"It's life or death now James and by that I mean you are doing one or the other" "I have been a rock for you." "This here is District Attorney Rodin" "Want to know what he is wondering?" "Whether you are gonna walk like a man or cry like a pussy on the way to the death house?" "See the DA likes the needle, where as me..." "I like to see a man like you live a longlife." "With all your teeth knocked out, passed around till a brother can't tell your fart from a yawn" "I don't know what kind of man you are, which of these two face you prefer, but Rodin here's a generous fellow" "He's wanting to let you take a pick if, you save us and the city a long and costly trial, waive your right to counsel and confess." "Right now." "16 hours, has to be some kind of record, detective" "What the hell is this?" "Who the hell is Jack Reacher?" "Jack Reacher, born Jack." "Not John, no middle name is a ghost." "No driver's license current or expired, no residence current or former" "No credit cards, no credit history no Po Box, Cellphone, e-mail." "Nothing!" "Can you at least tell me who he is?" "No, I can tell you who he was" "Blood military, born and raised on bases abroad" "Mother was a French national, father in the court." "His first trip to the United States was to attend West Point" "Four years later he ships out for good, "Iraq", "Afghanistan", "Balkans"" "You name it." "Served with distinction" "Silver Star, Bright Star, Legion of merit" ""Defence superior service medal" Have to look that one up!" "And a Purple heart." "Spend the bulk of his service in the military police, by all accounts a brilliant investigator" "Probably a troublemaker too." "Demoted to 'captain', vouched his way back to 'Major'" "Then two years ago, he must resign." "After a literal lifetime in the military he just up and quits" "And then for only the second time in his life he enters the United States and simply disappears." "Dead maybe?" "Not according to social security, and a bank account in Virginia his pension is deposited monthly and someone is making the occasional withdrawal." "all wire transfers" "I can't find out where without a federal warrant" "Well, he can't drive or fly, at least not under his real name" "Any warrants?" "Record is clean." "Oh come on!" "Guy this hard to find got to be wanted for something!" "His record IS CLEAN." "So..." "How do we find this Reacher?" "Obviously, you don't find this guy unless he wants to be found." "(Knock on the door)" "Excuse me sir, there's a Jack Reacher here to see you" "Can I help you?" "Reacher:" ""James Bar"" "Now that you've seen him, how do you know him?" "Why wasn't he in protective custody?" "That was an oversight" "More like some correction monkey threw him to the wolves just as likely, but it is done and we can't undo it." "So what happens now?" "Well, now he is in a coma" "We will try it when he wakes up, if he wakes up." "OK, now it's your turn Reacher." "Why did he call you as a witness I don't believe he did" "I believe he asked for you by name" "Any chance I could look at the evidence?" "No way, not till you answer some questions." "Reacher." "Nice meeting you" "Hey.. hey.." "Mr Reacher!" "Mr Reacher, stop right there we had a deal!" "I take you to Barr, you tell me what you know." "I know you said he shot five people, I know he is in a coma, I know there is a bus station three miles away, and I can walk there in 24 minutes." "Just gonna walk out on your friend?" "He is not my friend." "Why did he ask for you then?" "for the same reason he shot five people, He's crazy!" "Wait, hold on." "Don't do that!" "Well.. this is a new low, even for both of you." "You do not talk to my client without me present, you know that." "We weren't talking to your client, he's in a coma for christ's sakes!" "You are Barr's attorney?" "Helen Rodin, Jack Reacher." "You Jack Reacher?" "Helen Rodin?" "Yeah she's the district attorney's daughter." "It's a good story actually." "I would like to hear it." "How did you find him?" "How did they find you?" "You can't be talking to this man, two strikes in one day" "It's not what it looks like." "He came to us." "You went to the DA?" "Is there a law against that?" "None you are currently breaking" "Now, before this gets awkward.. hey." ".say I see you in court" "Goodbye detective." "It's good to meet you." "Likewise." "Let's go." "So." "So you are Jack Reacher?" "So you are the DA's daughter." "O Jesus, please." "Is that legal?" "Fortunately." "How does that happen?" "Tell you after deposition You don't wanna depose me." "Oh you are my only defense witness I'm not a defense witness." "Your friend James thinks you are!" "He's not my friend, why does everyone assume that?" "Why else would he ask for you?" "Why did you come here to help him?" ".." "I didn't come here to help him." "I came here to bury him" "Linsky..." "Who the hell is Jack Reacher?" "So why are you so hard to find?" "I am impossible to find." "Why is that?" "Well you could say what started as an exercise became an addiction." "Are you on the run?" "My bus is leaving, you better hurry counsellor." "Helen:" "How do you know James Barr?" "Why are you representing him?" "I'm a lawyer" "So as a public defender just how much chance is there for clearing Barr" "I am not trying to clear him." "I'm just trying to keep him off death row." "By proving he is insane?" "Well that is one option." "And sticking it to your father, because...?" "No, not my father, the office of the district attorney." "Because the office of the district attorney never bought your..." "DA Rodin has never lost a county case." "Do you know why?" "Impeccable tailoring." "Every murder suspect in this town is given a choice:" "Confess or face death." "Against the DA who never loses, my firm has reason to believe more than one innocent man has gone down without a fight." "Now I get it.. you are an idealist." "No.." "I am a Pacifist." "Noble crusade, but this is not the fight trust me." "James Bar is guilty You haven't even seen the evidence" "Is this a privilaged coversation?" "Of course." "This is a client conference." "Nothing you say here can be repeated." "Other are patriots, eager