Original subtitles

Right now, we're calling him "The Phantom."

He's starting to monkey around with the rides.

I love mechanized death.

[Announcer] Tonight on Simon & Simon...

Seems like Miss Caroll doesn't think your boys

are up to the job of finding this loon,

so she's hired a couple of private investigators.

Ricky?

What's the most important part about being a gnome?

I don't know.

Look if this guy is a psycho,

he could go off like a roman candle

all over the park.

I think the Marines just landed.

The situation is not well in hand.

♪♪ [theme]

Delta 4, this is Ranger 1. Over.

[Man] Go ahead, Ranger 1.

Sector 2 is secure and tucked in.

Like the old days, huh, Vince?

Yeah. Charlie, by any other name,

still stinks.

Better get your butt over the bumper cars.

Check out the rest of Sector 4.

You know the old man.

He's gonna be calling in

and he always wants it in triplicate.

Yeah. When we finally nail this sucker,

the old man'll probably want copies of his ears.

[laughs]

You check out the control board on The Mammoth?

Yeah, locked up tighter than a monkey's smile.

Be glad when Grayson pulls us outta here.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

Moving on to Sector 4. Over.

[chuckles]

Great.

Ah, thank you, Bobby.

It's, ah, an interesting ride.

Thank you. Ah!

- Mr. Simon. - Hi.

- And Mr. Simon. - A.J.

Thank you for coming out.

I'm Denise Caroll, the park manager.

Boy, and I was expecting...

I don't know, tattoos and a pack of Lucky's

rolled up in a t-shirt sleeve.

You're thinking about the carnival.

This, gentlemen, is big business.

Please.

Well, what you're describing sounds more like

vandalism than sabotage.

No. No. It's too systematic.

It's too well orchestrated.

Right now, we're calling him "The Phantom."

[laughs]

Listen, please, don't laugh.

He's been operating for a month,

tampering with our concessions...

The thermostats in the food storage,

sabotaging the soft drink machines.

And now it's starting to escalate.

He's starting to monkey around with the rides.

Yesterday we found out the brakes went out

on two of the Grand Prix cars.

I told you they're not here for thrills and chills.

She made a couple of phone calls

to that roller coaster company this morning.

Maybe they're just repairmen.

No, they smell like hired guns to me.

You stick with 'em. I'm gonna call the old man.

Now this Phantom, whoever it is,

has to be stopped before somebody gets hurt.

Well, what do your security people think?

Actually, they're part of the problem.

Listen, uh, could we go someplace and talk?

Well, how about your office?

How about someplace more private.

Who owns this place?

A fellow named Grayson.

A Lawrence Grayson.

He owns Consolidated Amusements out of Galveston

and he bought this park a few months ago.

Now he wants to make it a flagship

for an entire chain.

"Fun USA."

Just what America needs... More fun, more chains.

Well, that's Colonel Grayson.

Today "Fun USA," tomorrow, "Disney World."

He's already put 10 million dollars worth

of new repairs and new rides into this place.

Is that Colonel, as in Kentucky?

No. As in Marine green, retired.

Colonel Grayson?

Mmm.

I think I saluted him somewhere.

Well, I haven't had that pleasure.

So far it's been one long growl on the telephone.

Uh-huh. You get used to that.

Marine colonels are born angry.

Are you okay?

Oh, sure I'm fine. I love mechanized death.

Listen, I don't want anybody to know

that I've hired the two of you.

If Grayson finds out I'm second guessing him,

he'll have my head.

I'll be bringing in personnel this week

for training, rehearsing, whatnot.

Also test groups to try out the park.

- So you should be able to go unnoticed. - Okay.

What?

The Phantom strikes again.

[high pitched laughter] Just in time.

This time he's gone too far.

He's playing with this giant like it's a tinker toy.

[sighs] When can you start?

As soon as we get down from here.

We're gonna need coverage ops.

Right.

Listen, how about you in maintenance

and you in theme work.

