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[clicks]

[indistinct chatter]

[sighs]

[cello music]

[indistinct chatter]

[distant dog barking]

[music fades]

[man] Gandalf?

[kid over phone] No.

-Gimli?
-One guess left.

[man] Okay, Baby Ruth. Gollum.

-[in funny voice] Gollum. Gollum. Gollum.
-[kid] Dad.

-My precious!
-[kid] Dad.

-[squeals]
-[kid] Dad!

[cackles]

You can't name a dog Gollum.
It'll get to her head.

You right. You right.

[dog barks]

[motel manager]
Be out tomorrow, all right?

[kid] Do I look like a Gollum?

[man] No, baby.
You do not look like a Gollum.

[solemn music]

-Okay, I give in. What's the name?
-[door opens]

[distant clamoring]

[phone beeps]

[phone chimes]

Got it?

I got it.

[kid] What time tomorrow?

Petland opens at 11:00.

[man] Kiah, let me talk
to your mother, okay?

[Kiah] Dad, you gave me your word.
You promised.

[man] Baby Ruth, go on.
Let me speak to your mother.

[phone beeps]

Baby, I'm running out of credit, okay?
Phone's going to cut off, okay?

-[kid] Well, put some more on it.
-I can't right now. Baby?

[phone alarm chiming]

[gloomy music]

[nail clipper clicks]

[sniffs]

[man sighs]

[machine beeps]

[door opens]

[motel manager] Are you paying or leaving?

Either way, you better be back by 12:00
or your shit's mine.

[train engine rumbling]

[birds chirping]

[distant siren wailing]

[grunts softly, breaths shakily]

-[machine beeps]
-[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct chatter]

[machine beeping]

[banknotes rustling on counter]

[women laughing]

[ominous music]

[paper rustles]

I'll take you.

[teller 1] Over here.

-Hello.
-Hey.

Let me put up my monitor.

I'd like to withdraw 25 dollars
from my account.

[teller 1 exclaims]

-Big bills.
-Yeah, I prefer big bills too.

-Yeah.
-[both chuckle softly]

-Do you have a paper I could borrow?
-[teller 1] Yeah.

Thank God it's Friday.
It's been one of those days.

My neighbor knocked on my door
at 5:00 a.m.

Because my Isabel pulled out
one of their trees for her summer play.

[inhales sharply]

It's been going nonstop.

-Anything for the kids, huh?
-That's right, anything for the kids.

Okay, let me get you your big bills here.

Get you on your way.

You have a good day.

-[paper rustles]
-[menacing music]

[inhales sharply]

[Rosa breathing nervously]

[breathing shakily]

What do you want me to do?

Trigger the alarm.

The alarm, really?

Yes, ma'am.

[indistinct chatter]

[uneasy music]

[customer] Right here…

-Leave right now.
-[customer] What?

-[soft gasp]
-Leave.

There's no sirens.

-I could press the button--
-I need you to call 911.

Right now.

-[inhales shakily]
-[man] Okay. Thank you.

[breathes heavily]

[line beeping]

[teller 2] Drop what you're doing.

The guy in the gray hoodie
is robbing the bank.

Yeah.

Just go. Follow Dana.

Jesus.

[busy signal]

-Do you have 911?
-[Rosa] No, because--

-You can't get them on the phone?
-No, because the code is not working.

-Why not? There's one code.
-I-I'm dialing now.

Sir, we cannot help you right now.
Please leave.

-[soft grunt]
-Thank you so much.

[tense music]

[breathes nervously]

[mouths]
Leave now.

-The code isn't letting me dial out.
-I need you to move faster, ma'am.

-Okay.
-[clanking]

-[man] Ma'am.
-[soft gasp]

[Rosa groans, breathes shakily]

[whispers]
We got a situation.

Everybody, let me just get your attention.

[Rosa] I… I can't…

[teller 2] Don't be alarmed.
Don't move too fast.

We're going to slowly move out…

Okay, uh…

Who… Who's in charge here?

-Who?
-Well, she is, but we're both…

[teller 2] I'm… I'm the manager.

Estel Valerie.

Estel, um…

Okay. Anyone in the back?

[Rosa breathes shakily]

-[man] All right, well, once they leave…
-[line ringing]

…you lock the front and back doors,
you understand me? You lock 'em all.

Now go do it.

You heard him, slowly…

[Rosa] I have a customer.
He says he has a bomb.

-Is that the operator?
-Ye… Yes.

-What's the location of the bank?
-[Rosa] Yes, yes, um…

-At… At the Wells Fargo.
-[man] Let me talk to them.

[Rosa] He said he's gonna…

[whimpers]
No, sir… don't hurt me.

-[Rosa] No, no, no!
-[machine beeps]

[man] I'm sorry. Sorry.

[operator] Hello, is anyone there?

-I'm sorry, okay?
-[operator] Hello?

[Rosa whimpers]

-Hello.
-[operator] Hello, sir.

This is Brian Brown-Easley.

I have a bomb and…

Basically, I'm gonna kill myself
and everybody in here

if my demands are not met.

-[keyboard keys clacking over phone]
-[Rosa breathing shakily]

[operator] …going to blow the place
and kill everyone…

Okay, we do have units
on the way out there.

-What demands are you wanting met?
-Fraud was committed.

My disability check was stolen from me
and I want it back.

-[operator] Fraud was committed…
-Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am?

Can you make sure those doors are locked

and don't allow anybody in? Thank you.

[operator]
Are you having 'em lock the doors?

Uh, yes, ma'am.

[operator] And what do you look like?
Are you Black, White, Hispanic?

I'm Black, but I'm not affiliated
with any groups. It's just me.

-[operator] Okay.
-Yeah.

[operator] Okay, my officers are asking
if you let the employees leave the bank.

Brown?

-Brown?
-Nah.

I… I can't do that.

I can't do that. I can't do that.

As long as everybody stays calm,
nobody gets hurt, okay?

I promise I won't hurt nobody,
but I can't let them go. Sorry.

I'm… I'm gonna let y'all out
if I detonate the bomb, okay?

-Okay? I have to.
-[operator] Okay.

[Brian] Ma'am, I need to speak
to somebody. A negotiator or someone.

-I'm running out of time, I just…
-[operator] I do have someone

on the way out there to meet with you.

-Okay.
-What number does he have to call?

-Uh, the bank.
-What's their number?

Can you ask them?
Confirm I have the right one.

She doesn't have the bank number.
She's asking for the bank number.

-She could call the landline, 1-8…
-[operator] I could find it.

Brown, what kind of clothing
are you wearing?

[tense music]

Why are you asking me that?

What kind of clothes, why? But why?

-[Brian] Why are you asking me that?
-[breathes deeply]

Why did you just ask me that question?

You got the sniper on me?

[tense music continues]

You got the sniper on me?

[operator] I'm not sure if there are
any officers on the scene yet.

-But they're requesting to know…
-Oh, you got the sniper on me.

-…what clothing you're wearing.
-That's why you're asking that question.

'Cause you got a sniper on me right now,
you want to kill me.

[tense music continues]

[gasps]

[suspenseful music]

Oh.
[exhales nervously]

[whirring]

[window blinds rattling]

[panting]

Okay.

You want to kill me?
You try it, come on, I dare you.

[panting]

[panting continues]

They're gonna attack me.

They're gonna attack me from right there.

Well, you know what? Call 'em.

