Gargoyles (1994–1996): Season 2, Episode 6 - The Silver Falcon - full transcript
Elisa and Broadway investigate the disappearance of her new partner, Matt Bluestone.
[GOLIATH]
ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO,
SUPERSTITION
AND THE SWORD RULED.
IT WAS A TIME OF DARKNESS.
IT WAS A WORLD OF FEAR.
IT WAS THE AGE OF GARGOYLES.
STONE BY DAY,
WARRIORS BY NIGHT.
[ROAR]
WE WERE BETRAYED BY THE HUMANS
WE HAD SWORN TO PROTECT,
FROZEN IN STONE
BY A MAGIC SPELL
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
NOW, HERE IN MANHATTAN...
THE SPELL IS BROKEN,
AND WE LIVE AGAIN.
[GROWL]
WE ARE DEFENDERS
OF THE NIGHT.
WE ARE GARGOYLES.
[BROADWAY]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...
[ELISA]
DRACON!
SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND,
HONEY?
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU
CONCERNING THAT
ARMS SHIPMENT HIJACKING.
[DRACON]
HIJACKING?
SORRY, DETECTIVE.
YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY.
I’M JUST A BUSINESSMAN.
I’M ASSIGNING YOU
A PARTNER--
THIS IS DETECTIVE
MATT BLUESTONE.
HE WORKED WITH ME TO CLOSE THE
DRACON BUSINESS.
CAPTAIN, THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?
THEY’RE CALLED THE ILLUMINATI.
THEY RUN EVERYTHING.
I DON’T CARE ABOUT UFOs,
LOCH NESS, OR SECRET SOCIETIES.
THE WORLD’S STRANGE
ENOUGH AS IT IS.
[THUNDER CRASHES]
[THUNDER AND LIGHTNING CONTINUE]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
[MALE VOICE] GLAD YOU COULD
MAKE IT, DETECTIVE BLUESTONE.
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
YOU MADE ONE MISTAKE,
LOUIE.
YOU MESSED
WITH MY PARTNER.
[BOTH] AND WHEN SOMEONE
MESSES WITH YOUR PARTNER,
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW MATT.
MAYBE HE TOOK PERSONAL TIME TO
LOOK FOR BIGFOOT OR SOMETHING.
OFFICER BLUESTONE’S
TRIVIAL PURSUITS ASIDE,
HE HASN’T CHECKED IN
FOR 48 HOURS.
WHY DON’T I STOP BY HIS PLACE,
CAPTAIN, SEE WHAT I CAN TURN UP.
ANY TROUBLE, YOU’LL CALL
FOR BACKUP, RIGHT?
SURE, CAPTAIN, WHATEVER.
SO MATT’S MISSING, HUH?
THE WAY YOU WERE GLUED
TO THE TV, I’M SURPRISED
YOU COULD HEAR ME.
EARS LIKE THESE
DON’T MISS MUCH.
SORRY I HAVE
TO RUN OUT, BROADWAY.
IF YOU WANT COMPANY,
YOU COULD ALWAYS WATCH YOUR
TAPE BACK AT THE CLOCK TOWER.
NAH, BROOKLYN AND LEXINGTON
GOT DIBS ON THE VCR TONIGHT.
AHEM!
ELISA, WHY DON’T I
GO WITH YOU?
-I CAN BE YOUR PARTNER.
-[LAUGHS]
I ALREADY HAVE ONE PARTNER
TO WORRY ABOUT TONIGHT.
I DON’T NEED TWO.
GO BACK
TO YOUR MOVIE.
[LOCK CLICKS]
[CRASH]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[ELISA]
MATT, YOU HOME?
MATT, IT’S ME,
ELISA.
ARRGGHH!
AAH!
GOT YOU COVERED, PARTNER.
ARRGGHH!
[BELL RINGS]
[GASP]
ARRGGHH!
[METAL SQUEAKING]
[GROWL]
AAH!
AAH!
YOU MIND EXPLAINING
WHAT YOU’RE DOING HERE?
HELPING YOU.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
I DON’T WANT TO GET
INTO IT OUT HERE.
BRING HIM AND FOLLOW ME.
NOBODY I KNOW.
BUT I’LL LAY ODDS HE’S A PRO.
SURE MADE
A MESS OF THINGS.
IF WE KNEW WHAT
HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING.
THE WRITING IS
DEFINITELY MATT’S.
AND IT’S OFF HIS CALENDAR.
THE COMPUTER MIGHT
TELL US EVEN MORE.
DON’T!
HE BOOBY TRAPPED IT!
[GRUNTS]
[BOTH GRUNT]
UGH, WE LOST HIM.
CAN’T WIN ’EM ALL.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
WEDON’T GO ANYWHERE.
YOU’RE CALLING IT A NIGHT.
AND I’M KEEPING AN APPOINTMENT.
UNDER TODAY’S DATE
MATT WROTE,
"HACKER, 10 P.M.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE."
I GOT JUST ENOUGH TIME
TO MAKE IT.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE?