No, no, no. Wait. I want theme work.

I always have to do the maintenance stuff.

I want to do theme work this time.

Okay.

What is that?

What's in a gnome?

Guffaws and chuckles

and shiny belt buckles. [giggles]

He's friendly, he's happy,

his toe tap is snappy.

Thank you, Fritz.

Oh.

Now, who can tell me

what is the most important part

about being a gnome?

Let's see. Um... Ricky?

Ricky?

Rick.

Wanna repeat the question?

[laughs] A gnome is polite.

He always says "please."

He likes to have fun and he'll never tease.

Now, Ricky, what's the most important part

about being a gnome?

I don't know.

Sex?

[class chuckles]

Uh... [clears throat] While our gnomes

are male and female in appearance,

we know that they are really neuter.

Aww.

[clears throat]

Let me answer that question for you.

The most important thing

about being a gnome... is the psychology

of being a gnome.

They're writing that down.

No, Colonel, I don't think

we should postpone the opening.

The media campaign is peaking,

and we have planned all the opening ceremonies.

And what part of the ceremonies

do you have planned for this lunatic phantom,

blowing up the reviewing stand?

We are doing everything we can to find him, Colonel.

[Grayson] Well, good management can find anything, Ms. Carroll.

The way I look at this, if you're losing a ballgame,

sometimes it's because coaches send in bad plays.

[Carroll on phone] Colonel, may I remind you that you are the one

who wouldn't let me call the police

when this whole phantom thing got started?

Police mean publicity.

Besides, each man I sent you

is worth five of those toys in blue.

Well, Grayson, I'd like to go on the record here.

Your security men have done nothing

but aggravate this situation.

They have spooked the preview guests, and their presence

seems to have egged on the phantom somehow.

Sir, this place is being operated

like a runaway train.

We've been trying to maintain.

Mr. Hurst, I'm speaking to Ms. Carroll.

You'll get your chance.

Yes, sir.

[Hurst] Sorry, sir.

I've noted your opinion, Ms. Carroll,

and I'll certainly keep it in mind.

Now if it's all right with you,

I'd like to go off the record.

I'll be coming down there for that opening,

and I want it on schedule,

on budget and no problem from the phantom

or anybody else, or you're gone.

Understood?

Yes.

Good. Now let me speak to Mr. Hurst.

Put that cigarette out.

Yes, sir?

About those folders you sent me,

Andrew and Richard Simon.

Seems like Ms. Carroll, uh, doesn't think your boys

are up to the job of finding this loon,

so she's hired a couple of private investigators.

Sir, we'll have 'em on the plane

- to Galveston in a half-hour. - Negative.

A couple of wild cards like them,

just might lead us to our

- joker. - Sir, are you sure

the phantom's who you think it is?

Positive.

I've had dealings with him before.

This time, I want him nailed.

- Do you understand? - Yes, sir.

Those two detectives,

what if they get in the way?

Burn 'em.

I, uh, hate to interrupt you,

but, you know, it's time to punch out.

We're supposed to be working undercover,

and you're handing out business cards?

Hey, that was one of my fake business cards.

Artie Belson, sporting goods.

- Tell me something, Rick. - Yeah.

On the rare occasions

- that this pathetic little scam works, - Yeah.

And the girl actually calls and you actually go out,

what happens?

Thought Dad explained all that to you.

No.

No, I mean are you

"Artie Belson, sporting goods" to her forever?

What's in a name?

Besides, any girl that'll fall for a routine like that

thinks "forever" is the name of a perfume.

I'm Artie Belson three, four hours tops.

Shabby, Rick.

- Shabby. - Yes, it is.

And a lot cheaper than the 60-dollar bottle of wine

and the phony vintage photo collection you use.

Let's face it.

Like what Dad always said,

doesn't matter how you bait the hook,

just as long as you get 'em in the bucket,

- right? - [laughs]

Hey, listen.

Sure you wouldn't like to trade jobs?

