Bullet in the Face (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Cradle to Grave - full transcript

The escalating war between Tannhauser and Racken is having a negative impact on the police. As such, the Commissioner increases the pressure on Gunter to find Tannhauser's hideaway, eliminating Tannhauser which she believes will end the war. Gunter is determined to find Tannhauser if only so that he can get his face and thus his old life back. But a somewhat competing priority is that Martine is about to give birth. She plays the three men who could be the father for her own end goal, which includes telling the real father that the baby is indeed his.

(Beeping)

Oh! No! They have destroyed
my favourite art gallery.

My baby will be here soon.

You green-eyed witch.

You're trying to steal the
spotlight from epic downfall!

I cannot control this.

My water will break soon.

My water is breaking right now!

Where are you going?

Take an interest in my career!

Enough of this.



(Telephone beeping)

Hello.

(Siren wailing in distance)

I think you've been
looking for me.

This is Tannhäuser.

Now, listen to me.

Sun Tzu says if your opponent
has a choleric disposition,

you should irritate him.

(Siren wailing in distance)

I do hope this
is hitting the spot.

(Beep)

(Explosion)

(Dial tone)

That piece of shit,



calling me here like
some telemarketer.

I don't care what it takes,

I want you dead. Dead!

(Sighing)

I also wanna know what
the hell you look like.

♪ Is he good?
Is he bad? ♪

♪ Psychopath or sexy cad? ♪

♪ Sinner or saint?
The sinner fell ♪

♪ But the saint
wound up in hell ♪

♪ We took his face ♪

♪ Gave him another ♪

♪ He changed his place ♪

♪ Bullet in the face ♪

(Gunshots and people shouting)

Gunter, you got a second?

I do!

(Clock ticking)

And now I don't.

Auf Wiedersehen.

Get lost.

Our city's being torn apart,

and we don't have
enough man power.

Then use children.
None of this would be happening

if Gunter Vogler was
on the streets.

The law and lawless alike
are all afraid of me.

I brought balance to this city.

But I'm not interested
in fair and balance.

I wanna save this city
from Racken and Tannhäuser.

Ha ha ha!
It's too late!

Oh my God!
It's a bomb!

Everyone clear out of here!

(People screaming)

The bomb squad just left.
I'll order them back.

Forget it! They must
have planted it.

I saw them fiddling
with that machine

like Nero when
Rome was burning.

The corruption in
this city is so thick,

the police started taking
chew toys as bribes.

Commissioner,
we need to evacuate.

No! If I lose this
building, I lose the city.

Stop! What do you
even know about bombs?

That they explode.
Hagerman, fetch me a knife.

- Aaah!
- Sorry.

(Beeping)

(Growling)

(Grunting)

(Screaming)

(Laughing)

(Alarm blaring)

Oh! Much sadness. None of
the cops outside survived.

(Giggling)

Wipe that look of glee off
your face! No one needed to die.

True, if they'd stayed inside.

Instead, they fled
like yellow kittens

running from a Korean butcher.

And now, their remains are
splattered on windshields

like bird droppings.

(Chuckling)

What a fitting end
for shitty people.

(Laughing)

♪ La la La la la la ♪

(♪ Beethoven's Moonlight Sona♪)

I'm ready to go
to the hospital.

Yeah, well, there's
no one to take you.

All the guards downstairs
have run away.

They're off my Christmas list.

But you can feel very safe
here in my secret hideaway.

You know why?

Because it's secret.

Well, since you seem
to be incapable

of making it through the doorway
without a nervous breakdown,

I would like a cab.

Like a cab?
That's very funny.

Normally, you say,
"I want a Merlot."

This is levity under stress,

a true sign of greatness.

But I have decided.

I have decided that
you should have the baby here.

We have everything
we need for a delivery.

We have balloons.
We have...

many balloons!

No.

I will go to the hospital,
even if I have to walk.

(Grunting)

(Groaning)

Aaah!

Oh! No!

You're insane! Let me go!

I'm going to have
a baby any minute!

Yes! Who's baby?

Not mine, is it?

Don't even tell me.
I know. It is Gunter's!

Who told you about us?

I knew.

Your aura of sluttishness.

You have contaminated
my hideaway

with your "slutticiousness".

But you could have
never fooled me

because I am Master
of the universe.

You think you're God,
don't you?

No, he thinks he's me.

Let me tell you how
this is gonna happen.

You're gonna have the baby, OK?

Then you're gonna die, OK?
Bear that in mind.

Then baby comes along,
I adopt the baby. Interesting.

I'll make an excellent
stay-at-home parent,

because I think
that agoraphobics

make perfect
stay-at-home dads.

Thought you were gonna do that.
OK, put it on the ground.

