The Right to Remain Silent (1996) - full transcript

Woman: YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO
REMAIN SILENT.

IF YOU GIVE UP THE RIGHT TO
REMAIN SILENT, ANYTHING YOU SAY

CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST
YOU IN A COURT OF LAW.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK WITH
AN ATTORNEY AND HAVE THE

ATTORNEY PRESENT DURING
QUESTIONING.

( voices overlapping speaking
Miranda rights )

( radio chatter )
( tires screeching )

( radio chatter, sirens )
( sirens )

DO YOU UNDERSTAND EACH
OF THESE RIGHTS I'VE EXPLAINED

TO YOU?

DO YOU WISH TO GIVE UP THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT?



( shouting, clamoring )
ALL RIGHT! STICK THESE GUYS

IN THREE AND THOSE GUYS IN FIVE.

GET THE HOOD OFF THAT CLOWN!

WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK
YOU'RE GOING?

JEW BOYS, SLANT EYES, BUTT
PIRATES, BEAN EATERS, SPOOKS,

QUEERS...

( yelling continues )
DAMN IT, ROOKIE, HELP ME.

I'M NOT DANCING WITH THIS SON OF
A BITCH!

( silence )
HE'S A NIGGER!

YOU UNCLE TOM TRAITOR!

YOU ALL JUST PROVED MY POINT.

( shouting resumes )
LOOK, THOSE PEOPLE ARE

FUCKIN' CRAZY!

WHAT, AND YOU'RE NOT?



I KNEW THERE WAS A CHANCE FOR
A SCUFFLE; I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO

GET AS VIOLENT AS IT DID.

WHY DO WE ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE
WHEN VIOLENCE IS THE INEVITABLE

OUTCOME?

WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST
AMENDMENT? SHUT UP!

SO MUCH FOR THE FIRST
AMENDMENT. THANK YOU.

LOOK, I'M SORRY.

BUT I DON'T THINK OUR
FOREFATHERS WROTE THE FIRST

AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS
OF BIGOTRY.

COME ON. LET'S GET THE HELL
OUTTA HERE.

COME ON. LET'S GET THE HELL
OUTTA HERE.

BY THE WAY, I WANT MY
CAMERA BACK.

I'M DOIN' A DOCUMENTARY ON THE
KLAN; I GOT SOME INCREDIBLE

FOOTAGE OUT THERE TODAY.

I WISH I HAD IT ON ME WHEN THEY
SAW MY FACE.

YOU'RE LUCKY YOU GOT A FACE.

WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU TRYIN'
TO DO?

TRYIN' TO SHOW EVERYONE HOW
DANGEROUS THESE PEOPLE ARE.

THOUGHT DOCUMENTARIES WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE UNBIASED.

HERE, STOW THE FIREARMS.

IT'S KINDA HARD TO BE
UNBIASED WHEN YOU'VE SEEN THE

THINGS I'VE SEEN.

I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AROUND
THESE PEOPLE, STUDYING THEM.

IT'S NOT ONLY IN THE DEEP SOUTH,
YOU KNOW. IT'S EVERYWHERE.

PITTSBURGH, PORTLAND, PHOENIX.

EVERYWHERE YOU GO, THEY'RE
THERE, FESTERING.

SO I WENT UNDERCOVER, LITERALLY,
TO PROVE A POINT.

A SHEET, A SHEET I BOUGHT
AT A STORE.

FOR 12.95, I BECAME
A CARD-CARRYING MEMBER OF THE

INVISIBLE EMPIRE.

OKAY. OPEN UP.

WHO ARE YOU?

CHARLES A. TAYLOR.

MY FRIENDS CALL ME RED.

WHAT'S WITH THE CAMERA?

I'M DOIN' A PROMOTIONAL FILM
FOR THE KKK.

I WANT TO SHOW EVERYONE WHAT
WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT TIME THE WORLD GOT
TO SEE THE REAL US.

CAN I BE IN IT?

JUST STAND RIGHT THERE.

NOW JUST SPEAK FROM YOUR HEART.

WAKE UP, WHITE PEOPLE.

NOW THAT NIGGER APPRECIATION
MONTH IS OVER, WE CAN ALL GET ON

WITH THE REST OF OUR LIVES.

BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE, AND
WHAT YOU ARE... WHITE AND

AMERICAN.

OKAY, THAT'S IT.

HEY, DAVE, I'M GONNA BE IN
A MOVIE.

THE FACT THAT I COULD WALK
AMONGST THEM PROVES HOW STUPID

THEY ARE.

WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

DISTURBING THE PEACE.

DO I LOOK LIKE A RED TO YOU?

NOT EXACTLY.

THEY'RE ALL SO STUPID.

I JUST TELL THEM THIS IS AN
OFFICIAL INSIGNIA FROM A SECT IN

NORTHERN GEORGIA, AND THE DUMB
IDIOTS BUY IT.

DON'T YOU THINK THAT'S FUNNY?

NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY
WHEN PEOPLE GET HURT.

I DON'T EITHER; THAT'S WHY
I'M MAKIN' THIS FILM.

MAYBE PEOPLE WILL SEE IT AND
BAND TOGETHER AND PUT A STOP TO

THIS.

WHEN YOU COMBINE IGNORANCE WITH
HATRED, YOU GOT DYNAMITE WAITIN'

TO EXPLODE.

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STARTED
ALL THIS, DIDN'T YOU?

I'M GONNA BE IN A MOVIE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT AS TO
WHAT HE JUST SAID?

HE SAID, GET THAT CAMERA
OFF ME.

YOU TRYIN' TO GET ME ON TAPE SO
LATER ON, YOU CAN TERRORIZE MY

FAMILY?

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU
DON'T UNDERSTAND.

GET THAT CAMERA OFF ME!

GET YOUR HANDS OFF RED,
MONKEY BOY.

MONKEY THIS, MOTHERFUCKER.

GIVE ME THAT CAMERA.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!

HE WAS DEAF WITH ANGER.

GIVE ME YOUR RIGHT HAND,
PLEASE.

AS LONG AS NO ONE LISTENS,
WE'RE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO

LIVE TOGETHER.

Officer:
THIS IS AN ILLEGAL
GATHERING.

GO BACK TO YOUR HOMES.

YOU ARE DISTURBING THE PEACE.

I NEVER MEANT FOR ANYONE TO
GET HURT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU,

WHAT I'M DOING IS IMPORTANT.

THE ROAD TO HELL IS LINED
WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.

OVER THERE. TOES ON THE LINE.

PUT YOUR HANDS OUT WHERE WE
CAN SEE THEM.

PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE HOOD OF
THE CAR AND DON'T MOVE.

YOU ARE UNDER ARREST.

LOOK, IF IT WASN'T ME,
IT WOULD'VE BEEN SOMEBODY ELSE.

YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THESE
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY?

YES.

THIS HAPPEN IN EVERY CITY?

NO.

SO THE FIRST RIOT YOU GET
INVOLVED IN, YOU STARTED IT.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO STARTS
IT; THE POSSIBILITIES ARE

ALWAYS THERE.

I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE KLAN
EITHER, BUT I THINK YOU JUST

LOWERED YOURSELF TO THEIR LEVEL.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE THINGS
I'VE SEEN.

I'VE BEEN A COP FOR 35 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
ANYBODY CAN IMAGINE.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN YOUR
GRANDFATHER HANGIN' ON THE END

OF A ROPE WHEN YOU WERE SIX
YEARS OLD?

YOU GOT OFF ON THE WRONG
FOOT, ROOKIE.

PALEY, SIR. CHRISTINE PALEY.

YOU'RE NOT PLANNING ON BEING
TEN MINUTES LATE EVERY DAY,

ARE YOU?

SIR, ACTUALLY, I WAS REALLY
NOT...

WHO YOU GOT IN THE POOL?

CINCINNATI.

I GOT SAN FRANCISCO.

SAN FRANCISCO? WHO THE HELL
DID YOU PAY OFF?

DORIS.

LIEUTENANT BROSLOE, I...

WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN?

PALEY, SIR. CHRISTINE PALEY.

YEAH, PALEY. WHY WERE YOU
TEN MINUTES LATE?

SIR, I WANTED TO EXPLAIN.

DORIS, THIS STACK IS READY
FOR FILING. TAKE THEM AWAY.

YES, SIR.

WELL, LOOK AT THAT.

TOP OF MY DESK; I HAVEN'T SEEN
IT IN WEEKS.

WELL, NOW, WHERE ARE THE
DOUGHNUTS?

SIR?

THE DOUGHNUTS.

SIR, UM...

LISTEN TO THIS. THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT.

EVERY SHIFT BEGINS WITH
DOUGHNUTS.

DOUGHNUTS ARE A MUST.

DIDN'T YOU READ THAT RULE IN
THE MANUAL?

SIR, I SCORED A 98% ON MY
WRITTEN EXAM, I KNOW THE MANUAL

LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND,
AND THERE IS NO SUCH RULE.

WELL, THERE SHOULD BE.

YOU'RE THE ROOKIE, IT'S YOUR
JOB TO BRING IN THE DOUGHNUTS.

BUT, SIR... I DON'T EVEN EAT
DOUGHNUTS.

UH-OH, DORIS, WE GOT ANOTHER
HEALTH NUT ON OUR HANDS.

WHAT DO YOU EAT WITH A CUP OF
JOE? HOLD IT A SECOND.

LET ME THINK.

I'LL BET IT'S A BRAN MUFFIN
OF SOME SORT.

WELL, ACTUALLY, I DO LIKE
BRAN MUFFINS.

YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU
EAT TOO MUCH BRAN, YOU SPEND

HALF YOUR SHIFT IN THE TOILET.

WE NEED YOU HERE ON THE FLOOR,
AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES.

I'M GONNA LET YOUR BUTT SLIDE ON
THIS DOUGHNUT THING, BUT PLEASE,

DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.

BY THE WAY, I LOVE CHOCOLATE
DOUGHNUTS WITH THOSE LITTLE

CRUNCHY NUTS ON THEM.

HOLD THE SPRINKLES, I HATE
SPRINKLES.

EXCUSE ME, SIR, BUT DID YOU
SAY I'D BE ON THE FLOOR, BECAUSE

I THOUGHT THAT--
I'VE GOT A NEW REPORT, AND

HODGE CALLED IN SICK.