-I'm sorry--
-[Brian] Call 'em.

I need everybody to see
what's happening here.

I need the fire trucks!

[shouting]
I need the news cameras! I need the X-Men!

Call 'em! Call 'em!

I ain't playing! I'm not! I'm not playing!

Everybody thinks I'm playing,
but I'm not. I'm not!

I just…
[sighs]

I don't want them to snipe me.

I don't want them to snipe me
before I tell my side.

I haven't told my side of the story.

They're gonna snipe me.
They're gonna shoot me. They're go…

[sighs]
Fuck.

[sighs]

[pants]
All right.

You know what? Just…

contact the news networks, okay?

Just contact the news networks
and tell 'em what's going on

and have 'em all come down here.

I wanna see CNN, NBC.

I wanna see Don Lemon.
I wanna see Daytime!

Everything! Tell 'em
about what's happening!

Just tell 'em!

Just tell 'em.
[panting]

[distant siren wailing]

[gasps]
See? See?

[whispers]
See, there's an officer right there,

trying to take a pop at me.

He's trying to take a pop at me.

There's an off… officer right there
across the street.

I can see him.
He's trying to take a pop at me.

He trying to take a pop. Get the switches.

[Brian shouts]
Get the lights!

Okay.

[switches click]

Do I have my negotiator?

[whispers]
He… he says he wants a negotiator.

[operator]
Well, I do have the call already entered.

And they will either come out there
or call you as soon as possible.

-She says they're on their way.
-Okay.

Get the blinds. Get the blinds behind you!

-Can you hold, please?
-Get the blinds!

I have to get the blinds. Please…

Get the blinds! Get the blinds!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[sighs]

Okay. Thank you.

[breathes shakily]

It's okay.

Okay.

[panting]

[clanking]

[clanks]

[Brian panting]

-[Brian] How do I… How do I use this?
-The flashing one.

The flashing one? Okay.

-Yeah, hello?
-[operator 1] Yeah, I'm online here.

Do you have someone out here for me?

[operator 1] If you want to speak
with him, you will need to tell me.

Ma'am, I do not have as much time
as you think I do.

[operator 2] Hello, they're going to call.

And once they do that,
you can talk with them.

But I need to keep you on the line
until they do.

[Brian] Come over here.
Come on down here, come on.

It's okay. Just come on over here.

All right, just stay right there.
There you go.

Just stay right there.

You okay? No, no, no.
No, no, no. No need to go down.

They ain't gonna shoot you.

They're gonna have my body
on the tarmac before you, trust me.

Okay. All right, you good?

I'm not gonna hurt you.
You know that, right?

-[mutters]
-I ain't gonna hurt you.

I ain't gonna lay one finger on you.
I promise you that, okay?

[Brian]
Why don't you tell me something positive?

Oh, uh, what do you like?
You go to the club?

[breathes shakily]

I like Jean Grey.

[chuckles nervously]

-That's random.
-[chuckles nervously]

That's really random.

[sniffles]

You ever been robbed before?

Yes. Once.

How'd it end? What's your name again?

-Estel.
-[Brian] Estel, okay. Estel, how'd it end?

And don't lie to me. I don't…
I don't like people lying to me.

Mm-mm. No, uh, he… he was arrested.

-[Brian] They didn't kill him?
-Mm-mm. No, sir.

He got to be white.

[stifled scoff, laugh]

Estel, can you get on the phone
with the network?

But call 911 first.
This woman on the phone, she is no help.

-I gotta go to my desk for that.
-Okay.

That's fine.
And shut those doors again, okay?

They come in here,
they gonna shoot everybody else.

-Spray and pray. That's how they do. When?
-Okay. I did, I… I locked it

-when you first asked me to.
-When?

When you first asked me to.

Okay. Okay, it's all right. Forgive me.

Okay.

Is there another dial-out number
I could use here?

I need to contact my people, make sure
they know what's happening, you know.

Don't want to have everybody worried.

-You could use that one over there.
-Yeah?

-Yeah.
-Okay, I'm just going to leave here.

I don't want you to do anything.
I'm just going to move over there,

take a call, okay?

[Estel]
I'm here at the Windy Hills Wells Fargo

and there's a man holding up the bank.

[Rosa] Uh, the code is nine.

[Estel] There is a man holding us up.

[line ringing]

[voicemail] Hi, this is Cassandra Deets.
Drop what you're gonna ask at the beep.

-[line beeps]
-Come on, baby.

[Estel] We could use some help.

Ma'am, are you there?

[line ringing]

[voicemail] Hi, this is Cassandra Deets.
Drop what you're gonna ask at the beep.

[telephone ringing]

[button clicks]

-Hello?
-[woman] Hey there.

Is this the Windy Hills Wells Fargo?

Uh, yes, ma'am. This is the Wells Fargo.

[woman] Uh, yeah,
I need to talk to Bridget about my 401K.

I think she made a 9,000 dollars mistake.

Unfortunately, uh,
Bridget is not here to discuss your 401K.

-But can I take a message for you?
-[woman] Yeah.

-You been having a good day?
-[woman] All right. Could be better.

Sorry to hear that, ma'am.

Okay, shoot.

[woman] 816-935-6105.

-Just have her call me back right away.
-Thank you, ma'am.

That's for Bridget. She gonna need that.

[operator] Where are you located at?

-I am near the front door.
-Okay, just stay on the line with me.

-Wait, they got fire?
-[Estel] I don't know.

-He wants fire trucks.
-What do you mean you don't know?

-[whimpers]
-[Estel scoffs]

[operator] Our fire trucks
will not pull up on the scene

if there is a bomb.

I'm sorry.

How much money do you need, sir?

I can get it for you.

[line ringing]

It's sitting right up there.

[automated female voice]
You have reached the voice mailbox of…

-[Kiah] Kiah.
-[line beeps]

I don't want the bank's money.

I just want the cash…

that those people took from me,
that's all I want.

-[banging on door]
-[suspenseful music]

Okay. Okay, it's okay!

-It's okay, I got it! I got it! I got it!
-[man] What's happening?

[Estel] Go! Go, go!

[Brian pants]
What's happening? Who's shooting?

[Estel] It is an employee.

-It's all clear.
-[operator] Hello?

-He's gone.
-[operator] Estel, do you need me?

-[Rosa sobbing]
-[Brian gasping]

-[operator] Are you okay in there?
-Sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
It's just a reflex, I'm sorry.

[operator] You still have a visual on him?

-No.
-[Brian] I'm sorry, okay?

-I apologize.
-No.

Ma'am, I apologize, okay?
I did not mean to do that.

How come y'all letting people
walk up to the entrance?

It seems like
y'all could do better than that.

[breathes shakily]

[whispers]
You gotta get us out of here.

[panting]

[grunts]

[gasps]

-Hello?
-[operator] Yes, I'm here.

I still don't have a damn negotiator,
and I'm wondering why.

[shouts]
Where's my negotiator?

Hello?

[operator] All right,
hang on just a second.

[Brian] Hello?

[tense music]

Sir, we can really help you. Please, um…

-[Estel] Please don't!
-[mumbling]

No, don't…
[sobs]

I had a button made, okay. You see this?

We got kids. Please don't, sir.

I need my negotiator. Somebody…
Somebody to come down and talk!

To talk! That's all!

Where's my negotiator?
Please, ma'am, just…

[operator] Sir, would you just hold on
to the phone right here…

I've been holding on.

