In the back of the head.

SMECKER

And the pennies?

DUFFY

New hitman wants to leave his mark

SMECKER

That's a possibility. Y'know you

Boston cops are perking up. That's

two sound theories in one day, neither

of which deal with abnormally sized

men.

(pause)

Another possibility is that they

were placed there with religious

intent.

DUFFY

Yeah. Some cultures still put pennies

in the eyes of the dead, or silver.

SMECKER

The Greeks. The Italians.

DUFFY

The Sicilians.

DOLLY

What's the symbology there?

Smecker tosses the Idiot glance to Dolly.

SMECKER

Symbology? Well, now that Duffy has

relinquished his King Bone Head crown

I see we have an heir to the throne.

I'm sure the word you were looking

for was symbolism. What's the

symbolism there? Let me explain it

to you. In Greek and Roman mythology

when you died you would have to pay

the toll to Charon, the boatman who

ferried you across to the gates of

judgment. This made sure the dead

came to atone for what they did during

their lives, Detective...

Smecker looks at his I.D.

SMECKER

Dollapoppaskalious.

The detectives are impressed.

DOLLY (DOLLAPOPPASKALIOUS)

Holy shit. You're the first one that's

ever got that.

SMECKER

(aside)

Yeah, well... I'm an expert in name-

ology.

The detectives chuckle.

INT. PLAZA HOTEL SUITE LIVING ROOM NIGHT

Smecker is chain smoking. His clothes appear unkempt. His

eyes show emotion at every new found clue. The detectives

watch closely. He is hunched over the body of the fat man

probing his wounds with his gloved fingers. Greenly has re-

entered. He defiantly holds a cup of coffee but is too

intimidated to interrupt Smecker. He sets it down and folds

his arms.

SMECKER

I've seen burns like these before.

They used silencers. Look at these

entry and exit wounds. They're

identical.

He stands up and gives a lesson to the now eager detectives.

He points his two index fingers to the back of his own skull.

SMECKER

The two bullets went in here, through

the top of the skull, criss-crossed

and exited through the eyeballs.

This one clue tells us three distinct

facts. Number one... Duffy.

DUFFY

They shot him at a downward angle.

(makes connection)

They put him on his knees.

SMECKER

Excellent! Number two. Greenly.

GREENLY

Uh.

(thinking hard)

Shit, I, uh...

SMECKER