NightMan (1997–1999): Season 1, Episode 10 - That Ol' Gang of Mine - full transcript

NARRATOR: Johnny Domino,
was one of San Francisco's

hottest young jazz musicians,

but fate and a cosmic event

were about to change
his life forever.

What the doctors told him
seemed impossible.

WALTON: John,
your brain has managed

to acquire the capacity

to pick up certain
frequencies like a radio.

JOHNNY: But, Doc,
I'm only hearing bad stuff.

WALTON: Yes, exactly.

You're tuned
to the frequency of evil.



JOHNNY: Who sent you?

RALEIGH: Hold it, now.
I'm on your side.

RALEIGH: A whole new line
of super tools

developed for super policemen.

A belt which enables him
to overcome gravity.

Fabrics which are virtually
bulletproof.

A stealth mode which makes him
seem to disappear.

A holographic display

which makes him appear
to be where he ain't.

Gin.

You win.

Again.

Yes, Mrs. Simon.

We'll be right over.



Alarm code set.

Lovely evening, isn't it?

Yes, lovely.

Welcome back, my dear.

To the rest of your life.

MRS. SIMON: Would you boys
like some more?

MAN: No thank you, Mrs. Simon.

Lovely dinner, wasn't it?

Lovely.

Oh, my God!

The vault!

She's gone.

MAN: This is bad.

This is very bad.

Set up.

You'll never
take me alive.

They're everywhere.

It's okay.

You're safe.
No, you're safe.

Why do I feel
so awful?

Reanimation sickness.

You'll be fine.

So who... are you?

Think of me as God.

Pretty sassy duds.

Good fit too.

Thank you.

I've had plenty of time
to prepare for... your return.

How do you feel?

Well, for a gal
pushing 90,

I'd say fit as as fiddle.

I look pretty good too.

Ow.

Oh, I feel so fine
to stretch these gams.

I am full of juice.

So you think you
could find me a hot

time in this whole
town tonight?

Oh, thanks, honey,
put it on my tab.

Oh, no, you don't.

Hey, don't be such
a flat tire.

You want to live,
don't you?

Alcohol neutralizes
the effects of the serum.

Well, that's no fun.

Hey.

Look at him.

Sure.

Folks, I have
a special request.

Enough is enough.

You embarrassed yourself.

Loosen your tie, sunshine.
You embarrassed me.

Do you give lessons
on the weekend?

Yeah, funny, funny.

Now, get in the car.

Let go of me, you big louch.

Shut up and get in the car.

Hey, hey, hey.

She doesn't wanna
go with you.

That's right, I don't
wanna go with him.

Oh, really, do you?

Get in the car.

Take it easy.
Is this your car?

I am fine.
I assure you I am fine.

What are you doing?
What are you doing?

What are you doing?
Hey, hey...
Get out of the...

What are you...
BONNIE: Toodle-toobie.

Get out of that car.

Hey...
Get out of that...

I am Bonnie.
Pleased to meet you.

Stop it or I'll shut it down.

What are you doing?

BONNIE: What a car!

I wish I had one of these
when it mattered.

"When it mattered"?
When was that?

A long story, Johnny.

Is it all right
if I call you, Johnny,

'cause I mean we haven't
exactly been formally

introduced or nothing.

And I wanted to thank you
for saving me

from that pompous old
wind-back back there.

Your welcome.

Now that was worth
waiting for.

Gangster movies.

What's that supposed to mean?

Nothing, nothing, I...

It's just something
popped in my head,

a scene
from a gangster movie.

You must be a mind reader.

Or something, because...

I am writer on a movie,

a gangster movie.

Really?

What's it about?

Do you ever hear...

of Bonnie and Clyde?

They already did that one.

You're kidding.

Haven't you ever
seen the original?

No.

Can I drive now?

Okay.

BONNIE IN MOVIE:
If they try to act
like citizens,

and rent them
a nice flat,

about the third night,
they're invited to fight,

by a sub-gun's rat-a-tat-tat.

Someday they'll go
down together.

They'll bury them
side by side.

To few it will be grief...

to the law a relief...

but it's death
for Bonnie and Clyde.

It's kind of negative,
ain't it?

I mean its good and all.

No, really, you ought
to send it out to a newspaper.

Clyde, I wanna see my
mama one last time.