I've been holding on though.
I've been holding on though.

I held on.
[panting]

[operator] If we get disconnected,
I'll call you right back, okay?

[breathes shakily]

[operator] Okay?

You gonna have my negotiator
ready for me? Ma'am?

-Yes, sir, you just hold on to the line.
-Okay.

-I'll get him on.
-Okay.

-[call end tone]
-[breathing heavily]

[handset rattles]

[breathing shakily]

I'm sorry, y'all, I had to do that.

[sighs]

Any of y'all ladies need the restroom?

-I could do to use the restroom.
-All right, go on then.

[Rosa breathing shakily]

You okay?

[restroom door opens, closes]

[exhales deeply]

[tapping on phone]

[telephone ringing]

-Hello?
-[operator] I have Major Riddick

-on the phone.
-Okay. Okay.

Check on Estel in the bathroom, okay?
Make sure she good, all right?

[line crackles, buzzes]

-[operator] You there, sir?
-Uh, yes, I am.

[Riddick] Hello, Mr. Easley,
my name's Major Riddick.

Now you tell us
what's going on in there, okay?

Yeah. The Department of Veterans Affairs…

[Rosa] Estel? Estel.

They left me destitute
and homeless and, uh…

I'm… I'm going to be on the streets.
So I need your assistance, sir.

All right. What can we do to help you out?

Well… pay me my money.

That's the whole reason
why we having this conversation, sir.

[Riddick] All right, how much…
how much is that exactly?

Estel, I think we're gonna be on the TV.
Turn it on.

We're gonna be on one of the channels.
Sorry about that.

[Riddick] Well, would you be willing
to come outside and talk to us about that?

Sir, I'm not coming outside.

[Riddick] All right.
What are your intentions right now?

-[breathes shakily]
-Well, uh…

My intentions are to blow up this place
if my demands aren't met.

I told y'all before. I don't know
why I have to repeat myself but okay.

Uh, you know, I'm serious, sir.
I will blow this place up, sir.

-[Riddick] Okay. Okay.
-[Brian] Oh, sir, most importantly,

I want to talk to my daughter.

-You know, I can't seem to get through.
-[Riddick] All right.

I'll call you back in a little bit,
Mr. Easley, okay?

Yeah, that is absolutely fine.

[call end tone]

Okay.

[handset rattles]

[breathing shakily]

What'd you think? What'd you think?
Think the conversation was good?

-Yes. Yes.
-I think it was a good conversation, you?

[Brian] Yeah. Yeah.

[buttons clicking]

[line ringing]

[phone vibrates]

[phone vibrates]

-[Kiah] Mom?
-[Cassandra] Hmm?

-[Kiah] Momma?
-[Cassandra] Mm-hmm?

[phone vibrates]

[phone vibrates]

[phone vibrates]

-Momma.
-[Cassandra] Mm-hmm?

-Mom.
-[Cassandra] Mm-hmm?

Someone must really wanna talk to you.

[Cassandra] Okay, baby. My phone…

Okay.

Okay. Let me see.

Okay, baby.

-Hello.
-[Brian] Hello, Cass?

Yes?

[Brian] I've been calling you all morning.

-Why you ain't pick up your phone?
-All right. Okay, all right.

I'm up now, all right? I just…

Why you call me so many times?
It's not even your number.

That's why you should've picked up
your damn phone.

I've been calling and calling…

I had a patient die
at four o'clock this morning.

-I'm gonna go back to sleep, all right?
-[Brian] Oh, no. Don't do that, okay?

Hey, look, uh…

I'm in the middle of something and, um…

depending on how everything works out,

I… I might go to jail for a long time.

[scoffs]

Okay, listen, Brian. Are…
Are you off your medication?

Don't do that, Cass.

I was just calling to tell you
that if something were to happen to me…

I'm trying to do right, okay?

I'm trying to right something here
and I'm in a little situation.

And I just wanted you to know
I'm just trying to do the right thing.

I'm trying to make the right decisions,

-but, uh…
-Yeah.

And I'm just trying to tell you
that everything I do…

everything I do is for you and Kiah.

-Mm-hmm. Yeah, well…
-[Brian] Everything.

Brian, I don't…
[scoffs]

I don't really know
where you're going with this, so…

I don't know what…

Okay, thank you.
[chuckles]

You know what, you're right.
Put my daughter on the phone.

All right. But don't you be
spooking her like you did.

I never spook our baby.

Yesterday, you told her…

you told her how you got thrown
on the street in handcuffs.

She needs to know
how this world treats people like us.

Well, I'm just letting her know.
She's about to be in the world herself.

Yeah.

All right, Brian, I'm not going
through this with you again, all right?

[Brian breathes deeply]
Yes, ma'am.

Kiah!

Your father's on the phone, Kiah.

[Brian] Hey, is she mad?

[Cassandra] She got reason to be.

Cassandra…

I'm holding up the bank
and now's not the right time

to be ignoring my calls, okay?

-I've got hostages.
-[scoffs]

-I'm holding up the bank, so…
-What are you…

Could you put my daughter
on the phone, please?

Thank you.

[tense music]

[inhales sharply]

[Kiah] Daddy?

Hey. Hey. Hey, baby girl.

Don't hang up. Don't hang up. Hey.

I just wanted to let you know
that I love you, okay?

Are you apologizing and picking me up?

[Brian] You gonna be mean to Daddy?
You ain't gonna give Daddy a break?

Baby, you know
I'll always tell you the truth.

And, uh, I hurt you. I did.

[Kiah] Well, you shouldn't have
given me your word.

-I apologize, baby.
-[Kiah] That's not telling the truth.

You hate
when people don't tell you the truth.

I know, I know, I know.
You know, sometimes, when…

you know, people steal from you,
you've got no choice.

You gotta get it back.

And when I do, I'm gonna get you a puppy.

-Are you for real?
-[Brian] Mm-hmm.

Yes. That's the first thing on my list.

Okay, call me when you're ready.

-Love you. Bye.
-[Brian] Don't hang up.

-Hey--
-[call end tone]

What did your father say?

[Kiah] He got money,
so he's gonna get me my puppy.

Just like your damn mama.

[Rosa breathing shakily]

You look scared.

[Brian] You scared?

I am.

I told you…

if I die today…

I die alone.

[helicopter propellers whirring]

[indistinct chatter]

[soldier] Come on, Easley.

[distant guns firing]

[helicopter propellers whirring]

[telephone ringing]

-Hello?
-[woman] Hi, is Bridget back yet?

Ma'am, the bank is being robbed.

I'm the one robbing it. Do not call again!

[Brian sighs]

Come on, man. Come on.

[exhales softly]

[breathing nervously]

[sniffles]

[pants]

Kiah. Baby, go back to your room.

-[Kiah] Why I gotta be in my room, Mamma?
-Listen…

When I know what I need to know,
I'll let you know, okay?

Please, baby. Just go back to your room.

Thank you.

[Estel] Brian?

Brian?

[exhales sharply]

My ex-husband,
same thing happened to him almost.

[Estel sighs]

I, um… I'm scared.

But I feel compassion for you.

You know, my son and, uh, I…
[soft chuckle]

We go to downtown Atlanta on the weekends,

pass out to the homeless.

And they have stories.

People judge. They underestimate
how folks get in their position.

