Night Springs: Man in the Mirror
May. 2nd, 2013 10:53 amCrime and punishment; the cancer and cure of civilization. But some crimes are impossible to punish... especially in Night Springs.
Tonight's episode: the "Man in the Mirror".
/The narration ends with the Night Springs logo and title card./
"He's inside agent. He's a weird one."
/We're inside a police room, an agent is sitting across from the suspect for questioning./
"So, you're confessing to killing that guy, huh? Why?"
"(laughing) Had it coming."
"Yeah, but why would you do that? I mean, you're a nice guy. Normal. Took your kid to his soccer game. So how come at the game you pick a guy and -- quoting from the arresting officer's report here -- 'assult the victim's head area repeatedly with the weapon of choice being a pair of bare fists'. Wow, that sentence really flows, huh?"
/The suspect is silent./
"Maybe you're not the literary type. Okay, so you mess him up. But why? Who was that guy? We couldn't ID him. Why would a guy like you do him like that? "
"I didn't like his face?"
"Well, you must've hated it, 'cause you really went to town there. I mean, there's no way to tell what he looked like. No ID on him, either."
"That must be difficult."
"But then we ran the fingerprints. Got a match: your prints. Identical."
"Huh. How about that?"
"Your son said you were wearing a white shirt when you took him to the game, but the white shirt is on the dead guy."
"It's plenty red now."
"You won't get away with this."
"Do you really think that's in any way relevant to me? I had plenty of time to talk to my boy before the cops arrived, you know. He won't stop screaming, am I right? You think he's ever gonna be okay? I left my mark, believe me."
/The agent pulls a gun, standing and pointing it at the suspect./
"You-- You bastard!"
"What? You're going to shoot me? What's the point? I'm going to prison. You got me."
/The agent lowers the gun./
"I... I don't understand any of this."
"And you never will."
/The agent is dazed and confused, remaining silent./
"Don't worry. Maybe you'll see me again, agent. Maybe in the mirror."
/The room door closes and the scene fades back to atmospheric background as narration takes back over./
The agent narrowly avoided becoming a monster, but has he gazed long enough into the abyss? Did he glimpse the heart of... Night Springs?
Tonight's episode: the "Man in the Mirror".
/The narration ends with the Night Springs logo and title card./
"He's inside agent. He's a weird one."
/We're inside a police room, an agent is sitting across from the suspect for questioning./
"So, you're confessing to killing that guy, huh? Why?"
"(laughing) Had it coming."
"Yeah, but why would you do that? I mean, you're a nice guy. Normal. Took your kid to his soccer game. So how come at the game you pick a guy and -- quoting from the arresting officer's report here -- 'assult the victim's head area repeatedly with the weapon of choice being a pair of bare fists'. Wow, that sentence really flows, huh?"
/The suspect is silent./
"Maybe you're not the literary type. Okay, so you mess him up. But why? Who was that guy? We couldn't ID him. Why would a guy like you do him like that? "
"I didn't like his face?"
"Well, you must've hated it, 'cause you really went to town there. I mean, there's no way to tell what he looked like. No ID on him, either."
"That must be difficult."
"But then we ran the fingerprints. Got a match: your prints. Identical."
"Huh. How about that?"
"Your son said you were wearing a white shirt when you took him to the game, but the white shirt is on the dead guy."
"It's plenty red now."
"You won't get away with this."
"Do you really think that's in any way relevant to me? I had plenty of time to talk to my boy before the cops arrived, you know. He won't stop screaming, am I right? You think he's ever gonna be okay? I left my mark, believe me."
/The agent pulls a gun, standing and pointing it at the suspect./
"You-- You bastard!"
"What? You're going to shoot me? What's the point? I'm going to prison. You got me."
/The agent lowers the gun./
"I... I don't understand any of this."
"And you never will."
/The agent is dazed and confused, remaining silent./
"Don't worry. Maybe you'll see me again, agent. Maybe in the mirror."
/The room door closes and the scene fades back to atmospheric background as narration takes back over./
The agent narrowly avoided becoming a monster, but has he gazed long enough into the abyss? Did he glimpse the heart of... Night Springs?