Sure, baby.
I don't see why not.

G-men!
Hands in the air.

Clyde.

No. No! No!

Hey, hey,
it's just a movie.

I know, I know.

It's just so sad,
don't you think?

Yeah, it was kind
of a tragedy.

And that ending, that was kinda
little close to the bone, if you
know what I mean.

Oh, if you know
what I mean.

Are you all right?

I feel a little woozy.
I better go.

I'll give you a ride.

Oh, no, no, it's all right,
I'll get a cab. That's fine.

Bye, Johnny.

Wow, what a nightmare.

I told you not to mix
it with alcohol.

I didn't.

Then it was the excitement.

Too much adrenaline
counteracts the serum.

If you hadn't run away
from me like that,

none of this would've
happened.

Take it down
a peg, will you?

Maybe all I needed
was a man.

Maybe I got that right here.

Can't you see that my mind
is on more important things?

Like what?

HOOVER: Step this way,
gentlemen.

There's someone
I want you to meet.

Bonnie Parker.

Say hello
to John Dillinger,

and Al Capone.

Oh my, my, my,
ain't we a sight.

Heard small for big
stories about you
gentleman, John.

Are they true?

That's something
you'll never know.

Hey, what's
with the high hat?

When you and Clyde
got shot down,

John here came out
and called you

kill crazy punks,
and clodhoppers.

He said you gave decent
bank robbers a bad name.

I ought to just...
HOOVER: Enough!

We are not here to fight
amongst ourselves.

Why are we here?

We are here
to rewrite history.

To claim what
is rightfully ours.

To turn the tables
on the monumental

treachery of our
common enemy.

My father.

John Edgar Hoover.

Father. The way
I heard it,

he wasn't big on women.

Alright, so he
liked their clothes.

But he impregnated his
assistant, my mother.

Then sent her away to look
after the ice house,

his personal trophy case.

Never acknowledged her
or me again.

And the lies
he sold America.

You mean like,
"Dillinger was shot down

"at the Biograph theater,
And Capone died..."

All right.

You're saying we've
been on ice the whole time?

Right next door.

And I've spent my
whole life studying,

researching,
laboring in the dark.

I get the picture now.

We're gonna take over
the racket just like old times.

Alright, now who's
running things in the city?

It's chaos.

The Chinese, Russians,
Colombians.

But a man named Forello,

controls the Italian family.

Vinnie Forello.

I used to have a driver
named Forello.

And he had a kid
named Vinnie.

You don't suppose...

Gee, Frank, we are shocked
to see you here.

What took you so long?

Hey, Charlie,
how's it going?

Couple
of Vinnie Forello's boys.

Thanks. I already know that.

Drug deal gone bad.

Had to be the Colombians.

No, it doesn't.

This city offers equal
criminal opportunities
to everybody.

Even Americans.

Carlos Monte Cruz is trying
to take over the drug traffic
in this town.

You know it, I know it,

and Vinnie Forello
knows it.

This is a police matter, Frank.

Yeah, so?
So stay out of it.

Let me do my job.

I've always had a pretty
good relationship with Forello.

Even better than Charlie.

Besides, son, I wanna see
if you get one of those...

feelings of yours,
about whether or not

Forellos going after
the Colombians.

Dad.

You know I'd do
anything for you.

It's just... well...

I hope you know
what you're doing.

You sound just like
your mother.

MAN: We're closed.

Anthony, it's okay.

Hey, Vin.

Oh we don't have time
to mangiare,

but this is really kind
of a business call.

You should never
be too busy to eat, Frank.

Hey, Johnny, I hear
great things about you, kid,

a big famous musician now.

Just lucky to have a job.

And he is modest too.

He definitely doesn't
get that from you, Frank.

Hey.

So what can I do for you?

Well...

Vinnie, it's no secret,

that couple of your
boys went down on the street.

How is that a concern
of yours, Frank?

Well, I was hoping
you would be able...

to help bring those guys,
the ones who did it
to justice.

You're not even a cop anymore.

And you should
tell your boy here,

it isn't polite to stare.

Sorry, I was just a little
awestruck, that's all.

I am an awesome guy.

Tell your cop buddies,

those two gumbas were
there on the wrong time.

It ends right there.

They'll be happy
to hear that.

