i know who you are.
how did he die?
really. maybe that's why you're from homicide. how?
i wasn't dating him. i was fucking him.
no. i'm an amateur.
about a year and a half.
yes.
yes.
no. we had a drink at the club. we left together. i came here. he went home.
no. i wasn't in the mood to have sex with anyone last night.
yes. i liked fucking him.
i don't really feel like talking anymore.
read me my rights and arrest me and i'll go downtown.
otherwise, get the fuck out of here. please.
are you arresting me?
can i change into something more appropriate? it'll just take a minute.
come in.
how long will this take?
only when they make interesting reading.
i'm ready.
why would i need an attorney?
do you have a cigarette?
yes, you do.
i found some in my purse; would you like one?
it won't last.
yes i am.
it teaches you to lie.
you make it up, but it has to be believable. they call it suspension of disbelief.
a detective. he falls for the wrong woman.
she kills him.
no thank you.
did i miss something?
why did you think i wouldn't want one?
i have nothing to hide.
what are you going to do? charge me with smoking?
i had sex with him for about a year and a half. i liked having sex with him.
he wasn't afraid of experimenting. i like men like that. i like men who give me pleasure. he gave me a lot of pleasure.
exactly what do you have in mind, mr. corrigan.
no.
no. johnny liked to use his hands too much. i like hands and fingers.
i've always had a fondness for white silk scarves. i have a very vivid imagination.
no. i said i liked johnny to use his hands. i don't give any rules, nick. i go with the flow.
i'd have to be pretty stupid to write a book about a killing and then kill him the way i described in my book. i'd be announcing myself as the killer. i'm not stupid.
yes it does, doesn't it?
the answer is no. i didn't kill him.
sometimes.
sure.
cocaine.
have you ever fucked on cocaine? it's nice.
i've got a degree in psych. it goes with the turf. games are fun.
yes it was. bobby died.
i loved him. i hurt.
i felt somebody had read my book and was playing a game.
no.
that's right.
you still get the pleasure. didn't you ever fuck anybody else while you were married, nick?
maybe i was guessing. what difference does it make?
would you like a cigarette, nick?
no.
i wanted to write a book about the murder of a retired rock star. i went down to his club and picked him up. then i had sex with him.
in the beginning. then i got to like what he did for me.
i'm a writer, i use people for what i write. you write what you know. let the world beware.
would you like me to take a lie detector test?
can i go now?
can i ask one of you for a ride?
thanks.
i'm tired.
if i were guilty, and if i wanted to beat that machine, it wouldn't be tiring. it wouldn't be tiring at all.
because i'm a professional liar. i spend most of my waking hours dwelling on my lies. for my writing.
i love the rain, don't you?
you took a polygraph after you shot those two people, didn't you?
you see? we're both innocent, nick.
you know all about me.
you know i don't like to wear any underwear, don't you, nick?
thanks for the ride.
hi.
no. come in.
i'm using you for my detective. in my book. you don't mind, do you?
would you like a drink? i was just going to have one.
that's right. you're off the jack daniels too, aren't you?
i'd like to ask you some, too.
for my book.
how does it feel to kill someone?
i don't know. but you do.
four shootings in five years. all accidents.
there's a name from the past.
noah was my counselor in my freshman year. that's probably where i got the idea for the icepick. for my book. funny how the subconscious works. hazel is my friend.
yes. she's helped me understand homicidal impulse.
only in theory. you know all about homicidal impulse, don't you, shooter? not in theory -- in practice.
what happened, nick? did you get sucked into it? did you like it too much?
tell me about the coke, nick. the day you shot those two tourists -- how much coke did you do?
tell me, nick.
yes, you did. they never tested you, did they? but internal affairs knew.
your wife knew, didn't she? she knew what was going on. nicky got too close to the flame. nicky liked it.
that's why she killed herself?
hiya, hon. you two have met, haven't you?
you're going to make a terrific character, nick.
i heard about what happened. what good's a shooter without his gun?
i have attorneys. they have friends. i have friends. money buys you a lot of attorneys and friends.
i wasn't talking about real friends. why doesn't gus like me.
do you?
i didn't think you'd ask me.
you're not easy to figure. i'm just very good at figuring.
why not?
not me.
