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You know, I really had a great time

today.

So, why didn't you ask me out before?

You kidding me? You wouldn't even look

at me before. I figured that that you

were standoffish.

Me? You were the stuck up guy who's

ignoring me. Actually, um I was a little

scared of you. You know, you being from

a big city full of dark secrets.

Now, after you get to know me a little

better, you'll you'll see how funny that

is.

What do you miss most about your life up

there?

Philly cheese steak. What?

Don't worry, I'll get over it. I I seem

to be developing some new interests

lately.

Not if you know what's good for you,

son.

Daddy,

get on home now. It'll be time for

dinner soon.

It's all right.

My daughter's not here.

Well,

actually, I I came to talk to you. I I

brought a peace offering.

Justine told me how much that you loved.

Not as much as I love her. That's what I

was kind of wanting to talk about.

All right.

I don't like this, Roie.

You don't have to like it. All you got

to do is keep the engine running.

I can't believe you're really going

through with it.

I don't have any choice.

You can leave with me

right now.

Please, we'll drive out of Huma and keep

on going.

He'll come looking for me, Candy. I

mean, you know how he is.

I cross him, he'll find me out. He'll

make me pay.

Well, don't worry. Huh? Everything's

going to be fine.

And why do I have to keep the engine

running?

You know, I was I was really surprised

at your reaction to me. I I thought that

you liked me.

That was before you started going with

my little girl.

I really like Justine. She

moving your meat.

This is it, Smithson. It's time to

reconsider. Get the hell off my

property.

No.

Candy.

Candy.

The swamp is my world. It is who I am.

It is what I am. I was once a man. I

know the evil men do. Do not bring your

evil here. I warn you.

Beware the wrath of

Swamp Thing.

Kip.

Mr. Kip,

you my lawyer?

I'm an attorney. Yes. And uh I will be

representing your case.

Man,

am I glad to see you. My name's Drew

Kingdon and I'm

He's going to make sure you fry.

County prosecutor.

Oh, AC here. He's running for state

legislature. Probably needs another kill

to brag on.

My job is simply to serve the people and

uh determine the truth.

How's Justine?

She's just fine, but I'd be worried

about your own butt right now.

See, Mr. Smithson was quite a popular

man around here. Now, the press is going

to be watching this case very closely. I

want to see a lawyer.

Why? You got something to hide.

And you don't you don't get it, do you?

Look, there was another guy.

An accomp?

No. No. A man came in there with a gun.

Okay. I thought he was trying to rob the

place. He he and Smithson, they they

seem to know each other.

Look, look, it all happened so fast.

I'll tell you this. I bet you I can

identify him. Hey,

I know how it happened.

You see a real pretty girl like Justine

and you want her bad. You make all the

right moves and just when you're about

ready to score, her daddy steps in and

shuts you down.

You're frustrated. He's angry. He warns

you off.

Maybe he even pushes you. But nobody

pushes a big city boy like you around,

do they? Will. So later that night, you

go to have it out with him all alone.

Look, that is not how it happened.

We got ourselves a temper here, don't

we, Will?

Jury will take note of that. That and

your somewhat troubled youth in

Philadelphia.

That's right. Yeah. See, I know all

about you, Will, Kip.

You should have been put away a long

time ago.

Thank you.

I don't even know if they're going to

get to the verdict today. This is so

p hours of this.

I know it.

Hey, let's go.

Yeah, there he is.

You're not only running an election

campaign, Mr. Kingdom, but you've

insisted on retaining your entire case

load. How do you keep up?

It's a strict diet of adrenaline and

caffeine and my love for the American

justice system. I can sleep later, but

not until the people's work is done. And

that begins with answering the outrage

and the anger that we all share over the

senseless, brutal murder of our good

friend Johnny Smithson. As your

representative in the state capital,

I'll continue my tireless pursuit of the

criminal element. It threatens our our

precious way of life and our family

values. Family values. That's what it's

all about. Right, Katie?

What kind of assemblymen do you think

your daddy will make?