THAT'S FOUR FOR TONIGHT.

HOLY MOSES. EVERYBODY'S
GETTIN' HIT WITH THE FLU BUG.

SO, WHERE WERE WE?

OH, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH.

YOU FANCIED YOURSELF IN
A BLACK AND WHITE.

WONDER WOMAN SHOWED UP, AND SHE
NEEDS TO SAVE METROPOLIS.

NO, SIR. I JUST WAS HOPING--
FACT IS, I GOT NO TRAINING

OFFICERS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.

THEY'VE ALL BEEN LOANED OUT TO
THE 12th.

WE GOT FOUR OFFICERS OUT WITH
THE FLU, SO SORRY TO INFORM YOU

THAT YOUR ASS IS MINE FROM 10:00
P.M. TO 6:00 A.M.

THAT'S JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH,
SO DON'T START THINKIN'

SEXUAL HARASSMENT.

SIR, I WAS JUST KIND OF
ANXIOUS TO GET OUT ON THE

STREETS, AND THAT IS STANDARD
PROCEDURE.

STANDARD OPERATIONAL
PROCEDURE LOOKS GOOD ON THE PAGE

AT THE ACADEMY, BUT IT AIN'T
WORTH A COLD POT OF PISS HERE ON

THE JOB.

I UNDERSTAND, SIR.

I GUESS I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED.

WHY? YOU THINK BEING IN THE
STATION HOUSE IS GOING TO BE

BORING?

NOT EXACTLY.

TRUST ME, IT WON'T.

NOW I'M GOING TO NEED YOU IN
PROCESSING, AND IRREGARDLESS OF

WHAT YOU MAY HAVE BEEN LED TO
BELIEVE AT THE ACADEMY, IT IS

GOING TO BE ANYTHING BUT BORING.

REGARDLESS.

EXCUSE ME.

IT'S REGARDLESS. IT'S NOT
IRREGARDLESS.

IRREGARDLESS ISN'T CORRECT.

IT'S A DOUBLE NEGATIVE.

OH...

AHEM, TOM HARRIS, D.U.I., JUST
BROUGHT IN.

THANK YOU, DORIS.

GOOD LUCK.

WOULD YOU MIND GETTING OVER
TO PROCESSING AND TAKE CARE OF

THIS?

YES, SIR.

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

WHERE IS PROCESSING, SIR?

WE WERE JUST THERE.

I'M JUST A LITTLE TURNED
AROUND.

( chuckles )
I TELL YOU WHAT.

YOU GO OUT THAT DOOR, YOU HANG
A LEFT, AND THEN, IF YOU GET

LOST, YOU JUST ASK ANYBODY
THAT'S WEARING THE SAME UNIFORM

YOU'RE WEARING.

YES, SIR.

DORIS, IRREGARDLESS OF WHAT
HAS TRANSPIRED, COULD YOU GET

SOMEONE TO GET THE GODDAMN
DOUGHNUTS?!

I ALREADY HAVE.

NO, NO, I'M OKAY.

I FEEL FINE. NO, THIS GUY JUST
WENT OFF ON ME.

IT SHOULD BE OKAY.

I KNOW. NO.

( clears throat ) HI.

HI. NO, I GOTTA GO.

OKAY, BYE.

I THINK THIS IS MY DESK.

I'M SORRY.

HERE. PLEASE.

HERE, PLEASE. SIT DOWN.

I'M SORRY, BUT AM I SUPPOSED
TO KNOW YOU?

NO. CAN I BE HONEST WITH YOU?

YEAH.

I DID DRINK A LITTLE BIT
TONIGHT, BUT NOT ENOUGH FOR

ME TO BE HERE.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WHAT AM I,
LIKE A HALF DECIMAL POINT OFF?

HMM?

I'M FINE. SEE?

MR. HARRIS. YES.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT.

OFFICER... PALEY?

THE REASON I WAS DRIVING DOWN
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WAS TO

PROTECT THE ANIMALS.

YEAH, I KNOW IT SOUNDS STRANGE,
BUT JUST HEAR ME OUT, OKAY?

YOU SEE, WHERE I LIVE, THERE ARE
A LOT OF TREES ON EACH SIDE OF

THE ROAD, AND AT NIGHT, ANIMALS
COME SHOOTING OUT ALL THE TIME.

THE ROAD, AND AT NIGHT, ANIMALS
COME SHOOTING OUT ALL THE TIME.

SPLAT. I HIT A DEER.

IT COULD'VE BEEN WORSE.

THE LAST THING I NEED IS VARMINT
GUTS ALL OVER MY CAR.

BESIDES, I'M AN ANIMAL LOVER.

SO INSTEAD OF DRIVING ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD, I ALWAYS DRIVE

DOWN THE MIDDLE SO I CAN SEE
BETTER PERIPHERY.

PERIPHERALLY.
YEAH, WHATEVER. THAT WAY,

I HAVE MORE TIME TO REACT.

THAT'S WHY I DID IT.

THAT'S THE TRUTH.

THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE RIGHT
NOW AND NOT AT HOME IS BECAUSE

OF THE OTHER COP.

COME ON.
HE DOESN'T THINK I KNOW THE

ALPHABET.

THAT'S BULLSHIT.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

A, B, C, D...

E, F, H, I...

( kids laughing )
J, K...

( stammers )
( crashing sound )

MR. HARRIS, DO YOU KNOW
YOUR ALPHABET?

YES OR NO?

YES.

HE WOULDN'T LET ME SING IT.

Children: ♪ A, B, C, D,
E, F, G, H, I, J, K,

L, M, N, O, P,
Q, R, S, T, U, V... ♪

W, X, Y, AND Z.

♪ NOW I KNOW MY ABC's,
TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF ME ♪

( chuckles quietly )
THAT'S HOW I LEARNED THE

ALPHABET.

BY SINGING IT.

NOT SAYING IT.

WHO THE HELL CAN SAY IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.

I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS.

AND I KNOW THE FUCKING ALPHABET.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S ABSURD.

INSTEAD OF GOING OUT AND
CONVICTING THE RAPISTS, AND THE

DRUG DEALERS AND THE MURDERERS,
YOU'VE GOT A GUY HERE WHO CAN'T

SAY HIS FRIGGIN' ALPHABET.

OH, WHAT A CRIME.

THEY SHOULD LOCK ME UP AND THROW
AWAY THE KEY, DON'T YOU THINK?

JUST CAME OVER THE WIRE.

BOOK HIM ON A 454.

WHAT?

WHAT?

SO? I MADE A LITTLE MISTAKE.

I'M HUMAN.

I'M JUST LIKE YOU.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE?

( horn honks )
( brakes screeching, cars

colliding )
( woman sobbing )

( sirens blaring )
Woman: OH, MY GOD.

PLEASE HELP ME. PLEASE.

MR. HARRIS, DO YOU KNOW
YOUR ALPHABET, YES OR NO?

YES.

Woman: DEBBIE!

Paramedic: ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE LOSING HER.

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON,
LET'S MOVE.

WE NEED CPR HERE.

CAN YOU GET ON HER? GO.

( woman continues sobbing and
screaming )

( woman continues sobbing and
screaming )

THE LITTLE GIRL.

YES.

( sound of cars crashing )
OH, GOD.

( sound of cars crashing )
OH, GOD.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT.

YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME.

I HARDLY EVER DRINK.

SORRY.

( whispers ) I'M SORRY.

( sobs )
LOOK OUT, LOOK OUT.

GET IT.

( gunshot )
SELF-DEFENSE, PLAIN AND

SIMPLE. SELF-DEFENSE.

CHRIST, YOU DELIVER A FEW PIZZAS
IN MY AREA, AND YOU'LL SEE IT'S

A DANGEROUS JOB.

GRANTED, IT'S NOT COMPANY POLICY
TO CARRY A GUN...

HEY, ROOKIE, TAKE THIS ONE
OFF MY HANDS, WILL YA?

SHE'S READY TO GO.

MUGGING WHEN DELIVERING PIZZA
IS BECOMING A COMMON THING.

PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT.

DO YOU KNOW WHY THE DRIVERS
CARRY 19.99? IT'S ON THE BOX.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

CHECK IT OUT NEXT TIME YOU
ORDER A PIZZA. YOU'LL SEE. IT'S

RIGHT ON THE BOX.

I NEVER HAD A PIZZA BEFORE.

GOD, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU
EAT?

YOU DON'T EAT PIZZA?

THAT'S A BUNCH OF B.S.

YOU MUST COME FROM A DIFFERENT
PLANET. EVERYBODY HAS A PIZZA.

GOTTA GET YOUR PRINTS AND
PICS.

I WOULDN'T WASTE ANY FILM ON
ME; I'M ONLY GONNA END UP IN THE

CIRCULAR FILE ANYHOW.

I WOULDN'T BE SO SURE ABOUT
THAT.

BULL. I KNOW I'M RIGHT.

HI. OFFICER PALEY IN
PROCESSING. I DON'T HAVE

ANYTHING ON THIS... WHAT'S YOUR
NAME?

PAULINA MARCOS.

PAULINA MARCOS. THANK YOU.

THIS WAY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A FUNNY THING.

WHEN I FIRST TOOK THIS JOB,
I USED TO BE EMBARRASSED TO TALK

ABOUT IT TO ANYONE.

IT'S KIND OF THE END OF THE ROPE
TYPE OF JOB.

AT LEAST, THAT'S WHAT I USED TO
THINK. I'M NOT PLANNING TO MAKE

A CAREER OUT OF THIS.

BUT THE WAY THINGS ARE RIGHT
NOW, IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

UNEMPLOYMENT JUST DON'T CUT IT.

YOU TRY LIVING ON 210 BUCKS
A WEEK, MAN.

YOU KNOW? IT'S HARD.

SO FINALLY, I JUST HAD TO TAKE
WHAT I COULD GET, YOU KNOW, SO

HERE I AM, PIZZA GIRL.

IT'S ODD, THOUGH.

AFTER WORKING THERE FOR A WHILE,
I'VE QUIT BEING EMBARRASSED,

BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE
MAKING AN HONEST-TO-GOD LIVING.

LUIS MARTINEZ, HE'S GOT A KID IN
PRE-MED, AND I THINK THERE'S

SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT.

