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In all tribal cultures, every village had a sentinel.

Now, a sentinel is chosen because of a genetic advantage.

A sensory awareness that can be developed beyond normal humans.

Your time spent in Peru has got to be connected with what's happening to you

now.

I've got hundreds of documented cases of one or two hyperactive senses, but not

one single subject was all fine.

You could be the real thing.

It's still not working.

Let's just go over it again.

Again? What's the problem now?

Well, for one thing, you got to drop that thin blue line routine, okay? Oh,

no, no, no, no, no.

Some of my best stuff, man. I'm telling you, drop it.

Look, I may be a rookie in your little dirty, hairy world here, but I'm telling

you, man, when it comes to thesis speech, I am a pro. In anthropology, the

is to convince the captain that you're studying police science.

Hell, man, I will dress up in an evening gown like J. Edgar Hoover if you

thought it would help. I want this partnership just to... Whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa.

Stop right there, Chief, okay? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. I know, I know, I

I'm never to refer to us as partners. That's right. I'm strictly the observer.

That's right. And the Sentinel stuff stays between us. I don't want anybody

finding out what's going on. Okay, fine.

All right?

What's up, man?

I thought I smelled blood.

Oh, man, you are good.

I sliced myself cutting a bagel this morning.

Man, that is great.

Did your mother ever tell you not to play with sharp objects?

The central hypothesis to my

dissertation is how the...

Quality of evidence gathering at a crime scene can affect the capture of a

perpetrator and ultimately the outcome of the trial. And you're requesting full

access to potentials to observe Detective Ellison on the job?

Well, yeah, he is the best on the force, isn't he?

Did you tell him that?

Look, Mr.

Sandberg, you don't exactly seem like the law enforcement type. What exactly

you interested in this field?

Well, I've always been fascinated with the concept of the thin blue line.

The thin blue line. Yeah, yeah, you know, it's that slender thread that

separates the lawful and the criminal elements of our society. It's a concept

that dates way back to the... I'm familiar with the concept.

Could you excuse us for a moment? I'd like to talk to Detective Ellison alone.

Yeah, sure, no problem.

I'll be right out here, man.

Thanks. Jim.

When you first told me about this guy, I was expecting an academic, not some neo

-hippie flower child with time on his hands now that the dead have broken up.

Frankly, I'm having a hard time buying that you even want him on your tail. I

hear you, Simon.

This is a family thing.

Family? Yeah, Blair's my cousin's kid.

They've been supporting him through college for the last seven years, and

figured if he finally got his doctorate, he'd go out and get a job.

And all this talk about you only working alone?

Yeah.

Look, even my mom called and begged me on this one.

As far as I'm concerned, he's just another ride -along. If anything happens

him, it's my responsibility. I take the heat.

All right, all right.

Have him go over to personnel and start the paperwork.

He can pass the security clearance. I'll sign off on it. Terrific. I appreciate

it.

Excuse me, Captain.

Daryl's here.

Oh, great. Send him in. Thanks, Rhonda. I haven't seen Daryl in years. How old

is he now?

An impossible 14.

He's been having a pretty rough time ever since Joan and I broke up.

You know, plus the usual teenage BS.

I figured this fishing trip, we might be able to work some things out.

Hey, there's my boy.

Mom wants me home for Sunday dinner.

Yeah. Okay.

Daryl, you remember Detective Ellison?

What's up?

How are you guys going to have a hell of a weekend?

Yeah, the weekend is the dopest party of the year.

Hey.

All right, now. We've had this trip planned for quite a while.

Oh, you've been planning so you don't have to go guilt -tripping about the

divorce until Mama gives you her back for the weekend. That's enough.

Look, I was hoping to get out of here by noon, but I got a call this morning

about a lunch meeting over at the mayor's office.

You mean I got to hang here?

Don't worry about it. I got you a copy of Assault Force 2.

That ought to keep you busy.

I already beat that game, Dad.

Yeah, well, this time try it without the cheat mode, okay?

I shouldn't be too long.

I'll see you then.

You be good.

You're telling me that my thin blue line wrap dish didn't put this whole thing

right over? I'm telling you that if you had listened to me, I wouldn't have had

to shovel the captain more bull than even you could dish out. Wait a minute.

didn't give him that cousin story, did you? It was a last resort.