He said I could be his princess. Oh, you

already are, honey. You already are.

Oh. Uh, Mr. Kip, uh, now that you're out

on bail, any comment on the allegations?

You ever heard of innocent till proven

guilty? Which is exactly what I intend

to prove, thereby reducing the human

blight of killers like you,

Mr. Kip? Response?

He's scared. He's scared and he should

be. And as your legislator, the death

penalty will remain my top priority.

I I thought that you liked me.

That was before you started going with

my little girl.

I really like Justine.

Moving your meat.

This is it. Smithson. It's time to

reconsider.

Get the hell off my property.

Not into

Will, I need to talk to you.

I know what happened.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, they don't make

problems any bigger than this one.

I sense that Mr. Smithson was being

pressured into selling his business, and

you were an innocent victim. You'll come

through this, Will. I know it.

They arrested me for murder. Murder.

That crazy.

I mean, I I would never hurt anyone.

But someone did, and I'll use all my

power to find him.

Yeah. Well, there's only so much that

you can do, Alec. I mean, this is the

DA, not not someone assaulting the

swamp.

But someone threatened you will. That's

enough for me.

What is this?

It's time we had a talk.

Who are you? What are you?

Let's say I may be the last living

person you'll ever see.

Am

I dead?

Did I get dropped to the street?

What do you think,

Kim?

Dream,

where's that that dead green thing?

Looks like you lost it, old boy. Like

the way you've been going after me when

you knew good and well they arrested the

wrong man. What do you want from me? An

apology would be nice. For you to do

your job, determine the truth,

serve the people. But then again, that

doesn't matter to you, does it? Long as

you get elected to the legislature.

Electional and legal ethics coming from

you.

That's That's great. You're guilty as

sin.

How can you be so sure?

Because I've dealt with punks like you

and I've brought them down.

Every single one of them. I bet you

have. In fact, I've been doing a lot of

reading about you, Drew.

You remember your first kill?

What?

John Kevin Casey. Capital case. You won.

He lost.

Did lots of those. But this one,

this one was different.

This one started a whole new career for

you.

Look, what's happening to me? Hey,

I'm happening to you. I was just a day

over 18 when I stole that car. A day

over 18. That allowed you to have me

tried it as an adult. Happy birthday was

the way you put it. You were brilliant.

You killed a cop. Or so your jailhouse

informer claimed. But I didn't do it,

Kingdom. Your informer lied.

How could you believe a lie?

You twisted everything around. I didn't

have a chance. The jury heard that

garbage and they didn't believe it

either. Maybe that's because of what you

didn't let them hear. That your informer

had done this before. In fact, quite a

few of your cases have been taken off

the books thanks to him.

That testimony was uh it was properly

excluded. It was irrelevant.

Apparently, so was the young man's life.

Thanks to you, he never made it to his

19th birthday.

I can't believe you're really going

through that.

I don't have any choice.

He'll come looking for me, Candy. I

mean, you know how he is. I cross him,

he'll find me out. He'll make me pay.

Don't worry. Huh? Everything's going to

be fine.

So, why do I have to keep the engine

running?

I knew the swamp wouldn't forget.

Well, this is something of a quandry,

Mr. Rugawaritz. I'm really sorry,

doctor.

Oh, you don't know the meaning of the

word Mr. Rogawitz?

Not yet. But that brings me back to my

little problem now, doesn't it? You see,

I'd like nothing better than to

accelerate your sorry feelings, but I

might get carried away in my enthusiasm,

and then you'd be dead, and I'd still

have to suffer the results of your

bungling.

I didn't mean to kill him. I didn't.

Please.

He had a gun.

Don't lie to me.

You see, it's bad enough you failed to

convince Mr. Smithson to sell me his

swamp land, that you killed him in such

an unartic fashion, that you allowed

Will Kip to escape and tell the world

his story. But please never ever lie to

me.

What's the matter, Drew?

You don't look too good. You let me go

and I'll give you your fair shake. If

you're innocent, you'll be vindicated.