I MEAN, IN MY OPINION, AND I CAN
SAY THAT BECAUSE I USED TO BE

ONE OF THESE PEOPLE WHO USED TO
TURN DOWN THEIR NOSE AT 'EM WHEN

I WAS AT COLLEGE.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE
GETTIN' BY... OH, OH.

I CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.

I'M GONNA WASH THIS ANYWAY.

AND THEY'RE NOT BITCHIN' ABOUT
IT, AND BELIEVE ME, THERE'S

PLENTY TO BITCH ABOUT.

I DON'T DOUBT IT.

COME ON, I HAVE TO GET A
PICTURE.

YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T
BELIEVE THE NUMBER OF NAKED

PEOPLE I HAVE TO SEE IN THIS
BUSINESS.

AND DARN IT, NONE OF THEM ARE
ANYTHING LIKE BRAD PITT.

I REMEMBER THIS ONE TIME WHEN
I WAS TAKING THIS MEDIUM SAUSAGE

TO THIS TOOTHLESS, BULBOUS,
FAT PERVERT OVER ON FARMINGTON.

HE COMES TO THE DOOR DRESSED IN
THIS RED KIMONO THAT HAD LIONS,

YELLOW, ALL OVER IT.

IT WAS SO SHORT THAT YOU CAN SEE
HIS YELLOW... I MEAN, YOU CAN

SEE HIS SHAGGY ASS JUST WIGGLING
UNDERNEATH THE KIMONO, RIGHT?

YOU'RE KIDDING.

AND HE ASKS ME, COULD I STAY
AND COME IN, 'CAUSE HE HAS TO GO

TO THE BACK ROOM TO GET THE
MONEY.

AND I SAID, NO, I'LL STAY RIGHT
HERE, AND THEN HE SAYS, ARE YOU

SURE, AND I SAID, OH, SURE.

AND I SAID, QUITE.

AND THEN, HE LEAVES, FOUR, FIVE
MINUTES GO BY, HE COMES BACK

WITH THE MONEY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING
IN THAT BACK ROOM OR ANYTHING,

BUT WHEN HE CAME BACK, SURE AS
HELL, WHEN HE COMES BACK TO THE

DOOR, HE HAD HIS PECKER HARD AS
YOU PLEASE, PEEKING THROUGH THE

SLIT OF HIS ROBE.

TURN TO THE LEFT.

IT WAS STARING RIGHT UP AT
ME. MY GOD, IT WAS UGLY.

AND SO, HE TAKES THE MONEY, AND
I HAND HIM THE PIZZA LIKE

NOTHING'S HAPPENING, NOTHING...

YOU KNOW, IT WAS OKAY.

THIS BUM HAS THE GALL TO ASK ME,
SO, YOU EXPECT A TIP?

AND I SAID TO HIM,
IF YOUR TIP'S NO BIGGER THAN

THAT, I WON'T FEEL IT.

AND I JUST WALK AWAY.

YOU DIDN'T.

ON MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.

UM... IF SHE WAS DEAD.

YOU KNOW ABOUT GUSTAVO AND
TAT FAN WOO, DON'T YA?

NO.

THEY'RE PEOPLE AT OUR STORE.

NEXT TIME YOU SET UP A SPEED
TRAP, YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THEM.

TAT FAN WOO GOT HELD UP AT
GUNPOINT THREE TIMES LAST YEAR.

GUSTAVO, BADLY BEATEN.

CONCUSSION, BROKEN RIBS.

THREE OF 'EM.

THEY REPORTED IT, DIDN'T
THEY?

YEAH, THEY REPORTED IT,
BUT IT DIDN'T DO ANY GOOD.

IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE... ( sighs deeply)

I KNEW IT WOULD BE MY TURN.

I HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,
SO I GOT A GUN.

I MEAN, IT'S QUITE SOME SET-UP.

IT'S OKAY?

I MEAN, JUNKIE NEEDS A FIX,
RIGHT?

CRACK, A ROCK, COSTS 20.

RING A BELL, HUH?

20 BUCKS, 19.99.

IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT ON THE BOX.

SO WHY SHOULD THEY GO LOOKING
FOR SOMEBODY TO MUG WHEN THEY

CAN CALL UP THEIR OWN PERSONAL
VICTIM, HAVE THEM GO WHEREVER

THEY WANT TO?

I MEAN, IT'S COMMON. COMMONPLACE
THING, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING

TO TELL YOU.

YOU KNOW, LIKE TONIGHT.

11645 LINCOLN AVENUE.

APARTMENT 114.

GO TO BACK. THAT'S HOW IT WAS
WRITTEN ON THE BOX.

THAT'S HOW IT'S BURNED INTO MY
BRAIN.

AND THE PLACE LOOKS, THOUGH
DARK, PRETTY OKAY.

THERE WERE TWO BOYS PLAYING
BASKETBALL UNDERNEATH THE

STREETLAMP, 'CAUSE IT WAS DARK.

I WALKED DOWN THESE STEPS,
AND I WAS WALKIN' ALONG THIS

KIND OF PAVED PATHWAY, AND THERE
WERE ROWS OF APARTMENTS.

AND SOME OF THE APARTMENTS HAD
THEIR LIGHTS ON, SO IT WAS

INHABITED, I FELT SAFE.

APARTMENT 114 WAS THE LAST ONE.

AND I GO TO KNOCK THE DOOR,
AND THEN, I HEARD A VOICE

CALLING FROM BEHIND ME,
AND I TURNED.

THAT'S FOR ME.

WHAT APARTMENT ARE YOU?

114.

114?

YEAH, 114. THAT'S ME.

IT WAS THIS DARK MAN.

HE WAS WHITE, BUT HE HAD A BEARD
AND HE WAS ALL DRESSED IN DARK,

AND BLARING BLUE EYES.

REALLY INTENSE.

AND HE CALLED ME OVER TO HIM,
AND I WENT OVER, LIKE AN IDIOT.

THAT'S 25.82 FOR TWO PIZZAS.

HEY, PIZZA GIRL.

WHAT THE FUCK?!

THEN A WHOOSHING SOUND,
AND A THUMP, AND THERE WAS

ANOTHER MAN THAT WAS BEHIND ME.

I TURNED REAL QUICK LIKE,
AND THEN, I TURNED BACK,

AND THE PIZZA WENT UP IN THE
AIR, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT

LANDED.

I JUST WANTED TO GET AWAY, YOU
KNOW?

I HURT. I GOT KICKED IN THE
BACK, AND I THINK I GOT KICKED

IN THE SIDE.

IT'S NOT HURTING NOW. TOMORROW,
I'M GONNA BE ACHING.

AND, UM...

HE...

CAME ON TOP OF ME, REAL
DANGEROUS-LIKE.

I BIT HIM REAL HARD,
AND HE FELL BACK.

I MUST'VE BIT HIM HARD, BECAUSE
HE WENT BACK RIGHT, IF I

REMEMBER CORRECTLY, AND THAT'S
WHEN I SAW HE HAD A GUN.

HE HAD A GUN, YOU KNOW.

I NEVER THOUGHT OF USING A GUN.

IT WAS REAL QUICK.

I MEAN, HE HAD THE GUN.

YOU KNOW?

( stammers )
I WENT FOR MY GUN, THAT'S ALL.

( stammers )
I WENT FOR MY GUN, THAT'S ALL.

HE DIED BEFORE YOU GOT THERE.

PAULINA, I BELIEVE YOU.

( laughs )
COME ON.

THROUGH HERE?

THERE YOU ARE.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOIN'
OUT HERE?

SORRY, SIR. I WAS JUST HAVIN'
A SMOKE.

PUT THAT DAMN THING OUT.

I DON'T LIKE IT, FIRST-HAND OR
SECOND-HAND.

GET SOMETHIN' TO EAT?

I'M FINE, SIR.

I'M NOT ASKIN', I'M TELLIN'
YA. GET SOMETHIN' TO EAT.

GOT A BUNCH MORE HOURS.

I DON'T WANT YA PASSIN' OUT
ON ME.

EAT A BRAN MUFFIN OR SOMETHIN'.

ASIDE FROM THAT, ARE YOU OKAY?

SURE. I'M FINE.

IT'S NOT QUITE WHAT I EXPECTED,
BUT THEN AGAIN, I EXPECTED THAT.

DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE, BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, RIGHT?

AND YOU WERE CORRECTING MY
BAD ENGLISH.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

( siren blares )
I HOPE YOU DON'T THINK I GIVE

A FLYIN' CUSS.

GO AHEAD, RIP OUT ANOTHER FEW
YARDS OF RED TAPE.

GO AHEAD!

HEY, L.T., WE GOT A LIVE ONE.

TOLD YOU YOU SHOULDA GOTTEN
SOMETHIN' TO EAT.

SON OF A BITCH WON'T STOP
TALKIN'.

GONNA MAKE IT ALL THE MORE
ENJOYABLE WHEN I TRACK DOWN THAT

BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL SON OF
A BITCH, GET FACE TO FACE WITH

THAT LITTLE PECKER HEAD.

FULL MOON TONIGHT.

...DO YOUR JOB, THE QUICKER
I CAN DO MINE, YES, SIR.

OH, BIG CITY POLITICS.

BIG CITY POLITICS.

HAVE FUN.

THANKS.

MAN OUGHTA BE ABLE TO STAND
UP FOR WHAT'S HIS WITHOUT Y'ALL

GETTIN' INVOLVED.

YOU THINK SHE'S GONNA
MAKE IT?

YEAH, SHE'S GONNA MAKE IT.

IF YOU GUYS CAN MAKE IT,
ANYBODY CAN.

PAT HIM DOWN.

BUT, OFFICER, THE RULES STATE
WITH A MALE SUSPECT...

HEY, HEY, I KNOW WHAT THE
RULES SAY, AND I DON'T CARE.

IF HE'S A GUY OR A GAL OR
SOMETHIN' IN BETWEEN.

HE'S OBVIOUSLY PISSED OFF, AND
I WANT HIM DOUBLE CHECKED BEFORE

WE TAKE THE CUFFS OFF HIM.

...THE PRESIDENT OF THIS
GREAT LAND!

...IT'S GONNA BE YOU AND ME.

FRISK HIM.

THE SHIT THAT LITTLE WEASEL
STIRS UP.