Slide it to me just like
they do in the films.

You know where you went wrong?

You should've had
an affair with a woman.

Then we could've made videos!

(Exhales)

(Groans)

Ow! My knees!

(Groaning)

(Panting)

(Groaning)

(Coughing)

(Groans)

(Exhales)

Return my face and let me go.

This city won't be
here in the morning.

It will be like the Earth
from thousands of years ago

when dinosaurs filled lakes
with diarrhoea!

We had an agreement.

I want Tannhäuser
brought to justice!

(Explosion, glass breaking)

And what do you think
this goddamn blitzkrieg

is all about, huh?

When the city is gone,
he will be too!

Find Tannhäuser in time
and the war will end

just like when Saddam Hussein
was captured in Iraq.

Ha ha! The war didn't
end after that!

It did in the US
versions of events.

Ugh!

Give me Tannhäuser's lair,

and you can have
your stupid, old face back

to scowl at the entire
civilized world with!

(Explosion)

Why should I trust you?

You're a cop and a woman.

You have my word.

(Laughing)

And where am I supposed
to start looking, huh?

Friggin' Google?

Find his place,
you'll have your face!

(Explosions in distance)

(Siren wailing in distance)

None of this is mine!

If I flee,
I have nothing to take.

(Sighing)

I am still Gunter Vogler inside.

(Siren wailing in distance)

Yet I won't have her.

(Beeping)

(Cell): ♪ Hello, baby
Pick up the phone ♪

(Cell beeps)

Martine.

(Dog barking)

Damn it, Martine!

Would you stop shooting at me?

I want to break you
of that habit.

How did you get in here?

Through the door.

If you were Gunter Vogler,

you'd know about
my proficiency with locks.

Oh! Like the time we opened
the back door to Bar 79

after it was closed.

We shot the guard,
danced to Pet Shop Boys...

Pet Shop Boys.

...all night.

Good times.

You are Gunter Vogler.

(Gun hits floor)

(Gasps)

What happened to you?

(Gasps)

Remember when you
shot me in the face?

Of course! I never
forget a face I've shot.

(Screaming)

So, you see,

if you would've killed me,
you would've done me a favour.

I was scared for my life,
for my baby's life.

It's the only
reason I shot you.

I would've preferred
couple's therapy.

Ah! Don't you mean
group therapy?

You are playing the 3 most
dangerous men in this city.

How does it keep you
and the baby safe?

Because whoever's the last man
standing, I will be their woman.

Racken seems poised
to be the victor.

Then why aren't you with him?

Because I needed to know if
you were indeed Gunter Vogler.

Do you still have
your dragon tattoo?

(Sighing)

It's a snake, not a dragon.

It's a snake.

(Sighing)

Tell me where
Tannhäuser's hiding.

If I can deliver him
to the police,

I can be my own
horrible self again.

No, Tannhäuser is dead.

I killed him.

He demanded to know whose
baby was growing inside me

and I shot him.

I think I would like
to know that answer too.

- The baby is yours, Gunter.
- Are you absolutely certain...

(Jaw cracking)

...Tannhäuser is dead?

Mmm, I saw him die
with my own 2 eyes.

(Sighing)

(Coughing)

(♪ Whistling ♪)

I must get to the hospital.

Only Racken can provide me
with safety there.

Wait. I keep forgetting
I am a policeman.

I can provide protection.

All you have to do
is tell me the location

of Tannhäuser's hiding place

so I can get my old face back.

Is it even in the city?

We were the only ones living
there, behind tall iron gates.

Where?

Not until I am
safe in a hospital.

And I want Vicodin,
lots of Vicodin.

Which you will gladly
share with me.

Wait here.
I will return with

the only honest cop
on the force.

It's Tannhäuser.
New orders.

Stop targeting
Racken's properties.

Start destroying
every hospital in the city.

Well, I'm just about
to blow up a casino

where we enjoyed a lovely
complimentary buffet.

Nice deli platter too.

(Beeping)

Why are we targeting
hospitals, sir?

It's what King Herod
would've done.

Martine! We've come
to bring you to the hospital!

(Martine):
I could not wait.

I chose criminal number 2.

You will always be
my most wanted.

Why is the note wet?

Must mean her water broke.

(Chuckles)

Hagerman.

You've gone rogue.

Let me guess.
Tannhäuser?

He learned you
were still alive.

The price on your head is huge.

It can provide for
my family after I'm gone.

I couldn't resist temptation
any longer, Gunter.

(Click)

Forgive me.

Forgive?

I'm proud of you!

(Sobs)

No! I can't
shoot this face.

Why? Everyone else has.

Shoot me, Hagerman.
I am not your friend.

