To be fair, Chilton was the first guy who picked up the idiot ball, and he did so in a way that actually corresponded to his character - he was in such a mad rush to a) broker the self-serving deal with Lecter and b) prove his superiority to Lecter that he forgot the pen (and it's a pen in the movie, too).
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Date: 2010-08-11 01:08 am (UTC)