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If my colleague would just read the
record. There's no need to be sarcastic,

Miss Vincent.

What else can I do when you refuse to
admit the fact?

Mr. Leandro and his cronies are criminal
thugs. I object.

I object. You have no right to make
these false, these slanderous

have the floor.

I have the right to say whatever I want.
No, you don't. You do not have the

right to make a libelous statement. Call
security, please. I want to file

charges against this man.

Order.

Order, everyone, and that includes you
folks as well.

I will not tolerate such behavior in
this council.

We are all of us representatives of a
great city, a city with a proud history.

Can we just soil that?

Regardless of our differences, we will
conduct... business according to the

rules of this chamber.

It's what makes us civilized, what gives
us hope for a better future for our

children. As for myself, I will be so
happy when we finally vote on this

volatile issue.

Do we award the Metropolitan Center
contract to the Andro Construction?

I'll call for a vote next week.

Until then, this session is ended.

So how do you think the council's going
to vote? My client is confident that the

contract will be awarded to Leandro
Construction.

What about the extortion charges?

Is your client going to be indicted? We
will not discuss legal matters in

public. I like that you haven't judged.
I would advise against that, sir. I'm a

legitimate businessman, and contrary to
what you've heard, I'm not surrounded by

thugs. My lawyer here is the well
-respected Russell Doyle. My head of

is Mr. Lewis Geeves, who you all know is
one of the most highly decorated police

detectives in the history of this city.

Tough men?

Yeah. Thugs?

No.

Oh, Lisa, would you come into my office?
I need you.

Lisa.

Dear Lisa. Well, the money's on the
table.

Leandro needs your vote.

He sure does.

Hamilton, there are a few items I need
to go through with you. All the people

your personal list are confirmed for
your party.

Sent news releases to all the outlets
again.

Got that interview with Channel 6 and...
a special piece in the daily, only they

couldn't give me the exact date. Oh,
that's too bad.

Hamilton, we agreed that our
relationship was going to remain

professional from now on.

This is very exciting.

Opportunity is knocking. You're part of
the team, and I like to take care of my

team. Let me put it this way, Lisa.

You don't want to get cut from the team
at this stage of the game, do you?

This is a Super Bowl.

Funny, I remember when you used to like
this.

I want to hurt him so bad, Jonah.

I hate him for what he's done to me.

Would you die for me?

Would

you

steal from me?

Leandro's going to pay.

Do you mind keeping him on?

A lot of money.

Money isn't everything.

But it's something.

It hurt doing that shit. Jonah, we need
that money.

And it could change our lives.

Attention all units, 1091 in progress in
the vicinity of Santa Fe and Alameda.

Proceed with extreme caution.

Do you ever think I'm just stupid? All
the time.

What kind of party have we got here,
anyway?

Lone psycho, make rifles.

Killed two across the street, maybe
more. Says he's going to take as many as

can before he kills himself.

Well, that's smart.

I think we're well done here. How about
we just hang back, wait for some more

backup? Sounds good to me.

I got a list for life and five
lotteries. There he goes.

Don't let him get to the other side!

Go, go, go, go!

P .D., the poor snooker's got to go down
there after him.

You know, I think some of these lines
lead to the subway system.

He gets to the station, we're going to
have a bloodbath.

Y 'all!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Stay down for the time.

You hear me?

Stay down, man!

Hold it, boy.

Very thorough job, Inspector Mance.

What am I supposed to do with you?

Every time you end up in an altercation,
people end up in body bags.

It was the only way to handle it, sir.

You know what kind of mess you got me
into here?

Sir, Jonah was the only... Shut up! Keep
her out of this!

Admit it, Mance.

You like killing people, don't you?

How many people have died because of
you?

Why'd you shoot him after he was down?

Because he pissed me off.

Keep it up, Mance. I'll have your badge.

You want my badge?

Is that what you want?

Come on, let me make it easy for you.

Here, you can have my badge.

It's yours.

You never should have let him get to the
station.

Escapito!

about your heroics.

Now, does the department suspend you or
commend you?

Let me guess.

I just come to talk, Jonah.

So who's stopping you?

We were great as partners once, you
know.

Now it could be even better.

We could run this city.

I'm not interested.

Give it up, man.

It ain't worth it.

