"(thunder)" "Finally." "She beats a retreat in the face of the Sicilian gambit." "Check." "Nuh-uh." "It's not checkmate." "It can't be." "'Fraid so." "OK." "So, uh... that's four games to you?" " Five." " Right." "Five." "Isn't it against the superhero code to use your powers to take advantage of mere mortals?" "Yeah." "And I'm not done taking advantage either." "There's a stunt contest at Crash tonight." "Thinkin' about pulling' a Linda Blair, ridin' my bike on the ceiling or somethin'." " Wanna come?" " No." "Thanks." "Oh." "I forgot." "No fun for Logan Cale." "The world's comin' to an end." "Fight the power, protect the downtrodden..." "Blah blah, woof woof." "See ya." "Raise the forehead a little bit." "Thin out the eyebrows." "Make the cheekbones a little rounder." "Not so defined." "And the lips... fuller." " Fuller?" " You heard me." "Perfect." "This reward you're offering." "It's a hell of a lot of money." "Mr Vogelsang was a valued operative." "We'll do everything we can to find his killer." " What if the girl goes to ground?" " I don't think she will." "She'll run if she's smart." "She'll try and get the hell out of the city." "She'll have to get past our checkpoints." "This is where my men are." "I'd like one of these on every wall, every window and every lamppost in the city." "With this kind of money involved, every nutcase in this town is gonna be more than happy to turn in his nearest and his dearestjust for his cut." "Besides, this is gonna take a lot of extra manpower." "But, you know, with the financial straits that the city's in..." "The agency appreciates your predicament." "Thank you, sir." "Uh... then you understand where I'm coming from." "Completely." "I think I can help you." "You tryin' to elicit a bribe from a federal agent?" " No, sir." " Good." "Because sometimes, when you grease the palm, it makes the fingers slippery." "Sir, you have the complete cooperation of my department." "It's 100 per cent at your disposal." "All right, then." "You're dismissed." "That was one badass endo you spiked last night." " How much did you win, anyway?" " 75 bucks." "Damn, girl!" "Next time my paper's on you." " Hey." " Hey, take it outside." "What did I say would happen if I caught you peepin' again?" "I can't help it, Max." "You so the bomb." "Kaboom." "Pervo." "No roughhousing on the premises." "We're not insured for it." " South Market Street?" " Yeah." "I hope you're packin'." " Wanna have lunch?" " Yep." " Meet you here at noon?" " Cool." "ID?" " Hey, Jerry." " What's up?" " Look at this." " C'mon, guys." " Girl's trying to earn a living here." " Yeah, it's forged." "Definitely." " Jim." " Yeah." " You're going downtown, pal." " What do you mean, downtown?" " I got the damn pass downtown." " Yeah, yeah." "I don't know." "I'm just saying it sorta looks like her." "That paper speaks of wicked things." "Max is a righteous woman with no malice in her heart for no one." "I know my girl." "She's a badass, straight up, but not a killer." "I'm not sayin' she killed anybody." "Just that I see a resemblance." "No, no." "What you think you seein' is the 50 large reward in your pocket." "But you better get your eyes right or you'll see Original Cindy putting' the smackdown." "(Normal) Hey, let's go, people." "Lots of lovely packages here cryin' out for a home." "Move." "Where the fire truck is Max?" "I ain't seen her." "Probably wouldn't recognise her if I did." " What are you hidin' back there?" " Nothin'." "Get outta my sight." "Come on, Logan." "Answer." " Hey." " Here, Sam, let me start you off." ""Logan, I've got some bad news."" "After the shooting, we didn't remove one of the bullet fragments." " It was lodged so close to your spine." " It would've been too risky." "Unfortunately, the fragment has migrated." "That's what's causing the spasms." "It's impacting on your spinal cord." "If we don't get it out of there, it could keep moving and cause more damage." " Worst-case scenario?" " You could end up quadriplegic." "Maybe even on a respirator." " Looks like I'm going under the knife again." " Operating in that area, it's risky." "You've got three major arteries, they're right there, so there's the chance of bleed-out." "Removing that fragment could result in nerve damage as well, though probably not as severe as if we do nothing and further migration occurs." "So..." " Let's do it." " OK." "I'll set it up for tomorrow morning." " Thanks, Doc." " Get some rest." "Yeah, she's a killer, all right." " Check it out." " Hey, baby." "You got the time?" "Cos I got the place, you know what I'm sayin'?" "Now, don't be shy." "I was..." "Hey." "Yeah, you." " Come here." " What is it, Officer?" "Oh, no." "Not her again, man." "She's been dissin' me all day." "I got stopped twice already." "Come on!" "She doesn't even look like me." "Look how thin she is." "Can you say "eating disorder"?" " Whoa!" "It is her, man." " Boo!" "This is Kirby, downtown zero-seven." "She's on