you should put some warmth into it. you don't want it to reflect on your personality.
fine.
please.
let me do that. you like to watch me doing it, don't you?
can i have a cigarette, please? i told you you'd start smoking again.
light it for me, will you?
thank you.
isn't he the policeman that you shot, shooter?
what if i call you nicky?
i know, nicky, but i like it.
cheers. my friends call me catherine.
bitch mostly, but he meant it affectionately. you don't have any coke, do you? i love coke and jack daniel's.
it's not the same thing, is it?
say -- "what do you want from me, catherine?"
i brought you something.
aren't you going to thank me?
a boy kills his parents. they have a plane. he makes it look like an accident.
to see if he can get away with it.
you mean did i write it before my parents died?
no. i wrote it years afterwards.
you're not going to stop following me around now just because you're on leave -- are you?
good. i'd miss you. you can get into trouble, though. you're not really a cop anymore.
why take the risk?
i'm getting deeper and deeper into my character.
thanks for the drink.
i'm leaving the house around midnight. in case you're going to follow me. i'm going down to johnny's club.
hi, gus.
nicky.
she's seen me fuck plenty of other guys.
she's seen everything before.
did you think it was so special?
i thought it was a pretty good beginning.
do you want her to join us sometime?
i'm not as judgmental about women as i am about men.
fine. how's your back?
we're alike, you know.
do you want personal insights and adolescent secrets? i don't do those.
not unless you confuse my character with my body parts.
were you frightened, nicky?
i told you i had a vivid imagination.
you shouldn't play this game.
you're in over your head.
i've got a book to write. i'll see you around, shooter.
i should have known. i came into the house when you were down on the beach. she looked at me so strangely. she left right after you. i shouldn't have let her watch us. she wanted to watch me all the time. she tried to kill you, didn't she?
do you think i told her to kill you?
everybody that i care about dies.
make love to me.
for what.  to set me up? she loved me she wouldn't frame me.
no, she didn't.  she never got jealous before.  she got excited. i don't have luck with women. there was this girl i met while i was in college. i slept with her once. she started following me around, taking my picture. she dyed her hair, copied my clothes. lisa something.  oberman. it was awful.
i never have before.
isn't it just beautiful? i love it here like this.
no.
no more games, nick. i'm tired of playing games!
you won't believe me.
i paid him $50,000 in cash for your psychiatric file.
about three months before i met you.
i'd read about your shootings in the papers. i decided to write a book about a detective. i wanted to know my character.
i would've paid more. i wanted to know everything about you. then you came down here after johnny got killed.  it gave me a chance to get to know my character better.
maybe i'm losing interest in my book.
do you believe me?
i'll convince you.
hello?
it's gus-who-doesn't-like-me.
what did he say?
funny.
hazel , this is nick. i told you all about him. this is hazel dobkins.
honey, why don't you go in the car? i'll be right there.
of course i knew.
look. sometimes when i do my research, i get involved with people. it happened with you, too.
killing isn't like smoking. you can quit.
i've go to go. i promised to get her home by six o'clock. she just loves "america's most wanted."
what were you doing, checking up on me? what for?
henderson.
do i scare you, nick?
i just thought i'd surprise you. what's the matter?
did you? what's she doing?
you're not going to tell me what she's doing. i thought we weren't playing games anymore.
and you believed her? i even went down to the campus police and made out a report about her.
you still think i kill people, don't you?
liar.
i decided to give you one more chance. i missed you.
did you miss me?
come over here and tell me no.
not yet it isn't.
but we're getting there.
i'm very good at research. i'll help you.
what are you researching?
really. what are you writing about.
what happens to them?
it won't sell.
somebody has to die.
somebody always does.
i finished my book.
i told you. she kills him.
goodbye, nick.
i finished my book. didn't you hear me?* your character's dead. goodbye.
what do you want, nick? flowers? i'll send you some flowers.
the games are over. you were right. it was the fuck of the century, shooter.
right there.
i heard about it.  on tv.
i can't allow myself to care about you -- i can't allow myself to care -- i can't -- i can't --
i don't want to do this -- please -- i don't want to do this -- i lose everybody -- i don't want to lose you -- i don't want to --
what do we do now, nick?
i hate rugrats.
i love you.