GOOD NIGHT, BROADWAY.
GLIDE HOME SAFELY.
ELISA, I’M SORRY
ABOUT THE BOMB.
BUT IT PROVES HOW
DANGEROUS THIS CASE IS.
TOO DANGEROUS FOR
AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE
PLAYING OUT A MOVIE FANTASY.
I’M ALONE ON THIS ONE.
MATT WAS NO AMATEUR,
AND HE WORKED ALONE.
WHERE DID IT GET HIM?
ELISA, LET ME BE
YOUR PARTNER.
DETECTIVE MAZA, RIGHT?
MATT BLUESTONE’S
PARTNER.
I’M MARTIN HACKER.
MATT SHOWED ME
YOUR PICTURE.
HE SAID YOUR
HIS BEST PARTNER.
GUESS THAT MAKES ME RUNNER UP.
EXCUSE ME?
HE NEVER TOLD YOU
HE USED TO BE FBI?
HE NEGLECTED
TO MENTION IT.
AND NOW HE’S DISAPPEARED.
-WHAT?
-DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HE WAS WORKING ON?
WELL HE CALLED ME LAST WEEK
WITH A NEW LEAD ON THE
ILLUMINATI SOCIETY.
WELL, ACCORDING TO MATT,
THAT’S A SECRET ORGANIZATION
THAT’S SO POWERFUL IT’S SUPPOSED
TO BE RUNNING THE WORLD.
YEAH, MATT’S MENTIONED
THE ILLUMINATI.
I KNOW HE’S DETERMINED
TO PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK GOT HIM
BOOTED FROM THE BUREAU?
THE HIGHER-UPS THOUGHT HE WAS
A BIT, UH, OBSESSIVE.
BUT FOR OLD TIMES SAKE,
I AGREED TO HAVE THIS
LETTER AUTHENTICATED.
IT DATES BACK
TO THE TWENTIES.
AND GANGSTER NAMED MACE MALONE
WHO MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED
IN 1924.
MATT BELIEVED THAT MACE
HAD TIES TO THE ILLUMINATI.
"DD, OUR LITTLE SOCIETY HAS
RACKED UP QUITE A NESTEGG.
"EVERY DAY I SEE THE SILVER
FALCON, I HAVE TO SMILE.
STAY IN TOUCH, PARTNER."
THE INK AND THE PAPER
DATE CORRECTLY.
SIGNATURE CHECKS, TOO. THE
LETTER’S LEGIT. IT’S FROM MACE.
HOW DID MATT FIND IT?
WHO WAS "DD"?
AND WHAT ON EARTH WAS
THE SILVER FALCON?
GOOD QUESTIONS.
WISH I HAD ANSWERS.
"3150 THIRD AVENUE."
A 70-YEAR OLD ADDRESS.
NOT MUCH TO GO ON.
IF YOU WANT SOME HELP, I CAN--
I CAN HANDLE IT,
HACKER, BUT THANKS.
[DOGS BARKING]
PAYBACK TIME.
NOW, BROADWAY, NOW!
WHO’S SHE TALKIN’ TO?
SHE’S TALKING TO ME.
YOU AGAIN!
PLUG HIM!
[MEN GRUNTING]
STOP OR I’LL SHOOT!
GO AHEAD, BOYS.
-[CLUNK]
-KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT.
-BROADWAY, LOOK OUT!
-UH-OH.
NEW YORK DRIVERS.
-HOW WE DOING?
-NOT SO GOOD.
IF OUR ESCAPING FRIEND
OVERHEARD ENOUGH,
THE ILLUMINATI MAY BE HITTING
MACE MALONE’S OLD OFFICE NEXT.
WE HAVE TO GET THERE
FAST AND FIRST.
OH.
WELL, COME BACK
TOMORROW, YOUNG LADY.
BUSINESS HOURS
ARE BETWEEN--
POLICE.
MAY I COME IN, SIR?
[ELISA] I KNOW THIS IS
A LONG SHOT, MR. BENTON,
BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT
YOUR OFFICE HAS A HISTORY?
YES, A RATHER SCANDALOUS
HISTORY, WOULDN’T YOU AGREE?
THAT’S WHY
I RENTED THIS SPACE.
I’M SOMETHING OF
A MACE MALONE BUFF.
ALL THESE YEARS LATER,
AND THE CURIOUS STILL FLOCK
TO SEE 45 D.
WHY JUST THE OTHER DAY,
A RED-HEADED WHIPPER-SNAPPER
CAME BY HERE--
BLUESTONE?
MATT BLUESTONE?
THAT’S THE ONE.
ODD FELLER.
THE MOMENT HE
CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THIS,
HE RAN OUTTA HERE
LICKETY-SPLIT.
THAT’S MACE.
I CAN’T IDENTIFY THE SHARP
LOOKING YOUNG FELLER THERE,
BUT YOUR FRIEND BLUESTONE SEEMED
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HIM.
[ELISA GASPS]
DD!
