[about a symbol on the blackboard as a car pulls up outside]
What's this?
O Officer
It's gibberish.
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?
Marion I have to talk to you.
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.
Ordered? You can't order me.
Marion No. No. But the governor can. He spoke to Dr. Rogers personally a few hours ago.
[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.
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.
Why did he send you down here, then?
Marion In case you'd already found him... alive.
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.
[as he, Marion, and the Marshal drive out of Haddonfield]
You didn't believe me, nobody did.
Marion I'm sorry.
Don't feel sorry for me, feel sorry for that little town back there. It'll be years before they forget this.
Marion Dr. Loomis, I think there's something else you should know.
Did you see the blackboard back there in the elementary school?
Marion Yeah.
In order to appease the gods, the Druid priests held fire rituals. Prisoners of war, criminals, the insane, animals... were... burned alive in baskets. By observing the way they died, the Druids believed they could see omens of the future. Two thousand years later, we've come no further. Samhain isn't evil spirits. It isn't goblins, ghosts or witches. It's the unconscious mind. We're all afraid of the dark inside ourselves.
Marion Dr. Loomis, please listen to me; this is very important. There's a file on Michael Myers that nobody knew about.
Marion No! No. It was hidden, sealed by the court after his parents were killed. Now after the Governor heard what happened tonight, he authorized Dr. Rogers to open it.
Marion It isn't fair. They should have allowed you to examine everything. That girl, that Strode girl, that's Michael Myers' sister. She was born two years before he was committed. Two years after, his parents died, and she was adopted by the Strodes. They requested that the records be sealed in order to protect the family!
[realizing why Michael returned home to Haddonfield]
Geez! Don't you see what he's doing here in Haddonfield?! He killed one sister fifteen years ago, now he's trying to kill the other! [remembering that he just defended Laurie from Michael a few hours ago] Tonight, after I shot him, where did they take her?
Marion The clinic.
The clinic, where-- [To the marshal] Do you know this area well?
Where is the hospital located?
Marion Dr. Loomis, we're under orders from the governor!
M Marshal
It's back on Route 17, about 3 miles.
Turn this car around now!
M Marshal
I can't do that. I've got orders.
[pulls out his pistol and points it at the marshal]
Those orders just changed!
Marion Dr. Loomis!
M Marshal
[calmly]
Doctor, you're getting yourself into a lot of trouble.
What do you fellows usually do? Fire a warning shot, right? [shoots out window. The marshal stops the car and turns it around]
[he, Marion, and the Marshal have just arrived at the hospital]
I ought to handcuff you to the wheel, but I have a feeling I'm going to need you in there. Can I trust you?
M Marshal
What have I got to lose, except my job? [the three of them exit the car]
Help... me... Help... [they walk inside without even hearing or noticing her] Help me!
[To the marshal]
Go and check all the rooms down there. Go on! [the Marshal walks down the hallway]
Marion [angrily]
Dr. Loomis!
You stay with me and shut up.
[gets to her feet and limps towards the door; she sees Michael appear and runs for the door as he slowly approaches her]
Help! [pounds on the door repeatedly while screaming "Help!"; the marshal hears her screams and runs back to the entrance] Please! Help! Please! [Dr. Loomis races to the door as Michael gets closer to Laurie]
[opening the door for Laurie]
Come on, get in!
