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Zodiac · 2007 — 第 15 / 30 章 · 5'05" · C1

Riverside Investigators Compare Notes, Explained：beat the bushes

Detectives from San Francisco and Riverside trade files on the Cheri Jo Bates killing, and the visit turns testy when one side doubts the case is Zodiac's. A reporter leaks a meeting, tempers flare, and someone doubts the trip paid off: "in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing."

あらすじ

San Francisco detectives travel to Riverside to compare files on Cheri Jo Bates, whose murder might be a Zodiac case. The hosts question the handwriting match and call the search a snipe hunt. Later a reporter's leak enrages the police, and the scene ends in open resentment.

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注目の表現

a snipe huntbeat the bushespin it on himcome in peace

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このシーンの表現

beat the bushes

to search everywhere for something

Avery 说自己在外头到处翻找线索、想把凶手引出来，beating the bushes 就是形容这种漫无头绪的搜寻。

Reporters beat the bushes for anyone who knew the family.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a snipe hunt

    a pointless wild-goose chase

  • pin it on him

    to blame or pin a charge on someone

  • come in peace

    to arrive with friendly intentions

このシーンのメモ一覧

98 行のセリフに 50 件のメモ

発音got screwed

elision

We got screwed.
スラング · B2got screwedWe got screwed.
表現 · B2get one's name in the paperYou do get your name in the paper a lot. People talk.
表現 · B2an open investigationI don't ever talk about an open investigation, period. Okay, Ken?
文法 · B2don't ever talk about an open investigation

simple present for a standing rule

I don't ever talk about an open investigation, period. Okay, Ken?
表現 · B2catch a ride with someonePaul Avery. Can I catch a ride with you gents when we get there?
発音catch a ride

liaison

Paul Avery. Can I catch a ride with you gents when we get there?
表現 · A2not a good ideaNot a good idea, Paul.
表現 · B1make someone do somethingHe's gonna make me take a cab when we're going to the same place.
表現 · B1thanks for having someoneGreat. Thanks for having us down today.
表現 · A2not at allNot at all. I hear you have some files for us.
表現 · B1here's what we knowHere's what we know.
表現 · B1stabbed to deathHer body's found the next morning in a parking lot, stabbed to death.
文法 · B2Her body's found the next morning

passive voice

Her body's found the next morning in a parking lot, stabbed to death.
表現 · B1might be a victimA woman outside of Modesto, might be a Zodiac victim.
文法 · B2was sent to the Riverside Press Enterprise

past passive

A typewritten confession was sent to the Riverside Press Enterprise
表現 · B1stop the game"I'm not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game.
文法 · B2should be published for all to read

should with passive

"This letter should be published for all to read."
表現 · B1call something a gameHe wants to be published. He calls it a game.
表現 · B2could be our boyI mean, this could be our boy.
表現 · A2a couple of months laterThis was found a couple of months later by a janitor in RCC storage.
表現 · B1to be honest with someoneTo be honest with you,
発音To be honest

weak form

To be honest with you,
表現 · B2get one's hands on somethingHow did Paul Avery get his hands on the exemplars?
表現 · A2talk on the phoneWe talked on the phone the other day for about an hour.
表現 · B2a guy we like for something-You don't think this is Zodiac? -We got a guy we like for it.
表現 · C1pin something on someone

to blame or pin a charge on someone

We don't have enough to pin it on him yet, but we're pretty sure it's him.
文法 · B2enough to pin it on him

enough to do something

We don't have enough to pin it on him yet, but we're pretty sure it's him.
表現 · B1try to cooperateI'm trying to cooperate.
表現 · B2take credit for somethingZodiac reads it in the paper, and he writes a letter taking credit for it.
文法 · B2writes a letter taking credit for it