DO YOU KNOW WHERE
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN?
THAT WAS THE
SILVER FALCON NIGHTCLUB,
MACE’S PRIDE AND JOY.
IT STOOD ON
FIRST AVENUE AND 8TH.
IT’S BEEN TORN DOWN
FOR AGES NOW.
[STAMMERING] WOMAN,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
NO TIME TO EXPLAIN, SIR.
BUT 45D JUST ISN’T SAFE TONIGHT.
WHEN YOU CALL THAT NUMBER.
YOU’LL GET A CAPTAIN CHAVEZ.
FILL HER IN ON
WHAT YOU TOLD ME.
LET HER KNOW
THERE ARE TWO THUGS
CUFFED TO A GRATE
BY CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE,
AND TELL HER I SAID
SEND BACKUP TO FIRST AND 8TH!
FIRST AND 8TH.
YOU SURE
THIS IS THE PLACE?
ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND OUT.
[BUZZING]
[BROADWAY GASPS]
[NO AUDIO]
YOU’LL REST WHEN
I TELL YOU TO REST.
NOT BEFORE.
I KNOW THAT GUY
FROM SOMEWHERE.
HE’S CALLED "GLASSES,"
AND HE’S ANTHONY DRACON’S
RIGHT-HAND MAN.
DRACON?
OH, I HATE THAT GUY.
HE’S NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITES,
EITHER.
BUT WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO
WITH THE ILLUMINATI?
THERE’S MATT.
OUR OVERDUE GUESTS
HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED.
[BEEPING]
SO MUCH FOR THE CAVALRY,
BLUESTONE.
THAT WAS YOUR PARTNER
WE JUST BURIED.
[GASP]
YOU ALL RIGHT?
I’VE HAD BETTER NIGHTS.
I’VE GOT
A POCKET FLASHLIGHT.
NOT MUCH AIR
IN HERE.
TELL ME YOUR CLAWS OF YOURS
CAN DIG US OUT.
I DON’T THINK SO.
UH-OH.
YOU DID YOUR BEST,
BROADWAY.
NOW IT’S MY TURN.
DRACON TELLS YOU TO 86
MACE MALONE’S LETTER,
SO YOU BURY MAZA ALIVE?
HA!
SMART, GLASSES.
REAL SMART.
NO ONE WILL EVER
READ IT IN THERE.
THING IS, YOU DON’T KNOW FOR
SURE SHE HAD IT ON HER.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TELL TONY
IT’S A DONE DEAL
AND THE LETTER SHOWS UP
SOMEWHERE ELSE?
MUST BE MY LUCKY DAY.
BUT IT WON’T BE YOURS,
NOT IF THEY FIND YOU.
[SIGH] SORRY, PARTNER.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS
THE BEST I CAN DO.
[COUGHING]
NO SIGN OF THE BIG GUY IN THE
TRENCHCOAT. HE MUST BE IN DEEP.
FORGET HIM.
I GOT WHAT I WANTED.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
I’VE HAD
BETTER NIGHTS.
[DRACON]
HI, GANG.
GLASSES,
DON’T JUST STAND THERE.
GRAB YOURSELF A DRILL
AND DIG IN.
UH, SURE, BOSS.
SURE.
FIRST BLUESTONE,
THEN MAZA.
IT’S LIKE
A COP CONVENTION.
DIGGING UNDER
THE SILVER FALCON
MUST COST A BUNDLE, TONY.
[LAUGHS]
SURE YOU STILL
COME OUT AHEAD?
20 TIMES OVER.
THE UNCUT STONES MACE
AND MY GRANDFATHER STOLE
ARE WORTH MILLIONS.
ONCE WE’RE FINISHED,
REMIND ME TO BURY THEM
TOGETHER.
HIS GRANDFATHER?
DOMINIC DRACON.
DD? THE MAN
IN THE PICTURE?
RIGHT. SEEMS DD AND MACE WERE
PARTNERS IN A JEWEL HEIST.
MACE DISAPPEARED WITHOUT
SPLITTING THE TAKE.
GANGSTERS SQUABBLING
OVER LOOT?
NOT EXACTLY
ILLUMINATI MATERIAL.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
I FOUND THE LETTER MONTHS AGO
WHEN A SEARCH WARRANT
TURNED IT UP IN DRACON’S FILES.
I JUMPED TO THE WRONG
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE
ILLUMINATI.
AND WORSE...
I DIDN’T BRING YOU
IN ON IT.
I’M SORRY, PARTNER.
IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.
[DRACON] NOW, THAT’S WHAT
I CALL PAYDIRT!
DON’T STOP NOW, BOYS.
MAKE MY NIGHT COMPLETE.
"RIGHT IDEA,
WRONG FALCON.
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME,
PARTNER. LOVE, MACE."
AAH!
TONY, TONY,
DON’T GET MAD...
NOT WHEN YOU CAN
STILL GET EVEN.
I KNOW WHERE MALLONE
STASHED YOUR FAMILY JEWELS.