And he bought it? Yeah, for now. But from now on, when I tell you to do

something, you do it. When I tell you to say something, you say it. The way I

tell you to say it. Okay? Are we clear? Yes, we're clear.

Very good. Hey, wait a minute, man. Time out.

Problem? Yeah, that 16 ounce cafe latte I just had is kind of banging up my

bladder.

All right.

Right down here.

I think you can trust me to handle this mission on my own, Jim. I'm sure.

Thanks, Finn. Thanks for the offer. Tough one.

Yeah. Yeah. Rescue ambulance.

Can I help you?

I tried calling you.

Where you been?

Stuck in a deposition all morning.

So where's my lunch?

You don't have to be so damn smug about it.

I just knew your sister wouldn't go through with the wedding. Right. Now, on

of canceling her shower tomorrow, I have to buy you lunch?

It wasn't my idea to bet on it.

My afternoon is packed, but if you can be ready in five minutes, I know a great

new Indian place. No, no, no. It's his wife.

I seem to recall from our married date that you love tandoori.

Well, I still do. But this afternoon, I just kind of feel like... We're not

going to Wonderburger.

My choice.

Well, that was the deal.

Meet me downstairs.

Hey, Karen. Hey. How you doing? Good. Good.

Hey, Jim.

Did you hear about Alton and Morrison?

They were just convicted for the ferry boat bombing. Live sentences for both.

That's only two of them.

Yeah, but the way Gary Kincaid disappeared, maybe the Sunrise Patriots

for good.

Maybe the sun won't rise.

They're required to read the manual, fill out the application materials, and

sign the consent form.

Great, great.

When I'm done with all this, I should qualify for a license to kill, huh?

We've got a couple of hours here, Chief, so I'm going to be leaving you in

Vera's capable hands, all right? Mm -hmm.

Vera, is that white shoulders that you're wearing?

Not too much, is it?

No, not at all. It's just that whenever I smell white shoulders, it reminds me

of my grandmother.

Your grandmother?

Right.

Don't you have someplace to go, Detective?

Right. Well, good luck.

Now, Mr.

Sandberg, the department requests all incoming personnel to submit to a drug

test. I hope that's not a problem for you. Oh, come on. Do I look like that

would be a problem?

Don't answer that.

We need a urine sample.

Now, that actually might be a problem, you see, because, um, I just went.

If you lighten up on yourself, Jim, you've got two of them put away for

nailed foot soldiers, Carolyn. Garrett Kincaid's still out there. You know,

you're not responsible for every lunatic on the loose. Says who?

This is Jim Cagg. We are on standby.

Well, that takes care of the Gestapo in the field.

Now, for the ones in the building.

Attention all field units at Central.

Attention all field units at Central.

This is an emergency mobilization.

Repeat, this is an emergency mobilization.

An airliner has crashed into the White House.

Reclamation plant just south of the airport all field personnel in the

report to sergeant Howard at the crash site immediately At

the crash site immediately

Start the lockdown.

Get your hands up. We'll stand up. Quietly leave the room through this

Follow this man.

Keep your hands where I can see them.

Move it. Move it.

May anything happen to me and your smoke?

My father's the... Please, let's just try to cooperate.

Stay alive.

Get in there.

Back off, man.

You're lucky you're a valuable hostage if you want a captain.

You're dead right now.

Come in.

Mr. Southern.

Bride. Sir.

Is our building secure?

Every entrance sealed and guarded. Elevators disabled, sir.

What about the cops in the field? All units diverted.

Jam is operating.

We got the communications completely shut down.

Looks like we got the whole city at our feet.

Anything?

It's not just my voicemail. The whole phone system's shut down.

The backup network should have kicked right in. Try 911.

It's connected.

What's wrong here?

Why

is the

gate closed?

What the hell's going on?

Charlie, get down.

Good work, gentlemen.

For once, we can say that justice will prevail.

Score one for the psychopath.

Captain Taggart, I can see that that bullet hole in your leg hadn't taught

any manners.

He needs a doctor.

Where's your daddy, boy? Getting ready to kick your ass.