Long time, Vinnie.

Frank, excuse me.

Well, we...

hate to not eat and run.

Excuse me.

I think Forello
is telling the truth.

He's not going
after the Colombians.

I don't know about
the other guy.

What about the other guy?
Did you get anything from him?

Gangster movies.
Twice in two days.

Running boards,
tommy guns, people dying.

Did you see the way
Vinnie reacted to him

and did you get
a look at him?

I mean, I swear to you, son,

he is a spitting
image of Al Capone.

Dad.

Capone'e been dead
for 50 years.

I know that, I know,

death's one of those things
you can count on for sure,
right.

I mean it is, isn't it?

You look like your father's
ugly mug.

Am I dead?

You're not dead, Vinnie.

But give it time.

We have to talk.
Capa de capa.

I don't like this joint.

It's locked up
tighter than Fort Knox.

Maybe Mr. Famous Bank robber
wants to warm up with Mom
and Pop store.

I am saying we should
play it smart.

Do our homework.

Don't want to be walking
into no hornet's nest.

My Clyde would have
had you for lunch.

Then why don't
you go get him,

to back you up.

Hello.

Hey, there, sugar pie.

Had a bit of car trouble,
can you pick me up

at the corner
of First and Union?

Sure. Sure.

We have to talk anyway.

You're a peach.
Ten minutes okay?

Kind of a tight schedule.

Right on time too.

Quick left, baby doll,
bit of a hurry.

Something on your mind, sugar?

No. Yours?

You've been working
on that movie script again?

Why?

I keep getting these
gangster movie flashes.

But this time they're
in color and you're the lead.

BONNIE: You know, Johnny,
you're a right guy.

Maybe it's time I told
you the whole truth.

I'd like that.

Bonnie, are you okay?

Oh, my.

Oh, dear. Do come in.

Can I get you anything, dears?

Hi, Hoove, I am afraid
I am sick again.

What have you done to her?

I just picked her
up at the bank.

"Bank"?

Oops.

Alright, Bonnie.

I need some answers
or I am outta here.

DILLINGER:
Then you might not
be leaving at all.

HOOVER:
You'll be good as new
in a minute.

Oh, this one's your fault
Hoove, I didn't have a sip.

HOOVER:
I told you to keep
a lid on your emotions.

So you mean I can't
even have a little fun.

Maybe you had
a little too much.

DILLINGER: Laugh it out,
lover boy.

Hey, he's more man
than you'll ever be.

He's the one who
helped me with the bank job

when pigeon
here flew the coop.

Yeah.

Well, I don't trust him.

That makes two of us.

I'd appreciate if you
put that gun away.

CAPONE: Do as the kid says,
put the piece away.

I saw him early
with Vinnie Forello.

He is connected, right, kid?

Not like you, Mr. Capone.

How about that.

Smarter than he looks.

Legend had it that
John Dillinger
was a gentleman.

He just woke up cranky.

You know, I could use
a kid like you.

I appreciate it Al, but...

Did I mention that it would
be a mistake to turn me down?

I wouldn't dream of it.

If you think I am
gonna cut him in
on the big job...

Kid, why don't you
wait outside?

Bonnie, why don't you
keep him company.

I can live with that.

You got such a mouth on you.

What's this big job
they're talking about?

Well, don't you even
worry about it.

I got this,
you take care of that.

End of the line, boys.

There ain't no reason for this.
We got the money.

Hey.

You were bragging before
about how you never
even fired a shot.

I said almost never.

But these guys have
families, kids,

ain't that right, fellas?

Two kids. Mary and Steve.

They're adorable.

Well, Miss Bonnie,

never figured you
for such a homebody.

That's far enough.

DILLINGER: What the...

Drop the guns.

Maybe you didn't understand.

Shoot him.

"Shoot him."

I wanna take him home.

You're dead.

Look.

Come on, lets
get out of here.

My, my, my, my.

Easy, come on, come on.

Get you to hospital.

BONNIE: Wow, there must
be millions here.

Never mind that. How
did that caped creep
get on to us?

You don't remember
they got the...

things now that we never
even dreamed about,

they got themselves
a tele... vision
thing...

and the jet aeroplanes...

and they got bulletproof
flying vests.

Yeah, maybe they got
some new fangled way

of keeping tabs
on jokers like us.