I mean, I understand the gnomes

have a really high suicide rate.

There's a lot of pressure there.

What, quit now just when

I've almost learned to be neuter?

[A.J.] I would've traded with you.

You could've gone into maintenance.

[door creaks]

We're not remodeling that place for another month.

There shouldn't be anybody in there.

Hey!

Whoa!

[door opens]

That was the fastest disappearing act since Houdini.

Yeah. Uh, left his calling card, though.

All right, here's where I took the header.

That print you're standing next to is one of mine.

Take a look at this.

Well, so what?

These boots could belong to anybody.

There's only one shoe store in the world

where you can get a set exactly like that.

Vietnam.

[exhales]

[water running]

They're government-issue, jungle combat boots.

Could have bought 'em in any surplus store.

That's true.

But, uh, come here and take a look at this.

A lot of guys in the 1st Mar Div

used to carve up their boots like this.

- The 1st Mar Div? - Yeah.

Think we could keep this in English?

Oh, I forgot. You were a campus soldier.

1st Marine Division.

There was a... guy over there,

a real crazy guy called the climber.

He used to, uh, carve the divots

out of the soles of his boots like this,

give himself what he called "sniper traction."

No, I heard he could

almost literally walk up the side of a tree,

find himself a spot to shoot a Charlie.

I haven't seen anything like this since the war.

So what we've got is a boot print,

some war stories about crazies in Vietnam,

and all of a sudden, you're sure he's an ex-Marine.

There's no such thing as an ex-Marine.

- Ah. - See, after awhile,

the climber got to be kind of a legend.

Pretty soon, there were dozens of guys

all over the place imitating him.

Well, you had to pick up

on whatever could give you an edge.

And what was yours?

Never volunteering.

- Aha. - Aha-ha.

Look, if this guy is a psycho,

he could go off like a roman candle all over the park.

A.J., up until now, the guy's been pretty harmless.

- I beg your pardon? - Yeah.

Harmless? You call that

roller coaster incident harmless?

Oh, now, wait a minute.

The guy knew exactly what he was doing.

Now, he had it timed so that it only stopped

when the cars were going real slow.

If the phantom is what you think he is,

then we have a Marine combat vet

- at either end of this situation. - Bingo.

Well, maybe they're tied together.

Don't you think we ought to find out a little bit more

about Colonel Grayson, USMC retired?

Got just the guy.

Is that one of your drinking buddies?

The man's a respected historian.

[ping pong ball bouncing]

[chuckles] 20-19.

All right, come on. Just serve.

I think I'll play this one left-handed.

Just serve it, will ya?

Last chance to raise the ante.

All right, make it an even buck,

you weasel!

Aah!

[laughing]

That'll buy you a beer.

Come on. [laughs]

Wow.

Thank you.

This is very impressive.

Do you do this for a living?

No, I do it for the dead.

Now, what can I do for you?

Little history lesson?

How to subdue a tiny Asian country

in 15 years for 5 trillion dollars?

No, thanks. I already took that course.

Just need to check up on a couple of gyrenes.

Okay.

Let me get this old boy warmed up

and we'll see what we can find.

Grayson, Lawrence.

Military advisor, '61.

Well, the guy was there from the beginning.

Let's see here.

Lieutenant '63, platoon leader, exec officer '64,

company commander '65.

He did four tours.

Distinguished service cross, bronze star,

silver star, nomination for Congressional medal.

Boy, looks like you got everything there

but the national anthem.

Uh, the rest of this stuff is pretty dry.

Let me call up some juice.

Good friend of mine.

War zone correspondent over there,

did a lot of investigative stuff.

I can tap right into the wire service morgues.

- Oh. - Hmm.

Shh. It's thinking.

It's thinking.

Ah, here we are.

Ooh, I remember this one.

There was some kind of hassle

over near the Cambodian border.

Grayson called in an air strike,

but there's some question whether he got

- all his people out first. - Friendly fire?

I don't know. Story's kinda vague.