David 152 to all patrol units. We have a field emergency.

Central is under siege.

Unknown number of suspects.

Assault weapons.

Any unit respond code three.

They've jammed all the channels.

Came off without a hitch.

Who's going to bring him to their knees?

Jim,

are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Maybe 18 minutes.

Has he given the demand?

I don't think Kincaid's talked to the outside yet. Talk to them like that

and they'll kill you.

These men are animals.

We can just get one of their guns. Forget it, Daryl.

We'll do what they say.

I couldn't raise anybody on the radio. Get down. You're going to get your head

blown off. It's Derek Kincaid and his men.

They sealed the building off and shut down all the communication.

Our cars can't even talk to each other. My God.

Daryl's in there. Simon, Daryl's in there.

Simon.

He's okay.

How do you know?

I saw him at the window.

He's in the squad room with the other hostages.

By now, they've got to know that he's my kid. Simon, settle down.

He's scared, but he's unharmed, and he needs you now.

You just hang in there, all right?

You know, in these hostage situations, if you survive the first assault, you

stand a pretty good chance.

You all right?

Yeah.

Sandberg's in there, too.

Took a hell of a day to get the guy his credentials.

I called you as soon as he showed up.

Poor guy's got to be word sick about that boy of his.

Ain't an elephant with him, is it? Yes, sir.

McBride, give me that phone.

Yes, sir. I'll be waiting.

The mayor's got the fire department doing a full evacuation within a two

radius. He's also going to try to get word to the governor.

Banks, sir.

Captain Banks.

Garrett Kincaid here.

All right, you listen to me, Kincaid. No, you listen.

Now, you've lost six people already.

Casualties of war.

Unavoidable. Your man, Taggart, is wounded and losing blood fast.

And that boy of yours, God love him, he needs to learn to have a little respect

for his elders.

I swear to you, Kincaid, if you do anything to hurt him... Shut up!

In 28 minutes, a helicopter's gonna land on the roof of your city jail. 28

minutes. My two men, Morrison and Alton, are POWs there.

You will release them.

In 33 minutes, that chopper's scheduled to touch down on the roof of this

building. If my men are not on that chopper, you're going to have a hell of

lot more people to bury, Captain.

Look, we have got to release some hostages before we talk about any

Send one out right now.

Go.

Hey, wait, wait. Get the hell off of me. What are you doing? Get off me. Get the

hell off of me. Get off me. Help me.

Take care.

I want those people kept safe up there.

Yeah, help me!

Help me!

Oh, no.

Get off me, damn it! Get off me! Stop it! Don't drop me, please!

Daddy, help me, please!

Please don't drop me! Please don't drop me! Please! Let go of me! Stop!

Stop! Please don't let me die!

Please don't kill me!

Daddy, help me!

Daddy!

Please don't kill me! Tim Cade, you're still here.

Right here, Captain Banks.

I'll be talking with the governor in a minute.

Good.

Now, I don't want any police, SWAT, National Guard, Salvation Army. I don't

anybody showing up. Because if they do, I'm going to have to start killing more

sworn agents to the United States Attorney.

Am I making myself clear?

And I'll tell you something, Captain.

I got a whole room full to choose from.

I understand.

that we made our point.

Please, somebody!

Somebody help me, please!

You cannot just have them roll in. People's lives are at stake.

My son has been there.

I understand, Captain, and I feel for you.

But I must also be concerned with the lives of everyone else in Cascade. I

no choice but to call in the National Guard.

Begging your pardon, ma 'am.

But Kincaid and his men are stone killers with a reputation for carrying

their threats. If the guard rolls in, we can have a bloodbath on our hands.

If six of your people are really dead, I'd say we already do.

What about the prisoners Kincaid is demanding?

They stay right where they are.

Captain Lomax in Tacoma is sending in a force to intercept the terrorist

helicopter at the Cascade Jail.

If Kincaid doesn't get what he wants, I guarantee you he'll react.

Since you're the only one who has contact with Kincaid, we're counting on

control the situation until the guard gets there.

We've gotten the local TV stations to sit on the story.

The minute people realize the police department's been rendered impotent, the

whole city could panic.