MAZA, DON’T
PLAY WITH ME.
IT’S NOT A GAME.
IT’S A NEGOTIATION.
YOU WANT THOSE STONES,
YOU HAVE TO LET DETECTIVE
BLUESTONE AND ME GO FREE.
OK, MAZA,
WE HAVE A DEAL.
MY WORD AS A DRACON.
GREAT.
AFTER YOU, SUGAR.
[DRACON]
WHERE WE GOING?
PACE YOURSELF, TONY.
I’LL TAKE YOU THERE,
BUT IT’S A LITTLE TOO
PUBLIC FOR BROAD DAYLIGHT.
WE WAIT FOR DARK.
[LOW GROWLING]
AAH!
[COUGHING]
ELISA?
OH, NO.
"RIG HIT..."
NO.
"RI...GHT...
"RIGHT IDEA.
"WRONG...
FALCON."
HMM. WRONG FALCON.
HMMM.
HE BLEW UP MY APARTMENT?
[GRUNTS]
ELISA, YOU KNOW AS SOON
AS YOU SHOW HIM THE JEWELS
OUR LIVES
AREN’T WORTH BEANS.
DON’T WORRY, I CALLED FOR
BACKUP. I HOPE.
[DRACON]
OK, MOVE IT, HONEY.
NO MORE SWEET TALK,
MAZA.
IT’S DO OR DIE TIME.
BEHIND YOU, TONY,
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
MALONE’S OLD OFFICE.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
QUITE A VIEW
MACE HAD.
LAST NIGHT
I CHECKED IT OUT MYSELF.
I ONLY SAW A DINGY OLD
SKYSCRAPER AND A FEW GARGOYLES.
WIPE AWAY
70 YEARS OF SOOT,
AND YOU MIGHT
JUST SEE WHAT MACE SAW.
A FALCON!
A SILVER FALCON.
KNOW WHAT? I THINK THIS DAME’S
GONNA DELIVER.
SHE HASN’T LET ME DOWN YET.
MAZA...
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
SO ARE YOUR STONES,
TONY.
WE HAD A DEAL. ONCE I HAVE THE
GEMS, I’LL LET YOU GO.
TRUST ME.
TRUST YOU?
LOOK DOWN, SUGAR.
YOU SEE ANY OTHER
OPTIONS HERE?
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I DO.
NO!
THAT WHACKO DAME
TOOK A DIVE!
GO, GO!
GET DOWN THERE FAST!
MAYBE WE CAN SCOOP UP SOME GEMS
OFF THE STREET.
WE DID IT, ELISA. I FIGURED
OUT WHERE THE FALCON WAS.
I KNEW YOU WOULD, BROADWAY.
NOW IT’S MATT
WHO NEEDS A HAND.
I’LL BE OK GO!
[GLASSES] WE’RE LOSING
OUR HYDRAULICS!
MUST BE SOMETHING
YOU CAN DO!
LAND IN ONE PIECE,
IF WE’RE LUCKY.
OOH!
BOSS, WAIT!
WHAT ABOUT H--OW!
THAT’S FOR MY APARTMENT.
JERK.
[RUMBLING]
AAH!
YOU MADE ONE MISTAKE,
DRACON.
YOU MESSED
WITH MY PARTNER.
NOT YOU GUYS AGAIN!
WHEN SOMEONE MESSES
WITH YOUR PARTNER,
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
-[GRUNTING]
-CASE CLOSED.
YOU HAVE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT,
DETECTIVE MAZA.
I ALWAYS ADMIRE THAT
IN MY OPPONENTS.
HELLO, DOMINIC, I WAS
WONDERING WHEN YOU’D SHOW AGAIN.
I’M IMPRESSED.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN?
EVER SINCE YOUR GRANDSON’S MEN
SET A TRAP TO BURY ME.
YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE
WHO KNEW I WAS GOING THERE.
MY HUMBLE APOLOGIES.
IT’S JUST THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING
SO LONG FOR THESE JEWELS.
I TORE MACE’S NIGHTCLUB DOWN
TO FIND THEM.
IT WAS TONY’S IDEA TO LOOK
UNDER THE FOUNDATION.
FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT DID.
BUT LET’S MAKE A FRESH START,
SHALL WE?
HAND OVER THE SATCHEL AND
NO HARM WILL COME TO YOU.
YOUR WORD AS A DRACON?
I DON’T THINK SO.
NO!
[GROANING]
WHAT’S THIS?
MARBLES?
[MUMBLING]
"I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU, DD.
"YOU STILL HAVEN’T LEARNED
CRIME DOESN’T PAY.
YOUR OLD PARTNER, MACE."
MACE?
NO!
NO!
NO!
COME ON, DOMINIC.
LET’S GET YOU
OUT OF THE COLD.
[INDISTINCT POLICE CHATTER]
YOU PULLED IT OFF.
WEPULLED IT OFF...
PARTNER.
ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO,
SUPERSTITION
AND THE SWORD RULED.