But when they got that company out of there,

they shipped everyone off to different posts in the states.

Then G-2 popped the black lid on it.

This is the only piece ever written about it.

Newsweek reporter interviewed three guys in Saigon

before they shipped out.

They were Janz, Gilarakos, and Dwyer.

I don't suppose that was the highlight

of the Colonel's career,

calling in fire on his own troops.

Are you kidding?

They gave him a cluster for his silver star.

Well, where do you suggest we start?

Well, they were all headed for hospitals stateside,

so you might check with Pendleton,

or maybe the VA.

Okay.

Hmm, we have seen some strange times

haven't we, my friend?

That we have.

[Woman] Corporal Janz and Specfor Gilarakos are dead.

I'm sorry to hear that.

What were the causes?

Natural.

Nothing to do with their service overseas?

No.

And Dwyer?

Do you have anything on him?

He was here undergoing treatment

until the fall of '79.

I haven't seen him since.

Are those pictures of him?

- Yes. - May I?

Thank you.

I'll be frank.

The only reason I agreed to see you

and give you this information is that...

Well, maybe you can help us.

If you find him, I wish you'd let us know about him.

Mr. Dwyer's a very sick man.

I don't think he really understands

how sick he is.

You mean sick up here?

I can't divulge a patient's private medical history.

Just please have him get in touch.

We only want to help.

Yes sir, first thing this morning.

We should get outstanding media coverage

on the sky dive press preview today.

I don't want any hitches today.

That press preview is crucial to the success of the park.

We're on top of it, Colonel.

Well you'd better be.

By the time I arrive for that grand opening,

you better have that situation totally secure.

We will, sir.

I was just discussing strategy with Williams here.

He assured me that the phantom

will definitely be contained.

Well, I'm glad to hear it.

And when that press preview is over today...

I want that container.

[Woman] Ladies and gentlemen of the press,

we're pleased to allow you this unique peak

before the park is open to the general public.

Welcome to Fun USA's newest attraction:

the Geronimo.

We are very honored to have with us today

four members of the United States Marine

16th Airborne Battalion.

These brave men are gonna be the first to dare

to ride the Geronimo.

Are you ready, gentlemen?

- Yes, ma'am. - Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen, the fabulous Geronimo!

[applause]

Do you mind if we get some pictures?

Think we'll get a chance to ride it?

[crowd chatters]

[ride breaking down]

[crowd chatter]

Well, that does it.

What do you wanna bet the old man's here

by the end of the day?

You know, the way this whole thing's going down,

the phantom's got to have more

than a nodding acquaintance with Fun USA.

Inside job?

Well, the guy goes and comes as he pleases.

He... moves freely by day or night.

I wouldn't be surprised if he's an employee.

Well, let's ask Denise to go through

the personnel files and see if we

can get a line on Dwyer.

[blades whirring]

[whirring slows]

I think the Marines just landed.

And the situation is not well in hand.

What's the status ordinance?

Everything will be here by nightfall.

Search and destroy.

That's what Dwyer's trying to do to me.

He doesn't want to kill me.

Could have done that ten times already.

That's a pretty smart boy.

He knows how much I got invested in Fun USA.

Just like Charlie.

Trying to bring down the giant

by untying his shoelaces.

Well, I wanna step on that maggot with both feet.

[Woman] Okay, gnomes.

Today, we're going to do some role-playing.

Now, let's see. Let's...

Let's get Ricky up here.

Come on. [laughs]

Come on, Ricky.

Aw, you're gonna be so good at this.

You're gonna love it!

[laughs] Okay.

Um... I'm going to pretend that I'm a little boy

who's had a very big day at the park.

And I really should be taken home

and put down for a nap right away.

But, oh, no.

I want to play with you.

Okay, you dumb gnome.

Let's see you do something!

Hey, wait a minute!

What do you call that?

That was nothing!

I wanna see you do a backflip!

Sorry, kid. You're looking at a gnome

with a bad back.