I'M PROBABLY AT THE END OF
A LONG LINE OF ASS WHIPPIN'S

HE'S GOT COMIN'.

ALWAYS CRYIN' ABOUT SOME STUPID
ASS CAUSE HE DON'T KNOW JACK

SHIT ABOUT.

WHO ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?

WHO? BILLY FLAN, THAT'S WHO.

All: BILLY, BILLY, BILLY,
BILLY!

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THE GUY ON TV EVERY DAY.

AMERICA'S DAMN CONSCIENCE FROM
2:00 TO 3:00 CENTRAL TIME.

AREN'T YOU TIRED OF STAYING
AT HOME?

HMM?

TAKING CARE OF THE HOUSE,
THE NAGGY, BRATTY CHILDREN,

CATERING TO YOUR HUSBAND NIGHT
AND DAY?

IT'S A ROUTINE!

SEE, WHERE I COME FROM,
IT'S OKAY TO HAVE A WOMAN TO

KEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN AND GIVE
YOU A GOOD MEAL EVERY NIGHT.

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.

IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY MAMA
AND DADDY, AND THEIRS BEFORE

THAT.

IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.

PEOPLE ARE CONTENT WITH THAT.

HELL, YOU COULD EVEN SAY
COMFORTABLE, LIVIN' A GOOD

FAMILY LIFE.

BUT BILLY DOESN'T GET IT.

NO. HE'S OFF IN SOME MANSION
SOMEWHERE, PEOPLE WAITIN' ON HIM

HAND AND FOOT.

I BETCHA HIS WIFE DON'T HAVE
DISHPAN HANDS. NO, SIR.

I'M GONNA NEED SOME FACTS.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

BUFORD LOWRY.

ONE DAY, I WAS SICK.

THE ONE AND ONLY DAY I WAS SICK.

IN 22 YEARS OF WORK, I HAPPENED
TO BE AT HOME AND DECIDED TO

WATCH THAT CRAP.

WELCOME BACK. MY NEXT GUEST
HAS HAD IT UP TO HERE,

AND IS NOT GONNA TAKE IT
ANYMORE.

PLEASE WELCOME MRS. BUFORD
LOWRY.

YOU'RE ANGRY.

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I'M ANGRY.

ALL THESE YEARS, I JUMPED
WHENEVER BUFORD NEEDED ANYTHING.

IF HE WANTED A BEER, I JUMPED.

IF HE WANTED SOME CHEWIN'
TOBACCO AT THE PIGGILY WIGGILY,

I JUMPED.

IF HE WANTED TO PUT HIS PICKLE
INTO MY JAR, DAMN IT, I JUMPED.

WELL, NO MORE, BUFORD.

DO YOU HEAR ME?

I'M MOVIN' ON TO GREENER
PASTURES WHERE MEN RESPECT WOMEN

AND PICKLES TURN INTO CUCUMBERS.

YOU KNOW, PHIL, ALL THESE
YEARS--

BILLY.

BILLY. BILLY. BILLY, ALL
THESE YEARS, IT'S JUST BEEN THE

SAME ROUTINE.

HE'D COME HOME AT NIGHT,
TAKE THIS CHANNEL CLICKER AWAY

FROM ME, LAY ON THE COUCH
WHILE I RUBBED HIS FEET, AND

WATCHED HIM FLIP IT, FLIP IT,
FLIP IT.

DAMN IT, I NEVER EVEN GOT TO
WATCH AN ENTIRE PRIME TIME SHOW

ONCE SINCE WE'VE HAD THE GODDAMN
THING.

WELL, NO MORE. NO MORE, BUDDY!

I'M NOT DOIN' THAT ONE MORE
TIME, DO YOU HEAR ME?

THAT'S IT, BUFORD.

THERE'S GONNA BE SOME CHANGES
AROUND HERE, AND I GOT THE

CHANNEL SWITCHER TO PROVE IT.

WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY,
I WAS BESIDE MYSELF.

BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE.

I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU'RE
A LOVELY WOMAN, I ADMIRE YOUR

COURAGE, AND DON'T GO BACK TO
THAT SCUM-SUCKING PIG.

( applause )
AND THEN, THAT SON OF A BITCH

GETS ON A BOX AND ACTS LIKE
HE UNDERSTANDS LIFE IN THESE

UNITED STATES.

I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR
THE ENTIRE ROOM WHEN I SAY

YOU'RE BETTER THAN HE IS,
AND YOU'RE GONNA MAKE SOMETHING

OF YOUR LIFE!

WELL, HE AIN'T GOT A CLUE.

HE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
HAUL FREIGHT FOR YELLOW TRANSIT

12 HOURS A DAY FOR 22 YEARS.

HE CLAIMS TO HAVE ALL THE
ANSWERS, BUT HE'S JUST SCREWIN'

UP PEOPLE'S LIVES.

EVERYTHING WAS JUST FINE TILL
HE CAME ALONG.

YOU SEE, MY WIFE RECENTLY GOT
LAID OFF AT THE GM PLANT,

AND SHE SUDDENLY FOUND BILLY.

( chanting, applause on TV )
NOW SHE SAYS I'VE BEEN

CHOKIN' HER FULL POTENTIAL
TO BE THE WOMAN SHE'S BEEN

HIDING INSIDE FOR YEARS.

THAT SHE MIGHT BE A SURGEON
OR A LAWYER OR DISCOVER A CURE

FOR CANCER IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME.

DAMN IT, SHE CAN'T EVEN BALANCE
A CHECKBOOK.

BUT BILLY HAS HER BELIEVIN'
SHE'S GONNA BE THE NEXT MADAME

CURIE!

DON'T LET THAT JACK-OFF RUIN
YOUR LIFE.

ADDRESS.

117 MOODY BRIDGE ROAD.

( angry clamoring )
( booing )

WHO CARES IF HE PUTS YOU ON
A PEDESTAL?

LOVES YOU, TAKES CARE OF YOU,
PROVIDES FOR YOU?

YOU CAN DO THAT YOURSELF.

JOIN THE WOMAN'S MOVEMENT.

EVERYTHING WAS JUST FINE
UNTIL HE POINTED THAT OUT TO

HER.

WHAT GIVES THESE PEOPLE THE
RIGHT TO COME INTO MY LIVIN'

ROOM AND PROFESS TO KNOW WHAT'S
BEST FOR MY FAMILY AND PUSH ALL

THEIR LITTLE BUTTONS AND SCREW
UP OUR PERFECTLY NORMAL LIVES?

I TAPED THAT SHOW AND
WATCHED IT.

PHIL, GERALDO, SALLY, RICKI.

OPRAH.

NO, I LIKE HER.

COME ON, LET'S GET YOU
FINGERPRINTED.

THE REST OF 'EM ALL ACT LIKE
THEY HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS

WHEN THERE AIN'T NO PROBLEM TO
BEGIN WITH. SHIT.

I THINK IT WAS SAFER WATCHING
JIM AND TAMMY.

AT LEAST YOU KNEW THEY WERE
IDIOTS AT A GLANCE.

BUT THESE OTHERS, HOOK, LINE AND
SINKER.

DAMN IT. IT'S JUST A TV SHOW,
FOR GOD'S SAKE.

THEY ACT LIKE THEY HAVE THE
RIGHT TO CANCEL THE AMERICAN

MIND FROM 2:00 TO 3:00
CENTRAL WEEKDAYS.

HOW CAN THIS GO ON?

AREN'T THERE MEDICAL LAWS
AGAINST THAT?

NOTHIN'S EVER SOLVED.

NOTHIN' POSITIVE EVER HAPPENS.

THEY JUST TALK AND TALK AND
ARGUE AND BICKER, AND THEN,

THERE'S A FEW COMMERCIALS.

AND EVERYTHING GETS LEFT UP IN
THE AIR AS THE CREDITS ROLL.

AND WE BUY IT.

AMERICA BUYS IT.

EVERYBODY GETS ALL WORKED UP
OVER SOME ISSUE THAT WOULDN'T

EVER CROSS THEIR MIND IN THE
FIRST PLACE.

BUT BECAUSE BILLY SAYS IT, THEN
IT COMES DOWN OFF THE MOUNTAIN

LIKE IT'S WRITTEN IN STONE
TABLETS.

BILLY SAID THIS, BILLY SAID
THAT.

I'M GONNA FIND THAT LITTLE SHIT,
AND I'M GONNA SAY SOME THINGS TO

HIM THAT HE CAN PUT IN THE BANK
AND DRAW INTEREST ON.

AND THEN I'M GONNA LAY HIM OUT
FLAT ON HIS BACK SO HE DON'T

GET UP FOR THREE DAYS.

THEN I'M GONNA GO BACK HOME
AND START OVER WHAT USED TO BE

A MODERATELY HAPPY FAMILY LIFE
UNTIL THE TIME HE STARTED

INVADIN' MY TERRITORY.

YOU SEE, HE'S THE ONE GUILTY OF
TRESPASSING.

WHAT WILL BEATING HIM UP
SOLVE?

WHAT WILL IT SOLVE?

TURN TO THE LEFT, TAKE YOUR
HAT OFF, PLEASE.

I'LL FEEL A HELL OF A LOT
BETTER, THAT'S WHAT.

MAYBE HE CAN DO A SHOW ABOUT THE
JOY OF BEATIN' THE LIVIN' HELL

OUT OF SOMEBODY WHO CAN'T MIND
HIS OWN DAMN BUSINESS.

GODDAMN IT!

MY WIFE LEFT ME.

SHE TOOK THE KIDS AND WENT HOME
TO HER MOTHER.

SHE'S FILIN' FOR DIVORCE.

TURN TO THE RIGHT.

THANK YOU, BILLY.

WHO GIVE YOU A LICENSE TO
PRACTICE?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M GONNA FIND HIM.

AND AFTER THAT, I THINK I'LL GO
FIND THAT DR. RUTH WOMAN.

THAT SAWED-OFF LITTLE MIDGET
BITCH.

I'LL SLAP HER INTO NEXT WEEK.

HOW CAN I HELP YOU, SIR?

MY NAME IS NORMAN FRIEDLER.

I'VE COME TO TURN MYSELF IN.

YOU KNOW, I JUST DID WHAT I HAD
TO DO.

ACTUALLY, WHAT MY WIFE WANTED ME
TO DO.

