Still of the Night Page #2

Oh, come on, Sam.

Uncle Charlie's not so bad.

Besides, how long is it since you've

gone out and seen people?

I appreciate what

you're trying to do,

but I don't need

a social director.

All right, Sam,

what's happening?

I lost a patient.

What happened?

A guy named George Bynum.

It was all over the Daily News.

Stabbed to death.

Oh, that's awful!

You want to know the truth?

I'll tell you the truth.

I think he would have been better

off seeing a priest or a rabbi.

Oh, come on, Sam!

Instead of paying 75 bucks

an hour to a doctor

who can't even hold his

own marriage together!

Now, you listen to me.

I'm not talking mother-son,

I'm talking shrink to shrink.

When a man's wife

leaves him after

- seven years of marriage...

- Eight!

Eight years of marriage,

there's supposed to be some

kind of emotional reaction.

He's supposed to

feel a lot of pain.

He's supposed to

feel a lot of anger.

It's not particularly pleasant,

but he's got to go through it.

- But what...

- But, in my case...

I'm creating an elaborate system

of highly structured activities

so I can avoid dealing

with my own emotions.

But then there's nothing really

new about that, is there?

Okay?

Just tell Uncle Charlie I can't make it,

and I'll take a rain check.

April 15th.

I think George Bynum

is in some kind of trouble.

At today's session he

was distracted and upset.

Uh, listen, Doctor.

Let me ask you a question.

Okay?

I mean, just hypothetically.

Now what if, uh,

you found out

that someone you knew had

actually killed somebody

and, uh, because her family is rich,

um, nobody found out about it?

Actually, I'm the only one

who knows about it.

Except for you.

Anyway, uh, what I wanted

to know is if somebody'd

done something like that before,

killed somebody,

is it likely that, uh,

they would do it again?

Angelo?

Angelo?

Anybody out there?

Who's there?

Dr. Rice?

What happened to the lights?

I don't know. Somebody must

have pulled the wrong switch.

- Are you all right?

- I'm fine, fine.

Oh, the doorman said

you might be down here.

I'm very sorry if I'm

disturbing you, but...

I felt very, very badly about breaking

that figurine in your office this afternoon,

so I... I brought you...

Come on inside.

Just a second,

I'll get the lights.

Here, let me take your coat.

Oh, no. I can't... I can't stay.

I just...

I just wanted

to give you this.

Here, um, let me.

May I?

I hope you like her.

She's a...

She's a Tanagra.

They were terracotta figures made

in Greece in the Third Century BC.

She...

She's very delicate.

This was probably

a small bowl or a...

A sheaf of wheat that she's carrying

in the hand that's missing.

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