After the shocking twist in the interrogation room, will Detective Dave Kujan's next day at work be the longest of his career? Will he resign, go insane, or spend the rest of his life chasing the ghost of 'Keyser Söze'?

Hah, that's such a great question. Every time I rewatch The Usual Suspects, I ponder this. Dave Kujan walking into the office the next day would absolutely be the longest, darkest day of his career. You could even say his real "interrogation" was just beginning.

We can imagine his situation from a few angles:

## Day One Back at Work: A Public Execution

Picture the scene:

Kujan, the usually arrogant, aggressive, elite detective who thought he was "the smartest guy in the room," hasn't slept a wink. He's replaying every word, every detail Verbal Kint said, piecing it together like a puzzle only to realize all the fragments came from the bulletin board on his office wall, the files on his desk, even the bottom of his coffee cup.

He walks into the precinct, and the air feels thick enough to choke on.

The Eyes of His Colleagues: Those who usually treated him with deference, or secretly resented him, now look at him with pity, mockery, and schadenfreude. He's no longer the brilliant detective; he's the laughingstock of the entire precinct, maybe even the whole law enforcement system.
His Boss's Fury: How will that FBI guy (the one he browbeat into silence) "greet" him? How will his own captain roar at him? He personally released a phantom devil and turned him into a legend. This isn't just negligence; it's disgrace.
Endless Reports and Internal Investigations: He'll have to explain everything. Every decision, every question, every moment of arrogance. He'll be grilled repeatedly. Every detail will be magnified, and every explanation will feel like another declaration of his own stupidity.

So, calling it the "longest day" is an understatement. It's the funeral of his career.

## Would He Resign, Lose His Mind, or Chase the Ghost?

I don't think these are three distinct choices. They're more like states that would happen sequentially, or even coexist simultaneously.

### 1. Would He Resign? – Not By Choice

Voluntary resignation? Unlikely. His pride and arrogance wouldn't allow him to admit defeat easily.

But the far greater likelihood is that he'd be "asked to resign" or suspended indefinitely. After a blunder this colossal, he's become a liability to the department. No one would trust his judgment anymore. His badge and gun would almost certainly be confiscated, his desk cleared out. So, it's not about whether he wants to resign; his police career is essentially terminated for him.

### 2. Would He Lose His Mind? – A Life Sentence for the Psyche

"Losing his mind" might be a bit strong, but his mental world would absolutely shatter.

The cruelest part of this film is that Keyser Söze didn't just escape physically; he utterly destroyed Kujan psychologically. Kujan's weapons were his intellect and insight, and Söze used his intellect to manipulate Kujan like a puppet, turning him into a marionette.

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

To the world, Keyser Söze might not exist. But for Kujan, he is more certain than anyone that the Devil is real, and that he personally opened the gates of hell for him.

This knowledge would haunt him like a curse, day and night. He'd sink into severe paranoia, crippling self-doubt, and PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Every seemingly harmless detail, every stranger's smile, might make him sense Keyser Söze lurking in the shadows. It's a torment worse than madness – a torment of agonizing clarity.

### 3. Would He Chase the Ghost of 'Keyser Söze'? – The Sole Obsession of His Remaining Life

This is the most probable outcome, and the one that best fits the film's darkly fatalistic tone.

When his career, reputation, and self-confidence are all obliterated, what does he have left? Only the ghost.

Hunting Keyser Söze would no longer be about justice or duty. It would be about:

Redemption: Proving he isn't a complete fool.
Revenge: For his utterly shattered dignity.
Finding Meaning: With everything else stripped away, pursuing Söze becomes his sole reason to exist.

He'd become a lone wolf, a "madman" obsessed with an urban legend. Like the cartoonist in Zodiac, he'd spend the rest of his life chasing a mystery that might never be solved. He'd scour cold cases, travel anywhere a trace might be found, but Keyser Söze, like the story he spun himself, would remain elusive, a phantom with no trail.

## Conclusion

So, Detective Dave Kujan's future, in my view, is a combination of all three:

His career died that morning (forced resignation). His mind was sentenced to life imprisonment (teetering on the edge of collapse). And the rest of his days would be consumed by a doomed, solitary hunt for the devil he personally "created" and set free – Keyser Söze.

He went from being the interrogator to a prisoner, perpetually interrogated by fate and his own memories. That's the truly chilling part of this incredible twist.