IT WAS A TIME OF DARKNESS.
IT WAS A WORLD OF FEAR.
IT WAS THE AGE OF GARGOYLES.
STONE BY DAY,
WARRIORS BY NIGHT.
[ROAR]
WE WERE BETRAYED BY THE HUMANS
WE HAD SWORN TO PROTECT,
FROZEN IN STONE
BY A MAGIC SPELL
FOR A THOUSAND YEARS.
NOW, HERE IN MANHATTAN...
THE SPELL IS BROKEN,
AND WE LIVE AGAIN.
[GROWL]
WE ARE DEFENDERS
OF THE NIGHT.
WE ARE GARGOYLES.
[BROADWAY]
PREVIOUSLY ONGARGOYLES...
[ELISA]
DRACON!
SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND,
HONEY?
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU
CONCERNING THAT
ARMS SHIPMENT HIJACKING.
[DRACON]
HIJACKING?
SORRY, DETECTIVE.
YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY.
I’M JUST A BUSINESSMAN.
I’M ASSIGNING YOU
A PARTNER--
THIS IS DETECTIVE
MATT BLUESTONE.
HE WORKED WITH ME TO CLOSE THE
DRACON BUSINESS.
CAPTAIN, THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?
THEY’RE CALLED THE ILLUMINATI.
THEY RUN EVERYTHING.
I DON’T CARE ABOUT UFOs,
LOCH NESS, OR SECRET SOCIETIES.
THE WORLD’S STRANGE
ENOUGH AS IT IS.
[THUNDER CRASHES]
[THUNDER AND LIGHTNING CONTINUE]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
[MALE VOICE] GLAD YOU COULD
MAKE IT, DETECTIVE BLUESTONE.
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING]
YOU MADE ONE MISTAKE,
LOUIE.
YOU MESSED
WITH MY PARTNER.
[BOTH] AND WHEN SOMEONE
MESSES WITH YOUR PARTNER,
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW MATT.
MAYBE HE TOOK PERSONAL TIME TO
LOOK FOR BIGFOOT OR SOMETHING.
OFFICER BLUESTONE’S
TRIVIAL PURSUITS ASIDE,
HE HASN’T CHECKED IN
FOR 48 HOURS.
WHY DON’T I STOP BY HIS PLACE,
CAPTAIN, SEE WHAT I CAN TURN UP.
ANY TROUBLE, YOU’LL CALL
FOR BACKUP, RIGHT?
SURE, CAPTAIN, WHATEVER.
SO MATT’S MISSING, HUH?
THE WAY YOU WERE GLUED
TO THE TV, I’M SURPRISED
YOU COULD HEAR ME.
EARS LIKE THESE
DON’T MISS MUCH.
SORRY I HAVE
TO RUN OUT, BROADWAY.
IF YOU WANT COMPANY,
YOU COULD ALWAYS WATCH YOUR
TAPE BACK AT THE CLOCK TOWER.
NAH, BROOKLYN AND LEXINGTON
GOT DIBS ON THE VCR TONIGHT.
AHEM!
ELISA, WHY DON’T I
GO WITH YOU?
-I CAN BE YOUR PARTNER.
-[LAUGHS]
I ALREADY HAVE ONE PARTNER
TO WORRY ABOUT TONIGHT.
I DON’T NEED TWO.
GO BACK
TO YOUR MOVIE.
[LOCK CLICKS]
[CRASH]
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
[ELISA]
MATT, YOU HOME?
MATT, IT’S ME,
ELISA.
ARRGGHH!
AAH!
GOT YOU COVERED, PARTNER.
ARRGGHH!
[BELL RINGS]
[GASP]
ARRGGHH!
[METAL SQUEAKING]
[GROWL]
AAH!
AAH!
YOU MIND EXPLAINING
WHAT YOU’RE DOING HERE?
HELPING YOU.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
I DON’T WANT TO GET
INTO IT OUT HERE.
BRING HIM AND FOLLOW ME.
NOBODY I KNOW.
BUT I’LL LAY ODDS HE’S A PRO.
SURE MADE
A MESS OF THINGS.
IF WE KNEW WHAT
HE WAS LOOKING FOR.
THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING.
THE WRITING IS
DEFINITELY MATT’S.
AND IT’S OFF HIS CALENDAR.
THE COMPUTER MIGHT
TELL US EVEN MORE.
DON’T!
HE BOOBY TRAPPED IT!
[GRUNTS]
[BOTH GRUNT]
UGH, WE LOST HIM.
CAN’T WIN ’EM ALL.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
WEDON’T GO ANYWHERE.
YOU’RE CALLING IT A NIGHT.
AND I’M KEEPING AN APPOINTMENT.
UNDER TODAY’S DATE
MATT WROTE,
"HACKER, 10 P.M.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE."
I GOT JUST ENOUGH TIME
TO MAKE IT.
CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE?
GOOD NIGHT, BROADWAY.
GLIDE HOME SAFELY.
ELISA, I’M SORRY
ABOUT THE BOMB.
