Pacific Blue (1996–2000): Season 2, Episode 16 - Soft Targets - full transcript

When a gunman holds the beach hostage -- including Victor, Cory and several schoolchildren -- the Bike Patrol's negotiations are hindered by a CIA operative with his own agenda.

people are like sheep oh yeah me look at

you forget it just grazing your way

through your life meanwhile Big

Brother's controlling everything you see

everything you hear everything you do

very good here calm anything that's 150

150 material yeah he's not hurt anybody

and he does not the right to speak his

money whatever that is hey listen uh

want to get a nonfat decaf on five miles

of drink hot water big deal about coffee



anyway meet the most wonderful people

drinking gori come on you see she's

great I've known her since high school

is she the teacher she's she's pretty

she's smart look up to somebody I'm not

ready for the rebound club okay hey

Corey hi Gina galindo this is TC

Callaway placed me here same here you

know you two have so much in common it's

spooky here we go no no I mean it I mean

you both have like you know the ocean hi

can you believe this hard sell yeah

she's a real arm twister Cory why don't

you take a nice walk before we all die



of embarrassment all right I'll leave

you two kids alone man oh listen don't

forget this would be afternoon I'm

bringing my EDC kids down to the beach I

have my dear speech already great now go

away slice yes

the surprising when she became account

not at all even in the 10th grade

everything had to be by the book let me

guess decaf nonfat double espresso

straight up I could see Corey wedding

exaggerated to a bike cop Jean couldn't

you at least get a real one easy I

wasn't talking to you oh you were

talking to me and I wish you wouldn't

we've got nothing to say to each other

Dean how do you know you won't give me a

chance cuz I've heard it all before but

you have it honestly can't we sit down

face to face and talk this through no

this isn't talking this is creating a

public nuisance I won't let you go

without a fight okay sure I have to

admit when my journalism teacher

suggests that I ride along with you guys

I was a little disappointed I mean what

kind of starting my own again on the

beach you'll be surprised good this is

fun and all but it won't make much of a

final report met Cheryl nada had a

murder by now who knows maybe I'll get

lucky don't be looking at me like I'm

crazy you're the one we're all part of

it part of an international conspiracy

involving our United States government

and the drug cartels that's not a job

buddy I don't you

shut up get off my Beach dizzy fear that

you're making a big mistake then put

that supposed to scare me freak you want

action you got it Oh

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right now the big did you say what I

want to hear you look at me whose [ __ ]

you say too much follow things please

drop it now

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there you went over there

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ready

you

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alright

why everyone backed off

because me

hey

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and if I

she's all that be

it is

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what is

Shalu

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you

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back

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it's on Zachary 16 white cap straight

and wants or warrants not much of a

rapture conserving the peace what a

surprise and a couple of domestic looks

like he's moving up in the world oh

great let's go pick him up Ali this

could be dangerous so I should sit here

read about this bust in the papers why

hey sweetheart what you're doing wrong

way honestly where's your mom Elena

Elena wait uncle fan I said wait here

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any good if watch myself you need help

no I need my pills you have to stop

can't stop you understand that I got

shrapnel in my spine that's my reward

for years of faithful service to my

country I spoke to clinic they can help

you but you have to take the first step

I take your squat then I am I'm taking

JC

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then he done check report

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watch the front

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a rabbit eastbound any ality to wake up

in time man the lieutenant has all the

luck can you imagine being sent to the

Bahamas on duty and being paid for it

it's not right well he's training a

50-man bike squadron oh gee my heart

goes out to him hey TC check his eyes

from flare on sweet but I got a little

picture postcard on my own this was

taken off the surveillance cameras at

that pharmacy was just knocked over a

suspects name is Zack Torrance and he

did a busy day for 15 on the beach this

morning stolen car evading arrest at his

house at the lunch a little 211 at least

pharmacy his wife said he was hooked on

narcotics and it's prone to fits of

irrational behavior tell me about it he

also believes himself to be the target

of some shady government conspiracy oel

listen the guys packing major hardware

he has a military background obviously a

serious ax to grind bottom line needs to

be considered armed and extremely

dangerous no heroics don't try to

apprehend him without backup just treat

him like he's a living breathing

unexploded time bomb

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hey man I need your help me you've been

all over the radio Zachy boy you've been

rocking and rolling or what I'm red line

man meltdown but before I vaporize mace

I'm gonna make them listen to me I'm

telling tales and naming names you know

you'll never get the chance Zach the

minute you open your mouth they'll fill

it full of bullets that's what I need

you for a brother I need ordinance lots

of it yeah yeah yeah

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that time you can't do that I just

