Michael Strong

Detective James McLeod: At an autopsy the other day I watched the medical examiner saw off the top of a man's skull, take out the brain and hold it in his hand.

[holds out his hand]

Detective James McLeod: Like that.

Mary McLeod: Why are you telling me this?

Detective James McLeod: Because I'd give my soul to take out my brain, hold it under the faucet and wash away the dirty pictures you put there tonight.

Mary McLeod: Dirty pictures?

Detective James McLeod: Yes!

Mary McLeod: Oh, I see. I see. Yes, that would be fine... if we could. But when you wash away what I may have put there, you'll find you've a rotten spot in your brain, Jim. And it's growing. I know, I've watched it.