I know stories like yours.
They fought for the country,

and they come here
and they don't get approved, and I'm like…

[scoffs]
"I'm sorry." I'm sorry.

[phone vibrates]

Who's that?

[breathes sharply]

An old friend.

[Brian] It's your ex-husband.

[scoffs]

I mean, if… if it is,
you probably should hit him back.

Ain't nothing harder on the heart
than reaching out to an ex and…

not hearing from them.

I see you love your family.

[scoffs]
My close family. My daughter.

Kiah.

Maybe if you… let us out, we'll tell them

-how good you been to us.
-They're not gonna kill me?

They're not gonna kill me?

Did you tell me about your family
and your husband, and your good times

-because you think I'm a fool?
-[Estel] No.

[Brian] Try to soften me up,
is that what it is?

You think I'm dumb or slow?

-Is that what it is?
-No. Not at all.

'Cause you know,
people be doing that a lot.

Thinking I'm a fool, thinking I'm slow.

I… I don't know
if that's what you was doing, ma'am.

-Brother, you're not a fool.
-[Brian] I'm not a fool?

Okay. I'm not a fool.

I'm just scared.
[chuckles nervously]

[in breathy voice]
That's all, scared. Okay?

I understand.

You gonna turn the TV off?
This is not working.

[sighs]

[operator] Did y'all just turn off the TV
in… in the business?

You've got to let me know
what he's doing inside the bank.

[Estel] Excuse me if I'm not doing
exactly what you need of me.

I don't know what y'all are doing

but we need someone
to negotiate with him now.

[helicopter propellers whirring]

[indistinct chatter]

-[policewoman] Bernard!
-Hey, how you doing?

Riddick's setting the perimeter.

Wants to make sure the area clear
of any potential bombs or co-conspirators.

-[Bernard] Okay.
-We got four SWAT units here.

Cobb County PD, plus Marietta.

Cobb Sheriff's team is out. Got the dogs.

-[dog barks]
-[policewoman] Smyrna PD.

We got the FBI, the GBI.

-Everybody here.
-[Bernard] Got yourself a party.

So how many snipers we got?

Uh, three units, as I understand.

But like I said, there's a lot going on.

[indistinct shouts]

-That's the new chief?
-Yeah. That's him.

[line ringing]

[telephone ringing]

WSB-TV tipline.
This is Lisa Larson. What's your tip?

[Brian] Hello this is Brian Brown-Easley.

I'm heisting a Wells Fargo
on Windy Hills Road,

-and I have a bomb, and hostages.
-You're what?

-Just calling to let y'all know.
-[Lisa] Uh…

You're at the Wells Fargo.

You're at the Wells Fargo now,
at the bank, holding up the bank

and you're calling us at WSB?

[Brian] Yes, ma'am.

Uh, what was your name again, sir, please?

-[Brian] My name is Brian Brown-Easley.
-Brian Brown-Easley.

-Okay, you hold one sec.
-[Brian] Okay.

I want you to sit here,
close to the camera.

Lisa's got the Windy Hill robber
on the line.

[cameraman] All right, I'm hot.

You got sound?

-[soundman] Yeah, we're good.
-[cameraman] We're recording.

Okay, thank you. Um…

And how would you like to be addressed?
Is it Brian?

Or… or Mr. Easley?

-Brian's good.
-[Lisa] Okay, Brian.

Why are you holding up a bank today, sir?

[Brian] Because I'm a nobody to the VA.

You know,
just so we can verify who you are,

do you have a social security number
or something?

You trying to steal my money too,
like the VA?

-[Lisa] Oh, no, no, no.
-Trying to take my cash?

[chuckles]
No, I'm good.

I'm not trying to steal your money.
This is… This is just so we can help.

[Brian] Okay, ma'am, just so you know,
I don't have a criminal record.

I mean, this is not my day-to-day.

Well, but you say you have bombs, right?
Where'd you get that?

Oh, I can't give you
that information, ma'am.

[Lisa] Well, is it something
that could, you know, level the bank?

Probably gonna take out the whole room.

[Lisa] What kind of bomb?

-[Brian] Semtex.
-[distant horn honking]

[Lisa] Semtex?

-[indistinct chatter]
-Take care now.

You too.

-[indistinct radio chatter]
-[siren blares]

[helicopter propellers whirring]

[officer]
Can we contact Wells Fargo security

and see if they have the cameras inside
that we might be able to access?

Major Riddick.

-Sergeant, you up to speed?
-Indeed.

[Riddick]
Okay, we're ready to conference in.

We're conferencing in.

[beeps]

-[line crackles]
-Oh, ma'am, I'm… I'm not a thief.

Okay, I haven't taken anything
from the bank.

I'm a decorated Marine,
I'm a Lance Corporal.

-Who's this on the phone?
-[Riddick] WSB-TV.

So why is the suspect talking
to a reporter and not us?

We were just buying time
until you decided to show up.

[Brian] Two tours of Iraq.

Camp Fox and Taqaddum.

Honorable discharge.

[Lisa] Good for you, sir.
And did you make friends,

you know, along the way
that you've kept up with?

[Brian] Yeah, I did, but…

we lost contact, you know.

I don't really check in with nobody
or everybody these days.

I kind of stay to myself.

[Lisa] So, the VA, what's going on there?

[keyboard keys clacking]

Okay. Okay, thanks.

So it looks like
this payment was redirected to a college

you're using your GI Bill at
to cure a deficit.

Good news is
you're all caught up on payments.

I was not behind on anything.

Damn, I overpaid
on that Windows '08 bullshit.

Disability checks never are confiscated
unless there's an unpaid bill.

Does an unpaid bill sound familiar?

I've been over this
with the VA helpline. Twice.

I called the VA crisis line.
I called Lincoln Tech.

I've been down to the office, but you…
you know what the problem is, ma'am?

-You don't write nothing down.
-[sighs]

[Brian] If you put that pen to that paper,
you'd have that information.

Please… please don't raise your voice,
Mr. Easley.

It's just a suggestion.

-I ain't raising my voice.
-That's who's got your money.

-I have two jobs.
-[keyboard keys clacking]

Two. I've been ill.

I had to take leave,
so I'm reliant on this disability check.

And ma'am, don't dip into my money
and call it a day.

You gonna have me on… on the street.

I'm a grown man.

I won't be able to feed myself.

We have programs for those
who are food and housing insecure.

You can call the helpline

or you can take a number
and wait in that line.

Okay.

Thank you.

[clerk] Next.

[machine dings]

Yeah, they said I still owe,
which is a damn lie. It's a lie.

[sighs]
That must've been…

very frustrating.

[Brian] Yeah, it was.
I'm not a psychopath.

I know what I do and I know what I don't.

-I know, I hear you.
-[Brian] Truth.

-I hear you, Brian.
-Do you?

-What station is this again?
-[Lisa] WSB-TV, why?

[Brian] We're recording right now,
we live, on TV?

[Lisa] Um…

I'll take that as a no.

[Lisa] Well, what it means is that
we're not gonna exploit you for ratings.

So we're gonna wait…

I need the world to see
what's happening here.

Can you do that for me, ma'am?
Can we do that?

Please?

Major Riddick, are we allowed to go live?

Hey, uh, put the TV on WSB.

[operator]
We're working to get you two out.

Don't try nothing.
Just stay put until we get there.

Our priority is the protection of life
inside the dwelling.

We're now running a multi-agency operation

to get these hostages out safe.

