didn't realize you were able to
It's good, Ross. I didn't know you could cook.The Thin Blue Line · 1988 — 第 6 / 20 章 · 2'24" · B1
Randall Recounts the Motel Night, Explained：acting strange
Randall walks through the night of the killing minute by minute: a movie David wanted to finish, the drive back, cigarettes and a newspaper at the motel, a few words with a kid looking for work, then home to a sleeping brother. "He's acting strange," he says of David, a detail the case will lean on.
あらすじ
Randall describes the evening step by step: after a movie, he and David drive back to Dallas and stop at the motel, where Randall buys cigarettes and a newspaper. He chats with a kid looking for work and tells him to come by Monday. At home, his brother is asleep and the TV is on; Randall eats a sandwich and falls asleep.
注目の表現
got to tryacting strangelean againstlooking for a job
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このシーンの表現
acting strange
behaving oddly
Recalling the night, the speaker says his companion seemed off before they left.
You're acting strange today, is something wrong?
このシーンの他の表現
- got to try
must give it a try
- lean against
rest one's weight on
- looking for a job
trying to find work
- showed up
arrive, turn up
このシーンのメモ一覧
30 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
Link know and you so it sounds like one word.
It's good, Ross. I didn't know you could cook.must give it a try
At the table someone pushes a homemade dish on the guest, warm and a little proud.
You got to try my celery rémoulade.anyhow — Spoken filler to change or close a topic.
He's acting strange, he wanted to watch the end. Anyway, we left.drive back in the direction of
We drove back towards Dallas and we drove to the motel.one packet of something
There's a little store. I bought a pack of cigarettes...remaining in the same place
And when I left, this kid was still sitting there.young guy — Casual for a young person; too loose in formal talk.
And when I left, this kid was still sitting there.at the workplace
and there hadn't been anybody at work...past perfect: Hadn't been points to an earlier past with nobody there, setting the background.
and there hadn't been anybody at work...come by again
that if he wanted to stop back Monday morning...the time I start work
I told him what time I went to work. Why, I left.go on foot around a place
I walked around the store and went to the house.the entire time
He had been home this whole time that I had been gone.relative clause: The that-clause modifies this whole time and says which stretch of time it was.
He had been home this whole time that I had been gone.Both had and been reduce, so keep them light.
He had been home this whole time that I had been gone.made myself — Southern US informal for made myself.
So I made me a sandwich...time clause: The when-clause fixes the moment the show ended and the news began.
When it went off, the news came on and I watched 15 minutes of it.fall asleep
And that was it. I turned the TV off and went to sleep.Stress TV and glide over the surrounding words.
And that was it. I turned the TV off and went to sleep.call someone in
Finally, they bring in a stenographer.「Randall Recounts the Motel Night」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is an alibi delivered as routine, and its power is in the small, dull details. Randall narrates the night in order — the movie, the drive back, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper — as if the point were to show he had nothing to hide. The one crack he notices is David: "He's acting strange, he wanted to watch the end." It is the only odd note in an evening of ordinary things. Then the story continues past the crime, quietly: he walks home, finds the television on and his brother asleep, makes a sandwich, watches the end of The Carol Burnett Show and fifteen minutes of news, turns off the TV, and goes to sleep. The later section, where a stenographer is brought in and the story is run through again, shows the same account being shaped into a record. Nothing here raises its voice; the whole case, as the film frames it, may hang on how flat it sounds.
Theme
MemoryThe scene is testimony: an ordinary night recalled in careful order, every small detail offered as proof that the account is true.
JusticeAn innocent man lays out his whole evening for the record, and every flat detail is meant to keep him out of the case.
このチャプターで学べること
- A flat recap can pin down a night better than drama would.
- Small promises like Monday morning decide real cases.
- An ordinary evening can hide the last time someone was seen.
- Casual filler keeps a spoken account moving.
発音のポイント
- know you could — Link know and you so it sounds like one word.
- had been home — Both had and been reduce, so keep them light.
- turned the TV off — Stress TV and glide over the surrounding words.
It's good, Ross. I didn't know you could cook.A light aside that opens the chapter: praise for a meal, offered by someone surprised that the other person can cook.
He's acting strange, he wanted to watch the end. Anyway, we left.The one detail that stands out in an otherwise ordinary night: David does not want to leave the movie, and his behavior is odd enough to mention.
I told him that I would catch him Monday morning if he showed up.Randall's offer of a job and a time to meet: a small kindness that also fixes him to a time and place.
He had been home this whole time that I had been gone.He underlines that his brother never left the house, an alibi detail that depends on someone else staying put.
And that was it. I turned the TV off and went to sleep.The flat close of the night: nothing dramatic, just television off and sleep — the ending of an alibi told as an anticlimax.
このシーンについての質問
Where was Randall Adams on the night of the murder?
By his account, he and David went to a movie, then drove back to the motel, where he bought cigarettes and a newspaper and talked to a kid looking for work. He says he was home asleep by the end of the night.
Why does the detail about his brother matter?
Randall points out that his brother had been home the whole time, which supports his story that he came in and found him asleep. It is a small check on an alibi built from ordinary details.
What does David do that Randall finds strange?
At the movie, David insists on staying to watch the end, even though Randall wants to leave. Randall calls it acting strange, and it becomes one of the odd details the case will seize on.
What happens when the stenographer arrives?
Someone is brought in to take down the account, and the story is run through again, telling them what happened that Saturday. The scene shows a spoken night turning into an official record.
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