wanted to say I'm sorry about this

morning I acted like a real jerk got

that right I was just hoping maybe

there's some way I can make it up to you

I know this is hard for you hard for me

too maybe it doesn't have to be I just

can't go into this right now come on

kids well when would you like to get

into it when you decide to grow up come

on Gina give me a chance please you're

scaring the kids Gina's our problem here

no no no problem oh I get it don't be me

cuz the cops higher on the food chain

hey we're all on the same side here not

as long as poster boys making a play for

my girlfriend even if you were right

which you're not still a County

lifeguard making a scene in front of a

bunch of kids so give it a rest we will

have our day you are not in private

without gloves

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sorry to you

why build its own devil you turn officer

McNamara and it looks like a tough tough

I need to talk to you about that

journalism student let's read succour

all right you all say hi dr. McNamara ah

they're all yours hey guys today we're

going to talk about why bad things

happen to good people

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please

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pro boys and girls

welcome to Judgment Day

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and

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let me buddy down stay down it's the

wrong

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they come here we're gonna stay down

stay together

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Michael my name is that and I'll be your

terrorist today Kristin now nobody's out

there going to move or else you're going

to die I got nothing to lose up here and

I got very good name pavilions of

pacific blue you get a palermo i presume

this is sergeant callaway Palermo's on

assignment humming command sergeant

callo Lee my name is Zack I know who you

are you know I'm for real then all

communication takes place on this

frequency I'm going to be scanning

traffic now so no surprises sergeant

also no more cops no choppers no special

weapons none of that because if anything

moves out of that beach or anything

anything happens to make me nervous I'm

going to open fire and I'm gonna promise

you something sergeant when I opened

fire people are gonna die okay you clear

on that it's too late to stop a response

my jurisdiction will last that long here

oh come on sergeant Calloway come on

this is your beast man so unless you

want to flood back you better tell those

other cops to back off Chris secure the

perimeter established a half-mile no-fly

zone and make sure a SWAT stays out of

sight to you hear otherwise and no

reporters you got it got it do you call

me my instruction Calloway I'm working

on it now why are you doing this I'm

doing this to confess my complicity and

a massive conspiracy and coverup and

unless i have this insurance out here on

the beach I'll be dead before I have a

chance to tell my little story I'll tell

your story all right it's at a on my

final I'm getting a few Lister if I were

you I'd be more worried about getting

out of this alive and get you out of

here this is officer McNamara get off

this frequency

no but please listen uh I want to beat

see me I've got to was in my son I have

a teacher here some of our first graders

she's wounded in the kids a freak I'm

asking for safe passage for the children

and medical attention for my friend

permission denied you tell them classes

in session

okay male 40 armed and dangerous

responding agencies are directed to your

orange brother security Zach you free

good you've really done it this time jo

speak shortly

FBI ha enjoy the party thanks will I'm

impressed agent will but I have orders

to federal order supersede local orders

officer your orders now or to escort me

to your incident commander Lieutenant

past gallery ordinarily would be what

kind of Palermo is in charge in his

absence sergeant Calloway perfect yeah

and I love you too

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bring it in sharpshooters your what well