I'm gonna report you!

[sighs]

You wanna know something about gnomes?

Gnomes love little kids.

We eat them.

For lunch.

[hisses] You got any mayonnaise on ya?

[clears throat]

- Um... - [breathing heavily]

That was, uh... Uh, very cute, Ricky.

[clears throat] Uh... But...

Of course, we all know

that we would never want to do anything

that would frighten our little friends.

Isn't that right?

[cackles]

Well, um, that's everything for today, class.

We'll, uh, meet here in the same place tomorrow.

Thank you, Lori.

Did you check your personnel records?

Got any Dwyers working here?

I don't know.

Grayson threw me out of my office.

Colonel Lock-n'-Load

is turning the place into a war zone.

Well, that's typical top-brass mentality,

drop an a-bomb to kill a flee.

I got a feeling we'd better find our boy

while there's something still left to find.

I don't give a damn who this phantom is

or what his problems are.

I just want him out of here.

Grayson is ready to start World War III,

and I'm gonna be caught in the crossfire.

Do you understand that?

Look, I think it's pretty obvious by now

that Dwyer is working here.

Now, Grayson and his troops know what he looks like,

so he's gotta have a way of moving around the park

without being spotted.

Now, what kind of a job would enable him to do that?

Gnomes who go through other gnomes' lockers...

Get in a lot of trouble.

Maybe even get hurt.

Well, you got it all wrong.

See, I was just, uh, looking for a match,

and, uh, your door was open here,

so I just kind of, uh, Sorry.

Thanks for the fire.

And, uh, goodnight Chesty, wherever you are.

Hey, wait a minute!

You were in the corps?

Semper Fi, mac.

But I gotta tell ya.

Two tours in 'Nam's a day at the beach

compared to gnome city.

Yeah, I seen you around.

- Ricky, isn't it? - Rick.

Yeah.

Well, once they get your name straight,

the rest of its easy, huh?

[laughs]

When you first get here,

everything's a little too real.

But then you reach a level you can maintain.

Sometimes, you don't ever feel like

going back to the world.

Hey, wait a minute now.

We talking 'Nam or Gnome?

Hey, six or one.

At least they ain't shooting at you over here.

Well, not yet, they're not.

Where'd you do your boot?

Pendleton. You?

P.I.

Oh, jeez, the swamp.

Hey, you know, I used to do the same thing to my boonies.

I could really... I could walk

up the side of a banyan tree.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Guess you heard about the climber, too, huh?

I am the climber.

See you around, Rick.

You're not out there all alone, man.

Not anymore.

Come on.

I wanna help you out of this thing.

What the hell are you talking about?

Jarhead, name of Dwyer.

Now, we know he doesn't want to hurt anybody.

Not... Not really.

And there's a lot of ways

you can get at Grayson legally.

- You're a cop or a fed? - Friend.

Got an extra square?

Yeah.

Okay, friend.

Now, you stay right where you are

and take a slow count to 30.

When I'm gone, if I see your head

stick out that door, it's gone.

There's a lot of us that care about you, Luke.

Dr. Anderson at the VA wants to help.

Yeah, well, they had their chance,

and now I got mine.

[gunshot]

A.J.!

[gunshots]

You still think that guy's harmless?

Aw, A.J., he could have killed us twice

without even thinking about it.

He bracketed your head in there.

That's just a warning.

I'm afraid the guy is a psycho.

Why, people are real trigger-happy

with that word when it comes to Vietnam vets.

If I weren't your brother, you'd probably think

I was psycho just 'cause I was over there.

No, I thought you were psycho before you went.

Yeah, I'm sure that was Dwyer.

Looked like he was firing at them.

Stay close to those two detectives.

They'll do your job for you.

Lead you right to our phantom.

All right.

If I were Dwyer, and I wanted to create havoc,

I'd set up some sort of a secret base camp

somewhere here.

You know, a place that I could eat and sleep

and clean up and still be close to the action.