to serve next job is just a job." "Then there is kind of one with legal means of killing other people" "James bar's one of those." "Made sniper, trained hard, 2000 rounds a week." "With every shot he started to visualize the base of a man's skull through his radicle a sweet spot where the medulla meets the spine" "Visualize that puff pink mess" "Finally he is deployed in Iraq, he is put on overwatch." "All day long he stares through the scopes, women, children day in day out, for two long years, without ever once being cleared to fire a single shot." "Then comes the draw it down." "For James Barr the war is over." "2000 rounds a week, a quarter million rounds in his career, not one at a human target." "You ever been hungry, been horny, you have an itch you can't scratch" "Imagine that feeling, days, weeks, years, imagine that feeling times 200,000 plus 50,000 more" "Imagine that it's 130 degrees on the deck and tomorrow you are going home." "And know that if you don't scratch that itch now, you never will you need a release, you need a target, and the who of it never once enters your mind." "Covered his tracks well, just like sane people do." "Almost got away with it too.. but I caught him... and he confessed." "So why didn't he go to prison?" "What Barr didn't know that day was the four civilian contractors he picked off" "Just spend the weekend on what they call the rape rally" "For 28 women, he just made 54 on to 11 (Not sure) that was just the ones I could find out before the case was shut down." "After seven long years of mission accomplished someone in the corporation just wanted the whole thing to end quietly lifted the fog of the war, made the murders go away" "This is classified information, and that's why the privilege." "But you are ready to tell this to the DA?" "The last time I saw Barr, I made him promise and when I saw his name in the news I came here to keep it, but now I know I don't have to" "How can you be sure?" "You still have not seen the evidence?" "Your father has." "and he doesn't pick a fight he can't win, Barr is not getting away with murder again" "He might..." "He suffered a severe brain injury in state custody, when he wakes up" "If he wakes up.. he may not remember the event, he may not remember anything at all" "The case won't be about James Barr's guilt or innocence, it will be about his ability to stand trial" "After everything I just told you, you still want to defend him?" "I want to see he gets a fair trial." "You said he confessed in Baghdad, he didn't confess this time." "This time, he knows better." "This time he asked for you." "I want to know why?" "You want to know why, I can see it's eating you." "And you can't ask Barr, and the DA won't let you see the evidence" "My lead investigator has complete access to the evidence, all of it" "Where's your lead investigator?" "About to catch a bus out of town." "Thanks for the Coffee, counsellor." "You understand you are not just asking me to look at the evidence?" "You are asking me to look at a cold-blooded killer, a man I know to be guilty, a man you want to keep off death row, you are asking me to look at him objectively?" "Yes, that's what I'm asking." "I will do it, on one condition" "Name it." "You will have to look at the victims." "Objectively" "How do you suggest I do that?" "Yes?" "Mr Farrior?" "I am Helen Rodin, we talked on the phone." "Of course." "Said you are defending the maniac.." "That man" "I represent James Barr..." "Yes" "And you have questions about my daughter?" "I do." "What for?" "I was hoping to get a better sense of who the victims were that is who were they, as people, as human beings" "That's a bit unusual considering your position, isn't it?" "That's true" "Normally, someone in my position would want the jury to know as little as possible about the..." "The people that your client killed, in cold blood..." "Have you spoken with the other families?" "Yes, ones who would speak with me." "Come in." "Thank you." "Chrissie was a nanny, she had a little girl with her that day" "Yes, I know." "Are you gonna go talk with that child?" "No, of course not." "Why not?" "I think it will be.." "Insensitive?" "Inappropriate?" "Everything that you want to know about my daughter is right here." "These guys did a nice peice on her, her obituary does the rest." "Thank you, I will... defenitely..." "You are a good attorney Ms Rodin?" "That's not really for me to..." "Just answer the question." "Yes, I suppose I..." "I am pretty good.." "Good enough to keep that man off death row?" "You know.." "I think maybe I should go..." "You stay where you are...!" "Why would you defend him?" "I can see that I have made a terrible mistake... and I am very very sorry.." "And I promise that I won't bother you again" "DAD!" "What the hell are you doing?" "What am I..." "What?" "Is it true?" "You're talking to the victims' families?" "You alone!" "How do you know that?" "How did you find me?" "I am the district attorney, It's my business to know." "That is not an answer" "Well, you are not the only one with crack investigators Helen." "That's right, I know about Reacher." "Your Lead investigator is a war veteran who has been missing for the last two years." "How can you vouch for his state of mind?" "How can you trust anything he tells you?" "You don't know the man." "Tell me this, does he know that you can't pay him?" "That your own firm didn't want this case?" "That nobody wants this case?" "You never even spoke to your client before he wound up in a coma oh.." "Now listen to me.." "listen.." "I am speaking as your father" "Whatever our differences been in the past, you have got to listen to me now." "You are making a terrible mistake." "You cannot win this case." "You are gonna ruin your career,..." "for what?" "To hurt me?" "To change me?" "(Helen) Don't touch me" "Thanks for letting me take a look" "Hey we love it when friends of the accused try to tear our work to shreds" "He is not my friend." "So you keep saying!" "Found any holes?" "Oh you didn't have to put him in the hospital." "And damn fine police work.." "It's open and shut What can I say, scene was a gold mine" "Come