That's too bad. You see, because it's

not just about me anymore. No, you see,

there were other people. Other innocent

people on trial, those lives that you

took. Each and every one of them deserve

what they got.

Number B94628.

Paul Stanler. You're not here. You're

dead. Thanks to you, we both made the

front page on the last day of my life.

You were guilty of burglary. I lost my

job. I needed money. Excuse for what you

did.

I screwed up. You killed a man.

No, my buddy did. Crazy drunken fool. I

called the hospital. He skipped the

state. I didn't even own a gun. You knew

that.

Okay.

I just want to sleep. Please sleep.

Not till the people's work is done.

You're twisted. You're guilty. You got

to blame somebody else for what you've

done.

I didn't kill Smithson. And you don't

realize it, but people like you actually

find relief when you're caught and

you're punished. You don't get it, do

you? See, you're here because you're

guilty.

Guilty of using the bodies of innocent

victims to build your career. I only

bring the truth to life.

You mean you bury the truth?

No. No more. No.

Diego Defonso arson case about a year

ago.

He torched a warehouse. He killed his

employer.

He threatened a man who repaid his I had

witnesses.

He swore that he was nowhere near the

area when it burned. Everybody on death

row swears that they've been framed. But

in this case, you knew it. And you did

nothing to help him. Before his

execution, your office received

information proving that he was miles

away when the fire occurred. You buried

it just like you buried him. He had a

long criminal record. He theft, assault,

drugs.

D. He was scum.

It was only a matter of time before I

would have got him on something else.

Chalk up another victory for Drew

Kingdom.

that arcane.

You fetted lump of wheat. You almost

ruined everything. What the hell do you

want anyway?

I need something from you.

Oh, let me guess. My looks, my

intelligence, my savvoir fair. The list

goes on and on. You're defoliating in my

experiment. kindly remove your arm

before you turn this acid into bully

bays.

One of your men committed murder last

night.

So, how does that concern me?

Will Kip has been arrested for the

crime, as you well know. Now, you're

going to help me change that.

You think I shall lift a finger to help

him? The one person I despise in the

world more than you. That adolescent

stud muffin.

And there's no one I despise more than

you.

Come on, Holland. This isn't very

amusing. It's not particularly safe

either.

Your life means nothing to me.

Well, that may be so, but you can't kill

me. You can't kill anything. It goes

against your code of ethics, doesn't it?

I'll do anything to help my friend, even

if it means disposing of you. Now, help

me, Arcane, or I'll let the acid in this

fat alter those looks and savoair you're

so proud of.

Oh, cracky.

I want to know what makes you tick. What

you were thinking?

What? Whether I pity them or you,

they're human debris. They broke the

law. They paid. You broke it, too. You

ignored the truth and corrupted the

legal process. The legal process. It is

corrupt. I was fixing it by following a

higher law. A higher law is a natural

law. The utilitarian principles of the

great philosopher Jeremy Benham. I can't

explain it to a low life like you, but a

man must have principles for Ben and for

me is providing the greatest good for

the greatest number of people. Making a

better world by committing murder. You

acted as God. You took innocent lives.

Guilty as charged. Who cares? Do you

think anybody mourns for these people?

That's not true. You're not like that at

all.

Honey,

you're free to go.

Katie.

Mr. Kingdom, care to comment on your

admissions of corruption, falsified

evidence.

What is this? Looks like the end of your

career. There's some people I want to

introduce you to. You asked who mourned

the deaths of the ones you'd eliminated.

Well, here they are. the family members,

the survivors.

He was my brother,

my cousin,

my father.

But how?

Little time, friendship.

Well, you wasted your time.

Come on, Katie. Let's go home, honey.

Katie,

you'll go down for this, Kip.

No, they have the men that shot my

father.

Justine?

Dr. Arcane turned him in.

Arcane?

Seems you have more friends than you

know. Will,

thank you.

My dad would have been real proud of

you. Heat.

Heat.

Heat. Heat. N.

Heat. Heat.