- No. - No.

Every single one of these buildings

has been thoroughly searched. A dozen times.

A field mouse couldn't set up a hidden base camp here.

Hey, Rick. Let me see that mud

you got off Dwyer's boot.

Smells moldy.

Mm.

It's damp.

Tell me about the drain system you got here.

Of course.

The storm drains.

- Huh? - Fun USA was built

over a network of abandoned storm drains.

So far, it sounds pretty solid.

But according to this map, the theatre was built

over one of the storm drain entrances.

Must be sealed up, just like all the others.

Well, this is the last access point.

If it ain't here, it ain't anywhere.

And the guy disappeared somewhere in this theatre.

Hey, guys, come give me a hand with this.

Let's just, uh, move it out this way, okay?

[groaning loudly]

Can I make a suggestion?

Please do.

Why don't we empty it first?

Good thinking.

Oh, boy.

Now we got it.

[groaning]

This thing feels like it's bolted to the floor.

That's crazy. Nobody would bolt a box

to the floor like that.

You're right. It's hinged.

Stand out of the way.

- Move, move, move. - Oh!

There you go.

[grunting]

Denise, we're gonna need you to stand guard.

If any of Grayson's troops get close...

I make a lot of noise.

You make a lot of noise.

Gentlemen, be careful.

Williams, get Grayson.

We found them.

Ow.

[A.J.] What's this place?

This wasn't on the map.

[Rick] Looks like an old boiler room.

[A.J.] All this junk. This is stuff

Denise said got stolen from Playland.

Welcome to Fire Base Middle Earth.

It's a nice place to visit,

but I don't think you'll live here.

[A.J.] Getting ready to start another war?

Just trying to finish the last one.

50-to-1 is not great odds.

You tell that to the Vietcong, mac.

I don't know.

Killing Grayson seems like a lousy way

to get people to listen to you.

I don't want to kill him.

I want him to get me.

I won't be the first Marine that's he's killed,

but I'll be the last.

When I go, people learn the truth about Shan Lok.

What was the truth?

It's all right here.

Pictures, documents, depositions from survivors.

Well, why don't you just take that stuff

to a newspaper or a TV station or something?

- They'd eat that up. - I been there.

They listen, they're polite.

But then they talk to the Army, the D.O.D.

Next thing I know, they tell me it don't check out.

Besides, Vietnam is just another old show

that they watched years ago.

Eat your TV dinner, and watch the kid next door

lying face down in the mud.

Pass the fish sticks and sleep like a log.

I didn't sleep too well during those years.

My brother was one of the campus commandos.

He fought the war from behind the protest sign.

We knew what was going on.

We were concerned with larger issues

than toga parties, you know.

A.J., you want a real large issue?

Breakfast. And being alive to eat it.

You guys were worried about

whether you could carry 21 hours in one semester.

We were worried about whether we were gonna make it

through the next 24!

That is why I didn't sleep well at night!

Hey, if people like him

hadn't fought the way they did,

you might have come home in a bag.

I'm just glad he didn't have to go.

Yeah, me too.

[A.J.] What really did happen at Shan Lok?

Colonel Grayson called in an air strike

at a VC stronghold near the Cambodian border.

Only trouble was, Charlie wasn't the only one there.

My unit hadn't gotten out yet.

Yeah, but that doesn't make it anybody's fault.

Friendly fire was a fact of life over there.

Oh, friendly fire I could handle.

But these birds weren't just dropping explosives.

They were dropping other little goodies, too.

The stuff was supposed to just stop

the leaves from growing,

but I think it's an odd coincidence

that 12 years later, I'm the only one

from my outfit still left.

And I'm dying, too.

From the inside out.

Oh yeah, Grayson knew we were there.

And he made it rain, anyway.

Why don't you let us help you?

Yeah, look, we got friends at newspapers and TV stations.

Let us have that stuff. We'll get the word out.

[A.J.] We can get you out of here safely.