on.. now we both know gold is only as good as the man digging." "Yeah well.. anytime you wanna come back, take a look at this stuff..." "No thanks, don't need to You never took any notes." "Oh.." "I don't need to" "So you were some real hot shit in the army.. eh?" "I did allright" "So what does an army cop do mostly?" "Break up bar fights?" "I did what you do pretty much, with one minor difference." "What's that?" "Every suspect was a trained killer." "Thanks again" "Why do you think he paid for parking?" "Pardon?" "He is about fire six shots into a crowd of strangers.." "And he is worried about the meter maid?" "Simple loony won't do for you?" "I like to have at least one alternate theory" "Habit, muscle memory" "I don't think he knew he was doing it Like I said, it's damn fine work." "Hey army..." "What's the serial number on the rifle?" "What's the date on the quarter?" "Forest full of trees Dear Detective, a forest full of trees" "Mind if I share your table?" "I am Sandy." "So was I." "Last week at a beach in Florida" "What is your name?" "Jimmy Reese." "You don't look like a Jimmy What do I look like?" "I don't know." "But not a Jimmy." "So you are new in town?" "Usually." "It's kind of loud in here." "Do you want to maybe go some place quieter?" "I have a car You old enough to drive?" "I'm old enough to do a lot of things." "I am out of budget Sandy." "What?" "I can't afford you I'm not a hooker." "What I mean is the cheapest woman tends to be the one you pay for." "I'm not a hooker No, a hooker could get the joke" "What is this?" "He called me a whore." "Is that true?" "Nobody said a whore, she inferred to hooker, I meant slut." "Hey.. that's our sister." "She a good kisser?" "Hey outside" "Pay your check first." "I'll pay later." "You won't be able to You think?" "All the time, you should try it." "It's a great joke, but I am gonna beat your ass" "Do you want to do it here or outside?" "Outside.." "Stay here Sandy" "I do not mind the sight of blood" "Well.. it means you are not pregnant anyway." "You still think you are funny now creep?" "Shut your mouth Sandy." "No one is talking to you" "It's your last chance to walk away Are you kidding, it's five against one." "It's three against one How do you figure it?" "Once I take out the leader, which is you.." "I will have to contend with one or two enthusiastic wingmen" "The last two guys. they always run Have you done this before?" "It's getting late" "Remember, you wanted this" "Okay, you are okay" "Ok, now we know who is who" "Let's get this done" "Really?" "On the ground" "That's a pretty impressive response time fellows." "Do it." "Your hands behind your back" "Who hired you?" "Hey Helen Am I wearing too much perfume?" "Breathing too sternly.." "Detective Emmersson, somebody dead?" "And if someone is?" "Then they died of shame," "I still don't understand why you move around a lot Reacher?" "So no one is dead" "One guy I doubt will ever walk right again." "You want to charge me very much." "But no one is pressing?" "Sadly, no." "Am I free to go?" "Hey Emmersson, 4862681" "What is that?" "It's the Serial Number." "Barr's Rifle" "You are working for me, you understand that?" "So, everything you do is a reflection on my firm, on me" "You are talking to a lawyer" "There was this girl, she came on to me, picked the fight." "Which never happens in a bar." " She was thrown when I told her my name" "She was expecting Mike Tyson?" "She wasn't expecting Jimmy Reese." "Yankee Second base" "Why would you say you are a yankee second base man?" "I always use Yankee second base men, I didn't say I was a Yankee second base man," "I just said..." "Look the point is" "She was expecting to hear Jack Reacher, she knew who I was, and the cops were rolling before the fight even started" "Those five guys are her brothers?" "Come on, someone sent those boys to put me down" "Who?" "If someone followed you at the river today, it was probably a cop and I highly doubt..." "There are three things Cops never do, they don't vote Democrats, they don't drive Cadillacs and they never use personal vehicles." "It's not a cop PI then or the DA's office?" "Do you think your father's office would set me up?" "Why would anyone set you up?" "How was your day?" "It went exactly the way I think you hoped it would Are you okay?" "What did you learn?" "Chrissy Farrior was 22." "A nanny caring for the 6 year old daughter of family friends" "She had finally saved enough money for a trip to" "China, in fact she should have left the week before." "But the girl Crissie cared for wanted her to stay for her seventh birthday" "They had gone downtown to shop for a party dress" "Rita Coronado worked as a cleaning lady at the Rivercross Plaza she was usually late for work, but she had a good reason." "Since her son Marco was 9 years old she had to personally drop him at school to make sure he actually went" "but her dedication paid off, Marco was now an honour student" "As a reward for all his hardwork Rita was taking him to his first baseball game" "And she was on her way to pick up the tickets that very afternoon" "Nancy Holt's last words to her husband were a lie she told him she was taking her car to be serviced, but in fact she was headed downtown" "She told the clerk she didn't want the purchase showing upon her credit card." "She wanted to surprise her husband for their tenth anniversary" "Just a few days away" "Oline Archer never liked her husband's construction business, even after helping him become one of the largest contractors in the county." "So it came as a relief when his failing helped and a costly lawsuit which forced him to sell to his competition." "Her husband had given his life for the company." "But now that it was hers, she couldn't bring herself to let it go." "She was on her way to secure a loan that day, so she could keep the business she'd always hated." "Darren Sawyer was an investment broker in the same building where Rita worked." "His wife said that he had grown increasingly distant of late." "She can't remember their last words to one another, but they weren't kind." "Darren's body was found beside a fresh bouqet of