Halloween II1981

Deputy Hunt:
[about a symbol on the blackboard as a car pulls up outside] What's this?

Officer:
It's gibberish.

Dr. Loomis:
No. It's a Celtic word. Samhain. It means "the lord of the dead." The end of summer. The festival of Samhain. October 31st.

Marion:
[entering the classroom] Dr. Loomis?

Dr. Loomis:
Yes?

Marion:
I have to talk to you.

Dr. Loomis:
Oh, I didn't recognize you. What are you doing here?

Marion:
Privately. [Dr. Loomis follows her out of the room; in the hallway, he lights a cigarette in her mouth] Thanks. Dr. Loomis, you've been ordered back to Smith's Grove.

Dr. Loomis:
Ordered? You can't order me.

Marion:
No. No. But the governor can. He spoke to Dr. Rogers personally a few hours ago.

Dr. Loomis:
[feigning surprise] The governor... [laughs] Well, well.

Marion:
Dr. Loomis, this thing is all over the state: The patient escapes once, murders three teenagers, you shoot him with a gun, he escapes again.

Dr. Loomis:
Someone should have listened to me earlier.

Marion:
I know. I'm sorry. Dr. Rogers is just afraid this could jeopardize our whole rehabilitation program. He doesn't want anyone from the mental health department anywhere near Haddonfield.

Dr. Loomis:
Why did he send you down here, then?

Marion:
In case you'd already found him... alive.

Dr. Loomis:
Tell Dr. Rogers... tell him you couldn't find me, tell him anything. I can't leave Haddonfield now.

Marion:
I'm afraid you don't have a choice. There's a Marshal waiting for you outside.