Daily Dialogue — December 16, 2010
JOHN DOE: Here he comes.
MILLS (shouts to Somerset): What the fuck is going on?
JOHN DOE (to Mills): I want you to know, I wish I could have lived like you do.
SOMERSET: Mills… put down your gun! Throw it away!
MILLS: What?
SOMERSET: Throw your gun down now!
MILLS: What are you talking about? What happened?
JOHN DOE: Are you listening to me, Detective Mills? I’m trying to tell you how much I admire
you… and your pretty wife Tracy.
SOMERSET: Throw your weapon, detective! Now!
MILLS (to John Doe): What did you say?
JOHN DOE: It’s surprising how easily a member of the press can purchase information from the men in your precinct.
SOMERSET: David… please…
JOHN DOE: I visited your home this morning, after you left. I tried to play husband… tried to taste the life of a simple man, but it didn’t work out. So, I took a souvenir.
SOMERSET: Give me the gun.
JOHN DOE: Her pretty head.
MILLS: Somerset…
JOHN DOE: Because I envy your normal life. Envy is my sin.
MILLS: Tell me it’s not true.
SOMERSET: I can’t let you do this…
MILLS: Put your gun down!!SOMERSET: Don’t do this… please…
MILLS: Put the gun down, Somerset!
SOMERSET: David, listen to me…
Mills goes to grab John Doe by the throat and puts the gun to Doe’s forehead, blind with rage.
SOMERSET: He wants this! He wants you to do it!
JOHN DOE: Kill me.
Doe lowers his head, waiting for execution.
MILLS (looks to Somerset): Stop it! You stay away!SOMERSET: I can’t let you do this!
JOHN DOE: She begged for her life, and for the life of your baby inside her.
Mills’ face fills with confusion — then a wave of horror. Doe’s eyes register shock.
JOHN DOE: You didn’t know.
SOMERSET: NO!
— John Doe (Kevin Spacey), David Mills (Brad Pitt), Somerset (Morgan Freeman), Se7en (1995), written by Andrew Kevin Walker
The actual scene can be seen here.
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is Protagonist-Nemesis showdowns, suggested by Jonathan.
Trivia: The original script had a strange, dwarf-like woman as part of the forensics team, appearing in every one of the “cleanups” after a murder and hurling foul language and epithets at Somerset and Mills.