Or maybe they did
it the old fashioned way.

Someone tipped them off.

What are you talking about?
Just the three of us
who knew about this.

Are you sure
about that?

Everything cool?
Geez.

Don't do that.

You know, gangster you.

Why did you tell me that
you were going into the bank
to visit, man?

So strange, makes

The Twilight zone,
look like a ghost mystery.

I bet.

Well, lieutenant Dann called
a few minutes before and he
is on his way down here.

Do me a favor.
Buy me some time.

Time's up.

Sorry, Johnny, you're under
arrest for bank robbery.

You guys have blown a cork.

Then you won't mind
if we head on down
to the club,

and have a talk
with Mr. Wonderful.

No. Fine. Drive on.

I think that we ought to
go stag to this dance.

Johnny, don't say
another word.

I'll get a lawyer down
here before they can
even process you.

That's a good idea, your
car was id'ed during
a bank job.

Well, just tell him
you weren't driving it.

Yeah, it was stolen right?

I was driving.

Charlie, you didn't
hear that.

Let's get you downtown and talk

to a lawyer before
you say anything else.

That's good advice.
Listen to him.

Just, I'll take
care of everything,
son, don't worry.

Come on.
Go downtown
with Charlie.

He isn't
going anywhere.

We'll take it
from here, Lieutenant.

Who the hell are you?

Justice department.

This case is under
our jurisdiction.

Go ahead.
You better go with them.

Cops.

And not just any cops.

Those are G men.

AGENT: Mr. Domino.

For many years now, we've
been charged with one
responsibility.

The care and maintenance
of certain...

occupants
of a certain room.

We believe you know
which one we mean.

One is a certain
brunette lady

we believe you have met.

The other two are...

Dillinger and Capone.

You know?

He knows.

I know and I want
no part in it.

Too bad.

'Cause you are part of it.

You see, up until now
those occupants have
been no trouble,

no trouble at all.

Which is just
the way we like it.

So it is our
mutual objective,

yours and ours,

that those occupants
be returned to that room,

and restored to their
original state.

Which is where
you come in.

I don't want in.
I want out.

Mr. Domino.

We are apparently not
making one thing very clear.

We are the only
thing standing
between you

and 10-20 for armed robbery.

Wait a minute.

I got a feeling,
and this feeling is,

that you guys know
I was ambushed

by some sort of government
experiment gone bad.

Right?

Right?

Does the phrase...

Shot while trying to escape...

Mean anything to you?

You have my
undivided attention.

Good.

Now. Here is what your
government wants you to do.

Hi.

Hi, yourself.

How did you get in here?

I know a thing
or two about locks.

Really?

So how did your
big job go?

It was the strangest thing
some guy in a cape flew in,

almost spoiled
the whole party.

Welcome to the neighborhood.

John and Al went
looking for you thought

maybe you put that
flyboy on to us.

How could I?
I don't know anything.

That's what I kept
telling them.

You know, I've never
known anybody like
you before.

And maybe if I had
met you sooner...

Hey, get away from her.

Don't you see
we're busy here.

CAPONE: What did
you tell the feds?

What feds?

Peach, what did he tell you?

Johnny.

DILLINGER:
Why didn't they
take you in?

They had you cold
on that bank job.

They know all about you.

And they want me
to be the man on the inside

telling them everything
you guys are doing.

I told you he was trouble.

What did you want
me to do, Al, lie?

What did you tell them?

I said I would cooperate.

Which means...

I can tell them anything
we want them to hear.

I can smell a liar
from a mile away.

I am beginning to like you.

Yeah.

Well, I still don't
trust him for spit.

Let me have a talk
with my friend.

I got a bad feeling here, Al.

First, we use him.

Then we kill him.

CARLOS:
So you have a message
from Vinnie Forello.

Mr. Forello wants to put
an end to the rivalry
between the families.

Well, then tell him
to get the hell out
of town.

I understand that you
have a large shipment
of dope coming in,

he wants to buy it all.

As a peace offering.

Since when are the Forellos
into dope, huh?

Those two clowns
just the other day
were working on their own.

I can't second
guess Mr. Forello.

I am just here
to deliver a message.

Kapish?

Okay, messenger boy.

You tell the pizza man
if he wants a deal

he's going to have
to pay tribute.

