIDE.

I'VE GOTTEN

SO FAR AWAY:

THAT LEAVING'S

JUST A FORMALITY,

MALCOLM.

HONEY, THIS IS

THE LAST THING:

WE NEED RIGHT NOW.

I SAID:

I WAS SORRY, O.K.?

I HEARD.

DO YOU WANT A DRAG?

DRAG, YOUR ASS.

YOU GOT TO BE CLOSER

THAN YOU'RE SAYING.

SURE WOULD LIKE:

EVERYONE TO THINK SO.

YOU GOT A VOICE PRINT.

GOT HIS M.O.

YOU KNOW HE'S DUPLICATING.

YOU KNOW WHAT PAR OF THE COUNTRY HE'S FROM.

YOU GOT TO BE GETTING

SOMEWHERE.

THIS GUY'S

KILLING PEOPLE:

HE'S HAD NO PERSONAL

CONTACT WITH.

NOBODY HE'S

MAD AT.

.

IT'S TOUGH

WHAT DO YOU GUYS

DO ALL DAY?

WE RUN DOWN:

FROM PEOPLE WHO THINK

THEY'RE LIVING WITH HIM.

SO DO I.

WHEN YOU WRITE ENOUGH

ABOUT SOMEBODY,

YOU START SOUNDING

LIKE EVERYBODY.

I DIDN'T EXPECT I TO LAST THIS LONG.

AS LONG AS HE'S OUT THERE,

HE'S DEFINITELY NEWS.

[Mumbling]

YEAH. SO ARE YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU:

SAYING TO ME?

I NEVER UNDERSTAND WHA YOU'RE SAYING!

WHAT'S THE MATTER

WITH YOU?

I'M TIRED OF HIM!

WELL, YOU'RE GETTING IN

PLACES YOU DON'T BELONG.

DAMN IT!

HEY! WALK AWAY.

!

GO GET HIM, WILSON

CATCH HIM:

SO WE CAN GO HOME!

YOU'RE COMING APAR ON ME, MAL.

YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU COME APART?

YOU CRASH,

AND WE GOT NOTHING.

RIGHT NOW,

WE GOT NOTHING!

YOU BETTER GET THIS GUY

BEFORE HE KILLS SOMEBODY ELSE.

I'M TIRED OF BEING

YOUR CONTACT MAN.

[Sighs]

[Wind howling]

"IF YOU'D LIKE

A NICE HOME-COOKED MEAL

"AND SOME QUIE CONVERSATION,

"YOU'RE WELCOME

TO STOP BY.

"HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON."

HMM-HMM. O.K.

[Clears throat]

"AFTER THE LAST KILLING,

"I READ THA THE KILLER WORKED

ON AN AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE.

"I BELIEVE

I REMEMBERED A GUY

"FROM KENOSHA, WISCONSIN,

OR SOMEWHERE:

"WHO WAS CONNECTED

TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

"YOU WROTE THE KILLER WAS

DUPLICATING OTHER MURDERS.

"HE SOUNDS LIKE THE ONE

I HEARD ABOUT."

THERE IS SOME KIND OF

AN ADDRESS THERE.

"I'LL TALK

TO YOU ALONE,

"WITHOUT ANYBODY

OR POLICE EITHER.

"I LIVE AT PARADISE

TRAILER PARK.

"IF ANY COPS

COME WITH YOU,

"I'LL DENY

I WROTE THIS.

"I DON'T WAN TO BE CONNECTED

WITH THIS."

HERE'S THE ADDRESS.

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

GIVE IT A SHOT.

[Sighs]

WHY NOT?

[Ship horn blows]

??[Moody music]

[Clattering]

[Coughs]

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