"Your daughter loves anal? Sorry, just projecting."





If that isn't enough to creep out his prospective boss Raymond's "qualifications" leave even less to be desired. His experience is limited to watching movies. That doesn't worry Mitford one bit as he hires him anyway simply based on the notion that Raymond will try really hard. With that finished, it's time to open the theater again!





Yep, sounds perfectly wholesome.





Raymond, sporting a cool Conan the Barbarian comic book shirt, stumbles around the projection room trying to get the movie ready. It must be a pretty boring town because the theater is packed to see this documentary about — what else? — eating habits of animals. Two eyes peer out from the darkness and then a hand attaches a cable to some wires sticking out of a junction box labeled "projector". When Raymond goes to change the reel he's electrocuted along with a surge burning the rest of the film. The crowd goes apeshit even though it sounded like the movie was ending anyway. Mitford and Jan rush upstairs to break the current coursing through Raymond's body. When the power is shut off an eerie scene is backlit from behind the theater screen:





To everyone's dismay, it was not Neil Patrick Harris.





A turkey leg was hidden in his mustache.





Wombat and his partner Mulligan resemble shady used-car salesmen rather than cops. While investigating the back room where the hanging man was found, Wombat notices the old man who lives across the street loitering in the hallway and he gruffly asks what the hell he's doing out there, sorta scaring him away. Perhaps you should question him? A man was just murdered for fuck's sake! Mulligan cuts the hanging man down and they send the corpse to the lab for an analysis.



Mitford tells Jan that the hanging corpse was identified as Crawford, the former owner of the Crest. They argue about reopening the theater even with everything that's happened. Wombat is called over to the house for some back story as to why the old man is obsessed with the the theater. The shot is framed perfectly:



Two corpses and a ruined Grand Opening later, Mitford tells Jan that they have to reopen the theater despite the unfortunate events. He chalks up Raymond's death, ironically, to a kid that didn't know what he was doing — a fact Mitford willfully ignored. He leaves for the police department to see if the hanging man was identified. While washing dishes, Jan looks up and sees the old man that lives across the street staring back at her through the window. The old man scampers off. Agitated, Jan goes across the street to confront the oddball. He's not home but the front door is unlocked allowing her a look inside. There's a picture of Jean Harlow on the wall. Jan returns to the theater and finds the man sitting alone in the balcony. She threatens to call the police for spying on her. He tells her that his brother worked here and starts going on about getting burned in a fire and a man named Crawford. He skulks away crying about "Ben". Jan investigates the projection room seen in the opening credits and sees that it's decorated with pictures of Jean Harlow. One picture in particular grabs her attention because it bares more than a passing resemblance to her daughter Jeannie.Mitford tells Jan that the hanging corpse was identified as Crawford, the former owner of the Crest. They argue about reopening the theater even with everything that's happened. Wombat is called over to the house for some back story as to why the old man is obsessed with the the theater. The shot is framed perfectly:

Pornography, damn you! The close-ups on each mouth really drives it home, ya think? Mitford assures Knuckle that he'll run only the most sterilized family-fare movies so as not to offend the working class provincials. They begin the process of cleaning up the theater and prepping it for reopening on Saturday. While Mitford is away Jan hears noises coming from upstairs and thinks it must be a rodent infestation. That same day she sees an older man standing in the lobby and when she talks to him he tells her — in aexaggerated stutter — that he lives across the street from the theater and that they mustn't open it again. Jan goes to answer the phone and when she returns the man is gone.Mitford needs to hire a projectionist and Raymond arrives in his office for an interview. To bad he seems more occupied with Mitford's daughter Jeannie's ass:Seeing this, the audience goes fucking berserk and storms out of the theater. This is the most goddamned sensitive town in America! The police arrive to investigate the matter. Enter the Wombat!