present participle as adverbial

Zodiac reads it in the paper, and he writes a letter taking credit for it.
表現 · A2have done something beforeNow, that's something he's done before.
表現 · C1come for nothingBut, in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing.
スラング · C1FUBARFUBAR, gentlemen, FUBAR.
表現 · A2talk to someone about somethingWell, there's your press agent. Talk to him about it.
表現 · B2come in peace

to arrive with friendly intentions

I come in peace. I don't want any trouble.
発音come in peace

liaison

I come in peace. I don't want any trouble.
表現 · B2freak someone outand you just freaked out the entire state.
表現 · C1a snipe hunt

a pointless wild-goose chase

I have got Napa, Vallejo, and DOJ looking at me sideways and Riverside's telling me I'm on a snipe hunt!
表現 · B1does that matter to someoneThis may not be Zodiac. Does that matter to you?
表現 · C1make a case against someonebe able to make a case against their suspect because of you?
表現 · C1beat the bushes

to search everywhere for something

Tell it to Sherwood. I'm out here, beating the bushes, trying to draw him out. We're in this together.
表現 · C1draw someone outTell it to Sherwood. I'm out here, beating the bushes, trying to draw him out. We're in this together.
表現 · B2be in this togetherTell it to Sherwood. I'm out here, beating the bushes, trying to draw him out. We're in this together.
表現 · C1up one's circulationNo, we're not in anything together, Paul, because I'm not interested in upping my circulation.
表現 · B2threaten someone's lifeOh, boy. He wrote me. He threatened my life.
スラング · C1this fucking guyBeen a year-and-a-half, you gonna catch this fucking guy or not?
表現 · B2should have done somethingYou should have called me, Paul.
スラング · C1a little rat bastardOnly a little rat bastard like Andre could have done something like cut off all the victims' hands.
表現 · B1cut off somethingZodiac didn't cut off any of the victims' hands.

「Riverside Investigators Compare Notes」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is about credibility as much as evidence. The Riverside officers can't see the handwriting match at all, yet the visiting detectives need the case to fit, so the disagreement is really about who gets to define Zodiac. A reporter's involvement makes everything worse: he shares an exemplar and a meeting time, and the police see publicity where he sees cooperation. "No, we're not in anything together, Paul, because I'm not interested in upping my circulation," one detective snaps, drawing the line between the job and the story. Both sides think they are serving the truth, and neither can afford the other's version of it.

Theme

JusticeDepartments disagree over whether a killing is Zodiac's, and the fight is about whose case it becomes.
TrustA reporter's leak breaks the fragile cooperation between police and press, and nobody is in it together.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Hear name in the paper as publicity
  • Use snipe hunt for a fake search
  • Read FUBAR as totally wrecked
  • Catch show you mine as files not bodies

発音のポイント

  • got screwed — elision
  • catch a ride — liaison
  • To be honest — weak form
  • come in peace — liaison
"I'm not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game.

From a typewritten confession: the writer denies being ill, calls himself insane, and promises the killings will continue.

But, in my opinion, you guys came south for nothing.

A blunt parting shot: the Riverside hosts think the visiting detectives wasted the trip.

This may not be Zodiac. Does that matter to you?

A pointed question to the reporter, asking whether the truth of the case matters more than a good story.

No, we're not in anything together, Paul, because I'm not interested in upping my circulation.

A detective refuses the reporter's claim of shared purpose, saying he has no interest in selling more papers.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the Riverside and San Francisco police disagree?

The hosts don't see a handwriting match in the Bates evidence and doubt it is Zodiac's work, while the visitors need the case to be part of the series.

Why is the reporter's involvement such a problem?

He receives an exemplar and learns about a private meeting, then writes about it. Police see a leak that undermines the case, not collaboration.

What is the Riverside confession letter?

A typewritten note sent to a local paper claiming the Bates killing. It says the game will not stop and asks to be published, which makes reporters suspect it is Zodiac.

What happens after the letters get published?

The publicity brings a wave of false confessions, and police complain that the whole state is convinced while the attention only floods them with useless tips.

ゾディアック · 全 30 章

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