Session 9 (2001)

Jurian Hughes: Mary Hobbes

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Doctor : And where do you live, Simon?

  Mary Hobbes : I live in the weak and the wounded... Doc.

• Doctor : Billy, where does the Princess live?

  Mary Hobbes : [voice of Billy]  In the tongue.

  Doctor : Why the tongue?

  Mary Hobbes : [voice of Billy]  Because she's always talking, sir.

  Doctor : And where do you live, Billy?

  Mary Hobbes : [voice of Billy]  I live in the eyes - you know that.

  Doctor : Remind me, though. Why the eyes?

  Mary Hobbes : [voice of Billy]  Because... I see everything, sir.

  Doctor : And where does Simon live, Billy? Where does Simon live?

  Mary Hobbes : [Silence] 

• Doctor : [on tape]  Why are you crying, Mary?

  Mary Hobbes : [on tape]  I miss my family. How come they won't come visit, Doctor?

• Bill Griggs : This is where they'd keep the extreme patients. The psychotics... You know what they called Ward A? "The snake pit."... Either of you guys scared of the dark? Come on, over here.

  [Bill Griggs and Phil walk away together] 

  Mary Hobbes : [disembodied voice of Simon]  Hello... Gordon.

  Phil : [calling from a distance]  Gordy?

  [shining flashlight] 

  Phil : It's me, man! Come on!

• Mary Hobbes : [disembodied voice of Simon, as Gordon sleeps]  Hello, Gordon. You know who I am... *Do it, Gordon.*

  [He awakens in fright] 

• Mary Hobbes : [voice of "Princess"]  Have you seen our doll, Mister Doctor?... Mary got a china doll from her mommy, and we can't find it now.

• Mary Hobbes : [tape of session 9, Mary speaks in a voice, hauntingly deep with masculinity]  Hello, Doc.

  Doctor : Simon?

  Mary Hobbes : You know who I am.

  Doctor : Billy has told me a lot about you.

  Mary Hobbes : Billy is a smart boy.

  Doctor : What happened on Christmas night in Lowell?

  Mary Hobbes : Use your imagination.

  Doctor : I'd rather you tell me, Simon.

  Mary Hobbes : Peter was naughty, Doc.

  Doctor : What did Peter do?

  Mary Hobbes : He shouldn't have done it... Doc.

  Doctor : Tell me, Simon.

  Mary Hobbes : He scared Mary, Doc. He crept up behind her in the dark and he scared her. Mary fell down, Doc. She fell on her doll. It cut her up, Doc. It cut her up real bad. She needed someone to help her. So I... introduced myself. And I told her to cut up Peter, Doc. To cut him up real bad. Good thing his knife was brand new. Real sharp. And then just so her mommy and daddy wouldn't get mad, I told her... to cut them up, too. There was a lot of blood, Doc. So much blood. But Mary wanted to do it, so she did it.

• Mary Hobbes : [voice of "Simon," on tape]  Mary fell down, Doc... She needed someone to help her. So I... introduced myself.

• Mary Hobbes : [disembodied voice of Simon, as Gordon looks out a window towards the cemetery]  You can hear me.

• Mary Hobbes : [masculine voice]  Hello... Doc.

  Doctor : Simon?

  Mary Hobbes : [masculine voice]  You know who I am.

• Doctor : Why did you do it, Simon?

  Mary Hobbes : [masculine voice]  Because Mary let me, Doc. They always do. They always do.

  [laughs] 

• Mary Hobbes : Do it, Gordon.

• Mary Hobbes : [On tape as "Princess"]  Mary got a doll, and Peter got a big old knife!

• Mary Hobbes : [voice of Simon]  And then... just so her mommy and daddy wouldn't get mad -

  [Simon sniggers] 

  Mary Hobbes : - I told her... to cut *them* up, too.

  [Simon laughs uncontrollably] 

  Mary Hobbes : There was a lot of blood, Doc. Sooo much blood... But Mary wanted to do it. So, she did it.

• Mary Hobbes : [voice of Simon]  Good thing his knife was brand-new... Real sharp...

• Mary Hobbes : [as Princess]  ... I'm tired, Mister Doctor...

• Mary Hobbes : [as the Princess]  Billy only tells me nice things...