Look at you.

Ten years as an honest cop.

Ten years of fighting and killing and
crawling for the stinking gutters of

city.

Promotions, accommodations, even an
honor from the mayor.

And what good's it done you, huh?

When you're through, when you can't take
it anymore, they're going to toss you

away like trash.

Yeah.

Jonah, I know you deserve better.

Yeah, maybe you're right.

But not your way.

So it's a steal from me.

It would change our lives.

Welcome to the scene of the crime,
officer.

So, this is where the great man at
work's manner of speaking.

Ready?

Whoa.

We're going to need somebody good for
this one.

Is that going to be a problem?

I don't think so.

Is it not beautiful?

Say cheese.

Now you say cheese.

Oh, I hate that.

You are a bad boy.

Give me my coffee.

Do you think that's too much to ask? I
don't know what you think.

Idiots. Every morning I have coffee.

Every morning I got a hat.

I'm going to get it right by now.

How's it hanging, man? Been a long time.

Long time, I'll say.

You know, it really pisses me off to
think of you being free. How the hell

you manage it? I don't know. Lucky, I
guess. I'm going to pay for a good

Look, I'm looking for somebody who can
open a safe.

Somebody good. The best you know. Whoa,
whoa, whoa. Excuse me. I am totally

legit. What are you doing to me?

I didn't do anything.

Ow. Ow.

I'm sorry.

I'm just not a very patient man these
days.

I want a name and a dress. I want it
now.

Now!

It's eight o 'clock here. I don't know
who he is, I swear. He just delivers,

collects, and disappears.

Hester tried to tail him once, but he's
way too slick.

You know, Hester, she can't get out of
my hand.

I don't know. I just hope you're right.
I'm right. Believe me. It's eight o

'clock.

Do me a favor. Don't get me involved,
all right? I've got a reputation to

What are you doing? You're supposed to
be here protecting me! You flirt!

Clean the whole friggin' place.

Pick up!

You're on business or pleasure?

Business, of course. Check it.

Nice, huh?

Well, you sure do good work.

$50 ,000.

Yeah.

I'll have it for you tomorrow.

I said on the phone upon delivery.

Yeah, no, I know, but I could make it to
the bank in time. If something happens,

you know how things come up. Yeah. I can
give you $10 ,000 if you're strung out.

No. $20 ,000.

25 now, 25 tomorrow, as soon as the bank
opens up. I promise.

Show me.

By the way, is he looking for you? He?

Yeah, at the bar. Got with a brown
leather jacket. Very unattractive dude.

How accommodating of you, sir.

Excuse me, but I had nothing to do with
it, I swear.

You know, I don't believe you. I'm doing
you a favor here.

No, this guy, Nance, is dangerous.

Dangerous? Ooh, tremble and shake.

I'll be back tomorrow.

You're sick, you know that? Yeah, I hope
this doesn't affect our, you know,

business relationship.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

Help me out.

Help me out.

Stop that.

Okay, Chandler Etheridge.

I gotcha.

Hi.

I'm looking for Dr. Etheridge.

Dr. Chandler Etheridge.

Who may you be, sir?

I'm Dr.

Allen. He said to stop by.

Oh, tell the doctor I'm the one he met
on the train last night.

Dr. Etheridge, Dr. Allen's here to see
you.

Dr. Etheridge?

Yeah. He says he met you on the train
last night.

Yeah, I'll speak with a good doctor.

Yes,

Dr. Allen, what can I do for you?

Now we're going to see how good you
really are.

I'm impressed.

The valo must pay you very well.

Oh, I don't make that much money.

Now we can walk out of here like old
buddies, or I could put a pair of these

you.

Lead the way, pal -o -mine.

You drive.

I'm sure you can get a company car.

I'm sure I can.

I've been a cop for 12 years.

Got citations up the wazoo. Been honored
by the mayor twice, suspended three

times. Been shot four, still got one in
me.

I've killed more bad guys than any two
men on the department combined.

And I can still remember every one of
the damn faces.

And all these years, I never took a
dime.

Your share is $1 million in cash.

Do I have a choice?

Hey, you always got choices. Life's full
of them.

Let me make it easier for you, though.

Zyro's gonna sing in three -part
harmony.

You'll be looking at 15 years.