[reporter]
At what point do you have to change…

Ma'am.

You have a police officer on air,

but the man who the situation is about
is nowhere to be seen.

Does that make sense to you?

-Have you got kids?
-You know I do.

[Lisa] Well then,
you know why you called here first.

Why'd I do that?

Because we are not going
to let your children, yours and mine,

watch you blow up that bank on the air.

[reporter] The suspect, I should say,
is local, correct?

[officer] I understand he is a local,
yes, but I cannot confirm that.

-[reporter] And what can you tell us…
-So what's it look like out there?

…it may have something to do
with this outcome.

[officer] I do not have the information
regarding that at this moment…

They got a lot of people waiting for me?

[helicopter propellers whirring]

[suspenseful music]

[indistinct chatter]

[phone vibrates]

-Hello?
-[man] Cassandra Easley?

-Yes.
-[Jackman] I'm Agent Jackman of the FBI.

Can you confirm your current address?

[bangs]

-[indistinct shouts]
-[dog barking]

[Lisa] Do you have
any other family we could contact?

[Brian] My brother. But we don't talk.

[officer] Nothing.

Hey, everybody.

-Riddick, right?
-Yes, sir. Real pleasure.

Fine job out here.
Got everything you need?

Yeah, snipers are in place. Area's clean.

Uh, no sign of an accomplice.

Now that Bernard's here,
we're ready to rock and roll.

Good. Good.
Atlanta's watching you today, son.

-[Brian] Okay, this is good.
-No pressure.

[Lisa] …figure out, you know,
what's happening over there…

Let's just give him five more minutes.
Let him wind down.

[Brian] Lisa?

Can I ask you a question?

[Lisa] Sure.

Is life hard for you?

It's hard for everybody I know.

Is it really hard, like…

Seems like everywhere I turn, they…

You know,
my own brother put a hit out on me.

How did he…

-Uh…
-I don't know. I don't know.

They said…

They said he put 20,000 on my head.

Brian, who said that?

The streets is talking.

He a part of some secret society,
some cult like that.

I don't really mess with him,
but they real, real sick people.

[Brian] Just four kidnapping attempts
on me last year.

You know that? Four.

[Lisa] Are you sure?

[Brian] Am I sure?

We gotta stop this.

[Lisa] All right.

Uh…

-Well…
-You know what?

I don't need a translator.

[Brian] I need to be on the camera.

-Can you send somebody down here?
-Oh, well, we have…

um… we have reporters out there.

Mark said that it can work.
Uh, you can meet him at a window.

Yeah, we have reporters out there, uh,

but how would we do it?
Is there a window or…

[tense music]

[Brian] Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am,
I'm not going near the window.

I do not want to get shot.

-Coming through. Coming through!
-[reporters] Hey!

-[reporter] Sir!
-Stay away from that bank.

Tell your reporters
to stay the fuck off the phone.

You're jeopardizing his life and yours.

-That reporter…
-You… have been warned.

[reporters clamoring]

[reporter] As you can see,
this is a very volatile situation.

Don't you have a long lens that zoom in
that you can see me with?

-I'm asking about a long lens.
-Oh, long lens? Let me ask, let me ask.

We're… We're checking on that for you.

Because that's a good idea. Keep you safe.

-[Bernard] Major.
-I can't prevent that. Hold on.

Major.

We haven't even talked to this guy yet,
and you're letting them film him?

What are we doing here? What is this?

What is what?
You're highly emotional, Sergeant.

Sir, my professional opinion?
This some bullshit.

May I start a direct line of communication

so someone trained in this field
can talk to him?

[officer] I'm at North Park
trying to divert traffic…

Just push redial.

Yeah, I'm back.

Suspect exits the bank.

He will not leave the sidewalk.
Are you clear on that?

Suspect exits the bank.
He will not leave the sidewalk.

[Brian] Can you send somebody down here?

Ma'am, ma'am,
I'm not going down there, okay?

I do not wanna get sniped.

[operator] Okay, I kinda hear him
talking in the background.

-He's still on with the media, right?
-[Estel] Uh-huh.

[officer] We don't play that around here.
I'll tell you that much.

[indistinct chatter]

-[Lisa] Brian. Brian, calm down.
-[Brian breathing shakily]

[Brian] I need to be on camera, okay?

[car engine starts]

[Lisa] Yeah. Yeah.

[breathing shakily]

Look, they're telling me
that it's just gonna take a minute

to locate the camera equipment we need.
But it's coming.

Okay?

-You're lying.
-[Lisa] No, sir.

You're lying to me right now.
I can hear you.

You're lying, I can hear it in your voice.

-You know what, we're gonna wrap this up.
-[Lisa] No, no, no, no.

Don't do that. Hey…

Wait,

-my, uh…
-God.

"Wait, wait."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait!"
[slams on table]

-That's all I've been told, is to wait!
-[Lisa] Brian.

What do I need to do to get the attention
that I need right now?

Right now!

-Right now, ma'am!
-[Lisa] Brian…

Brian, calm down.

-Calm down.
-Is this what I need to do?

[Lisa] No. We're gonna…

-We're gonna take care…
-This what I need to do? Okay. Okay.

[detonator beeping]

Is this what you need?

Is this all the motivation you need
to get me what I need?

You have hostages in here, ma'am!
Hostages, and they scared!

-They scared for their damn lives!
-[Lisa] Brian…

-I need a phone call!
-[Lisa] Brian,

you have my undivided attention.

[Brian] I don't need

your undivided attention!

I need the attention of the VA!

Not you!

[tense music]

[Riddick] Yeah, we're ready.

[WSB staff] All right.
We're gonna do this.

You got it.

Brian…

[Brian] Now ma'am,
can you get me this phone call?

-Hey, Brian. Brian, Brian.
-Or do I have to blow this bitch up?

[Lisa] Brian, they just told me
that the negotiator wants to call you

on this line, like, right now.

Negotiator is on the phone, ma'am?
You're not lying to me right now?

-The negotiator's on the phone?
-[Lisa] Yeah.

'Cause we can't go back and forth no more.

-We can't do that.
-No, no, no. So, so… uh…

You go… you talk to him.
And then you call me back.

-[detonator beeping]
-[beeping]

Okay.
[soft grunt]

[beeping stops]

Okay, that's… that's a start.

That's a start.

-Ring him through.
-Okay.

Yeah. She's doing it right now.

I apologize.

[Rosa breathes shakily]

What are we gonna report?

Everything.

[staff] And we're live.

Five, four, three, two…

[anchor] Breaking news, we have
a hostage standoff at a Wells Fargo

with Team 2 coverage
from our news chopper in the air,

and a team on the ground.

The suspect made exclusive contact
with our seasoned producer, Lisa Larson.

This is Channel 2 Action News.

We start with Keith James live
in Marietta.

We appear to have
a very volatile situation here,

where a man has barricaded himself
inside a bank

with an explosive device
and a story that he needs to have told.

[Keith] Police are no longer calling this
a robbery, rather a hostage situation.

And 10 to 15 minutes ago,
the sheriff's SWAT team arrived.

[anchor] Keith, thank you.
And now to Mark Cavanaugh.

He's live on the other side
of this standoff with the police.

Mark, what can you tell us
about the suspect?

[Mark] Well, I can tell you
the area has been sealed off.

I've also been assured
that the public is not in danger.

