Jim is separated from his parents and taken into Ray""s inside office o be given a hearing."Somebody ought to put poison in her Epsom salts," Jim suggests.With bottled-up frustration, Jim first lightly touches, kicks, and then boxes bare-knuckled with a large wooden desk, venting his pent-up crazed energy.The original screenplay by Peter Ruric, a semi-autobiographical work, was only loosely "suggested by the immortal Edgar Allan Poe classic" (according to the film""s credits).The basement is a fearful place for them - "it gives me the creeps" according to Rosemary.To provide protection, Terry displays her mysterious, smelly and noxious "good-luck charm" [filled with tannis root] given her by Mrs." Matt promised ten seconds longer, as Gabriel told McClane as he stood behind him, with his gun pointed into his wounded shoulder, what his epitaph would be: "On your tombstone, it should read: ""Always in the wrong place at the wrong time." In a black, exposed-midriff outfit and tightly curled hair, Jean aggressively leans back on a wardrobe trunk and flirtatiously insinuates: "See anything you like?" She invites him [her Prince Charming] to pick out a pair of evening "slippers"" for her to wear.