I say they'd put a little damper on your
career.

15 years.

Why do you want to do that to me?

I don't.

I want you to open a safe, collect your
money.

Then go back to doing whatever it is you
do.

When do we start?

Right now.

Tell me something.

How does a man of your obvious limited
intellect catch someone like me?

Experience. You can't beat it.

It's the heart.

An hour before the meeting, one of
Leandro's people will deliver the payoff

Nichols' office.

The honorable councilman will then lock
the money in this safe,

turn on his alarm system, lock his honor
off his door, and with his entire

staff, take the elevator down to the
first floor where he'll call for a vote

he can.

Once the vote's been cast, have Bell
honor the meeting, get his money, and

the police escort head straight for the
airport and a plane for the Grand Cayman

and a friendly bank.

I figure it'll take up an hour or more
to get in and out.

Here.

Meet me there tomorrow at 1 p .m.

I have a job, you know.

Take a day off and bring a list of
anything you're going to need.

Are you sure he's good?

Yeah, good bastard.

Is that a problem?

No. No problem.

Sligo says he's the best.

And he's more than good enough.

Is he not about me?

No, no.

Unless he knows it better off.

I'm ready.

That's a wonderful fragrance.

Thank you.

Seems to be stuck.

It is.

Well, maintenance will fix that.

Oh, no, it's totally disabled.

I...

Don't know what this is about, but I
better warn you that I work for

Hamilton Nichols. Yes, I know, dear. In
fact, I know all about you. You were

born in Baltimore.

Your mother and father divorced when you
were 10.

Do you really do PR work for the
Councilman, or are you just his

Who are you?

Your new partner.

Shall we take a ride?

If you don't let me out of here, I will
scream.

Oh, come on. We both made up screaming
today.

Oh, and what type am I?

Beautiful. Smart and ruthless, just like
me.

Nice little touch.

A bit morbid, your boyfriend, picking a
place like this for a hideout, don't you

think? I don't know what you're talking
about. Really?

No correction.

Nice little prowl.

What is this all about?

What is this all about?

What's a guy like man?

A policeman doing a job for a woman like
you.

What is he planning today? Run off with
you?

Some little island in the tropics? Start
a chartered boat service, maybe?

All right. Okay.

Let's cut the crap and get to the point
of all this.

The point of all this is quite simple.

I don't like being blackmailed and shown
up by a policeman with a community

college education.

Step over there in the light for me,
please.

Step over there in the light for me.

Where's your boyfriend?

He's 15 minutes late.

You are mad, aren't you?

Genius is a definite madness. Yes, take
off your clothes.

What? I said take off your clothes.

Oh, he will kill you.

Take them off.

Then take the gun away from my face.

Very good, Mance. You're pointing the
gun.

There's a bathroom through there.

How the hell did he pull that off?

He said he was good.

Good's one thing, but this, I didn't
give him nothing.

You should get someone else. Not enough.

Not enough time.

He'll do all right. I can handle him.
Yeah, so I handle him.

Hey, I'm not going to let anything
happen to you, you hear me?

This is really inconvenient.

Let's not even consider the blackmail
aspect. Your planning has been nil. Your

target uncertain and quite dangerous.
The task is vague and the time frame is

ludicrous. And two of the three
participants are amateurs.

And the third's got a death wish.

On the basis of this data, the safe I
can do. But to get in and out, I'm going

to need blueprints, invoice of all the
alarm systems. Schematics would be nice.

I'm going to need access to the service
garage with equipment and access to that

service station we saw yesterday.

Am I correct in assuming that you can
get me these things?

Maybe.

When do you need them?

Tomorrow. I have parts to order.

Okay, you know where to find them.

What?

Well, well, well, well. Look who finally
decides to show up.

Some of us have work to do around here,
Dermot.

Eva, I honestly have not decided yet how
I'm going to vote on this. But you

know, this way I get you and all those
lobbyists to come to my party tonight.

I'll be there. Wonderful.

Mike, would you go with Councilwoman
Vince Thad and get those reports that I

agreed to read a second time?

Yes, sir.

Okay. I'll see you later.

Kathy, did you ever get that RSVP from
Mr. Moore?

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

I thought

you were going on

vacation, huh?

Yeah, I...

I thought I was going on a long
vacation.