roses he bought that morning." "His wife takes comfort in the fact that in his last moments he was most likely thinking of her." "We are gonna be okay, we are gonna be okay... we are gonna be okay.." "So what did you learn?" "You want me to say you were right, you want me to say this isn't the fight." "James Barr should die, maybe he should" "I meant what did you learn about the victims?" "What more do you want, they were five innocent people senslesly murdered." "I am sorry could please put a shirt on." "This is my shirt." "You lose your luggage?" "I don't have any luggage." "Eh.." "What was I saying?" "Five innocent people." "Murdered at random.. yes.." "You know how many people die in this country every year?" "2.5 million people, that means everyday roughly 7000 average americans wake up for the last time." "Last Friday, five of them converged on a single spot died together, is that random?" "What else would you call it?" "Take Darren and Nancy" "Odds are they were having an affair Excuse me?" "You do not buy roses for your wife on the way to work, you buy them on the way home" "And you don't worry about the charge showing upon your credit card when your anniversary is that weekend unless it's the gift you are hiding." "That's why she kept walking" "While everyone else ran." "You can't prove that." "How hard will it be?" "Cell phones, e-mails..." "All it takes is someone willing to dig." "What is your point exactly?" "My point is that two of the victims weren't there strictly by chance" "I need a list of Barr's known associates There isn't one." "He didn't have any." "He is the classic loner, he didn't even talk to his neighbours" "Quiet man, never bothered anyone Yeah exactly." "Do you have his credit card statement?" "I can get it, why?" "I need the list of all the places he hung out, bars, bowling alleys, strip clubs gun ranges, anywhere someone would remember him." "What do you hope to find?" "I need some sleep." "You too." "You don't really think I am gonna..." "You'll be back to pick me after 7?" "Yeah... absolutely" "Who's with you?" "What happened?" "Oh.. that's him ain't he?" "..." "i didn't see u man..." "Relax.. what happened?" "Barr's attorney hired an investigator, name's Reacher" "Some sort of top shelf army cop, was in bahgdad with Barr" "So?" "So Barr asked for this soldier by name, and he shows up at the river today, and up at the higway almost like he knew something" "You said you don't like people asking questions" "No, I sure don't So I took steps You took steps?" "Local people, my guys And it blew back on you?" "I figured five guys would do" "This franchise was yours to manage" "Maintenance is our thing, you understand?" "I understand, I couldn't reach you." "Well that's how this works I had to make a decision" "These locals, I want their names It's in the file" "Does anyone know who you are?" "Just one, I took care of it." "You?" "Where is the body?" "Distributed." "Relax no one is gonna find it Suppose we want it found?" "Why would you want it found?" "Because we gotta way of doing things so that they stay done, clean!" "Missing person isn't clean" "Christ's sakes man, you only had to kill one goddamn person, you killed five." "You call that clean?" "Call it done." "They are looking at the shooter not the target." "Jesus, it may get messy now so it won't get messy later." "And we don't leave questions unanswered, ever." "Okay" "I can fix this." "Open your eyes." "No I ain't seen you It makes no difference now." "I made a mistake, You can stilll use me, just tell me how..." "Say survive, don't say fixit because you can't." "We covered up the one mess..." "you have made another" "You're right." "You're right," "You're absolutely right, I'm sorry" "Tell me what I have to do?" "I was imprisoned in Siberia, I spent my first winter wearing a dead man's coat." "A hole in one pocket.." "I chew these fingers off before the frostbite would turn to gangrene." "These I gave to avoid working in the Sulfur mine." "That's how I survived when so many others did not." "A man this rare can always be of use" "So show me, Show me you are rare, you would do anything to survive" "I don't understand.." "The fingers from your Left hand." "You..." "You gotta a knife?" "Did I have a knife in Siberia?" "Look.. come on you gotta be kidding.." "You can do it, Show me.." "I'm disappointed, I don't understand" "What do we do about the soldier?" "What do you always do." "Credit card statements, eyewitness testimonies," "Coffee..." "You take it black right?" "Yeah, what can I say, I take my work home" "James Barr's credit card statement's a dead end.." "No bars, no strip joints, nothing." "Pretty much just gas and groceries.." "I need you to look at gun ranges between a 100 and 150 miles from here, search for ones with ranges more than 300 yards" "Sure, but tell me why?" "Barr consistently filled his tank on saturday and again on sunday" "He took a long drive almost every weekend He could be going anywhere." "Yes, if it's a bar, bowling alleys or strip clubs we will never find it" "But a match level gun range.." "There might be two." "And he made his own bullets, that means he shot a lot" "I am guessing every Saturday, maybe with a friend." "Why is it so important to friends?" "Assuming he had any Drop me at the auto parts store." "Wait, Which one?" "I don't know, she just said "the autopart store"." "She?" ".. who?" "Reacher, can you be a little more specific?" "I didn't say "an" autopart shop." "Which one stands out in your mind as "the" autopart store?" "Do you want me to wait?" "I will meet you back at the office later." "How will you get there?" "I will hitch a ride" "How Can I help you?" "Does Sandy work here?" "What's this about?" "So she does things, I need to speak with her, it's a personal matter." "She's on the book Legal, personal matter" "Are you a cop?" "Call her out Gary.." "I am gonna need to see some ID." "Go and get Sandy." "Well I need to see something How about the inside of an ambulance?" "Okay, I am calling the police" "I don't think Sandy will want police intervention, let's ask her.." "You, Hello I need help Hello" "You are not allowed