IT WASN'T EASY, BUT I HAD TO
RESPECT HER DECISION.

YOU KNOW, WHEN MY WIFE MADE UP
HER MIND TO DO SOMETHING,

YOU DAMN WELL BETTER DO IT.

OTHERWISE, YOU NEVER HEAR THE
END OF IT.

GRANTED, WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,
I USED TO STAND UP TO HER.

BUT AFTER 53 YEARS OF MARRIAGE,
YOU LEARN IT'S A HELL OF A LOT

EASIER JUST TO GIVE IN.

53 YEARS.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

UNFORTUNATELY, CANCER ISN'T
SOMETHING YOU CAN ANTICIPATE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A PICTURE
OF ANNIE?

SURE.

SEE?

OH, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL.

NOT ONLY THAT, SHE WAS ONE
HELL OF A GOLFER.

BOY, WHAT A COMPETITOR.

YOU KNOW, SHE WOULD REFUSE TO
TEE OFF ON A LADY'S TEE.

IT HAD TO BE A MAN'S TEE OR SHE
WOULDN'T PLAY.

SHE'S A FIGHTER, THAT ONE.

BUT I GUESS THIS LAST FIGHT
WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH.

WISH I COULDA DONE SOMETHING.

IT'S GONNA BE LONELY AROUND HERE
WITHOUT HER.

THE WALKS, THE TALKS, PLAYING
CARDS, KINGS ON THE CORNER.

YOU SEE, WE DISCUSSED THIS
POSSIBILITY BEFORE, BUT I NEVER

THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY
DO IT.

SHE KNEW HOW SQUEAMISH I WAS
ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING,

BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED ONCE.

WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY MOTHER TOLD
ME TO GET RID OF A RABBIT THAT

WAS IN THE GARDEN EATING UP ALL
HER VEGETABLES.

SO I GRABBED MY BROTHER'S PELLET
GUN, AND I SHOT IT.

ONLY IT DIDN'T DIE.

IT JUST LAY THERE AND LOOKED
AT ME.

SO I RAN BACK IN THE HOUSE
AND GOT MY OLDER BROTHER MIKE

TO COME OUTSIDE.

AFTER A LOOK OF ANGUISH,
HE GRABS THE GUN FROM ME AND

SHOOTS THE RABBIT, AND HE SAYS,
NORMAN, NEVER START SOMETHING

YOU CAN'T FINISH.

THEN HE RUNS IN THE HOUSE.

BOY, WAS I ANGRY.

I WAS SO MAD AT HIM.

AND AFTER A MOMENT, I THOUGHT,
HE'S RIGHT.

THE RABBIT WAS AT PEACE.

AND SO IS MY ANNIE NOW.

SO, DEAR, THINK I'LL HAVE TO BE
HERE LONG?

I HAVE TO GET TO THE MALL EARLY
IN THE MORNING TO TAKE MY WALK.

THE DOCTOR SAYS I NEED MY
EXERCISE.

OUR DOCTOR.

HE'S A GOOD MAN.

HE HOOKED ANNIE UP TO ALL THOSE
TUBES FOR THE DRUGS TO GO

THROUGH.

THERE'S, UH, WHAT DO YOU
CALL IT?

WELL, THERE'S THE FENTANYL.

HE CALLED IT... FENTANYL
FENATYL. FENTANYL. YEAH.

HE EVEN POINTED OUT THE LITTLE
KNOB THAT WOULD INCREASE

THE DOSAGE.

AS A DOCTOR, NORMAN, I'M
PROFESSIONALLY OBLIGATED TO

ADVISE AGAINST IT; IT'S MY JOB
TO KEEP PEOPLE ALIVE.

I DON'T WANNA GET HIM IN
TROUBLE; HE TOLD US NOT TO

USE IT.

BUT HE WASN'T LYING THERE
IN PAIN.

OH, THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD
DO; THERE WAS NOTHING ANYONE

COULD DO.

WE ALL KNEW SHE WAS GONNA DIE.

WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHEN.

COULD BE AN HOUR, A DAY,
MAYBE A WEEK.

( machine beeping )
AND THEN, TONIGHT,

WHEN THE NURSE LEFT,
SHE CALLED ME OVER.

WHEN THE NURSE LEFT,
SHE CALLED ME OVER.

AS A DOCTOR, NORMAN, I'M
PROFESSIONALLY OBLIGATED TO

ADVISE AGAINST IT.

IT'S MY JOB TO KEEP PEOPLE
ALIVE, BUT AS A PERSON,

AS YOUR FRIEND,
I'M IN NO POSITION TO JUDGE YOU.

AS YOUR FRIEND,
I'M IN NO POSITION TO JUDGE YOU.

MR. FRIEDLER.

MR... NORMAN.

HUH? ARE YOU OKAY?

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

YEAH, SHE CALLED ME OVER,
AND SHE SAID...

NORMAN, IT'S TIME.

Doctor: THERE'S THE FENTANYL,
BUT GIVE HER TOO MUCH, AND SHE

WILL SLEEP FOREVER.

WELL, I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP
ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.

I KNOW YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO.

WE ALL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO.

WE ALL HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE
TO DO.

MR. FRIEDLER, I'M SORRY.

I'VE GOTTA PLACE YOU UNDER
ARREST.

SIR, IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY?

I DON'T WRITE THE LAW.

WHAT CAN I DO?

MR. FRIEDLER, YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT.

IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO REMAIN
SILENT, ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN

AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU
IN A COURT OF LAW.

AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU
IN A COURT OF LAW.

OH.

YOU'RE A VERY NICE PERSON.

OKAY, I'M READY.

IT'S OKAY.

YOU CAN TAKE THE PICTURE.

YOU OKAY?

OH. YES, SIR, I'M FINE.

WE'RE RELEASING MR. FRIEDLER ON
HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

YEAH.

THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME,
LIEUTENANT.

HELLO, MOM? HI.

OH, I'M SORRY I WOKE YOU UP.

I JUST WANTED TO TALK TO YOU FOR
A MINUTE.

NO, NOTHING'S WRONG.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU AND
DAD ARE DOIN' OKAY.

I MEAN, LAST TIME WE TALKED,
THINGS DIDN'T END UP SO GOOD.

YEAH, MOM, I KNOW WHAT TIME
IT IS.

I JUST...

IS DAD THERE?

NO. NO, NO, DON'T WAKE HIM UP.

NO, MOM, I DON'T WANT ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST...

IT'S JUST MY FIRST DAY AT WORK,
AND, UM... SOMETHING MADE ME

THINK ABOUT YOU GUYS.

NO. NO, I GRADUATED THIS WEEK.

WITH HONORS.

YEAH, UM...

YEAH, I WISH YOU GUYS COULD'VE
BEEN THERE FOR THE CEREMONY,

BUT I UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, IT'S A LONG TRIP.

Female officer: YEAH, I'M
GONNA LOCK IT UP RIGHT NOW.

Male officer: YOU GOT THE
EVIDENCE?

YEAH.

DON'T PUSH ME.

I'M GONNA CALL YOU TOMORROW.

YEAH. YEAH.

OR MAYBE, I MEAN, LATER TODAY.

MOM, GIVE DAD A HUG FOR ME,
OKAY?

LOVE YOU.

BYE.

ALL RIGHT, MARY POPPINS, TAKE
THOSE VALUABLES OFF.

WHAT ARE YOU STARIN' AT?

IT'S AFTER MIDNIGHT, WERE YOU
EXPECTING CINDERELLA?

HEY, SWEETIE. ( blows kiss )
OH, I SEE. I GET IT.

YOU'RE ONE, TOO, HUH?

YOU MACHO FUCK.

COME WITH ME, SIR.

I MEAN... THIS WAY.

IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GOT ON
WITH THIS.

I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO GET OUTTA
HERE SOME TIME BEFORE SUNRISE.

SIR!

WHAT THE HELL CAUSES YOU
PEOPLE TO TAKE SO LONG ANYWAY?

THE SYSTEM SUCKS.

I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE IT DOWN
BY NOW.

I'M SURE IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING
NEW FOR YOU.

YOU'D BE SURPRISED.

IT SEEMS LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE
FOR HOURS, AND ALL FOR WHAT?

TWO PAIR OF EARRINGS AND A PAIR
OF STOCKINGS.

OH, AND A COMPACT.

THOSE DAMN THINGS JUST NEVER
LAST.

BUT YOU'D THINK THAT I CRUCIFIED
CHRIST.

SIR, I'M SORRY. AM I, UH...

NO, GO AHEAD. DO WHAT YOU
GOTTA DO. I'M JUST CHECKIN'

A FILE.

EXCUSE ME. I'D LIKE TO
REGISTER A COMPLAINT.

YEAH? YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

COME ON. IS IT TOO MUCH TO
ASK FOR A LITTLE RESPECT?

THOSE TWO DETECTIVES, COLLINS
AND SIMS, THEY HAD ME IN THAT

INTERROGATION ROOM FOR OVER
AN HOUR.

ACTUALLY, I THINK SIMS HAD
A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS

HE WOULD'VE LIKE TO ASK ME UNDER
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES.

TRUST ME, THE SIGNS WERE THERE.

IT'S VERY OBVIOUS FROM THIS SIDE
OF THE FENCE, IF YOU KNOW WHAT

I MEAN, BUT I SUPPOSE YOU
WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT ANYTHING

LIKE THAT, WOULD YOU?

NO ANSWER?

WELL...

HEY, STOP BUSTIN' MY CHOPS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.

OH, RELAX. I'M JUST KIDDING.

LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIDE
TIP THOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'D WANT TO BE
STUCK IN THE SHOWER ALONE WITH

SIMS AFTER WORK.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU GONNA
STAND THERE ALL NIGHT?

GET HIM OUTTA HERE.

SORRY, SIR. THIS WAY.

COME ON.

REMEMBER WHAT I SAID.

I MUST GIVE HIM CREDIT, THOUGH.

HE DOES A PRETTY GOOD MACHO ACT
FOR COLLINS.

I GUESS HE HAS TO.

BIG, TOUGH COP.

GOTTA PLAY THE ROLE.

IT'S HIS JOB, HUH?

WHILE HE'S HERE, ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT, TAKE YOUR SHOES
OFF.

WHY?

HEIGHT.