South Market." " A confirmed sighting on South Market." " How confirmed?" "She took out a policeman with no sweat." "All tac units, this is Command." "Target is known to be in South Market." "Establish airtight perimeter, and start site-to-site search." "Box her in... and box her in fast." "Step back!" "To the storage area!" "(pager bleeps)" "Get out!" "Move!" "Yeah, he coughed up the juice." "Had to break his thumb first, but hey." "Hey, hold on." "I gotta whiz." "He's gonna have to call you back." "Sketchy, get over here." "I need you to man the desk." " Me?" " Yes." "I have something important to do." " You got a nerve, showing' your face." " Where's Max?" "She didn't come back from her morning run." "Imagine that." "I had high hopes for you, but you turned out to be like all the rest - just a great big fat goose egg." " Cindy." " Well, what have we got here?" " I'm looking for Max." " Welcome to the club." "(phone rings)" " Yeah." " (Max) It's me." "Max." "Uh!" " Max, it's Zack." " Who?" " What are you doing there?" " Never mind." "We gotta get you out of town." "Would somebody tell me what's goin' on?" "(rattling)" "Knock, knock." "You shouldn't leave your window open if you don't want visitors." "So I've been told." "What brings you back to Seattle?" "Think I'd let Max take the rap for somethin' I did?" "Control, this is Delta 4." "No sign of her yet." "Roger, Delta 4." "Turn the place inside out." "Evacuate if you have to." "I want her found." "Logan, no need to convince me." "You say she didn't do it, fine." " But I can tell you no one has picked her up." " Great." "So what's the situation down there?" "Every crank in the city is angling for the reward money." "Last I heard, they're closing in on a suspect in South Market." "OK." "See if you can run interference for me." "I'll try, but I'm just one guy." "Appreciate anything you can do." "Let him through." "Have you seen this woman?" "Have you seen anyone who looks like her?" " Good luck." " There's no such thing." "Success depends on a well-thought-out plan that's executed with precision." "Right." "(PA) Until further notice, all places of business and vehicles are subject to search." " Mr Ronald?" " Yep." "That's me." "I just wanna say I admire the work you fellas do, keeping the streets safe for average citizens." " I understand you have some information?" " Right." "Got it." "Business at hand." "Yes." "Uh, I'm reachin' out to do you guys a solid on this female perp." " Excuse me?" " This skell, who works for me." " Jam Pony, and her name is Max." " Let's not tell the whole world." " Not with 50 large on the line." " Hey, I'm not doin' this for the reward." " How much did you say it was?" " Maybe you'd better come with me." "All set?" "Would I have come back here if everything wasn't all set?" "It's a figure of speech." "Hold on." "Safety pass." "Open the hatch." "Come on." "Come on." "Showtime." " You're free to go." " Thanks." "Hey, there she is!" "Stop!" "Stop!" " Hold your fire!" " Take her alive!" "Don't shoot!" "Don't shoot!" " You OK?" " Yep." "Used to play this game at Manticore - Escape and Evade." "You were always good at it." " You OK?" " Yeah." "Fine." " You don't look so good." " I was up late." "My family has a cabin about 30 miles north of here." "You guys can stay there tonight." "We can cross the border into Canada and never look back." "We have it confirmed that the suspect is no longer in South Market." " What?" " She got over the perimeter fence and jumped into some kind of vehicle." "Find her!" "So." "What makes you think this girl's the perp?" "The female's striking physical resemblance initially caught my attention." "I didn't wanna believe it was her, but the more I thought, the more I realised it was possible." "She has a real bad attitude and quite a temper, which she demonstrated this morning, as a matter of fact." "I just felt it was my civic duty to step forward before she kills again." "What if you're wrong?" "What if she didn't do it?" "Well, she walks." "No harm, no foul." "I'm getting the sense that you are not a man to be taken lightly." "Am I right about that, Mr Ronald?" "Are you not a man to be taken lightly?" "Uh... yeah." "I mean, no." "Uh..." "Uh, yeah." "I most certainly am." "Not." "That's what I thought." "That's why I brought you in here." "The fact is, Mr Ronald, if you know this girl, and if you can identify her, your life is in great, great danger." " (scoffs)" " I'm serious." "(? "Valse Triste" by Jean Sibelius)" " What are we listening to?" " Sibelius." "It's sad." "Yeah." "(? "Resistance is Futile" by Hardknox)" "It's anarchy out there, man." "I call out runs, and they just ignore me." "I mean, I never thought I'd say this, but, uh..." "Normal's got it tough back here." "Maybe I ain't man enough to fill his shoes." "Um... you can take comfort in the words of the great Bob Marley." ""Me don't swim too tough, so me don't go out in water too deep."" "Thatjust