BUT IT PROVES HOW
DANGEROUS THIS CASE IS.
TOO DANGEROUS FOR
AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE
PLAYING OUT A MOVIE FANTASY.
I’M ALONE ON THIS ONE.
MATT WAS NO AMATEUR,
AND HE WORKED ALONE.
WHERE DID IT GET HIM?
ELISA, LET ME BE
YOUR PARTNER.
DETECTIVE MAZA, RIGHT?
MATT BLUESTONE’S
PARTNER.
I’M MARTIN HACKER.
MATT SHOWED ME
YOUR PICTURE.
HE SAID YOUR
HIS BEST PARTNER.
GUESS THAT MAKES ME RUNNER UP.
EXCUSE ME?
HE NEVER TOLD YOU
HE USED TO BE FBI?
HE NEGLECTED
TO MENTION IT.
AND NOW HE’S DISAPPEARED.
-WHAT?
-DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HE WAS WORKING ON?
WELL HE CALLED ME LAST WEEK
WITH A NEW LEAD ON THE
ILLUMINATI SOCIETY.
WELL, ACCORDING TO MATT,
THAT’S A SECRET ORGANIZATION
THAT’S SO POWERFUL IT’S SUPPOSED
TO BE RUNNING THE WORLD.
YEAH, MATT’S MENTIONED
THE ILLUMINATI.
I KNOW HE’S DETERMINED
TO PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK GOT HIM
BOOTED FROM THE BUREAU?
THE HIGHER-UPS THOUGHT HE WAS
A BIT, UH, OBSESSIVE.
BUT FOR OLD TIMES SAKE,
I AGREED TO HAVE THIS
LETTER AUTHENTICATED.
IT DATES BACK
TO THE TWENTIES.
AND GANGSTER NAMED MACE MALONE
WHO MYSTERIOUSLY VANISHED
IN 1924.
MATT BELIEVED THAT MACE
HAD TIES TO THE ILLUMINATI.
"DD, OUR LITTLE SOCIETY HAS
RACKED UP QUITE A NESTEGG.
"EVERY DAY I SEE THE SILVER
FALCON, I HAVE TO SMILE.
STAY IN TOUCH, PARTNER."
THE INK AND THE PAPER
DATE CORRECTLY.
SIGNATURE CHECKS, TOO. THE
LETTER’S LEGIT. IT’S FROM MACE.
HOW DID MATT FIND IT?
WHO WAS "DD"?
AND WHAT ON EARTH WAS
THE SILVER FALCON?
GOOD QUESTIONS.
WISH I HAD ANSWERS.
"3150 THIRD AVENUE."
A 70-YEAR OLD ADDRESS.
NOT MUCH TO GO ON.
IF YOU WANT SOME HELP, I CAN--
I CAN HANDLE IT,
HACKER, BUT THANKS.
[DOGS BARKING]
PAYBACK TIME.
NOW, BROADWAY, NOW!
WHO’S SHE TALKIN’ TO?
SHE’S TALKING TO ME.
YOU AGAIN!
PLUG HIM!
[MEN GRUNTING]
STOP OR I’LL SHOOT!
GO AHEAD, BOYS.
-[CLUNK]
-KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT.
-BROADWAY, LOOK OUT!
-UH-OH.
NEW YORK DRIVERS.
-HOW WE DOING?
-NOT SO GOOD.
IF OUR ESCAPING FRIEND
OVERHEARD ENOUGH,
THE ILLUMINATI MAY BE HITTING
MACE MALONE’S OLD OFFICE NEXT.
WE HAVE TO GET THERE
FAST AND FIRST.
OH.
WELL, COME BACK
TOMORROW, YOUNG LADY.
BUSINESS HOURS
ARE BETWEEN--
POLICE.
MAY I COME IN, SIR?
[ELISA] I KNOW THIS IS
A LONG SHOT, MR. BENTON,
BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT
YOUR OFFICE HAS A HISTORY?
YES, A RATHER SCANDALOUS
HISTORY, WOULDN’T YOU AGREE?
THAT’S WHY
I RENTED THIS SPACE.
I’M SOMETHING OF
A MACE MALONE BUFF.
ALL THESE YEARS LATER,
AND THE CURIOUS STILL FLOCK
TO SEE 45 D.
WHY JUST THE OTHER DAY,
A RED-HEADED WHIPPER-SNAPPER
CAME BY HERE--
BLUESTONE?
MATT BLUESTONE?
THAT’S THE ONE.
ODD FELLER.
THE MOMENT HE
CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF THIS,
HE RAN OUTTA HERE
LICKETY-SPLIT.
THAT’S MACE.
I CAN’T IDENTIFY THE SHARP
LOOKING YOUNG FELLER THERE,
BUT YOUR FRIEND BLUESTONE SEEMED
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HIM.
[ELISA GASPS]
DD!
DO YOU KNOW WHERE
THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN?
THAT WAS THE
SILVER FALCON NIGHTCLUB,
MACE’S PRIDE AND JOY.