A million bucks upfront.

And then we do business.

Now get out of here
I am very busy.

CAPONE: Yeah, you did.

Good, Johnny, you
did real good.

So?

So the Colombians wants
a million before
he'll even deal.

That's ridiculous.

Hey, you're being
short sighted, doc.

We draw them in,

we set them up
and then we take them down.

I mean just controlling
his end of the drug market,
is worth millions.

I am sorry I am going
to have to out my foot
down on this one.

Come again
with that, doc.

You seem to have
lost grasp of the big picture.

These grand designs of yours
have lost sight

of the fact that I am
in charge here.

I got your legacy.

Right here, doc.

No, no, oh!

And just for the record,

Mr. Forello, your boys
died real good.

We saw to it personally.

Don't push
your luck, kid.

You have something
for senor Monte Cruz?

This should convince him
that we're sincere.

And here's a bonus.

That ought to convince him
that we are serious.

Now you get out.

Get out of here.

It's me Bonnie.

Open the door.

Oh, Johnny, things
are going downhill fast.

They're coming after you,
I just know it.

Oh, Johnny, get out.

It's too late for that.

But you don't know
these guys.

Oh, Johnny, if anything
happened to you, I'd just die.

I mean, again.

Freeze, Domino, step
away from that girl.

Doesn't anybody
knock anymore?

Bonnie Parker,
you're under arrest.

Get your hands off me,
you big palooka

That's not the deal.

"Deal"

The doc's dead. We've
got two dead Colombians

in a parking garage
and two armored car guards

babbling about
John Dillinger
and Al Capone.

She's the reason those
guards are alive, without her,

you won't get the others.

There's a big drug deal going
on between the Forellos
and the Colombians.

I don't know where
or when yet.

You guys can have it all.

But she is the key.

Back off, kid, we don't
need you anymore.

That's where you're wrong.

I've contacted my lawyer,
names, dates, the whole thing.

Anything happens to her or me,

it will be Hoover's deep freeze
in the next Oprah.

You're bluffing.

Try me.

Let her go.

If anything goes
wrong, Domino...

Yeah, I know.

We've got the money.

They killed Guero
and Chacon.

I can't say that I blame them.

As a matter of fact
I would've done
the same thing.

So let them bring
their money
to the warehouse.

One thing's for sure.

There won't be any Italians
leaving there alive.

Done deal.

Good.

Now, one thing's for sure.

There won't be any
Colombians leaving
there alive.

And if that flying
flashlight shows up again,

I've got a little
surprise for him.

The latest thing.

Let's see him bounce this
off his chest.

Figure they got a few
surprises for us down here.

Not as many as we've
got for them.

You sure you're ready
for this, old man?

I was born ready, kid.

Good.

Let's get it on.

Let's have the money.

I never thought
I'd say this.

It's been a pleasure
doing business with you.

They're behind us.

It's a set up.

Wanna flip for it?

You set us up, Bonnie.

Wrong, I did.

Cutting it a bit close,
don't you think?

Think you will learn.

Sorry, pal.

You lose.

Time to check out.

BONNIE: Over here, Buster.

Too bad. You missed.

We're up here.

Oh, you have to get me one
of them, flying suits.

Sorry.

One of a kind.

Well, I guess
the party is over.

As I can't live
without the serum and I...

sure can't go back there.

There's a surprise for you,
at Johnny's loft.

Him, I hope.

Lifetime supply
of Hooverade.

You mean it?

Green in color.

Johnny managed
to do that for me.

You know, we'd made
a helluva team,
me and Johnny.

Would you give him
a message for me?

Sure.

See you around, Sport.

I am warning you.
Don't ever fall asleep.

Not bad, Johnny.

But where is Bonnie?

Gone.

What do you mean "gone"?

I mean, gone.

Vanished.

Disappeared into the night.

Never to be heard from again.

You better hope so.

Look at it this way.

You boys got what
you started with.

Three clients to guard
for the rest of your lives.

Or, until relieved,

whichever mercifully
comes first.

AGENT: Jim, that's $2,147,000.

Snack time.

I brought you boys

fresh milk and cookies.

Certainly is quiet
ever since...

Since Hoover went away.

I am sure he has gone
to a good place.

Well, good night, boys.

BOTH: Good night, ma'am.