didn't help me out at all." "Come, give I and I a package, man." " Thanks, man." " Peace." "Here we are." "Here you go." " Thanks for helpin' out." " I'd wish you good luck, but..." "He's a fun guy." "You should see him get his drink on at the X5 reunions." " You're gonna be OK, you know." " Oh, yeah." "I'll be better than OK." "It's the way I'm made." "It's you I'm worried about." "I'll miss you." "You could always ditch it all and go on the lam with me." "Great way to visit exotic places, meet new people." " I'd just slow you down." " That's OK." "I have to go back." "Someone has to watch out for the downtrodden." "Blah blah, woof woof, right?" "Right." " Take care of yourself." " You too." "Just go." "(thunder)" "I'm makin' tea." "What's your preference?" "Belladonna." "Mandrake." "Anything in the opium family." "Might wanna think about gettin' some rest." "Got a big day tomorrow." "I can't sleep." "Miss her, don't you?" "It's that obvious, huh?" "Get this surgery behind you, maybe you can go raft up with her." "No, it was the right thing to do." "Let her go." "For a thousand different reasons." "And I always do the right thing." "Right?" "I thought you'd wanna get moving?" "Bang over the border into Canada before dawn?" "We've got a secure night's lodgings." "Might as well take advantage." "Here's to you finally doing the smart thing and getting out of Seattle." "Right." "I remember the morning of the escape, getting into Cheyenne around 7am." "The streets were just starting to fill with people." "Not soldiers or doctors, just regular people on their way to work." "It scared the hell out of me." "As far as I was concerned, they were all the enemy and I was completely outnumbered." "I know the feeling." "I climbed up onto the roof of an office building in downtown to lay low, just as the sun was coming up." "It was my first morning as a free man." "The whole world looked different." "It was like it was in colour all of a sudden." "I know I've been hard on you, Max." " But I'm just tryin' to keep you safe." " I know." "You're gonna miss him, aren't you?" "You think that's stupid?" "No." "Part of me wants the same things." "Friends, a place where I belong." "Someone to care about." "I thought it was a sentimental lie." "Even I have my moments of weakness." "I appreciate your concern for my safety, but I've been locked in here for a long time and I gotta go to the bathroom very, very badly." "Very badly." "I've got good news." "We've looked into the suspect." "Our fears you were in danger are unfounded." "Better safe than sorry." "I'll be runnin' along." "Not so fast." "There's another matter we need to discuss, Mr Ronald." " Another matter?" " Don't play games with me." "You know what I'm talkin' about." "Unpaid speeding tickets from two years ago." "They've gone to warrant." "There's gotta be some mistake, cos I don't own a car." "Well, I don't know what to tell you, Mr Ronald, except that you are under arrest." "Oy-oy!" "Listen." "If you think you can squeeze my shoes like some dirtbag skell, you're a hump goin' sideways into a big-time jackpot." "But it's your world, Detective." "For the love of Mike." "Terrific." "Logan?" "Oh, my God." " What happened?" " I found him unconscious." "No head trauma." " He's tachy." "What's his pressure?" " BP's 80 and falling." "He's gotta be bleeding." "Get him to OR." "(PA) Team one to ICU." "ICU." "Team one to ICU." "ICU." "(phone rings)" " Hello?" " Bling?" "Why have you got Logan's phone?" " Hey, Max." " Is he all right?" "Can I talk to him?" " He can't talk right now." " What's wrong?" " (PA) Dr Clark needed in ICU." " Why are you at a hospital?" " Turn." " Tell me!" "He's been havin' some problems lately." "He collapsed this morning at home." " They're operating on him now." " What hospital?" "Metro Medical." "Listen, Max..." " Where are you goin'?" " Max?" " I'm going back." " No way." " I need to be there for him." " The mission is to get you over the border." " Yeah, well, I'm changing the mission." " Don't be crazy!" "Lydecker's got the entire city lookin' for you." "Out of my way or I go through you." "What's it gonna be?" "You gonna take me on?" "Huh, Maxie?" "Go ahead." "Go ahead." "You need to get your head in the game, soldier." "Think I'm not in the game?" "Think again." "OK." "Do what you want." "But don't think you're gonna make it back out of there!" "You're throwin' away your freedom." "Consider it a moment of weakness." " I need suction." " Yes, Doctor." " (bleeping)" " Whoa." "We got a bleeder!" "Clamp." " Sponge." "Hang another four units of AB neg." " We're already on our last two." "Somebody get on the phone right now to the blood bank." "We need more." "Clamp." "Oh, God..." "Blood pressure's still dropping." "Give him ten of morphine." "Keep him comfortable." " I'm sorry." "You can't be in here." " Is he dying?" " We can't discuss that right here." " Just tell me." "Is he dying?" "He lost a lot of blood." "He