IT STOOD ON
FIRST AVENUE AND 8TH.
IT’S BEEN TORN DOWN
FOR AGES NOW.
[STAMMERING] WOMAN,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
NO TIME TO EXPLAIN, SIR.
BUT 45D JUST ISN’T SAFE TONIGHT.
WHEN YOU CALL THAT NUMBER.
YOU’LL GET A CAPTAIN CHAVEZ.
FILL HER IN ON
WHAT YOU TOLD ME.
LET HER KNOW
THERE ARE TWO THUGS
CUFFED TO A GRATE
BY CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLE,
AND TELL HER I SAID
SEND BACKUP TO FIRST AND 8TH!
FIRST AND 8TH.
YOU SURE
THIS IS THE PLACE?
ONLY ONE WAY
TO FIND OUT.
[BUZZING]
[BROADWAY GASPS]
[NO AUDIO]
YOU’LL REST WHEN
I TELL YOU TO REST.
NOT BEFORE.
I KNOW THAT GUY
FROM SOMEWHERE.
HE’S CALLED "GLASSES,"
AND HE’S ANTHONY DRACON’S
RIGHT-HAND MAN.
DRACON?
OH, I HATE THAT GUY.
HE’S NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITES,
EITHER.
BUT WHAT DOES HE HAVE TO DO
WITH THE ILLUMINATI?
THERE’S MATT.
OUR OVERDUE GUESTS
HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED.
[BEEPING]
SO MUCH FOR THE CAVALRY,
BLUESTONE.
THAT WAS YOUR PARTNER
WE JUST BURIED.
[GASP]
YOU ALL RIGHT?
I’VE HAD BETTER NIGHTS.
I’VE GOT
A POCKET FLASHLIGHT.
NOT MUCH AIR
IN HERE.
TELL ME YOUR CLAWS OF YOURS
CAN DIG US OUT.
I DON’T THINK SO.
UH-OH.
YOU DID YOUR BEST,
BROADWAY.
NOW IT’S MY TURN.
DRACON TELLS YOU TO 86
MACE MALONE’S LETTER,
SO YOU BURY MAZA ALIVE?
HA!
SMART, GLASSES.
REAL SMART.
NO ONE WILL EVER
READ IT IN THERE.
THING IS, YOU DON’T KNOW FOR
SURE SHE HAD IT ON HER.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TELL TONY
IT’S A DONE DEAL
AND THE LETTER SHOWS UP
SOMEWHERE ELSE?
MUST BE MY LUCKY DAY.
BUT IT WON’T BE YOURS,
NOT IF THEY FIND YOU.
[SIGH] SORRY, PARTNER.
RIGHT NOW THIS IS
THE BEST I CAN DO.
[COUGHING]
NO SIGN OF THE BIG GUY IN THE
TRENCHCOAT. HE MUST BE IN DEEP.
FORGET HIM.
I GOT WHAT I WANTED.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
I’VE HAD
BETTER NIGHTS.
[DRACON]
HI, GANG.
GLASSES,
DON’T JUST STAND THERE.
GRAB YOURSELF A DRILL
AND DIG IN.
UH, SURE, BOSS.
SURE.
FIRST BLUESTONE,
THEN MAZA.
IT’S LIKE
A COP CONVENTION.
DIGGING UNDER
THE SILVER FALCON
MUST COST A BUNDLE, TONY.
[LAUGHS]
SURE YOU STILL
COME OUT AHEAD?
20 TIMES OVER.
THE UNCUT STONES MACE
AND MY GRANDFATHER STOLE
ARE WORTH MILLIONS.
ONCE WE’RE FINISHED,
REMIND ME TO BURY THEM
TOGETHER.
HIS GRANDFATHER?
DOMINIC DRACON.
DD? THE MAN
IN THE PICTURE?
RIGHT. SEEMS DD AND MACE WERE
PARTNERS IN A JEWEL HEIST.
MACE DISAPPEARED WITHOUT
SPLITTING THE TAKE.
GANGSTERS SQUABBLING
OVER LOOT?
NOT EXACTLY
ILLUMINATI MATERIAL.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
I FOUND THE LETTER MONTHS AGO
WHEN A SEARCH WARRANT
TURNED IT UP IN DRACON’S FILES.
I JUMPED TO THE WRONG
CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE
ILLUMINATI.
AND WORSE...
I DIDN’T BRING YOU
IN ON IT.
I’M SORRY, PARTNER.
IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.
[DRACON] NOW, THAT’S WHAT
I CALL PAYDIRT!
DON’T STOP NOW, BOYS.
MAKE MY NIGHT COMPLETE.
"RIGHT IDEA,
WRONG FALCON.
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME,
PARTNER. LOVE, MACE."
AAH!
TONY, TONY,
DON’T GET MAD...
NOT WHEN YOU CAN
STILL GET EVEN.
I KNOW WHERE MALLONE
STASHED YOUR FAMILY JEWELS.