wait a minute if this guy spot the Sun

flash off the scope he'll turn this

Beach into Normandy I don't recall

asking your opinion those people out

there are my responsibility what's the

bureau's interest in his creep Torrance

is a subject of an ongoing federal

investigation as a probable subversive

we've had him under surveillance for a

long time you bet watchdogs on this guy

and you didn't intervene when you robbed

a pharmacy no no our guys lost track of

them when your Cowboys busted into his

place and let him escape residence on

your head torrance has promised to kill

people if he feels threatened I want to

keep the heavy troops out of sight and

see if we can end this without anybody

else getting hurt one thing sergeant

however we take this guy down he comes

under my jurisdiction okay so very very

soon I'm gonna go home we're going to be

safe I'm going to snuggle in our bed

with our mommies and daddies maybe even

one of our favorite who had the favorite

teddy bear

so I keep your hands do pressure on it

baby aren't you impressed me with me can

be all right shut up out there there's

no pocket in my class but I'm not

telling you again Zack Torrance this is

Franklin quill well Shadow Man you get

tired of poking through people's garbage

or what I'm going to say this once if

anyone else gets hurt I'm going to have

cops on you like a swarm of killer bees

like you really give a rat's damn about

innocent civilians huh tell you what cap

don't worry the whole world's gonna know

once I start spilling my guts about

operational White House you want to fill

me in the guys delusion that why he

called you cat all right action fan time

for round two now I want to reporter I

want one reporter all along I'm going to

bring down the whole damn house of cards

pretty quick here that means all the

king's horses and all the king's men

chance of a lifetime for somebody some

maniac you want to report it you got it

but first you have to work with me come

back with that have a woman on the beach

he needs medical attention you let it

get her out already first I get what I

want then we talk about the girl what do

you think I've always thought reporters

were expendable I say with just one of

my people in civvies and send them in

there as a reporter

Sally your back here

stir in the pavilion I'm a reporter I'm

doing a piece on the bike patrol and I'd

like to tell your story step forward

stop right there turn around

all the way around

who did you say you work for I'm a

freelancer with the Bayside examiner but

if your story is as big as you say it is

I will get you front page of the time

come on

he knew best friend here on FB i-- so to

the regional director he's a heavy

hitter no doubt about it just not with

the bureau then who he wouldn't tell me

he just said make no mistake mr. quills

authority is not to be questioned has a

spook hey I thought you people weren't

allowed to operate within the United

States you don't want to go there so

waters way over your head

second fall we got the Highland keep

them up there don't move press card

where's your press card I left it back

in my back it didn't even occur to you

you might need to show me some

identification thought I should come in

two handed so who's the managing editor

at times it meets little out of my beak

well I'm a journalism student top of my

class at LMU a student there yes shut up

shut up and don't move

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you've got the nerve to send me as a

schoolgirl up here what I to do I gotta

fill this sweet little thing to prove

you that I am very serious that's it

Jack you're forcing my hand I'm bringing

in the troops though you'll get a kill

she put herself in this situation come

on we'll bring him on buddy

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that's what you're gonna get well come

on

you bringing it paired do my job by

drawing fire how many lives you think

you're a danger mr. quill shut up it's

okay I wasn't listening you just fired

on another one of my officers I'm ready

to blow that pavilion sky high if I

would have wanted to hit him I would

have hit him besides you I got to make a

move as long as I got this pretty little

hostage in here anyway nothing move

along sir I need to see your incident

commander I'm sorry this restricted area

nobody goes in look soldier you want

that guy out of the pavilion you better

let me talk to your Co come with me

talk fast mr. veloster me and old Zach

were in the same black ops unit before

he got tagged for special duty I may be

the only person alive he trusts you

think you can talk him down it's worth

the shot don't you think I think this

whole thing is too hot already what's to

lose by hearing him out Oh mr. quills

got plenty to lose a lot of people in

the game depend on Zach's story never

seen the light torrance was dismissed

from the Foreign Service because of his

own involvement and drugs all this

operation wipeouts cuffs is the figment

of a psychotic imagination ain't that

just what you'd expect him to say and

what do you get out of this other than a

warm feeling of civic pride nothing

humane about it I'm up on an illegal

weapons charge I get Zach down from

there and you make me points with the DA

No Deal give him out of here I can walk

just fine sweetie I could have been a

big help but now who knows what I'll be

hang on

you think you can do this thing go ahead

you're successful I'll make sure the

charges against you're dismissed what

are you doing don't second-guess me

sergeant remember who's in charge here

your move I'm not going straight over

there from here I don't want him to put

us together but when I do you play it

like a total hard-ass deal something

they need you to do

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how's the Pope 130 and weak skin science

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she's pal pulling muy capillary refill

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too slow

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you sir in the pavilion the one you shot

will die you can watch the further and

I'll go over there to try to help her

show me your trout we're gonna play a

little game here okay keep your head

down hide your eyes let's see how high

we can count ok ready 1 2 3

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next seven

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your Cajun

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you risked your life for me I have to I

need to ask you a question what's gone

point

will you marry me

unique you have to stick around to find

out

the kid she died

I think they're in very good hands

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please man about your husband what else