What is the current status of your force?

I wish the hell I knew.

This is crazy.

We've got to go back.

Not without a command from higher up, we don't.

What's the latest on the wire?

The same.

I can't believe we're going to just sit here.

We'll do our best, Governor.

She wants us to keep things as calm as we can until the guard arrives.

In less than 25 minutes, Kincaid is going to realize that his men aren't

to be making their flight to freedom.

And then the guard arrives.

Either one of those events is enough to send that psycho off on a killing spree.

What options do we have?

Well, I can get in the building and take my chances.

With his men crawling all over the place?

Carolyn's right, Jim. They got that place sealed up tight.

Look, there's got to be something we can do here.

Tom, you have a fax machine, right?

Who doesn't?

Carolyn, get on the phone with Public Works. Have them fax over a map of the

sewer system in a four -block radius of the station.

Sorry, folks. Got a gas leak in the area. We need everybody to clear out.

police business.

Let's go.

Look up before you leave. The factory's in the office in the back.

Gas leak, huh?

Good story.

Nolan here. We got a bogey in the building.

lying to Denise and Jill and, um... Oh, yeah, and Ann. And Ann, too, right?

Has that changed?

I've got some change.

No! Don't! You!

No!

No!

He had to clean his damn trunk out one of these days.

I know that it is somewhere.

Ah, here we go.

Hold this.

Give me a hand with this. All right.

Watch your fingers. Yeah.

I should have took Daryl with me.

I should have left him with his mother.

Instead, I left him in the middle of this mess.

Simon, those are our friends in there. Go watch out for him.

As best they can.

How do you think your buddy Sandberg's doing? It's hard to say. I don't know

all that well.

Isn't he your cousin's kid?

Yeah, uh, who just didn't see us out of the family that much, you know?

Come on.

Man, it stinks.

You all right?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Jim?

I know.

Be careful.

Let's go.

this, Simon.

Do you think you're overreacting a bit?

Just give me a minute to tackle it, will you?

Looks like we want to head down this way.

That should take us to this opening right here in the garage.

Come on.

That floor's good.

What's the condition on Van Dyke?

Still trying to bring him around.

I want that intruder found, Nolan.

Immediately, all right?

Now move it. Yes, sir.

You hang it in there, okay?

Man, why did my dad do anything?

I'm sure he's doing whatever he can do.

Yeah, but he just stood down there looking up at me.

Wishing he could trade places.

But he didn't do jack.

Don't sell your dad a short.

I guarantee you're the only thing he's thinking of.

Hey, shut up over there!

There should be a bin to the left right here.

We're running out of time, Jim.

Where's my gasoline?

Where's the nearest gas station here?

Not any gas station.

The pump's in the garage.

We're going to have to move fast, Jim.

The security cam's looking our way.

Any sign of the bogey?

No, but he took Van Dyke out with a vending machine.

What?

A vending machine, and Garrett's pissed.

What was Van Dyke doing at a vending machine?

I don't know.

Van Dyke, the boy's an idiot.

That's Ellison.

Jennings, there's an intruder in the garage. You're level.

Copy that.

I'm on my way.

Simon, the door!

Those better be our guns, I hear.

Yes, sir. That was our old buddy Ellison trying to be a hero.

Jennings took them out, but we lost our video in a firefight.

That's all right.

Good work, Jennings.

Thank you, sir.

Jim!

Looked like a good catch.

Yeah, right to the net.

Give me that thing.

Commander, I've got Walters on the ground to air.

We have a problem.

Talk to me, Walters.

I'm circling the jail, Commander.

No sign of Alton Morrison or anyone.

I can't believe they're messing with me on this. What more do they need to see?

Nolan? Sir?

Use the tow.

Yes, sir.

Hey, Kincaid, I got company. There's a police chopper coming up on my rear.

Take defensive action, Walters.

You're insane.

Relative to what, Captain?

We're ready to launch, sir.

Do it.

Kincaid just found out he's not getting what he wants.

Let's see if that didn't bring him around.

They've killed the elevator.

We're taking the stairs.

I've got the keys.

No, no.

It's been well and shut. There's still one. Come on.

There's still one?

Jim!

and called back.