back in here man" "Shit!" "You know this guy?" "Tell him." "Give us a few Gary.." "Listen..." "I wasn't.." "I didn't know that was gonna happen." "It was Jeb, the big guy.." "Jeb Oliver" "He told me you were a predator, you were supposed to start groping me" "Just don't hurt me." "Sandy sit down." "Where can I find Jeb?" "I don't know, he didn't come to work today." "So he works here?" "Yeah!" "It's bullshit though, he cooks crystal What's his address?" "Write it down." "I'm really sorry, You were supposed to be a pervert." "And it was an easy 100 bucks." "That's all?" "When Jeb asks, you do what he says" "Am I in trouble?" "Not if you let me have your car I don't have a car." "Well sure you do.. it's outside, I am guessing it's your camaro, that whimsy little pickup has Gary written all over it" "Keys I can't!" "It's Jeb's car.." "Oh.. won't he be surprised when I drive it home for him." "Who are you Mr?" "Really?" "I'm just a guy who wants to be left alone I get off work at six." "Maybe we can..." "Sandy.." "Listen." "You seem like a sweet girl, pretty." "You are obviously sharp" "Doing Gary's books for him." "You don't have to let these guys use you." "It's just what girls like me do." "You got money?" "A little." "Get out of town for a couple of days why?" "Get out of town Sandy" "Is Jeb home?" "I have a warrant to search the premises," "I see," "I hope you don't mind.." "I got this. okay okay." "Don't move!" "I will tell you what.." "When I move, you pull the trigger.." "Where is Jeb?" "He's not here." "Where can I find him?" "Jesus, my hand.." "Well, you shouldn't play with guns, where can I find him?" "You are the one driving his car, you tell me.." "Last I saw him, we saw him leaving the jail" "He said he had to see a guy." "What guy?" "Who?" "I don't know, I don't know, I swear" "Next I know his Mom woke up from the bender and his shit's all gone" "So he sorts his shit a lot like that?" "No, no man, he never leaves his mom alone, shit ain't right" "Got a car?" "It's outside." "Keys." "My hand man. they are in my... aaahh" "Now look at your friends, now look at my face" "Do you ever want to see me again?" "No way.." "Am I stealing your car?" "You use it as long as you like.." "You are very kind.." "I think Jeb Oliver's dead, Who is Jeb Oliver?" "He's the guy from the bar." "Jesus, how hard did you hit him?" "Not me, he was murdered." "Someone tried to make it look like he left town." "Maybe he just left town" "You pack your shower curtain when you travel?" "It's what you base your conclusions on?" "What is that on your head?" "You don't wanna know.." "You said on the phone you wanted to submit your findings." "James Barr is a sniper, he's not the best, he's not the worst." "But he trained non-stop for two years." "What does training like that do?" "What does any training do?" "Skills become reflex, muscle memory, you do without thinking." "It also makes people who aren't necessarily smart seem smart by beating some tactical awareness into them" "And 99% of the evidence your father has against Barr didn't exist in Baghdad, not because Barr was smart, but because he was trained" "In that garage, the shooter had the sun in his eyes" "Targets were moving left and right." "It's difficult conditions for any sniper" "But in Baghdad, you said Barr was in a parking garage then" "Because in Baghdad, the sun's behind him." "Targets coming straight ahead, single file" "Ideal conditions for even an average shooter and the exact same conditions he would have had upon that highway bridge" "Up there, he would never even have to get out of the van." "No parking meter, no camera, no trace evidence left behind and his escape is assured" "Now, I am not saying that he couldn't have killed those people at the riverbed, but he wouldn't have." "Not that way" "So you are saying that he is crazy." "No" "Oh, what exactly are you saying?" "Any single piece of evidence, I will buy it but all of it?" "fibers, finger prints, stray brass case?" "And who the hell pays for parking?" "Saint or crazy?" "It just doesn't make sense." "Okay So.." "Barr he wanted to get caught, and he wanted you to catch him" "That would not explain how Barr, an average shooter, firing in poor condition, never missed" "He did miss... he did." "Pristine bullet" "Conveniently trapped by a liquid back stop." "The same bullet that tied Barr's gun to the killings and arguably the prosecutions single most important piece of evidence." "If Barr wanted to get caught, he didn't miss" "By the way it doesn't make sense." "If he wanted to get away with it, he likely would have and if he wanted to get caught, Barr wasn't capable of such perfection" "Then those guys took a route at me," "Who ever sent them made a mistake." "It was just a bar fight." "May be, or maybe someone got nervous and tried to run me off" "Now I am starting to think it might be too great." "Not Emmerson, not your father, not even Barr's own defense attorney" "But Barr knew I would.." "No matter how much I wanted it to be true." "That's why he asked for me." "Why you mean?" "Are you suggesting..." "James Barr is innocent." "You can see what this is.. can't you?" "You gotta case in your hands, maybe the last case you will ever have." "And you will do anything to get to the bottom of it" "Helen" "You know.. you never should have retired.." "Look please." "For all I know you were standing at the intersection with a card board sign three days ago" "I hired you, Jesus." "My father was right." "It makes total sense now." "Helen" "It's the way you live, the way you move around" "You are not just cut out for the real world, are you?" "Are you afraid that you will end up like Barr?" "Is that this?" "Look out the window." "No, I have work to do humour me." "You need to leave" "Let..." "let go of me" "Can you tell me what you see?" "I see the same things that I see every day" "Imagine you have never seen it" "Imagine that you've spent your whole life in other parts of the world, being told everyday you are defending freedom and finally decided you have had enough" "Time to see what you have given up your whole life for." "Maybe get some of that freedom for