does he recommend he's not here I know

that please it's very important can I

just talk to you for a minute what do

you look at I was just thinking what a

shame and bake your story never got out

and why is that because the story must

be pretty important for you to do

something like this yes it is I have no

intention of spilling my guts for some

schoolgirl maybe I am a schoolgirl but I

am also sharp and ambitious and the last

chance you've got if something happens

and you never get off this pavilion do

you really want your story to be lost

with you well you do have talent he said

something about the CIA finance in the

contrast company cali cartel shift their

coke in the South Central it was called

Operation wipe out the agency's denying

it of course and they'll get away with

it too because nobody's got the guts to

name names and that's where I come in

because I was thinner dang one helping

the government fight their war on drugs

until one day I realized all our targets

turned out to be the enemies of the drug

dealers you understand what I'm saying

and for that I got shrapnel in my spine

and then the shop cut me off like I

never even existed Jack let's talk to

the cops get a police escort to the

local TV station you can tell your whole

story on the six o'clock news and nobody

has to die that mr. quill out there he's

not here to provide police escort he

seemed to know him pretty well yes I do

he was there too

boy in the civilian you get a fire storm

out here good buddy yo make that you

raised her head then for watchdog get

the hell off this channel negative

captain listen up Zack I got an

intelligence report for you on police

positions firepower orders and

objectives request permission to

approach the pavilion anyone approaching

that pavilion will be shot hey let me a

quill you are calling the shots on this

beach are you come on me anybody out

there if you shoot my man mace I'm

opening up fire on this beach

we got him to the hospital any luck

they'll kill each other

vacuum all this cool stuff you can you

get a Jew me with that on with 45 I get

back you got every kind of cop facing

you with the same marching orders shoot

to kill tell me something I don't

already know quills going to make sure

you never open your mouth what are you

going up here mate you can still pull it

out trade the girl for cash from the

shop you can be imported by artists

shooting math gal before sunset you made

a deal didn't you hmm you talked me down

here you turn you over to them then they

drop the weapon start on your net right

I wouldn't show you then how come will

didn't kill you when he had this shop or

that part the deal is rehearsed no way

man I want to stick it to these big as

much as you do hey quill I've got your

rat up here want me to call an

exterminator no no I've got that part of

it covered would you tell me something

you make a deal with his dirt bag you

got me Zack you're just too smart for us

he's lying

I

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it was him or me

sold them out I look in the bright side

you still only got one hostage

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Gina Gina talked to me

she's not breathing she's in arrest

thank you counting be brave inch Stark

secure

and one two

girasol RS we need to get her out of

here sergeant Calloway you still believe

in a touchy-feely approach you're the

one who caused the first casualty look

if we don't get that girl their last

soon she's gonna die i'll slip it away

from me Elaine is that you pleased that

I know you think what you're doing is

right all right quill is this your idea

that dubious honor belongs to sergeant

Callaway well it won't work now you get

her out of here now dad ever wants to

talk to you

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hi Casey this is sweetheart you take

mommy and you've gone home you wait for

me okay why are you doing this Oh baby

sometimes things are just too hard to

explain to you okay you always say the

truth daddy yeah that's right and daddy

loves you now you'd be a big girl and

you take mommy home and you wait for me

any other kids come too they're not bad

all right all right if that's what you

want sweetheart all right okay next one

clone should run to use another cup of

your undie run stay together what about

Gina I don't think you can own this

entire in front of his daughter let's

get out of here

no I said just a kid okay that's it now

you're gonna play my family out or this

girl is gonna die daddy please you just

do like that now towards you heard that

girl you'll be written off the lunatic

nobody else no word you have to say hey

sergeant I'm already gone don't you

understand now i'm going to give you a

five count to clear my family out of

here let go one to hold you back all

right here is the deal i want a chopper

and a news crew and i want you to clear

all these cuffs off of the beach to do

that we need more time than that this is

not a negotiation I said five minutes

and five minutes I mean at the end of

that time i'm going to start picking off

soft targets and random what's gonna be

equal there's one thing we can try back

if you start killing people these cops

will chop you up like dog food your

story dies with you and this whole thing

is meaningless do you really want your

daughter to remember use it killer

without a cause my dad was shot down

when I was cases age I don't even

remember what he looked like at least

I'll have one thing he didn't have I'm

not gonna die alone all right torrance

you got it the chopper news crew on

their way in I'm instructed the troops

to pull out on my signal there's a

condition what condition the trade-off

we'll send in an officer unarmed you

give up the girl let the rest of the

people on the beach clear out not a

chance like you said before this is not

a negotiation the clock is ticking Zack

we're prepared to launch a full out of

salt or not

say one two three go he said I'm not

ready to die for you

alright send in your man

you

turn around real slow all right now the

cop all right go go go

you

you

you

you

alright ero get it in gear now

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you

you

let it go uh-uh hero now you're not

calling the shots in here I am yeah on

your knees hands on your neck whatever

you say now sweetheart it's been real

nice knowing you you live yourself a

full life okay I know there's some

public but you

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I just stood on my head under control

maybe maybe not

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couldn't take the chance

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alright everybody enough for this

cooking stuff it's party time come on

the show on how we doing

I

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pretty romantic story l say to think

that any good came out of that nightmare

amazingly you ever get any idea of what

operation wipeout was about officially

nothing unofficially nothing ank well

its cover so deep he doesn't even exist

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do you want to dance pleasure

haha

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blue skies

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hey

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bye

me

everybody

k it free

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