Sorry, it's been canceled.

Rance!

How long did it take you to reach the
initial scene of the crime?

I don't know.

I wasn't checking my watch.

Have you been having stress at home
lately?

Do you drink?

The only stress I have is talking to
people like you two.

And only the good stuff.

Coffee, glass.

Why did you go down by yourself?

Because nobody else was going down on
me.

Joke. Why did you continue to fire after
the suspect had fallen?

Because he scared me.

All right.

I mean, what's with you two anyway? I
told all this shit to Baring already.

Do you have dreams?

Nightmares?

No sense of humor, guys.

Thank

you.

You want me to go to Chandler's place?

It'll be okay. Just tell me to bring
everything over to TII.

He won't try anything there.

Just give him the stuff and go home. And
call me as soon as you get back to your

place, okay?

May I?

As soon as you get back.

Okay.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

You know, we're very proud of our Dr.
Etheridge here at Technological

Industrial.

Really? Yes, his latest design helped us
win our first non -defense contract.

And these days, that's super important
for a company like ours.

I can imagine.

You know, Margaret, we're very fortunate
to have him.

Here we are.

Remember, CII is shuttle to the future.
Have a productive day. Thank you.

Come in.

It is you. Come on in.

Would you accept my apology?

My, uh... Asking you to take off your
clothes the other day was inappropriate.

Yes, it was.

I know you understand, though, that I'm
not in on this by choice.

Oh, and that is your excuse.

I have no excuses.

How far would you have gone?

As far as you'll let me.

I knew the gun wasn't loaded.

Really?

Watched you put it together.

Remember?

Good catch.

So I brought everything you asked for.

These are the invoices for the alarm
systems.

Some blueprints.

Minutes for the ears.

council meetings, security clearance for
allied security consultants.

Jonah will bring all the keys that
you'll need.

Like I said, pick that.

Now, by computing the thickness and the
quality of the metal along with the

noise level of the tumbler, I can design
a listening device that will find the

combination in less than 15 minutes.
Now.

By using invoicing schematics, I can
identify all the alarm systems and find

most efficient means which to override.

How do we get access to these thoughts?

Brilliant.

Now, we compute in the distance from
location along

with practice and test time.

We should be able to pull it off for
time's fair.

What do you think?

Hey.

Hi. How's it going?

Oh, I'm having a ball.

Just all the calls?

Oh, yeah, that's it.

Shut up.

Hi, this is Lisa Cantrell. I'm not here
right now, so please leave a message.

What's going on here?

What? Fine.

Yeah,

hold on.

little caper.

This is excellent Burgundy.

Is this Le Mont Truchet?

I know my wine.

Your personnel file says that's a family
trait.

A man like Mance must make a woman like
you feel safe.

Only a fool would underestimate Jonah.

He doesn't love you.

Oh, yes, he does.

No, he doesn't.

He couldn't possibly love you. He
doesn't even understand.

Yeah, where have you been? I'm sorry. I
got caught in traffic, and then I had

some errands to run for Hamilton.

Well, how'd it go with her?

It was fine.

You sure? I mean, did he try anything?

No, everything's fine.

I'm going to come over, okay?

No, Jonah, please.

I'm running late. I've got to get to the
party.

Sweetie, can you call me in the office
tomorrow?

Hi.

Hi. You're late.

I know. I know. I'm sorry.

Was it worth it?

No kidding.

You look sensational.

Excuse me.

last -minute negotiations.

Your attention.

Please can I have your attention?

Thank you. And now the host of this
evening, Hamilton Nichols.

Tony, you shouldn't be here.

Really? Why not?

I'm just as crooked as they are, aren't
I?

Stop it. No, you stop it. And you tell
me what the hell happened.

Why do you think something happened?

The press is still here. I'd like to
make an announcement.

Never mind. There's an issue before the
council which has caused a terrible...

Tony, nothing happened. I brought him
the papers.

He apologized. I left. End of story.
Okay?

Hey! Don't patronize me, all right? Yes,
you are.

No. Why should I?

Why? Just why?

As council president, and I'm sure with
the backing of the entire board, I am

moving up the vote on the Metropolitan
Center to this Wednesday's council

session.

and we're going to have to work around
the clock and take some shortcuts.