OH. YEAH, I GUESS THAT DOES
MAKE SENSE.

GUESS THEY DO ADD AN INCH OR
TWO.

OH, GOD. THANK YOU.

I ALWAYS FORGET HOW GOOD IT
FEELS TO TAKE 'EM OFF.

ALMOST GIVES ME AN ERECTION.

MM.

OH, COME ON. WHERE'S YOUR
SENSE OF HUMOR?

STUCK BEHIND ALL THAT MACHISMO?

MM? WELL, I TRIED.

UH, SIR, I'M OUT OF FILM, AND
I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.

SEE DORIS. SHE'LL SHOW YOU
WHERE IT IS.

I'LL COVER FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

JESUS, YOU GUYS ARE A STUDY
OF INCOMPETENCE, YOU REALLY ARE.

I MEAN, YOU WASTE MORE TIME THAN
MY CONGRESSMAN.

THIS IS SO SILLY ANYWAY.

IS IT REALLY WORTH ALL THIS
TROUBLE?

I TOOK A COUPLE OF PAIR OF
EARRINGS; IT'S NOT LIKE

I ROBBED FORT KNOX.

MY ASS IS KILLIN' ME.

OH, GOD.

THANKS, TOOTS.

OH!

MY SHRINK PROBABLY THINKS
I WAS SETTING MYSELF UP TO

GET CAUGHT.

THEY ALWAYS SAY THAT.

I DON'T KNOW.

I'M SURE NOT ENJOYING ANY OF
THIS.

COULD I HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE
TISSUES?

HELP YOURSELF.

CHEERS, MATE.

IT'S TOO BAD I WON'T LOOK PRETTY
FOR THE PICTURE, BUT I GOTTA

TAKE SOME OF THIS STUFF OFF.

HAD IT ON TOO LONG.

IF I DON'T TAKE IT OFF NOW,
I'LL BREAK OUT.

MAN, MEN JUST DON'T APPRECIATE
WHAT WOMEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH

TO ACHIEVE THAT CERTAIN
JE NE SAIS QUOI.

THAT CERTAIN LOOK.

OH, I TAKE THAT BACK.

I'LL BET SOME MEN DO.

I BET DETECTIVE SIMS DOES.

OH, WELL. HERE GOES NOTHING.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
WITH THESE THINGS.

ONCE, I GLUED MY RIGHT EYELID
SHUT FOR, LIKE, THREE HOURS.

IT WAS A DISASTER.

OH, THERE.

OH, WELL, TIME FOR A NEW PAIR
ANYWAY.

I GOT IT. I'LL JUST RELOAD IT
AND WE'LL BE READY TO GO.

WHAT TIME IS IT, HUH?

I REALLY DO HAVE TO GET UP AT
THE CRACK OF DAWN.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD'VE SLEPT
ALL DAY.

WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT?

OH, YOU THINK I'M A HOOKER,
DON'T YOU?

I WAS WONDERING ABOUT SOME OF
THOSE QUESTIONS THEY WERE ASKING

ME IN THERE.

WELL, I GUESS I CAN SEE WHY YOU
MIGHT THINK THAT, BUT NO, NO,

NO. I'M NOT A HOOKER.

I JUST, UM...

I JUST LIKE THE WAY THIS FEELS.

WHAT, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THAT?

HUH?

IT ALL STARTED OUT INNOCENTLY
ENOUGH.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, REALLY.

ONE HALLOWEEN, MY GIRLFRIEND AND
I DECIDED TO REVERSE ROLES.

YOUR GIRLFRIEND?

YEAH,
GIRLFRIEND.

I LIKE WOMEN.

THAT MAKES ME A CROSS-DRESSER,
NOT A TRANSVESTITE.

SHIT. LABELS.

ANYWAY, THAT NIGHT,
SHE DECIDED TO GO AS A PIMP,

AND I WENT AS A HOOKER.

AND BELIEVE ME, I LOOKED
A LOT TRASHIER THAN THIS.

BUT AS THE NIGHT WENT ON,
I STARTED FEELING SO...

SENSUAL.

LIKE THERE WAS THIS PART OF ME
THAT I HAD NO IDEA EXISTED.

SORTA LIKE I...

I WAS FINISHING A PUZZLE.

YOU KNOW, I FELT COMPLETE.

LIEUTENANT, THIS...

GENTLEMAN'S GIRLFRIEND IS OUT
FRONT; SHE BROUGHT THESE CLOTHES

FOR HIM.

HE'S ALMOST READY. WE JUST
GOTTA GET HIS POLAROIDS.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

MAYBE HE COULD CHANGE HIS
CLOTHES BEFORE WE GET THE

PICTURE.

OKAY. DORIS, GIVE 'EM TO HIM.

APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

TELL HER I'LL BE RIGHT...

RIGHT OUT.

YOU KNOW, I READ OR HEARD
SOMEWHERE THAT WE ALL HAVE

A MALE AND A FEMALE SIDE.

I GUESS MY FEMALE SIDE IS JUST
A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BALANCE.

OR IS IT?

OH, DAMN IT, I LIKE THE WAY
THIS FEELS.

IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW,
THE HANDS.

ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT TOO BAD.

THE WAY WOMEN CARRY THEMSELVES--
IT'S ALLURING.

DRAWING OTHERS IN.

THEY DON'T INTIMIDATE.

NOT FORCEFUL.

AS IN FORCING THEMSELVES ON
OTHERS.

( sighs deeply )
I LIKE THAT.

I DON'T SEE WHY PEOPLE THINK
I'M SICK.

I MEAN, NOBODY CARES IF A WOMAN
WEARS A MAN'S CLOTHES.

IN FACT, WE CONDONE IT.

WE THINK IT'S CUTE AND SEXY,
LIKE IF THEY WEAR A MAN'S

BUTTON-DOWN OR BOXER SHORTS.

BUT THAT'S THE RULES WE LIVE BY.

AND THAT'S WHY I CAN'T LET
ANYBODY FIND OUT ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS CRAZY, BUT THAT'S WHY
I STOLE THOSE THINGS.

FOR SOME REASON, I JUST COULDN'T
BRING MYSELF TO BUY THEM.

I WANTED TO, BUT I COULDN'T.

LIKE THE CLERK WOULD KNOW THEY
WERE FOR ME.

A MAN.

A MAN DRESSED AS A WOMAN.

AND THEN, SHE WOULD TELL
EVERYONE, AND THEN...

I JUST CAN'T LET ANYBODY FIND
OUT ABOUT THIS.

ESPECIALLY THE GUYS I WORK WITH.

MY BOSS. MACHO FUCK.

HE'D NEVER UNDERSTAND.

AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET FIRED.

SEE, I'M A CARPENTER.

I FRAME HOUSES.

I LOVE MY JOB.

WORKING WITH WOOD.

I THINK IT'S ONE OF GOD'S MOST
MAGNIFICENT CREATIONS.

IT CAN BE DECEPTIVE, TOO.

YOU CAN TAKE ONE OF THE MOST
COARSE GRAIN, KNOTTY, UGLY OLD

PIECES OF OAK, AND YOU CAN SLAP
A FEW COATS OF PAINT ON IT,

HAMMER A FEW NAILS, AND IT COULD
BE A REAL NICE PIECE OF

FURNITURE.

THEN, AT THE SAME TOKEN,
YOU COULD TAKE A PLANER AND

YOU COULD STRIP IT DOWN, TAKING
AWAY A LAYER OR TWO, AND IT

MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF WOOD THAT

GOD PUT ON THE PLANET.

BUT YOU SEE, EITHER WAY,
IN THE RIGHT HANDS,

IT COULD BE BEAUTIFUL.

LIEUTENANT?

YEAH.

I WANTED YOU TO HAVE THIS.

OFFICER KOY PICKED THEM UP
WHILE HE WAS OUT.

NO SPRINKLES.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

I WANTED TO, SIR.

I WANTED TO MAKE UP FOR THE
ROUGH START WE HAD EARLIER.

OH, COME ON, IT'S NO PROBLEM.

THANKS FOR THE DOUGHNUTS.

( chuckles )
SIR. YEAH.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I WORKED HARD TO GET HERE.

GRADUATED TOP OF MY CLASS.

BEING AN OFFICER IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME.

TERRIFIC.

BUT JUST REMEMBER, YOU CAN'T DO
EVERYTHING BY THE BOOK.

ISN'T IT OUR JOB TO UPHOLD
THE LAW?

I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT
THEY DON'T, THEY CAN'T, PREPARE

YOU FOR THE HUMAN ELEMENT.

NOT PREACHING.

JUST USE YOUR COMMON SENSE,
THAT'S ALL.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND.

THAT MAN, THAT MR. FRIEDLER,
I'M GONNA BE CARRYING HIM AROUND

FOR A LONG TIME.

WHAT HE DID WAS ILLEGAL,
BUT IT, UM...

ULTIMATELY, EXPERIENCE IS
GONNA BE YOUR BEST FRIEND.

AND THEN YOU'LL REALIZE THAT
THE ROOKIE BLACK AND WHITE

BY THE BOOK
BLENDS INTO A COMFORTABLE GRAY

SO WELCOME TO THE GRAY BAR
INN... WHERE YOU'RE GONNA FIND

OUT THAT THIS IS JUST A JOB, AND
YOU LEAVE IT RIGHT HERE WHEN YOU

WALK OUT THAT DOOR.

YOU A FRIEND OF BILL W.'s?

NO. YOU?

NO.

SO, UM, WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT?

SORRY. I'M ASKING TOO MANY
QUESTIONS.

NO, ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS
AS YOU LIKE.

THIS WAS A GIFT FROM A FRIEND OF
MINE; I PUT HIM RIGHT THROUGH

THE SYSTEM.

SENDS ME ONE FROM TIME TO TIME,
JUST TO LET ME KNOW THAT

HE'S OKAY.

THAT'S A TEN-YEAR CHIP,
ISN'T IT?

MM-HMM.

IS MY BOX OKAY?

LISTEN TO ME, THIS IS IMPORTANT.

IS MY BOX OKAY?

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.

MY BOX, BIG BOX.

REFRIGERATOR BOX. FRIGIDAIRE.

ABOUT YEA BIG.

IT'S ALL YOURS.

I GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE.