yourself" "Look at the people." "Now tell me which one are free?" "Free from debt, anxiety, issues, fear" "The fear of failure, indignity, betrayal" "How many wish they were born knowing what they know now?" "Ask yourself how many would do things the same way all over again." "And how many would live their lives like me" "Look at the silver Audi across the street that one has been following me all day." "What does that prove?" "Here's his tag number?" "How long will you take you to run it?" "At this time of night, I don't know, an hour?" "Do it." "Do it and then" "I will leave" "When?" ".." "No.. this is my problem now." "I'll handle it." "Yeah, you are blown." "Boys are on to the license plates." "Done." "Go to this address" "Allright, let's just say that Barr didn't do it, or did it because someone put him up to it." "Either way, what have you got?" "Conspiracy." "Yeah Conspiracy to kill 5 random people.." "It's ridiculous, right?" "No point looking any further.." "Exactly." "Exactly" "What is this?" "The motive" "Just hold on to it?" "What are we playing?" "Clue?" "Yeah, Give it to me" "Thank you" "You sure that car was following you all day?" "Since you picked me up, why?" "It is registered to a company called Lebendauer Enterprises" "A conspiracy to kill five random people, ...Ridiculous!" "Four!" "Four random people." "To hide one specific target." "Some one needed Oline Archer's construction business." "And Oline, wouldn't let it go.." "It's a convincing theory." "But it's just a theory" "The first round is the least accurate the snipers call it a 'cold shot' meanwhile your eyewitnesses described a pause between the first and second rounds the one shot where the killer took his time and Oline Archer was the second victim" "the one shot that mattered" "But it's just a theory." "Whoever framed was custom made for Barr.." "Whoever chose him knew about Baghdad, and the only one who could have told them about Baghdad was Barr himself." "He has at least one friend, a very close one." "If you find that friend, you will find the real shooter." "Real Shooter...!" "Reacher.." "My job.." "Is to present the jury with reasonable doubt." "What about catching the guys who really did this" "Catching the guys who did this?" "Bringing them to justice." "No I can't take this..." "Exposing the truth" "Even if I believed Barr is innocent, it's not my job." "I am just a lawyer, I am not a cop" "and frankly neither are you" "I can't do this anymore" "Thanks for the coffee counsellor" "Sandy" "Wait.. it's Sandy.. isn't it?" "Do I know you?" "Charlie, Jeb's friend" "Oh come on... don't break my heart" "I am sorry, I don't remember" "Well we were both pretty wasted..." "OH... yeah..." "Oh you live here?" "Just up there" "No Shit.." "I just moved in around the back" "How crazy is that?" "It's wild" "Wow" "You.." "You look great." "Thanks" "Look, I don't want to keep you so.." "Maybe we can grab a drink sometime" "Yeah maybe" "Hey.. how about tonight?" "I am meeting some people" "Well, some other time then some other time" "Do it here." "What?" "Reacher" "There's a gun range in Ohio with targets up to 700 yards" "The only range that matches your requirements" "You should sleep" "You have a long drive tomorrow, and I need" "I won't do that, till I get back" "If I am right, someone killed four random people so no one will look directly to Oline" "If I am right, just saying her name could get you killed." "Are you saying I should be scared?" "Are you smart?" "Obviously Then don't be scared" "What exactly am I looking for?" "Someone who could kill that girl with one punch" "You want the guy with 11 and nine?" "Erny Johnson... you'll see.." "Out of the car" "I got a suspect.. move move.." "Suspect is heading North on state route 65, I need back and air support." "Oh God!" "I just don't believe it." "I don't believe it" "I issued the warrent an hour ago." "According to the victim's boss, Reacher was seen at her work place this morning" "Where he threatened her Boss" "The car he was driving that night belonged to a friend of Jeb Olivers" "The man he assaulted." "No those guys assaulted Reacher Reacher put three more." "Men in the hospital this afternoon at Jeb Oliver's place" "After arriving in Jeb Olivers car" "And Jeb hasn't been seen since he left the hospital" "Helen if you know where Reacher is, you need to tell us." "I don't know where he is." "I have not seen him since he left my office a few hours ago." "I think she's telling the truth." "Oh you think dad!" "fuck you!" "Hey I told you not to go near him." "You come into my home and you treat me like I am an accessory" "Oh Lord.." "Come on enough" "You are both done.. just get out" "This is Helen I am guessing the police are there" "Yeah By your response I am guessing I have about 30 seconds before you hang up the phone" "Is that?" "If you believe someone can frame Barr, you have to believe they can do the same to me" "I suppose that's possible" "She was a sweet kid Helen and they killed her because of me" "They want me to run, but I won't" "I am going to finish this." "No, that's not a good idea" "Listen. two things.." "One.." "I stole your car" "If you want to end this, just hang up the phone and report it missing, I will understand and any thing else?" "I thought I would be pushing if I mentioned this earlier, now I guess all bets are off you need to watch what you say to Emmersson or your father I think one of them is in on it." "Allright, thanks for calling." "I have to go." "Wait, I have been followed from day one" "Only three people knew I was here, Emmerson, your father and you" "You need to ask yourself, who has the most to lose, if we clear Barr?" "He will try to warn you off me" "Of course I could be wrong, if you think I am, just hand over the phone" "No sense getting into it any deeper" "Who's that you are talking to?" "The office" "Are we done?" "Helen, listen.." "Good night." "You got some fine shooters here" "Finer folks here, rare too coz most of them fellows out there can't shoot worth a damn you ask them to put three rounds in a black round... they will suck it" "Am looking for the owner." "That'll be