I killed your friend, remember?

Take your revenge!

I can't. Ah!

Hagerman, you idiot!

Here, the money shot!
Right here!

(Laughing crazily)

(Screaming)

(Man):
Somebody shot me.

(Thudding)

(Laughing)

Only you could screw up
being a martyr, Hagerman.

(Laughing)

(Cell buzzing)

Oh!

Martine, where
the hell are you?

Why did you not wait for me?

This is a game of chess,
Gunter, and I must stay queen.

And I am no prince.

Tell me the location of
Tannhäuser's hideout.

(Woman on PA):
Dr. Bindelglass, to obstetrics.

Dr. Bindelglass.

(Explosion)

Martine?

Another hospital
just got blown up.

That's 3 within the last hour.

Why are hospitals
being targeted?

Tannhäuser, imbecile.

He doesn't know
where Martine is,

but he knows she must
be in the hospital

because she's about
to give birth.

Martine, are you all right?

Martine!

(Beep)

What are you doing?

Uh, looking for
a Dr. Bindelglass.

I heard his name
in the background

when I was talking to her.

Aha!

A Dr. Bindelglass operates out
of Brüteville General Hospital.

(Sirens wailing)

I need to find this woman.

Sorry, I don't recognize her.

(Woman on PA, indistinct)

Oh, yes. They've cordoned off
the entire 5th floor for her.

I counted at least
13 bodyguards.

Do they know you're coming?

No, but they will.
Hagerman, stay here.

Make sure the bomb squad
doesn't do their dirty work.

Gunter.

I don't know if either of us
will make it out of this alive,

but I hope you get
your face back.

(Woman on PA, indistinct)

(Elevator bell dinging)

(Rumbling)

Excuse me.

Where's the washroom?

Uh, for men.
The men's room.

To wash.

Thank you.

(Sighing)

Ma'am?

Oh!

Did someone report a bomb?

No, ma'am, we're just
here as precaution.

But I'd like to
check out your basement.

- Where is it?
- In the basement.

(Gunshots)

Aw, shit!

(Gunshot, thudding)

(Scoffing)

Only 12 bodyguards.

You're not supposed to be here!

I know. Yours is the ultimate
unplanned pregnancy.

Racken will be here any minute.
He'll kill you on sight.

He'll have to take a number.

In the meantime, tell me where
Tannhäuser's hideout is!

You couldn't figure it out?
I gave you clues.

Tall, iron gates?

We were the only
ones living there?

(Sighing)

Commissioner Eva,
I know where Tannhäuser is.

Thank you very much.

Bye!

(Groans)

(Sighing)

(Siren wailing)

(Grunts)

So, Tannhäuser,

this is where
you've been living,

right where everyone
is dying to get in.

(Grunting)

(Chuckles)

(Grunting)

Move!

(Grunting)

(Panting)

As soon as the commissioner
confirms Tannhäuser's dead,

she will phone back with
the location of my face.

Racken is on his way.
You mustn't be here for this.

My dear, we are
well past the point

where anyone can
threaten me with anything.

I feel like I've been
on a rollercoaster ride

designed by Kafka.

Watching all the hospitals
being blown up on the news

makes me nervous, but I'm glad
the bomb squad dropped by

to ensure everything is safe.

They were here?

Uh-huh.

Where did they go?

The basement.

Welcome. You have
found where I live.

Congratulations.

But you will not be alive long

to feel the success
of what you have achieved,

because the bomb that is built
into my building

will blow up and kill you.

Five, four...

Run!

...three, two, one.

If you're still here,
there could be a delay.

Racken is always
surrounded by bodyguards

and I need to be
alone with him.

No way. I intend to witness
the birth of my child, Martine.

I love you.

I cannot recall the last time

I ever heard you say this

without calling me
an idiot or something.

That's because I never have.

(Helicopter overhead)

(Gasps)

I recognize
those rotors. Racken!

(Beeping)

(Bubbling)

Hey, nobody shoot!
Nobody shoot. She's too close.

What the hell
are you doing here?

Get away from my wife.

She's not your wife.

She's my girlfriend.

Anyway, one of us is
the father of her baby,

and I'm betting it's me.

After all, I can impregnate
a woman just by rubbing elbows.

What's he talking about, babe?

The woman in this bed
is dishonest,

deceitful and manipulative

and I cannot live without her.

You're gonna have to.

(Beeping and bubbling)

(Groaning)

(Beeping)

(Crying)

(Groaning)

Brilliant!

A fake pregnancy!

You've been playing us
for fools for months.

Oui, to get the drop on men
who are hard to kill.

(Chuckles)

(Beeping)

There's only one queen now.

- She does not need a king.
- Oh...

(Beeping)