MY OLD LADY, I MEAN, IT COULD
HAPPEN... I'M TELLING YOU,

THAT BOX BETTER BE SAFE.

IT'S ALL I GOT!

SHIT!

I REALLY DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THIS.

HIS NAME WAS JOHNNY BENJAMIN.

HE LIVED ON THE STREETS.

I NOTICED HIM FROM TIME TO TIME.

BUT I NEVER PAID HIM MUCH
ATTENTION.

HE WAS ALWAYS LUGGING AROUND
THIS BIG REFRIGERATOR BOX.

AND HIS HANDS WERE SO DIRTY,
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET

A CLEAN PRINT.

I MEAN, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

ANSWER ME THAT.

I'M WALKIN' ALONG THIRD AVENUE,
AND I COME TO THE INTERSECTION

THERE AT ROTHMAN, AND I BEND
OVER AND I START SWEEPING THE

CURB, LIKE I ALWAYS DO.

THAT'S MY JOB. SELF-APPOINTED,
BUT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT.

I MEAN, IF WE AIN'T CAREFUL,
THIS LITTER CRAP IS GONNA GET

WAY OUT OF HAND.

ANYWAY, THIS GUY...

IN SOME FANCY-ASS SPORTS CAR
PULLS UP TO THE CURB AND...

A TACO BELL BAG COMES FLYIN' OUT
OF THE WINDOW, LIKE PIGEON SHIT

OUT OF THE SKY.

LIKE IT'S ACCEPTABLE.

A TACO BELL BAG.

WELL, HUH... WELL, HE SHOULDA
MADE A RUN FOR THE BORDER,

BUT HE CAUGHT A RED LIGHT.

TOO BAD FOR HIM.

I WALKED OVER, I OPENED HIS
DOOR, AND I BEAT THE HELL

OUT OF HIM WITH MY WHISK BROOM.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S WORTH IT.

I MEAN, DO YOU THINK HE'LL EVER
DO THAT AGAIN?

I SERIOUSLY DOUBT IT.

I'M A DRY LITTLE POPCORN FART.

DO YOU MIND?

HOLD IT A SECOND. WHAT THE
HELL YOU GOT HERE?

IT'S OKAY, IT'S JUST LOTION.

WANT SOME?

RARELY USE THE STUFF.

SUIT YOURSELF.

DON'T LET YOURSELF GO, AGE
BEFORE YOU HAVE TO.

IT'S THE CITY AIR, YOU KNOW, ALL
THAT SHIT THAT'S IN THE AIR.

HEY, I HEARD THAT THERE IS
A HOLE STARTING TO OPEN UP IN

THE SKY.

WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY WANNA KNOW
MORE ABOUT THAT?

SHIT, I DON'T WANNA GO UP LIKE
A T-BONE AT A BARBECUE.

WE BETTER START LOOKIN' INTO
THIS SHIT, MAN, OR OUR KIDS

AIN'T GONNA HAVE NOTHIN' TO LOOK
FORWARD TO.

GOTTA REMEMBER, THIS WAS THE
EARLY '80s.

FOR THAT TIME, THIS GUY WAS
ALMOST A VISIONARY.

YOU COULDN'T HELP BUT LIKE HIM.

SORRY, JOHNNY, IT'S GONNA BE
A WHILE.

THAT'S COOL, MAN. YOU'RE
DOIN' THE BEST YOU CAN.

LET'S GO DOWN THE HALL; IT'LL
BE MORE COMFORTABLE.

YOU'RE THE BOSS.

DINOSAURS, THAT'S THE KEY.

EXCUSE ME?

DINOSAURS.
I'M GLAD THAT KIDS DIG ON

DINOSAURS THE WAY THEY DO,
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE--

MODERN-DAY DINOSAURS.

YOU'D THINK WE'D HAVE LEARNED
SOMETHING FROM THEM DINOSAURS.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INTELLIGENT
BEINGS.

YOU KNOW, I READ SOMEWHERE,
SOME OF THEM DINOSAURS HAD

BRAINS THE SIZE OF A PEANUT.

WELL, THERE YA ARE.

THEY HAD A GOOD EXCUSE FOR
EXTINCTION, BUT WHAT WILL

OURS BE?

INDIFFERENCE.

WHO'D WANNA BRING A KID IN
THE WORLD WITH THAT IN MIND?

NOBODY CARES.

WELL, I CARE.

I LIVE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS,
SO I CARE.

I HAVE TO CARE, 'CAUSE THAT'S
MY HOME.

I DON'T SHIT IN YOUR LIVING
ROOM, PLEASE DON'T SHIT IN MINE.

OY. YOU CAN THROW AWAY A CAN
ONCE IN A WHILE, THAT'S INCOME.

IF MORE PEOPLE KNEW THAT,
THEN EVERYBODY WOULD RECYCLE IT.

YEAH.

JOHNNY TOUCHED ME.

HE STUCK A CHORD IN ME.

MADE ME LOOK AT THINGS IN
A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD DO
THIS SOCIETY SOME GOOD?

I THINK EVERYONE OUGHTA GO
THROUGH A DUMPSTER, JUST ONE

TIME, GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY.

YOU, TOO, CHIEF.

YOU CAN CALL ME MIKE.

MIKE. THAT'S REAL NICE.

NOW WE AIN'T STRANGERS NO MORE.

DEFINITELY NOT.

ANYWAY, MIKE, IF YOU GO
THROUGH A DUMPSTER, THEN YOU'D

SEE ALL THE WASTE.

SO MUCH WASTE.

PERSONALLY, I DIG THROUGH
ALL OF IT.

BUT MY OLD LADY, SHE IS
A SCAVENGER QUEEN.

SHE LIKES TO CONCENTRATE ON
THOSE LITTLE WHITE 13-GALLON

BAGS.

SHE SAYS MOST OF THEM COME FROM
BATHROOMS.

I SAY, HONEY, THERE'S SOME
GROSS STUFF IN BATHROOMS.

I MEAN, SHE'S GOT MORE MAKEUP
THAN THE AVON LADY.

FOUND HERSELF A LITTLE BLUE
CARRYING CASE.

SHE LIKES TO LOOK GOOD.

DID YOU KNOW, THERE AIN'T
A SINGLE FEMALE IN THIS CITY

THAT USES A WHOLE COMPACT?

THEY SEE THAT LITTLE PIECE OF
SILVER START SHININ' THROUGH

THE POWDER, PFFT, THEY TOSS IT.

MY OLD LADY CAN MAKE THAT LAST
ANOTHER MONTH.

SHE TAKES LITTLE PIECES OF SOAP,
LAYS IT OUT IN THE SUN,

TILL THEY GET SORTA MUSHY,
SIX OR SEVEN OF THOSE ALL ROLLED

TOGETHER, GOT A WHOLE NEW BAR.

THAT'S WASTE.

IT'S NOTHIN' BUT WASTE.

SO YOU SEE, YOU'RE LUCKY
WE'RE OUT THERE.

EXCEPT WE GOT ALL THE GOOD
GROCERY CARTS.

PUT YOUR TOES ON THE LINE,
FACE THE CAMERA.

ANYWAY, LIFE GOES ON.

C'EST LA VIE.

THE CYCLE CONTINUES.

ALL YOU CAN DO IS LIVE EVERY
MINUTE AND DIE A LITTLE BIT

EVERY DAY.

OKAY, NOW GIVE US YOUR
LEFT PROFILE.

JUST HAVE TO HOPE YOUR
HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

THE DINOSAURS. DON'T FORGET
THE DINOSAURS.

LISTEN, THAT COP AMENDEZ,
WHO DROVE ME IN HERE, HE SAID

HE'D TAKE CARE OF MY BOX.

HE WOULDN'T LIE TO ME, WOULD HE?

THAT BOX MUST BE AWFUL
IMPORTANT TO YOU.

YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT IS.

WHY?

WELL, YOU SEE, ABOUT NINE
MONTHS AGO, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT

THAT LONG, 'CAUSE I'M ABOUT DUE
FOR A NINE-MONTH CHIP--

THAT A.A. IS A GOOD THING, MAN.

I THINK IT'S GONNA HELP ME GET
BACK ON MY FEET.

ANYWAY, I WAS IN THIS 7-ELEVEN,
AND I HAD A LITTLE SPARE CHANGE

ON ME.

WELL, I STOOD THERE FOR THE
LONGEST TIME DEBATIN' MYSELF.

CONDOM. BURRITO.

CONDOM. BURRITO.

CONDOM. BURRITO.

I GUESS I MADE THE WRONG CHOICE.

I WAS A SMART SHOPPER.

IN CASE I DON'T SEE YOU,
YOU'RE THE FIRST, MIKE.

ANY DAY NOW, MY OLD LADY
IS GONNA HAVE A KID.

SO THAT'S WHY I NEED THAT BOX.

THAT REFRIGERATOR BOX IS GONNA
BE OUR DELIVERY ROOM.

TAKE IT EASY.

I NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

WHAT HAPPENED? DID THEY HAVE
THAT KID?

WELL, ABOUT NINE YEARS LATER,
THIS ARRIVED WITH ONE OF

THE CHIPS.

THAT'S MIKE BENJAMIN.

MIKE?

YEAH. I GUESS THEY NAMED
THE KID AFTER ME.

REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU ABOUT
LEAVIN' THE JOB HERE WHEN YOU

GO HOME?

MAYBE SOME THINGS ARE WORTH
TAKING HOME.

HEY, LIEUTENANT, WE GOT
A LOOSE CANNON OUT THERE.

GIVE IT TO THE ROOKIE.

YEAH? BETTER PUT THIS ON,
CHRIS. SHE'S HIV-POSITIVE.

SHE'S CALMED DOWN NOW, BUT EARLY
THIS EVENING, SHE OPENED UP

A VEIN AND LET HER BLOOD FLY
ALL OVER THE MEMBERS OF

THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SHE'S SEWED UP NOW, BUT I'D PUT
THOSE ON, TAKE ALL NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS.

SIMS, I GOT THE NICOLE SAVITA
REPORT FOR YOU THERE.

THANKS, DORIS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WHEN WE PICKED HER UP AT
COUNTY GENERAL, THEY SAID THAT

WHEN THEY FIRST BROUGHT HER IN
TO BE STITCHED, SHE WAS WAY OUT

THERE, SO THEY HAD TO STRAP HER
DOWN TO THE BED AND GIVE HER

SOMETHING JUST TO KNOCK HER OUT.