MAZA, DON’T
PLAY WITH ME.
IT’S NOT A GAME.
IT’S A NEGOTIATION.
YOU WANT THOSE STONES,
YOU HAVE TO LET DETECTIVE
BLUESTONE AND ME GO FREE.
OK, MAZA,
WE HAVE A DEAL.
MY WORD AS A DRACON.
GREAT.
AFTER YOU, SUGAR.
[DRACON]
WHERE WE GOING?
PACE YOURSELF, TONY.
I’LL TAKE YOU THERE,
BUT IT’S A LITTLE TOO
PUBLIC FOR BROAD DAYLIGHT.
WE WAIT FOR DARK.
[LOW GROWLING]
AAH!
[COUGHING]
ELISA?
OH, NO.
"RIG HIT..."
NO.
"RI...GHT...
"RIGHT IDEA.
"WRONG...
FALCON."
HMM. WRONG FALCON.
HMMM.
HE BLEW UP MY APARTMENT?
[GRUNTS]
ELISA, YOU KNOW AS SOON
AS YOU SHOW HIM THE JEWELS
OUR LIVES
AREN’T WORTH BEANS.
DON’T WORRY, I CALLED FOR
BACKUP. I HOPE.
[DRACON]
OK, MOVE IT, HONEY.
NO MORE SWEET TALK,
MAZA.
IT’S DO OR DIE TIME.
BEHIND YOU, TONY,
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
MALONE’S OLD OFFICE.
WHAT ABOUT IT?
QUITE A VIEW
MACE HAD.
LAST NIGHT
I CHECKED IT OUT MYSELF.
I ONLY SAW A DINGY OLD
SKYSCRAPER AND A FEW GARGOYLES.
WIPE AWAY
70 YEARS OF SOOT,
AND YOU MIGHT
JUST SEE WHAT MACE SAW.
A FALCON!
A SILVER FALCON.
KNOW WHAT? I THINK THIS DAME’S
GONNA DELIVER.
SHE HASN’T LET ME DOWN YET.
MAZA...
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
SO ARE YOUR STONES,
TONY.
WE HAD A DEAL. ONCE I HAVE THE
GEMS, I’LL LET YOU GO.
TRUST ME.
TRUST YOU?
LOOK DOWN, SUGAR.
YOU SEE ANY OTHER
OPTIONS HERE?
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
I DO.
NO!
THAT WHACKO DAME
TOOK A DIVE!
GO, GO!
GET DOWN THERE FAST!
MAYBE WE CAN SCOOP UP SOME GEMS
OFF THE STREET.
WE DID IT, ELISA. I FIGURED
OUT WHERE THE FALCON WAS.
I KNEW YOU WOULD, BROADWAY.
NOW IT’S MATT
WHO NEEDS A HAND.
I’LL BE OK GO!
[GLASSES] WE’RE LOSING
OUR HYDRAULICS!
MUST BE SOMETHING
YOU CAN DO!
LAND IN ONE PIECE,
IF WE’RE LUCKY.
OOH!
BOSS, WAIT!
WHAT ABOUT H--OW!
THAT’S FOR MY APARTMENT.
JERK.
[RUMBLING]
AAH!
YOU MADE ONE MISTAKE,
DRACON.
YOU MESSED
WITH MY PARTNER.
NOT YOU GUYS AGAIN!
WHEN SOMEONE MESSES
WITH YOUR PARTNER,
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
-[GRUNTING]
-CASE CLOSED.
YOU HAVE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT,
DETECTIVE MAZA.
I ALWAYS ADMIRE THAT
IN MY OPPONENTS.
HELLO, DOMINIC, I WAS
WONDERING WHEN YOU’D SHOW AGAIN.
I’M IMPRESSED.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN?
EVER SINCE YOUR GRANDSON’S MEN
SET A TRAP TO BURY ME.
YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE
WHO KNEW I WAS GOING THERE.
MY HUMBLE APOLOGIES.
IT’S JUST THAT I’VE BEEN WAITING
SO LONG FOR THESE JEWELS.
I TORE MACE’S NIGHTCLUB DOWN
TO FIND THEM.
IT WAS TONY’S IDEA TO LOOK
UNDER THE FOUNDATION.
FOR ALL THE GOOD THAT DID.
BUT LET’S MAKE A FRESH START,
SHALL WE?
HAND OVER THE SATCHEL AND
NO HARM WILL COME TO YOU.
YOUR WORD AS A DRACON?
I DON’T THINK SO.
NO!
[GROANING]
WHAT’S THIS?
MARBLES?
[MUMBLING]
"I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU, DD.
"YOU STILL HAVEN’T LEARNED
CRIME DOESN’T PAY.
YOUR OLD PARTNER, MACE."
MACE?
NO!
NO!
NO!
COME ON, DOMINIC.
LET’S GET YOU
OUT OF THE COLD.
[INDISTINCT POLICE CHATTER]
YOU PULLED IT OFF.
WEPULLED IT OFF...
PARTNER.