No one remembers either Diane or her mother. When she returns, her mother has vanished into thin air. A hotel doctor asks Diane to go out for medicine. You were a schemer, you had plans, and, uh, look where that got you."Into Thin Air" (also known as "The Vanishing Lady") was originally broadcast on 30/Oct/1955 as part of the first season of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.ĭiane Winthrop comes to the 1899 Paris World's Exposition and checks into a hotel with her mother. It's the schemers that put you where you are. So when I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal, you know I'm telling the truth. I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control things really are. Schemers trying to control their little worlds. Unfortunately, Dent, he's just the beginning. Let's wind the clocks back a year: These cops and lawyers wouldn't dare cross any of you, so what happened? Did your balls drop off? I know why you choose to have your "group therapy" sessions in broad daylight, I know why you're afraid to go out at night: The Batman. So, who's it going to be: Harvey Dent's most wanted scumbag collection, or the sweet and innocent civilians? You choose… oh, and you might want to decide quickly, because the people on the other boat might not be so noble. If, however, one of you presses the button, I'll let that boat live. Each of you has a remote… to blow up the other boat. Anyone attempts to get off their boat, you all die. Through the magic of diesel fuel and ammonium nitrate, I'm ready right now to blow you all sky high. Tonight you're all gonna be part of a social experiment. See, I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve. these civilized people? They'll eat each other. I'll show you, when the chips are down, these. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. But when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper. If Coleman Reese isn't dead in sixty minutes then I blow up a hospital.ĭon't talk like one of them, you're not! Even if you'd like to be. Reese spoiling everything, but why should I have all the fun? Let's give someone else a chance. The mob ground out a little profit and the police tried to shut them down, one block at a time. I had a vision, of a world without Batman. I think you and I are destined to do this forever. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. You truly are incorruptible, aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. Oh, and you know the thing about chaos? It's fair! Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds! You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all "part of the plan". Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself. "WHY SO SERIOUS?" He sticks the blade in my mouth… "Let's put a smile on that face." And… He turns to me and says, "Why so serious?" Comes at me with the knife. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. And one night, he goes off crazier than usual. You wanna know how I got these scars? My father, was a drinker, and a fiend. Would you like to know which of them were cowards? So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. In… you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. You can't savor all the… little emotions. I'm just ahead of the curve.ĭo you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. When the chips are down, these… these civilized people, they'll eat each other. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just… do things.ĭon't talk like one of them. Joker Monologuesĭo I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. He locked up half of the city's criminals, and he did it without wearing a mask. You know that day that you once told me about, when Gotham would no longer need Batman? It's coming. Well today I found out what Batman can't do. What were you trying to prove? That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you? You're alone! Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded… Sometimes the truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more.
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