What kind of shortcuts?

Well, I'm going to have to jerry -rig
some of the circuit boards, and you're

going to have to help me steal some TIA
equipment.

up for some breakfast. You want
anything?

What?

You look like shit, Jonah.

What is your entourage?

Just you and me.

Like old times, huh?

Yeah.

I saw you with that girl.

She's Nickel's secretary, I think. Hey!

Let's cut to the chase.

Leandro and Nichols.

I gotta know if you've taken them down.
Because if you are, I gotta put some

distance between me and them.

You owe me, Jonah.

Ready?

You're going to get me in trouble.

I'm going to get you finished.

I'm all finished here. I'm going to go
home and get some sleep.

Be ready to go first thing in the
morning.

Hey, Lisa.

Good night.

Good night.

Spot is right.

Something happened.

Jonah, we have to talk.

We have nothing to talk about.

Jonah, he could have gotten out of the
blackmail bank any time. It's just a

to him. He doesn't care about the money.
He just wants me to get at you, Jonah.

I know.

It's okay.

He plays with me. It's okay.

What am I gonna say to you right now?

How you doing, Zylo? Hi.

How you doing?

You know, I would have laid eyes on you
again. Yeah?

You would have loved a little Esther.
Really?

What happened to Mads?

Who's Mads?

You're a funny guy.

Let's talk about something not so funny.

Where's the rest of our money, Zylo?

Well, you know, I had it here, but,
well, when you didn't show.

Back to the old bank of rules.

That's a lot of money to keep hanging
around.

When am I going to see you?

Tomorrow.

Plus a bonus.

I got a better deal on the ice than I
expected.

Good for you.

Tomorrow night.

If you don't mind, I'd like to finish my
drink.

Yeah, sure, you go ahead. Anything you
want.

Bobby.

You're never going to believe that. A
pro I was fencing for just came in.

Never thought I'd see his sorry ass
again.

I mean, the way Mance was after him.

Mance.

Oh.

Mance, you know.

Down with his zipper up.

Now, um, I've seen Mance with Nichols,
girl.

And I know you're involved with Mance.

Who's Mance?

Maybe it's a police thing. I don't know.

What do you do for Jonah Mance, huh? I
never heard of Jonah Mance.

It was just sort of a misunderstanding.

You see, I was screwing a girl he was
going out with, and so we talked about

Well, he talked about it. He threatened
to kill me, and I promised him I would

never see her again.

Sit down and keep your mouth shut.

What did you do to him? I didn't do shit
to him. He did it to himself.

I chased him all over the damn city.

Genius here ends up at silos.

Gets into it with a couple geezers, man.

Jeopardized the whole damn plans. Took a
little shit.

You idiot.

I made a mistake.

How could you be so stupid?

Geezers, what's the Leandro?

How was I supposed to know that?

Jonah, does this mean we're through?

No, we go on.

You see what you've done now?

Jesus is a killer.

And Mance isn't.

I told you to shut up your mouth
tonight!

It's gonna be loaded, huh?

That'll do you a lot of good.

Not worth it.

What about him?

If I find one thing in my life, if
somebody screws you over once, I'll even

agree over it.

And then the third time they did.

Sorry. I love you more than anything in
this world.

Nothing's going to change that.

We're going to see this thing through,
you hear me?

You hear me?

Whatever happened with you two.

We could do this without any of you.

It'd be a lot more pleasant.

Why won't you tell us?

Because even we don't know yet. You
expect us to believe that? Come on, tell

how Nichols is going to vote. Look, how
many times do I have to tell you people

to write this down?

You'll hear it when we hear it, all
right? He'll be right back.

Now you tell Mr. Leandro that it was a
pleasure doing business with him.

Meeting's called to order.

Today, the 16th of the month, City
Council meeting will begin with the

of last week's minutes.

Okay, I'm going to dial one digit to the
left.

One more.

There has been a very bitter fight on
the floor of this institution these past

months, even by our standards.

Bearing in mind the needs of the city,
however, I think it is time for us to

pass judgment.

I move for a vote.

On the Metropolitan Center contract.

Second the motion.

Council Secretary, prepare for vote.

One more.

Got one.

Man,

you look exhausted. Here.

Take one of these. It'll help.

They're for pain.

the contract to be awarded to Leandro
Construction.