Now, the suspect inside
that Wells Fargo told us he's a Marine,

and we've worked with several agencies

to confirm that he is in fact
Lance Corporal Brian Brown-Easley.

Daddy.

[gloomy music]

…our own Lisa Larson had
with the former Marine.

[indistinct chatter]

I just want to say he's calm and composed

and came across as caring.

[gloomy music continues]

-[Brian] Gandalf?
-[Kiah] No.

-[Brian] Gimli?
-[Kiah] One guess left.

[Brian] Okay, Gollum.

Does she look like a Gollum?

[telephone ringing]

-[Brian] Hello?
-[man] Hi, is this Mr. Easley?

[Brian] Who am I speaking with?

This is Eli Bernard,
chief negotiator for Marietta PD.

[Brian] Chief? Damn,
they sent me the big dog.

[Bernard] I'm actually a sergeant,
but that doesn't matter.

I'm just pleased to be talking to you.

-Why are you pleased?
-[Bernard] I like to help people.

And it looks like
you can use some help today.

Yeah, you the chief. Then we good, man.

-People know the truth when they hear it.
-[Brian] I do agree.

My momma said, "Show me a liar
and I'll show you a thief."

-[Bernard] Mine said the same.
-[Brian] Right.

[Bernard]
Your momma sounds like a smart woman.

Oh, she's smart. She was.

-I'm sorry.
-[Brian] No. No sorries.

-We all die at our appointed time.
-[Bernard] Yes, we do.

So, tell me, Brian,
what can I do for you today?

-Is it okay if I call you Brian?
-[Brian] Yeah, absolutely. Uh…

Sir, I know you know why I'm here.

And I just simply want my money back.
That's all.

-From the VA, right?
-[Brian] Yes, sir.

Yeah, I've had some problems
with Veteran Affairs myself.

It's difficult when they drag their feet.

[Brian] Right.

[Bernard]
Hey, what branch of service you in?

-Marine.
-[Bernard] Semper fi, sir.

-Where'd you train?
-[Bernard] I'm a West Coaster.

MCRD, San Diego.

Okay. Okay.
So you one of them Hollywood brothers

-with the veneers in your mouth, huh?
-[Bernard chuckles]

[Brian] Shooting bubble gum bullets.

[laughs]

I'm from St. Louis, Missouri.

But yes, sir, a Hollywood Marine I am.

So tell me, sir,
how can we put this back in the VA's hands

versus the bank tellers?

[Brian] Tell the VA
to send over the cash and fix it.

That's all, okay?

-Anything else you need help with?
-[breathes deeply]

[Bernard] Brian?

Yeah, I need you to help me
find the words to tell my ex-wife

and my daughter that…

that I'm gonna die.

[Bernard] Sir, with all due respect,

it is my responsibility to make sure
that you get out of here alive.

Yeah, I understand, I understand,

but we both know
that they going to kill me, man. They…

We both know I'm dying here.

You know, ain't nothing for me
out there but bullets.

At least everybody gonna know.

They gonna know how the VA do, man.
They gonna know.

Everybody will see.

[Bernard] You said you had an ex-wife.
[scoffs]

-I got one of those too. Painful.
-[sniffles]

Anybody else in your life I can contact?

-Like a woman?
-[Bernard] Yeah.

[Brian] I had but one deep cut in my life,
and I married her.

Well done you, sir.

She beautiful.

Yeah, actually, uh,
I had thought about her…

right at the moment I decided to do…

-what I'm doing right now.
-[Bernard] When was that moment, Brian?

[breathing shakily]

-[Brian groans]
-[people exclaiming, clamoring]

[Brian] Stop!
[wheezes]

-Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
-[indistinct chatter]

I don't wanna… I'm not gonna leave!

-I'm not leaving until… No!
-[handcuffs clicking]

-No!
-[guard] Okay.

-I want my cash!
-[guard] Take a breath.

[Brian] Where's my money?

[groans, sobs]

[grunts, panting]

[Brian] In front of all those brothers.

I tried to go about it
the way we trained, but…

sir, they've taken everything from me.

Everything.

I apologize.

[Brian] Yeah, for what?

Well, that another human being,

a fellow Marine,
had to go through so much.

How much money does the VA owe you?

[Brian] 892 dollars and 34 cents.

-That it?
-[Brian] Yes, sir.

[breathing shakily]

[Bernard] Sir, your honor's
worth more than 892 dollars.

You're worth more than 892 dollars.

I'm worth nothing.

[somber music]

I…

I am nothing.

I'm gonna die tonight

and nobody will care why.

CNT's up and running.

Let's get you in there
so we can hear y'all.

Look.

This is what we're gonna do, okay?
Brother to brother.

I'm gonna call your ex-wife and daughter.

I'mma tell her that we have talked
and we're gonna work this out.

Then I'm gonna call you back.
Is that okay?

-Okay.
-[Bernard] Now after I've done that,

Brian, I'm gonna need you
to do me a favor.

I'm gonna need you
to let one of the ladies go.

Can you do that for me?

Brian, you still there?

What about the cash? What about the money?

I give my word as a Marine
and on my daddy.

You let one of them go,
and we will sort this out.

They're gonna come in that door
and crack my head open.

Ain't nobody coming in there
and cracking open your skull, man.

N… No. No, sir. Not on my word.

Nigga, please, you don't control
these people, man. You ain't got no power.

Don't do that to me now.
Don't you underestimate me.

-[helicopter propellers whirring]
-Not me.

I'm gonna call your family

and I'll call you back in a moment.

All right?

Okay.

[call end tone]

Don't you ever, ever disrespect me
or cut me off when I'm talking, sir!

Give me the ex-wife's number.

[reporter]
A man has taken over a Wells Fargo bank

and is threatening to blow it up.

He apparently has an explosive,
some sort of backpack or package…

[phone vibrates]

-Hello?
-[Bernard] Hello, Ms. Easley.

I'm Sergeant Bernard
from the Marietta Police Depart…

-Is he dead?
-[Bernard] No. No, ma'am.

No, Brian is still very much alive.

[sighs]

[Bernard] Say, you got FaceTime?

-Yeah.
-[Bernard] I just want you to see me.

Uh, yeah, yeah, I do. I do. Hold on.

[Bernard] Okay, good.

I am pressing that button…

right about… now.

-[chuckles]
-[Cassandra] Hi.

I gotta tell you,
I'm not too much for all this technology,

but… let's just say
it's a pleasure to see you.

[Cassandra] Yeah.

[Bernard] First of all, I want
to let you and your daughter know,

I do this day in and day out,
and I know a good man when I see one.

-Your husband's a good man.
-[Cassandra] Yeah.

Yeah, I-I know that. I know that.
He wouldn't… He wouldn't hurt a spider.

[Cassandra]
He has these episodes sometimes,

but nothing like this, nothing this bad.

Has he ever been violent
towards you or your daughter?

[Cassandra] Violent? No. No. Hell no. No.

He loves that child with his whole heart.

[Bernard] That's good to know.

And before I go, is there anything
that I can help you with?

Yeah. Yeah. You can tell me
why the FBI is on their way to my house.

I didn't… I didn't do anything wrong.

I apologize, ma'am. That's just procedure.

This here's my number.

If they do anything you don't like,
you just call me.

-Make sense?
-[Cassandra] Yeah, it does.

[Bernard] Is there anything
you want me to tell Brian?