My guess is that he's done talking.

If he does contact you, inform him I'm releasing Alton and Morathon.

Governor, we could have a chance of stopping this on our end.

Could isn't good enough.

The potential for loss of life has become unacceptable.

If we hadn't evacuated the area, do you realize how many casualties we'd be

dealing with?

My God, I never imagined we'd be facing such firepower.

With your permission, I'd like to continue our efforts here.

Do what you can, Captain.

And good luck.

Governor, are you sure releasing these men is the right decision?

I have no choice.

It's okay. Just dear Kundalini breathing.

Maybe if Kincaid gets what he wants, he'll walk away.

This whole nightmare will be over.

You believe that?

No.

Not really.

Don't believe that.

Okay.

Just picture yourself there.

Let's use the elevator for cover.

You the mole that took out two of my men?

In this militia, that's considered a capital offense.

Hey, man, you don't want to do that, believe me. I'm worth more to you as a

hostage than a dead body. More than you think that your sorry ass is worth

anything to anybody, huh?

Banks sent me in.

You're a cop?

Yeah.

Lieutenant Tanberg, narcotics.

I've been teamed with Allison.

He's telling the truth, Kincaid.

Shut up!

Commander!

Commander!

Go, Walters.

They just brought out our POWs. I'm dropping down to retrieve them, sir.

Good work, Walters.

Sometimes all it takes is just a little persuasion.

Looks like the execution's off.

I guess I could use a man like you.

I think old Officer Jackson's going to be needing himself a new ride.

What the hell was that?

McBride!

I don't know, sir. It must have been the lobby. Smoke alarm's going crazy.

Hopkins?

Get down there and kill who's ever in my building. Yes, sir.

Get up there.

you know he was back there.

Couldn't you smell him?

Too much skin, Bracer.

Come on.

We gotta move, Simon. The chopper's coming in.

I still don't hear anything.

I guess you'll be limiting the meeting.

This is it.

We will evacuate as planned.

Mr. Natural here is coming with me.

He's my protector.

They're planning to evacuate.

You can hear him there?

victory, gentlemen.

Now, we will rendezvous at Camp Liberty as planned.

All right?

Congratulations, guys.

I'm proud of all of you.

Move out.

Let's go.

McBride.

You two stay here.

What?

Nolan will pick you up downstairs as planned.

It shouldn't take you more than 30 seconds to execute these hostages.

Garrett, we never thought about killing all the hostages. This is war.

There are no prisoners.

There are no witnesses.

You know that.

That's so cool. You're one of the lucky ones. You're coming with me.

pregnant.

Hey. I thought I told you to be careful, you bum.

I was careful, wasn't I, Simon?

Extremely careful. Help me with this, won't you? I am not with these guys. I

Detective Ellison's partner.

It's okay, guys.

He's on our team.

Did you say I was on your team?

Strictly as an observer.

Right, right.

As an observer, strictly. Of course.

Come here, Jim.

Hi.

Would you mind?

All right, Jim. What's going on here?

What do you mean?

You were awesome today. I've never seen anything like it. You were hearing

things I couldn't hear, smelling things I couldn't smell. I mean, level with me,

will you?

All right.

Over the past couple of weeks, I've had these sensory things going on.

Things I couldn't control.

It turns out I've got what can only be described as hyperactive senses.

What, you mean like a Superman thing?

No, no, no. It's all perfectly natural, Simon.

Yeah, and your friend Sandberg. Well, he's really an anthropologist. He's made

study of people like me in pre -civilized cultures.

Pre -civilized cultures?

Right. He wants to observe me so he can help me figure out a way to deal with

this.

Too much information right now, right? I can imagine.

So I'll tell you what.

In a couple of days when we get this mess cleaned up and things return for

passes for normal around here, I want both of your butts in my office and you

tell me exactly what's going down, all right? Yes, sir.

But now I think I'm going to go give a hug to my son.

That's a good idea.

You told him, didn't you?

Yeah, I had to.

What happened? Did he, like, freak or what?

No. I actually think it's all going to turn out to be just fine.

Greg, Greg, just one more thing I've got to ask you. What's that?

This wasn't like a typical date for you, was it?

Well, is it?