me." "Martin Cash" "Arren Ward." "What can I do for you Mr. Ward?" "I am looking for a friend of mine, we served in Iraq guy just dropped out of the grid you know.." "That happens.." "Anyway he was a shooter." "Last I heard he lived around here somewhere.." "When did you get out of the army?" "I didn't say the army" "Well you said you served there, you know jarhead" "Man on a flying horse could see that" "Well my father was in the court, if that helps" "Makes you happy aint it?" "Hay your friend got a name?" "Yeah, james Barr." "James Barr.." "Never heard of him" "Thank you" "I think you have been dreading the moment some cops come in asking after him, because it's for sure some soccer mom around here is more worried about your range than she's about the pool in her backyard," "has the drain cleaned under her sink?" "Wouldn't matter it hurts Barr did his killing about a hundred miles away, only that he came here to rehearse, she will have a case to shut you down and nothing better to do" "What do you want?" "I want to know who Barr's friends were" "Those boys out there, they are mighty touchy when it comes to their constitutional rights" "Suppose I tell them a cop is in here asking after my members" "I'm not a cop." "What are you?" "I work for Barr's attorney, we have reason to believe he is innocent" "The hell you say!" "Be that as it may." "I am the only one who bothered to track him this far" "If you help me out, I will be in your debt" "And if I don't?" "Maybe you can coach soccer" "You put three in the center and maybe we will talk.." "Can I have a few to warm up" "6 inches right" "That's you marker Mr. Ward.." "Play ball!" "Let's go" "You are little rusty, Mr Reacher" "I saw a man by that name shoot for the Wilden cup about ten years ago" "and I am pretty sure you never played second base for the Yankees" "In 1925" "I will answer one question" "Who is your best shooter?" "James Barr" "I pulled all this down as soon as I heard about the shootings." "The three best shots I have seen on this side of the civilian life." "Suppose I told you Barr wasn't this good on his best day in the army?" "I handed out those myself, that's my scroll on everyone" "You hang them down range too?" "Are you serious?" "I am saying it's possible if Barr had a friend, one who switched the targets in the range or let him, made him feel like king shit to have his name up on your wall." "I have never seen one real shooter who would do that for his own mother" "Unless he was framing his mother for multiple murder and using your range to do it" "Barr didn't come alone, did he?" "One of these nuts is likely to kill you when they find that camera there" "Hell, the camera is there because one of these nuts is likely to kill me" "There's Barr..." "I always liked him" "There, him." "Son of a bitch" "Helen Rodin speaking" "Got a positive for out shooter, picture, possible prints one pissed off eyewitness" "I can't talk right now it's gonna be three hours to get back, and don't talk to anyone untill I get back." "I'll look into that, thanks." "This is just what I could pull this morning, tax records, city and state permit applications, contract bids," "Shaw corporation in Georgia, that's the one next to Russia not Florida." "They work one city at a time, acquiring a local construction concern just ahead of major civic redevelopment, they build bridges no one needs, highways no one uses they are like a cancer, a cell that won't stop growing" "They moved 12 times in 15 years, Atlanta, Albuquerque, Austin" "Oklahoma City, Sacramento, always amidst allegations of corruption including millions of Dollars in missing public funds and yet never an investigation, never even an enquiry!" "It's as if Lebendauer Enterprises were above reproach" "Well, maybe that's because the allegations come from the competition" "Out of Bitterness, like Oline Archer or maybe Lebendauer has tha coperation of key officials and maybe when that coperation isn't enough they kill people who won't be bought off like Oline Archer Come on Helen.." "How much of this does you honestly believe?" "It doesn't matter how much I believe" "It doesn't even matter how much I can prove, it only matters how much is true" "Do you know how delusional you sound?" "What happened to you?" "Are you really so set on putting this man to death that you'd ignore" "with all these paper under my own name, if Jack Reacher is right my life, your daughter's life is in danger now" "Whatever happens to me next is on your head" "You are the district attorney and I've given you compelling evidence to investigate Lebendauer Enterprises" "Your next move will tell me which side you are on" "I say.. it's a test" "This may be hard for you to believe, but I do love you and obviously I will turn a blind eye no matter how absurd I find all of this" "If you really believe you are in danger" "And if you believe that the next order of business is to put you in protective custody right now" "How safe will I be if you are a part of it" "Jesus Helen" "Businessman or personal hard to tell them apart" "I bet" "Helen?" "No" "Sorry, Wrong Number" "Mr. Reacher" "Who's this?" "Is this Reacher?" "It's you..." "The guy from the car" "It's your boyfriend" "Reacher, is that you?" "Helen, are you hurt?" "No, she's gonna be if you are not here in one hour." "Got to tell you how this works?" "You walk me around and make sure I am not followed, then walk me into an ambush and kill me" "you ruined my surprise." "Oh.." "I can do one better" "I went down to the gun range at Hinge Creek" "Got your picture, prints, I am going to the Feds" "Lawyer is all yours" "Get the Zack" "as second thought I would like to kill you" "What say winner takes all?" "Listen to me you prick.." "I will kill this bitch if you are not here in one.." "{hangs up the phone} Shit" "You think I'm a hero?" "I'm not a hero" "I am drifter with nothing to lose if you kill that girl to put me in a frame, I mean to beat you to death and drink your blood from a boot" "Now this how it's gonna work.. you are gonna give me the address and I will be along when I am damn good and ready, if she doesn't answer the phone when I call