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The Silence of the Lambs Scene 22 Summary

  • While looking for the number, Bill tries to find out if the police are close to catching the killer.
  • She says no, of course, and she notices one of those creepy moths.
  • Clarice takes the safety off her gun.
  • Bill holds out the card with the number on it, as if she'll just walk over and take it.
  • She asks to use the phone, then she pulls her gun on him.
  • He runs into the other room, grabbing his own gun off the oven, where he left it, and dashing into the eerie basement.
  • Inside one of the rooms, she finds the half-completed woman suit. That is a fashion don't.
  • Clarice finds Catherine in another room, but she has to find Bill first. There's no sign of him anywhere.
  • She continues searching, finding a severely decomposed corpse in a bathtub. Mrs. Lippman, we presume.
  • Then the lights go out. Oh, crap.
  • Bill observes Clarice through night vision goggles. She fumbles in the dark and falls over.
  • He's right behind her, but she can't see him in the pitch dark.
  • Bill raises his gun and cocks it, Clarice spins around and fires, hitting Bill and shattering a blacked out window.
  • He dies on the floor, having been shot in the chest.
  • We'd say Clarice got very lucky that time.