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Unexpected Violence from Ordinary Individuals
Tom Beck
You know what bothers me about these two guys DeVries and Miller?
Lloyd Gallagher
Neither has a criminal record. They both lead normal lives until a few days ago, and now they're killing people.
Tom Beck
Do you read minds or was that just a shot in the dark?
Lloyd Gallagher
No, I read minds.
Tom Beck
Oh yeah? What was I just thinking?
Lloyd Gallagher
That I'm full of shit.
Tom Beck
Impressive.
Lloyd Gallagher
Not really. Quite simple to read.
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Anticipation of Repeating Violence
Lt. John Masterson
I've already shot you once before. I can't tell you how much I'm waiting to do that to you again.
[Holds a gun to Detective Beck's chest, revealing that this is merely Masterson's body, hosting the film's eponymous parasite.]
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Questioning the Bizarre Nature of Events
Tom Beck
In the span of twelve hours, I've got five bodies—not counting Miller, who dies because he runs out of blood. A stripper screws some guy to death, steals his car and takes off. All of this in twelve hours. I wanna ask you: am I crazy, or does this seem just a little bit bizarre?
Lloyd Gallagher
Yeah, it's a little bizarre.
Tom Beck
I knew that. I just wanted to know if you knew that.
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The Pursuit of an Alien Entity
Tom Beck
Oh boy. We're talking spacemen here?
Lloyd Gallagher
The way it works is... it finds a body, gets inside, uses it to move around, stays in that body until the body is so damaged it has to find another body. That's the only time I can kill it, when it's between bodies. I missed my chance when it came out of the stripper and found another body and changed before I got there.
Tom Beck
So now we don't know who the spaceman is.
Lloyd Gallagher
No, but I don't have to look for it anymore. It knows I'm here. It'll come after me. Beck, I need my weapon... that's the only thing that can kill it.
Tom Beck
So the spaceman is the one who killed your wife. The one that you've been tracking for the past...
Lloyd Gallagher
Nine years. Your time.
Tom Beck
Our time.
Lloyd Gallagher
I guess a career in the police didn't really prepare you for this, did it?
Tom Beck
Yes, it did. We'll try again later.
[Dissolve to Gallagher, back behind bars.]
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Human Appearance, Hidden Nature
Taglines
IT'S ONLY HUMAN ON THE OUTSIDE.
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Humanity vs. Altairian Identity Debate
Lt. John Masterson
Alhague, how do you like being human?
Prisoner
Say, what?
[distant]
Lloyd Gallagher
It's all right.
Lt. John Masterson
Better than being Altairian. Altairians are a filthy people. We could take over this place if we wanted. They have nothing here to stop us.
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Motivation Behind Violent Crime
Tom Beck
Hey! Why would he come in here and kill a guy for a lousy hundred bucks and a radio?
Lloyd Gallagher
Cause he likes it. He sees something he wants, he steals it. If something gets in his way, he kills it. And right now, he's hiding out in your city.
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Desperation in a Life-or-Death Situation
Tom Beck
She's bleeding to death, for Christ's sake! Why doesn't she go down?
Lloyd Gallagher
We've got to get to her before she dies.
Tom Beck
Why don't we wait until after she's dead?
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Curiosity Before Confrontation in a Tense Moment
Lt. John Masterson
Alhague!
Lloyd Gallagher
Yes?
Lt. John Masterson
Before I kill you, I'm curious: how did you find me?
Lloyd Gallagher
You left an angry partner for dead on Altair.
Lt. John Masterson
A mistake.
Lloyd Gallagher
That's what it said.
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Justice and Morality in Extreme Circumstances
Doctor
Detective Beck. No one deserves to die like that. I don't care what the man's done.
Cliff Willis
He killed twelve people, wounded twenty three more, stole six cars, most of them Ferraris. Robbed eight banks, six supermarkets, four jewelry stores and a candy shop. Six of the ones he killed he carved up with a butcher knife. Two of them were kids. He did all that in two weeks. If anyone deserves to go that way, it sure in the hell was him.
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Consequences of Losing a Key Asset
Lt. John Masterson
Look, Ed, Tom Beck is the best I've got. If I give him to you, I'll never get him back again. My department will then crumble, crime will run rampant, the city will fall into ruin, rampaging hordes will control the streets, and life as we know it will end.
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