Back to a hospital.

Forget it.

I don't know how much longer I got.

I'm not gonna lie down and do nothing.

I got a story to tell.

You're not gonna do a lot of talking

with 50 holes in your head.

Are you kidding me?

"Shootout at Amusement Park.

"Crazed Vietnam Vet Slain."

They're gonna check something like that out.

They're gonna wanna know why that happened.

And it's all right here.

Gonna let you guys go now.

But your weapons stay.

Don't you see? What have I got to lose?

I'm a dead man.

Grayson killed me 12 years ago.

[Grayson] All right, Dwyer!

Put down your weapons and come out of there!

How do we get out of here?

Come here.

[footsteps] [gas seeping]

[hatch closing]

Two guys cut him off from behind!

Hurst, the rest of you men, come with me!

Hurst! [gunshots]

[gunshots]

Go!

[gunshots]

Where the hell's Dwyer?

I don't know.

[gunshots]

Go! Go! Go!

All right, guys.

Luke!

Luke!

Luke... Now just calm down.

If you release the Colonel,

we can sort this thing out.

[Dwyer] Oh, we'll sort it out.

Just like this, nice and close.

[Grayson] Oh, that's fine, let's... Let's get it over with.

What do you want, Dwyer?

Money?

Well, you name your price.

This isn't worth dying over.

Oh, yes it is.

Matter of fact, that's exactly what I'm doing.

Now, I want you to tell them why.

Come on!

I'm sorry about your situation.

I can't change that.

But that's the risk of the deal you made

when you put on the blues!

That's not the deal I made.

I was prepared to be killed by the enemy,

not by my own commanding officer.

That whole incident is a matter of record!

Oh yeah, it's the same damn broken record

that you and the body-counters

have been playing for years.

It's time to set it straight!

Come on, Colonel!

Let's return to the glorious days of yesteryear!

Shan Lok, '72!

Sounds like a vintage wine, doesn't it, guys?

Yeah, well, turned out to be

one hell of a bad year for all of us.

You're a sick man, Dwyer. You need help.

I know some people over at the VA that take...

No, I bet you've put enough of us there.

When you called the raid on Shan Lok,

you knew that we were sitting right under it,

didn't you, sir!

Are you gonna believe the official report

or this Section 8?

I don't know about you guys, but I'll take

a Section 8 over official report any day.

Anybody who was over there

knows about "official reports," don't they?

What are you gonna believe,

what you see with your own eyes

and hear with your own ears

and feel in your own gut?

Or a piece of paper with a bunch of numbers on it,

and yesterday, those numbers were your best buddies?

Colonel, what about your side

of what happened at Shan Lok?

Did you know Dwyer's unit was in there

when you called up the strike?

You guys never understand.

We had to go for it.

The whole sector was riding on it.

You think... You think I had time

to worry about 79 guys who didn't get the word?

79?

You knew exactly how many men were in there?

You damn right I knew how many were in there.

And I'd do it all again.

They were expendable.

We all are.

Not me.

Not me.

Burn him!

What's the matter with you?

I'm telling you to burn him!

Give me that gun, Jeff!

I'm ordering you... To shoot that man!

Kill him!

All of you!

Don't you run away from this!

I'm giving you orders!

I'll remember every one of you!

Well, I appreciate you guys inviting me.

It means a lot.

It means a lot to Luke, knowing history's

gonna get the score straight on this thing.

It was your research over the last couple months

that helped put Grayson in the hot seat.

Just doing my duty.

You know, if the feds do convict him,

Grayson's looking at about, uh...

Oh, half a century of hard time.

It's too bad a Marine Corps investigation takes so long.

After what they're gonna hear,

I think they'll wish they'd put on a good show for Luke.

He's getting one.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley

"of the shadow of death,

"I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.

"Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

"Thou preparest a table before me

"in the presence of mine enemies.

"Thou annointest my head with oil.

"My cup runneth over.

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

"all the days of my life,

"and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."