Dugan’s Investigation and Death

The Tommyknockers

This thread follows Butch Dugan from a reluctant partnership with Ev to a brief understanding of Haven and a fatal loss of control.

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A Case Without Answers A Case Without Answers from "The Tommyknockers". A Case Without Answers The missing troopers Dugan is assigned to investigate the disappearance of Benton Rhodes and Peter Gabbons after they return from Haven.

A Case Without Answers from "The Tommyknockers". A Case Without Answers The missing troopers Dugan is assigned to investigate the disappearance of Benton Rhodes and Peter Gabbons after they return from Haven.

A Case Without Answers The missing troopers Dugan is assigned to investigate the disappearance of Benton Rhodes and Peter Gabbons after they return from Haven. The strange scene and the town’s evasiveness deepen his concern. A personal loss He also learns that Ruth McCausland has died under suspicious circumstances. His affection for her makes the investigation personal.

Listening to Ev Listening to Ev from "The Tommyknockers". Listening to Ev An improbable warning Ev Hillman tells Dugan that David’s disappearance, Ruth’s death, and the missing troopers are connected.

Listening to Ev from "The Tommyknockers". Listening to Ev An improbable warning Ev Hillman tells Dugan that David’s disappearance, Ruth’s death, and the missing troopers are connected.

Listening to Ev An improbable warning Ev Hillman tells Dugan that David’s disappearance, Ruth’s death, and the missing troopers are connected. Dugan initially suspects a confused old man. A conditional alliance Ev persuades him to return to Haven secretly during Ruth’s funeral. Dugan agrees because he still wants to understand what happened to Ruth.

The Ship and the Air The Ship and the Air from "The Tommyknockers". The Ship and the Air Physical proof Near the excavation, Dugan becomes violently ill and loses teeth.

The Ship and the Air from "The Tommyknockers". The Ship and the Air Physical proof Near the excavation, Dugan becomes violently ill and loses teeth.

The Ship and the Air Physical proof Near the excavation, Dugan becomes violently ill and loses teeth. Ev’s oxygen apparatus helps him recover enough to see the buried spacecraft. Captured The townspeople arrive armed. Ev’s flare kills Beach Jernigan, but the group overpowers the visitors and takes Dugan to Bobbi’s shed.

The Shed’s Hold The Shed’s Hold from "The Tommyknockers". The Shed’s Hold A damaged mind Dugan enters the green-lit shed and is subjected to the Tommyknockers’ influence.

The Shed’s Hold from "The Tommyknockers". The Shed’s Hold A damaged mind Dugan enters the green-lit shed and is subjected to the Tommyknockers’ influence.

The Shed’s Hold A damaged mind Dugan enters the green-lit shed and is subjected to the Tommyknockers’ influence. His understanding, memories, and resistance are gradually diminished. Isolation follows Afterward he returns to Derry unable to retain a coherent account. The investigation loses its strongest surviving witness from inside Haven.

A Fatal Aftermath A Fatal Aftermath from "The Tommyknockers". A Fatal Aftermath A brief return Dugan wakes in his own home with fragments of memory and writes a note acknowledging his grief and regret.

A Fatal Aftermath from "The Tommyknockers". A Fatal Aftermath A brief return Dugan wakes in his own home with fragments of memory and writes a note acknowledging his grief and regret.

A Fatal Aftermath A brief return Dugan wakes in his own home with fragments of memory and writes a note acknowledging his grief and regret. His love for Ruth remains one of the few intact things he can name. Suicide He shoots himself before the broader investigation can recover him. The death is publicly framed as apparent suicide, further obscuring Haven’s role.

July 24, 1988

July 26, 1988

July 27, 1988

July 27–28, 1988

July 28, 1988