this number if I even think you hurt her, I disappear" "and if you are smart that scares you because I am in your blind spot and I have nothing better to do" "You gotta pen?" "Don't need one." "Army called the core for help you have something for me?" "You are kidding right?" "Just because I saw you shoot ten years ago doesn't mean that I will let you kill some assholes with my gun" "I told you how serious this was.." "and I showed up didn't I?" "So let's get to it.." "Now your shooter would be right up there behind those lights he can cover both rows coming and going and kill you just as soon as you stand up" "Can you take him out?" "What?" "Dinner you mean?" "Look I don't know what type of people you normally associate with Reacher, but I am not in the habit of driving out og the boonies at the drop of a hat" "and just picking on some total strangers, allright?" "Anyway can't see anything, not with them lights up" "So shoot them out." "Yeah sure and he will know right where I am, might as well set myself on fire." "I will start shooting when he does and how do you propose we get him started?" "Well you could always start running" "What's wrong with your eye?" "Saving my night vision" "are you gonna mind if I ask you kind of a personal question?" "Oh you don't think I can shoot anymore?" "It's a perishable skill" "Well..." "Sun will be up in an hour" "I heard them call you 'The Zack' that prisoner?" "yes?" "Tell me, killing all those people I have to believe the money you making can't possibly be enough enough...!" "there's no such thing." "We take what can be taken" "This is what we do" "And you?" "This is what I think I understand about you?" "Why would you do it?" "You make it sound like I had a choice" "Oh.. didn't you?" "You'll see.." "You should know I have taken steps, if anything happens.." "If anything happens to you it will happen in front of your father while he begs for your life" "You should never have involved him, now you will have to convince him to forget for your sake and for his" "You say nothing but I see the fight in your eyes" "That's look I have seen many many times when the soldier comes, when you watch how he dies, it will change you" "You will want to forget meddling" "Reacher" "Are you okay?" "They are ready for you" "I would like to think so" "Don't do this, please don't do this." "Not for me" "Listen Helen, They are not gonna hurt you until they have me and that's never gonna happen, hear me?" "You just hang in there coz I am coming to get you" "Now say you believe me I believe you" "This was a bad idea" "anytime now" "Where the hell are you, gunny" "You should Go" "Drop it" "I know you are in there Emmerson" "It was staring me right in the face the one piece that just didn't fit" "that quarter" "Nobody would have thought to dump that meter" "Not even me!" "You were wrong about my father" "I wouldn't make a big thing of it" "Who is he?" "He is John Do number two" "They call him the Zach" "Zach, prisoner." "What's your real name?" "I was born in October, when I get to my birthday I am gonna pull the trigger" "One, two.." "Jiloviak, Zach Jiloviak" "Jiloviak" "Jiloviak." "Human." ""Prisoner human being"" "That's your real name?" "That's all I remember" "Call the police" "Were you really gonna shoot him?" "I knew I wouldn't have to" "One look at this guy and you know he will do anything to survive one look at me and you know I am not bluffing" "Yes, I have an emergency" "Yes, I will hold" "We are in no hurry" "With a name like yours, you are gonna feel right at home prison in America, retirement home, if I go to prison at all." "You think you are gonna walk?" "You are a homeless drifter wanted for murder, meantwhile I, am an old man in the wrong place at the wrong time, thanks to you, who lives to say otherwise?" "Who?" "In have an emergency" "We will see which one of us goes to prison" "My bet.." "Neither one" "What did you do?" "What does it look like?" "How about the truth?" "What about getting the guys who really did this?" "What about bringing him to justice" "I just did." "What about clearing Barr?" "What about clearing you?" "I have faith you will sort it out and I hear you have an emp on the local DA" "What happens to you in the meantime?" "I will keep moving, same as always" "Is that my car?" "This the lady?" "Helen Rodin..." "Martin Cash" "Pleasure..." "look like hell there army!" "You asked if I was afraid I will end up like Barr" "I am not, I am afraid I will end up like this guy." "There's lot of dead bodies out here." "Let's get to it" "We should probably go.." "Wait, that's it.. it's just over?" "You will be allright counsellor." "No.." "What if I need you?" "How will I find you?" "Oh you don't need me" "Not anymore" "Get her number, let's go" "I am Helen Rodin your attorney" "This conversation is protected by attorney client privilege" "You understand what that means?" "Yeah" "Now the police didn't talk to you, did they?" "They are not allowed to do that without me here" "How bad was it?" "How many did I?" "You don't remember anything about the incident?" "No" "I could hear the nurses talking to the cops out there" "Don't even remember wanting to do it" "Look, I am not gonna fight this" "If they say I done it, then I did" "I've done things before" "I did something bad... real bad" "Long time ago" "and I got away with it" "James, how well do you know this place?" "Pretty well and how do you think you would have done it?" "I guess..." "I would've parked up on the highway sun will be at my back at that time of the day" "I got a van, set up in back wouldn't have to worry about my brass" "Get away real clean too does that sound about right" "that sounds as if you know your stuff" "I forgot your name It's Helen" "Helen Rodin" "You are gonna be okay James" "I am gonna take care of you You can't protect me" "No one can.." "From what?" "From who?" "There's this guy" "He's a kind of cop at least he used to be" "He doesn't care about the law he doesn't care about proof" "he only cares about what's right he knows what I did" "He knows who I am" "This guy, he made me a promise" "If I ever got in trouble again" "He'll be there."