Yeah. Yeah, tell him that I…

Tell him that Kiah says,
"Don't do nothing stupid."

[Bernard] Okay, ma'am.
I'll make sure to pass that along.

All right. Thank you.

[Bernard] You're welcome. Bye now.

[tense music]

[officer 1] Wells Fargo confirms,
cameras live any moment now.

[officer 2] All units, suspect does not
leave the perimeter with the bomb.

[telephone ringing]

[Bernard] Hey, Brian.
I spoke to your ex-wife, man.

-We actually video talked, but…
-[Brian] Good, you did?

-She's a lovely lady.
-[Brian] They okay?

She and your daughter are doing just fine.

Told Cassandra she can call me
if she needs anything.

[Brian] That's mighty fine of you.
Did you call the VA too?

To tell the truth,
that's gonna take some time.

But I did what I said I was gonna do, so…

how about you release one of those ladies?

I'mma release both of them
when the money's in my account.

-I was really clear.
-[Bernard] You gave me your word, Marine.

Now don't do that. Do not do that.
I did not reply, sir.

-Now you got me there.
-[Brian] Okay.

It's just, uh…

I care about you, Brian.

I care about you
just as much as I care about

what them ladies must be going through.

[Brian]
I understand you're good at your job

but I need you to go do it.

Just call the VA.

[Bernard] You went from 10 percent
to 50 percent disability, right?

How you know that?

Well, the VA just sent over your file.

[Bernard] You were hurt in Iraqi Freedom.

[Brian] Yeah, right again.

[Bernard]
It is a bitch getting shot in the heat.

-You… you were shot, right?
-No, I was injured.

I was. Which means you're just like me.

You've been through worse.

You just gotta push through, Brian.
I'll be here to help.

I understand
that you having the conversations

that you're supposed to be having
with the VA.

But what you need to do,
rather than trying to straighten me out,

is call them, then have them call me,
because you know what you did?

You gave me your word, sir. You did that.

So if that isn't the conversation,
then we don't need to talk.

[Bernard] Come on, Brian.

They taught us better than this.

-No, no, no, no…
-[Bernard] We can fix this.

This is human error.

I'm gonna die because of that human error.

Sleep on that.

Shit.

[Cassandra whispers]
I'm here, my baby.

[phone vibrates]

-[Jackman] Please don't answer that.
-It's Brian.

There'll be a moment when you can.
Just not now.

Hold on, baby.

[uneasy music]

[phone vibrating]

-[phone thuds]
-Come here.

[indistinct chatter]

I understand he is a local,
yes, but I cannot confirm that.

[line ringing]

[voicemail] Hi, this is Cassandra Deets…

[telephone ringing]

[Bernard] Hey, Brian.
Don't put the phone down.

Since you didn't let those ladies out,

you can at least let me speak
to one of them.

Hold on.

[Brian] Negotiator wants to talk.

[Rosa breathes shakily]

Estel.

-Hello.
-[Bernard] Hi, who am I speaking with?

-Estel Valerie.
-[Bernard] Hello, Ms. Valerie.

This is Sergeant Bernard.
Is everyone all right in there?

[smacks lips]
No, we are not.

What are you people doing out there?

[Bernard] Ma'am, we're doing
everything we possibly can

to get y'all out of there safely.

Okay, well, how long does it take
to put money into a man's account?

Estel, just please try to stay calm.

[quietly]
I'm…

perfectly calm.

[Bernard] Okay. We're trying, ma'am.

Well, try harder, please.

[telephone ringing]

WSB-TV tipline.
This is Lisa Larson. What's your tip?

Absolutely. Uh, what is your address?

[officer] The remaining feed is up now.

Can you put Brian
back on the phone, please?

-[Brian] Hello?
-I'm about to leave this car

and go over to the van.

When I'm out there,
is there anything that you'd like?

Maybe some smokes?

Okay. I can do that.

-What kind do you like?
-Newports.

[Brian] Newport Longs.

Brian, when I buy these cigarettes,

someone is gonna have to leave them
at the door for you.

-We got a plan for that?
-[Brian] Can't you do it?

Okay.

You give me a few minutes
to buy those cigarettes,

and I-I'll meet you there.

[handset rattles]

That's some bullshit.
I ain't going near that.

You know what?

They're not gonna fix it.

I will.

I'm gonna put your money
directly into your account.

That's not what I need to happen.
So, no, thank you.

-Money is money.
-[breathes shakily]

Why you care about where it comes from?

If I cared about money,
I'd have had you do that when I walked in…

but I didn't, so, no, I do not need that.

You think the VA got
their own printed money?

We're the bank.

We get it back.

No. I want their money.

So you set on dying?

[Estel] How many times
I gotta hide my son from the news?

I'll tell you what.

When he asks me,
"What did you do to stop him from dying?",

I'm gonna look him in the eye…

and know that I tried.

[breathing nervously]

[quietly]
Please…

[in shaky voice]
Let me put what you are owed

into your account,

and let's please go home.

Look, you can bump it to your… your wife.

Or your daughter.

I don't care, but I need you not to die.

Okay, Brian?

Brian, I need you… not to die.

Not… not today.

Okay?

I'm gonna handle this. Right?

I should probably…

If I'm gonna leave her something,

-I should probably call Kiah, right?
-[Estel] Mm-hmm.

You need some credit on… on the phone?

-Yes, ma'am, I do.
-[Estel] Okay.

-That's on me.
-[Brian] Okay.

[Estel] I'mma need that number, okay?

[indistinct chatter]

Estel might be losing it.

I reckon she's gonna take matters
into her own hands.

Okay, well, that's a problem.

-We still got her on the phone, right?
-Why is that a problem exactly?

If he finds out that she put the money
in his account and not the VA,

it just might trigger him.

We don't know. Hell, he doesn't know.

Whoever is talking to her
should tell her to stop.

In fact, we should kill
all bank communications

except for the phones.

[Riddick]
Kill all the comms except for the phones.

Let's go.

[keyboard keys clacking]

[Estel]
I got the phone credit but your account…

[mouse clicking]

…it's erroring.

Why… Why would they do that?

-[Brian] It just doesn't work?
-Try again.

[telephone ringing]

-[mouse clicking]
-[keyboard keys clacking]

-Hello.
-[Bernard] Brian.

-Man, why would you--
-Look at your phone, man. You're on CNN.

CNN? I'm on CNN?

[Bernard]
People are listening to your story.

They got pictures of you
all over Facebook and Twitter.

[Estel] Mm-hmm.

Okay, uh, what they saying?

[Bernard]
Well, they know that you're angry.

Hell, most of them know what's behind it.

It ain't no secret that the VA is fubar.

You got them
on the back foot now, brother.

You hear me?

So everything you say,
everything you do, it matters.

[hopeful music]

[Brian] I don't know that it does.

[Bernard] It matters. You matter.

Just make good where you are right now.

Thank you for the call, Hollywood.

[music fades]

-[handset rattles]
-[sighs]

[sighs]

[sighs]

One of y'all can go.

[Lisa] But it does say here
that he owed the college money.

[clerk] It ain't how it says it is.

-[Lisa] What does that mean?
-[clerk] Once a student wants out,

stops showing up,
the school tells us they're defaulting.

-Meaning what?
-We gotta take their money.

Pension, disability, whatever we can get.

The kicker is, that wasn't Brian.

[clerk] This is on them.

Why didn't the VA make it right?

