Frank?
What?
I've seen it. The moment before. Their faces. They're terrified because they don't understand... unlike you, Frank. They don't understand what it is to give yourself over to chaos. But you understand. You've seen it too. I can tell.
“522666” · Season 1, Episode 5
In this episode: Frank Black (5), Raymond Dees (3), Peter Watts (2)
I touch people in a deep, lasting way. A life-altering way.
You're really a very important man.
Well, thank you, sirrah. I'm glad you see that. Do you know precisely what happens at the moment of detonation? Shock waves moving faster than the speed of sound, pressure of over 500 pounds per square inch and this is all unleashed by me, Frank. It moves so fast that a vacuum is formed behind it, sucking back all the air that's been forced out by the blast. So, you see, Frank, a glass splinter will literally turn itself around, go back and penetrate anything that's in its path. I just don't know anything that has the power to stop that. My art brings out the truth. People are either vic-TORS or vic-TIMS. My explosion strips every hypocrisy, every pretension sheltered in the human heart and exposes the naked soul.
I feel your work is about waiting, anticipating the moment, the terror created. Playing so long on the mind, the fantasy becomes dull. The only moment worth a damn... the only arousal, is the moment of fire. Feel the heat upon your face. The impact upon your chest. The screams. The sirens. It is the moment of creation.
What I do is not work, Frank. It's art. My palette is fire, glass and blood. It's a fleeting art. It lasts only a fraction of a second, but the effect is profound, permanent... and if you're lucky, you happen to look in the right direction at the right time, you might get to see my creation.
When?
Later. Today.
It's not enough, Pete... all this manpower. I feel I could save so many lives if I understood what he wants.
We all heard him, Frank. It's the thrill. Sexual transference.
It's more. His thrills wear out quickly. First, he alerts the authorities there's a bomb. After a day he needs more. So he contacts us? Taunts us to the point of near capture? What will he do to increase his excitement?
What if it's some kind of god complex? He talked about his creation, about controlling people.
What I can't get out of my head is when he stated I'd be famous when I caught him. A 'star.' It lies in there, somehow.
PPierson
You want to bring him in because he was a hero... twice?
That's him, I know it.
PPierson
Frank... after Centennial Park, there is no way that I could bring this guy in without more evidence.
The bomber has expert knowledge in explosive devices. He knew exactly what and how much to use to create the effect he wants. There were two explosions today... neither one of which matched the lethal intensity of The Queen's Arms bombing.
PPierson
It was lethal enough to kill five people.
But not so destructive a person couldn't survive inside of it. Especially if he knew when and how the force would dissipate. Raymond Dees is a maintenance worker in that building. He has the knowledge and the opportunity to place those devices where it would best suit him. He watched the first bombing from a distance. He believed that watching the chaos which he created would be the thrill, but he needed more... to smell it, to touch it, to participate in the aftermath, but that wasn't enough either.
So, today he placed himself within his created chaos.
It wasn't enough to watch others. He needed to watch himself. A real star.
PPierson
Are you saying he killed 18 people so he could be on Good Morning America?
Killing wasn't the motive. It was a by-product of his obsession.
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