Carrie (2002 TV Movie)

David Keith: Detective John Mulchaey

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• Detective John Mulcahey : Do you consider yourself anti-religious, Sue?

  Sue Snell : No. I just think some people take it too far, that's all.

  Detective John Mulcahey : And you disapprove?

  Sue Snell : Look, I'm all for believing whatever it is that you want to believe; but you say "religion" and I'm thinking Da Vinci's "Last Supper". Jesus looks sad, the apostles look miserable - I don't want to go to their party. Shouldn't religion be more like "Dogs Playing Poker?"

  Detective John Mulcahey : Dogs playing...?

  Sue Snell : Poker. I can't tell you what any of the apostles are doing in "The Last Supper", but I can tell you that the little white bulldog is holding an ace under the table. See? That's fun. I'm engaged. There's awe and wonderment... That other stuff is just ritual and punishment, and it's way too weird and way too serious.

• [Speaking about Carrie White] 

  Detective John Mulcahey : Was she a friend of yours?

  Sue Snell : Carrie didn't have any friends.

  Detective John Mulcahey : When I was in high school, even the biggest losers had a bird of a feather.

  Sue Snell : She wasn't a loser. She just didn't belong.

  Detective John Mulcahey : Why do you think that is?

  Sue Snell : It's not brain surgery. We are talking about Carrie White.

  Detective John Mulcahey : Maybe she didn't want to belong.

  Sue Snell : Everybody wants to belong. Anyone who tells you they don't is lying. I think Carrie wanted it more than any of us.

• Detective John Mulcahey : You and Christine Hargenson, friends until the end?

  Sue Snell : I wouldn't say that.

  Detective John Mulcahey : What would you say?

  Sue Snell : We had our differences.

  Detective John Mulcahey : Differences about Carrie White?

  Sue Snell : Differences about a lot of things. I played with Barbie, she played with horses. She's a back to front, I'm a front to back.

• Miss Desjarden : You ever see something you can't explain? I'm not talking about a strange light in the sky or Jesus' face on a tortilla. I'm talking about something that's not supposed to happen. Like, in reality.

  Detective John Mulcahey : You mean, like a miracle?

  Miss Desjarden : [shaking her head]  Something else. Did you ever think the reason that you can't explain what happened on prom night is because... what happened wasn't natural? Two weeks ago, I saw a steel desk move across the floor without anyone touching it. Five inches. I measured. Carrie White was in the room when it happened.

  Detective John Mulcahey : 234 people died, and you're trying to sell me on some "Weekly World News" headline?

  Miss Desjarden : I don't need you to tell me how many people died. Half of them were kids I saw every day.

  Detective John Mulcahey : I am truly sorry for your loss, Miss Desjarden, I am. But that doesn't change the fact that someone's still unaccounted for. This girl is one of eight missing persons, but the problem is we only got seven bodies. Now, you're implying what, exactly?

  Miss Desjarden : I'm not implying anything. I'm just giving you the facts.

  Detective John Mulcahey : What did you see on prom night?

  Miss Desjarden : I was hanging from an air vent, pissing my pants, trying not to get electrocuted. I didn't see anything. Might as well tell you it was poltergeists.

  Detective John Mulcahey : But you don't believe that?

  Miss Desjarden : No.

  Detective John Mulcahey : You believe it was Carrie White?

  [Miss Desjarden sighs, she says nothing more] 

• Detective John Mulcahey : [Walking into the interrogation room with an evidence bag filled with prom ballots]  We, ah, found these in a dumpster behind what's left of the gym.

  Norma Watson : [Moves backwards in disgust as the ballots are dumped out of the bag on to the table]  I can't believe you touched those. They're probably swimming with disease.

  Detective John Mulcahey : Recognize them?

  Norma Watson : They're prom ballots. I'm the one that Xeroxed them.

  Detective John Mulcahey : According to these, Frank and Jessica were elected King and Queen of the Prom.

  Norma Watson : I counted those ballots myself. Mr. Morton checked my work. Tom and Carrie won fair and square.

  Detective John Mulcahey : I'm guessing by a landslide.

  Norma Watson : Yeah.

  Detective John Mulcahey : That doesn't seem odd to you?

  Norma Watson : I just figured they were pity votes.

  Detective John Mulcahey : They're not pity votes Norma. Somebody switched the ballots.