[Bernard]
Give me a pack of the Newport Longs.

[indistinct chatter over radio]

[door alarm chimes]

-6.50.
-[Bernard] Here you go.

Uh, you got matches?

[indistinct chatter]

All right, listen up!
Prepare for a hostage release.

Got ourselves a swap. Got a light?

Got matches? I know you got a light.

Does anybody have a light?

Why don't you, uh, give him a blowtorch
while you're at it?

He has a detonator
attached to a bomb, sir.

Not a stick of dynamite.

SWAT command, let me know
when you're ready for hostage release.

[command] 32-01. All incoming SWAT
prepare for the exchange.

[sniper] Guys! Hey, guys!

[policewoman] All right, man!

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music continues]

[helicopter propellers whirring]

Now, ladies, we don't have much time.
You have to decide.

You can't put that on us.

-[Rosa] It's not fair.
-I know.

-Rosa, you can go. Go.
-No.

I cannot leave you here.

[sighs heavily]

You got to decide. I'm…

I think it's probably best
I have a senior manager here.

You know, in case they try to…

they try to shoot me.

[tense music]

As soon as the cigarettes are at the door,

all three of us will go get it.

Estel, I need you to open the door,
hold it open.

And Rosa,
I need you to grab the cigarettes,

and pass it on back, move off.

Then Estel, you lock the door behind her.

That clear?

Okay. Good.

You hot?

Not really.

No? I think I'm burning up. Excuse me.

[sniper exhales softly]

[door opens, creaks]

[door closes]

[exhales shakily]

[tense music]

Come on.

Come on. Let's go.

[whispers]
We got to go.

[Estel] We got to go.
[pants]

[indistinct chatter]

You gotta be kidding me.

[line ringing]

[ringing continues]

-[Kiah] Daddy?
-Hey, Baby Ruth. Hey. Hey, baby.

I just wanted to let you know
that I'm gonna be okay.

You know, whatever happens.

And you gonna be okay.

[Brian] My baby gonna be fine.

Am I?

Oh, baby, why would you not be?

You don't understand.
You're the most brilliant person I know.

[Kiah] Yeah.

But Mommy says you're in trouble.

Well, tell your mommy…

Tell Mommy I'll be just fine. Okay?

Now, you know what we do.

Can you pray with Daddy?

[keys jangling]

[whispers]
If he comes back out, he will shoot me.

If he had a gun,
we would have seen it by now.

[tense music]

Rosa. Rosa. Rosa, come on.

-I can't.
-You the one supposed to be free.

Bitch, come on!

I can't move.

[Rosa breathes shakily]

-What the hell is taking SWAT so long?
-They'll let us know when they're set.

"Those that dwell…

in the shelter of the Most High…

shall rest…

shall rest…"

[sobs]

[sobbing]

[Kiah] Daddy, breathe.

[sobs]
Okay, baby…

[sobs]

[exhales deeply]

[Brian] Okay, baby. Okay.

"I…

I will say of the Lord…

He is my refuge…

my fortress…

my God, in whom I trust.

Surely he will save me
from the fowler's snare…

and from the deadly pestilence."

Amen.

[Kiah] Amen.

[sighs]

[Kiah] Daddy…

are you breathing?

[breathing slowly, deeply]

I am, baby. I'm breathing.

I am.

Thank you for your prayer.

Thank you for praying for me, baby.
I needed that.

[Kiah] Daddy,

can you get out of trouble?

[Brian] Oh, baby, you can always get…

Just do right by people.

You understand me?
Wherever you go, you treat people good.

Okay?

[Kiah] Yes, sir.

[emotional music]

That's why I love you.
[sighs]

-You're so cool.
-[Kiah] What did I do?

Nothing.

Daddy's gonna let these women out now.

-Then we gonna get my puppy?
-[Brian] Oh, baby.

I love you, Kiah.

[Kiah] I love you too, Daddy.

-[clicks]
-[sighs]

-[dog growls, barking]
-[indistinct radio chatter]

[suspenseful music]

[officer] 75-01, do you need
SWAT commander on your comm?

[breathes shakily, sniffles]

[door lock clicks]

[suspenseful music continues]

[Brian] Ladies…

I just wanna say thank you
for everything you've done for me

the last few hours.

And I'm very sorry.

I really am.

[officer]
Now the suspect's back at the teller line.

Fuck this. We're gonna lose him.

[ominous music]

[helicopter propellers whirring]

Even though I don't pray often,
there's this book I been reading…

-[gunshot]
-[gasps]

[officer 1] What the hell was that?

-[officer 2] Shots fired.
-[dog barking]

[all gasp, exclaim]

-[officer 3] Shots fired.
-[woman] What was that?

[tense music]

[anchor] And you are watching
breaking news with us,

this scene unfolding…

-[officer 1] Go, go, go!
-[officer 2] All right, go, go, go!

[screams, sobbing loudly]

-[officer 1] All right, move!
-[officer 2] We're moving!

[suspenseful music]

-[officer 1] Police!
-[officer 2] Nobody move!

[Estel sobs loudly]

-[officer 3] Come here. Come here.
-[Estel breathing heavily]

[officer 4] Ma'am, come on, come on.
Come on, ma'am.

[indistinct chatter]

-What was that?
-I-I think it was a rescue.

-[Keith] Who authorized the rescue, Chief?
-You had hostages in there.

Find out what that was.
Was that a flash-bang?

[Keith] Where are the hostages, Chief?

You said you wanted
a peaceful negotiation.

-What happened?
-Look, we saw a window of opportunity

and we made contact
trying to extract the hostages.

[Keith] Did you kill him?

I have no further comment on this matter.

[Keith]
When will that information be available?

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Bernard breathes deeply]

[phone vibrates]

[Jackman] Yup.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

-[agent] Thank you.
-[Jackman] We're set.

We're on our way.

-[Cassandra] Excuse me. Excuse me!
-[Jackman] Mm-hmm.

[Cassandra] Is he dead?

[Jackman] You'll have to contact
your local PD, ma'am.

[Cassandra scoffs]

[Cassandra] I have to what?

Hello? I have to what?

Sir!

Excuse me, please. Talk to me, sir.

-Just talk to me.
-[agent] Ma'am.

-Ma'am…
-[Cassandra] Did… Did you kill him?

[agent] Ma'am. Ma'am!

[Jackman] You'll find
he may have turned the weapon on himself.

[breathing rapidly]

[pensive music]

[line ringing]

[voicemail] Hi, this is Cassandra Deets.
Drop what you're gonna ask at the beep.

[Kiah sobs]

[somber music]

[somber music continues]

[indistinct chatter]

[officer] Bernard.

There's no bomb.

[anchor]
That must've been so frightening for you.

All I was… doing, I think,
was just trying to listen to him.

[anchor]
You painted a vivid image of this man…

[somber music continues]

[thunder rumbling]

[soft chuckle]

[chuckles]

[breathes deeply]

[sighs]

[thunder rumbling]

[sighs]

-[Brian] Gandalf?
-[Kiah] No.

-[Brian] Gimli?
-[Kiah] One guess left.

[Brian] Okay. Gollum.

[Kiah] Dad! You can't name a dog Gollum.
It'll get to her head.

Okay, I give in. What's the name?

Samwise the Brave.

Samwise the Brave.

Well, that's perfect, baby.

That is perfect.

[soft somber music]

[solemn music]