Those members voting to approve the
measure declare for upon hearing their

from the roll call.

Those opposing declare against.

Councilman Pallone?

For.

Not the woman's incest.

Again.

What's wrong?

Yeah, one of my shortcuts didn't hold.

Can you fix it?

It's not a matter of whether I can fix
it or whether or not there's enough

Three again.

Councilman Nichols, how do you vote?

Councilman Nichols, vote... Four.

The fours have it. Contract for the
construction of Metropolitan Center is

awarded to the firm of Leandro
Construction.

This might do it. It's working.

Yeah, but we'll never complete the
faculty accommodations in time. Let's

hope our lucky number comes up sooner.

I'd like to notify the council that due
to prior commitments, I must excuse

myself and my staff.

Very well.

Now on to our next order of business,
municipal bond issues for District 105.

It's official.

Okay, stop. Try this.

Five digits to the right.

Yes, we got it, brother. We scored the
third one.

I love that he disguised his face.

He makes a chance to hurt you.

And call the car service. I want to
leave in five minutes.

Works out great.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's probably the other one.

Call me later.

This

is

Councilman Nichols' office. Could you
send a car over as soon as possible?

Thank you.

Yeah, I want to make a press release for
Friday one more look you

Yeah from the media department

happened.

I want Durbin in here. You get Durbin.

Durbin!

Can you believe that slime ball,
Leandro?

Can you believe that stupid thug?

Well, he's done something this time that
he's going to regret.

I want you to call up the DA and tell
him to push that extortion charge and

get Roberts in Washington on the phone
and tell him to reopen that racket.

tearing thing that he was floating. I'll
have so many grand juries shoved up his

ass he'll puke.

That son of a bitch thinks he can pull
something on me.

What are you so happy about?

You knew Leandro was going to get the
contract.

No, no, no.

Not that at all.

It's just that an old friend opened up a
window of opportunity for me.

Let's go.

That's one third.

I'd like to stick around till she calls.

Professional courtesy.

Suit yourself.

Are you holding up?

Those painkillers are great stuff, huh?

Yeah.

John, I, um...

Listen, it's worked out better than we
thought.

He declared war on Leandro.

Where are you at?

Payphone outside the federal building.

I've got some work I've got to do. It's
got to take me about an hour or so.

Has Chancellor left yet?

No, no.

He's still here.

Oh.

Can I speak to him? I just want to say
goodbye, you know.

I love you, Jonah.

It's real.

Hey.

Hi.

Oh, God. Is this going to work out okay?

What?

Now I've got my share of the dollar.
Yeah.

Leave me in about five minutes.

Yeah, well, good luck to you, too.

I don't know what you got planned, but
it ain't going to happen.

Don't start with me now.

There ain't nobody here that can stop
it.

You're going to stand up over to the
pole with your arms around the pole.

What makes you think I'm planning
anything?

Experience. Could you be more specific?

Her voice.

Oh, no.

Bye, old man.

Great stuff.

Of course, by then, Lisa and I will be
gone.

Now, I am leaving you your share of the
money.

Don't ask me why. It's totally against
my nature.

Obviously, you struck a chord in me.

You know, I actually admire you.

You're so honorable.

So goddamn heroic.

a dirty cap to.

Hey, look, I'm doing you a favor.

Sooner or later, she dumped you.

There's not enough love in the world for
that woman.

Right now, she thinks I've got all the
answers.

Next week, who knows?

You take care of your brother.

You're a good man, basically.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, so... I'm scared he killed you. I
told you he'd be no problem.

Here it is.

Is this all of the money?

Uh, no.

I left Mance's share.

What? What's fair is fair, Lisa.

He's still alive?

Of course he's alive.

I doped him up a little and I cut him to
a pipe. He'll have a headache.

He's so stupid. He will hunt us and he
will find us.

He won't find us, baby.

He will find us and he will kill me.

He won't kill you. Honey, look.

You made him love you. He truly loves
you.

We're going to have to kill him. We have
no choice.

I'm not going to kill anybody.

It's over. I won. You won?

It's not some game.

I got the money. It's over.

I heard everything.

Has it all been a lie?

Oh, Charlie.

I wish you hadn't hurt me.

It was you or her.

And now we're even.