SINCE THEN, THE DOCTOR SAYS
SHE'S AS CALM AS A BABY LAMB,

BUT THEY GOT HER ON SUICIDE
WATCH JUST THE SAME.

I DON'T WANNA TAKE ANY
CHANCES. LET'S RUN HER THROUGH

AS QUICK AS WE CAN.

GET HER OVER TO COUNTY 13th
FLOOR, THAT'S THEIR JOB.

PALEY, YOU AND COLLINS RUN HER
THROUGH; SIMS, YOU'RE WITH ME

ON THE BOOKING RECOMMENDATION.

I KNOW WE GOT RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT FOR SURE,

BUT THIS CASE IS SO STRANGE,
WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO ANOTHER WAY.

HELLO, MA'AM.

I'M LIEUTENANT BROSLOE.

I ASSURE YOU, WE'RE GONNA DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THINGS

QUICK AND COMFORTABLE.

YOU JUST GO ALONG WITH OFFICER
COLLINS AND OFFICER PALEY HERE,

WE'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU.

THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE.

DID YOU KNOW THEY STRAPPED ME
DOWN IN THAT HOSPITAL LIKE

I WAS SOME KIND OF ANIMAL?

THAT'S JUST STANDARD
PROCEDURE, MA'AM.

WE HAVE TO DO THAT ON ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE.

SUICIDE? I WASN'T TRYING TO
COMMIT SUICIDE. I WAS TRYING TO

MAKE A POINT. DOESN'T ANYBODY
REALIZE THAT?

WE'RE JUST DOING THE BEST WE
CAN FOR YOU.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU IN AND
OUT AND BACK WHERE YOU BELONG

AT COUNTY HOSPITAL.

ALL RIGHT, I GOTTA GET YOUR
VALUABLES.

WHERE I BELONG? I BELONG?

I'M NOT GOING BACK TO THAT
AWFUL PLACE!

STOP HER. MOVE! I'M OKAY.

WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON?

DON'T MOVE. FREEZE!

HOLD IT, LADY. PUT IT DOWN.

PUT THE GUNS DOWN NOW!

GET BACK. I SWEAR I'LL DO IT.

LISTEN TO ME.

NOBODY'S GONNA HURT YOU. NOBODY.

( alarm buzzing loudly )
NO, YOU LISTEN.

( alarm stops )
EVERYBODY LISTEN.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

BECAUSE NO ONE WILL LISTEN.

WELL, YOU'RE GONNA LISTEN TO ME
NOW OR I'LL OPEN THIS WRIST

ALL OVER YOU.

I'VE DONE IT ONCE; I'LL DO
IT AGAIN.

PLEASE, JUST TAKE A DEEP
BREATH.

THERE'S NO REASON TO DO
ANYTHING DRASTIC.

DRASTIC. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

I JUST WANT SOMEBODY TO HEAR ME.

WE HEAR YOU.

EVERYBODY IS LISTENING.

NO. NOBODY LISTENS.

I TRIED TO TALK TO THEM, BUT
THEY DON'T CARE.

HOW CAN THEY CALL THEMSELVES
A SCHOOL BOARD WHEN THEY DON'T

TAKE THE TIME TO EDUCATE
THEMSELVES?

I TRIED. I TRIED TO TALK TO
THEM, BUT THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY

THAT I COULD GET MY POINT
ACROSS TO THOSE PEOPLE.

MISS SAVITA, THE BOARD WILL
RECONVENE AT 3:00.

I MEAN, ONCE THEY FOUND OUT
THAT I WAS HIV-POSITIVE,

I DISAPPEARED FROM THEIR WORLD.

ONLY MY BLOOD, THIS SUBSTANCE,
RUNNING THROUGH THE CHANNEL

OF LIFE, COULD MAKE THEM OPEN
THEIR EARS TO ME.

DON'T MOVE OR I SWEAR,
I'LL DO IT.

BACK OFF, AMENDEZ.

BACK OFF.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, MA'AM.

NOBODY'S GONNA HURT YOU.

I'M NOT A MA'AM.

I'M NICOLE SAVITA.

I HAVE A NAME, I AM SOMEBODY.

OF COURSE YOU ARE.

I UNDERSTAND, NICOLE.

( giggles )
THIS IS KINDA SILLY, ISN'T IT?

NO. NOT SILLY AT ALL.

I'M JUST SO SICK OF
STUPIDITY.

IT'S SO EASY TO FIX IF YOU JUST
LISTEN AND LEARN.

I KNOW, I'M A TEACHER, A DARN
GOOD ONE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

"WHY HAVE MY SISTERS' HUSBANDS
IF THEY SAY THEY LOVE YOU ALL?

HAPPILY, WHEN I SHALL WED,
THAT LORD WHOSE HAND MUST

TAKE MY PLIGHT SHALL CARRY
HALF MY LOVE WITH HIM,

HALF MY CARE AND DUTY."

BUT ONCE I REVEALED IT, WELL...

SEE, I THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD DO
THE RIGHT THING AND BE HONEST.

BUT IN MY HONESTY, I CEASED
TO EXIST, AND PARENTS PULLED

STUDENTS FROM MY CLASSROOM,
AND FACULTY SHUT ME OUT,

AND ULTIMATELY, THE SCHOOL BOARD
OF KNOWLEDGEABLE EDUCATORS

TOOK MY JOB.

I'M SORRY TO INFORM YOU,
BUT AFTER A GREAT DEAL OF

DISCUSSION, WE'VE ALL CONCLUDED
THAT, UNDER THE PRESENT

CIRCUMSTANCES, WE NO LONGER
REQUIRE YOUR SERVICES.

THEY TOOK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IN MY LIFE.

THEY TOOK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IN MY LIFE.

YOU SEE, I THOUGHT, UM...

OKAY, I HAVE THE VIRUS.

WHAT AN ASSET.

I MEAN, ONCE YOU'VE GOT IT,
HOW DO YOU USE IT?

TO EDUCATE, AND WHO BETTER,
MORE QUALIFIED? ME.

A TEACHER, A SCULPTOR OF MINDS.

WHAT A TOOL OF KNOWLEDGE
I COULD BE.

A VISUAL AID. NO, VISUAL AIDS.

THE REAL THING.

I COULD MAKE IT PART OF MY
CURRICULUM, I COULD CREATE THIS

WHOLE PROGRAM.

BUT I WAS BANISHED.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO ONLY TALK TO PEOPLE'S BACKS

OR THE TOPS OF THEIR HEADS?

YOU SEE? LIKE NOW.

LOOK. YOU CAN LOOK AT ME.

YOU CAN LOOK AT ME.

I'M NOT GONNA HURT YOU.

I WOULD NEVER, I COULDN'T
HURT YOU.

I WOULD NEVER, I COULDN'T
HURT YOU.

OH, OKAY. WHY? HOW DID I GET IT?

RIGHT. WHY? WHAT DIFFERENCE
DOES IT MAKE?

WAS IT SEX, WAS IT DRUGS?

WAS IT A TRANSFUSION?

WHY DO PEOPLE WANNA KNOW?

SO THEY CAN PUT ME IN A GROUP?

AM I A DEVIANT, A DRUGGIE,
OR A VICTIM?

A CATEGORY, SO THEY CAN ANALYZE
ME AND EVALUATE ME AND DECIDE

HOW THEY SHOULD TREAT ME.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE POINT IS,
ONCE IT'S THERE, IT DOESN'T

MATTER. I'M PUMPING POISON.

I LAY DOWN AT NIGHT,
AND I'M VERY STILL, AND I CAN

FEEL MY HEARTBEAT.

AND I WISH THAT IT WOULD STOP,
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S RECYCLING

A POLLUTED STREAM, AND I WANNA
DIE.

AND YET, I WANNA LIVE,
'CAUSE I WANNA TEACH.

THAT'S THE ONLY THING I HAVE
LEFT.

GOD, I WAS TRAINED FOR
THIS MOMENT.

BUT PEOPLE STOPPED LISTENING
TO ME, AND I CEASED TO EXIST.

BUT PEOPLE STOPPED LISTENING
TO ME, AND I CEASED TO EXIST.

THIS IS THE PROOF THAT I'M HERE.

I OPENED MY VEINS ON THE TABLE
OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS SCHOOL BOARD

SO THEY COULD SEE WHAT THEY
FEAR, WHEN ALL THEY REALLY FEAR

IS IGNORANCE.

DON'T WORRY.

I ALWAYS CARRY THIS WITH ME.

AND A BOX OF BAND-AIDS.

JUST IN CASE.

I'M A VERY RESPONSIBLE PERSON,
IF ALLOWED TO BE.

I'M A VERY RESPONSIBLE PERSON,
IF ALLOWED TO BE.

I'M SAFE.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE VERY KIND EYES.

THEY ALMOST SEEM ENLIGHTENED.

THIS WAY.

( phone rings )
EIGHTH PRECINCT, DORIS.

HOW MAY I HELP YOU?

HEY, SEE YOU NEXT SHIFT,
CHRISTINE.

YOU BETCHA.

I DON'T GET TO WORK WITH
A ROOKIE TOO OFTEN.

YOU MADE ME REMEMBER A LOT
OF THINGS.

WELL, THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE.

PRESSURE LETS UP WHEN YOU
REALIZE YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE

THE WORLD IN ONE DAY.

DID I TEACH YOU THAT?

BOY, AM I GOOD!

ARE YOU HUNGRY?

YEAH.

I KNOW THIS DINER UP THE
STREET. THEY SERVE PANCAKES,

HASH BROWNS, THICK SLAB BACON.

HOW ABOUT IT?

THEY GOT OATMEAL?

OATMEAL? YOU CAN GET OATMEAL
ANYWHERE. I'M TALKIN' A FULL

STACK OF PANCAKES, DRIPPIN' WITH
BUTTER AND MAPLE SYRUP, SLAB

BACON.

I'M A VEGETARIAN.

VEGETARIAN? YOU EAT RABBIT
FOOD? COME ON.

IF IT'S GOT A PULSE, I DON'T
EAT IT.

IF IT FLEES, I DON'T FOLLOW.

WELL, THEY PROBABLY HAVE
A BRAN MUFFIN.