won't live without a transfusion." " So transfuse him." " It's not that simple." "The blood banks are out." "Logan is AB negative." "It's the hardest type to find." "I'm sorry, there is nothing we can do." "Why don't you take a minute?" "I'll be right outside." "Lucky for you I'm a universal donor." "The people at Manticore figured it'd be handy if their killing machines could swap blood in a pinch." "If you die on me, I'll kick your ass." "(? "Valse Triste" by Jean Sibelius)" " Dance with me." " I can't." "Sure you can." "Mind over matter." "See, my problem is I can't walk." "I'm not asking you to walk." "Just dance." "Whose dream is this, anyway?" " Yours or mine?" " Don't ask me." " You OK?" " Yeah." " Just a little dizzy." " Wanna stop?" "No." "Don't let go." " I won't." " Promise?" "I promise." "Logan." "Don't leave me." "I'm gonna need you to stand up very slowly and put your hands in the air." "What the hell's goin' on here?" " My God." "What are you doing?" " Did it work?" " BP is 110 over 90." " What?" "Did it work?" "Did it work?" "It's Captain Swanson on five." "Says it's important." "Lydecker." "What sort of good news?" "I'll be right over." " Whaddaya got?" " We got your killer." " Ah." "Where is she?" " He's in a holding cell." " There must be a mistake." " No mistake." "He gave us details from the crime scene and he produced the murder weapon." " Where is he?" " This way." "Call off the 10-0-7 on the girl." "OK, let's go." "Everybody out." " What's goin' on?" " The perp confessed." "You can go." "Let's go." "Just go." "There's a chopper at the airport to take him back to Manticore." "Not what we hoped for, but not a bad day's catch, either." "What about the girl?" "Swanson called off the search." "We've worn out our welcome with the Seattle PD." "Besides, she's long gone." "Ah, he sacrificed himself for nothin'." "I thought I'd taught him better." " Hey!" " I have never been so glad to see someone." "Yes, well, I have to say I'm glad to be here myself, actually." "Let go of me." "Let go of me now." "Thank you." "OK, I did the best I could." "But these people are a bunch of slackers, bums and weirdos." " All right." "Tell me about it." " I don't know how you put up with it, man." "Right." "Neither do I. Back in the pit with the rest of the cretins. 729 Campbell." "Where the fire truck is Max?" " Hey." " Figured you'd be napping all day." "So I ate your lunch." "Hospital food." "One thing even the Pulse couldn't manage to make worse." "How are you feelin'?" "Pretty good, considering." "It must be all this supercharged Manticore blood I got in me." "I still can't believe it." "That he'd let himself be taken back there on my account." "He cares about you." "And I don't mean like a brother." "I gotta get back to work." "(hums melancholy tune)" "That's the music." "From... the car?" "Right." "From the car." "You know, about what happened..." "After the car." "I was real emotional, with all that was going on." "I know." " It's not like..." " Me neither." " I mean..." " Exactly." " So long as that's clear." " I'm glad we talked about it." "Me too." " See ya." " Later." "(? "Valse Triste" by Jean Sibelius)" "Well, well, well." "Look who decided to come in today." "Don't bust my chops, Normal, or I might snap and kill again." "(TV) We interrupt this programme to bring you news of a fatal air accident." "The helicopter came from Seattle airport and was rumoured to be carrying a prisoner wanted on a federal warrant." "The cause of the accident is being investigated." "There is a report of gunfire at the scene of the crash, but police say no survivors were found... (Max) He always said he would rather die than go back to Manticore." "Maybe I'm conning myself." "Maybe I just know who Zack is and what he's capable of." "But I can't help feeling that he survived somehow and that he's out there." "So here I am, back in this broken city." "And as long as I'm here, he will always know where to find me." "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Yasmeen Khan" "ENGLISH SDH" " Don't you think you ought to get goin'?" " Something's not adding up here." "You can bring down Gerhardt Bronck's evil empire tomorrow." "Tonight you got a date." " It's not a date." " She's making you dinner." "Well..." "I gotta figure this thing out." " So I'm just gonna have to cancel." " At the last minute?" "I have work to do." "Max'll understand." "No, she won't." "She's female, in case we hadn't noticed." "Fine." "I'll just reorganise my entire life cos some girl wants to cook dinner for me." "That's kinda how it works." "How civilisation happened." "And she's not "some girl"." "Tell me about it." "When the water starts to boil, you put the pasta in." " I hope I can pull this off." " Max, you can do this." "I watched you rebuild a motorcycle in under two hours." " Different skill set." " Trust me." "After Logan tastes this tricolore sauce I whipped up, he will be your sex slave." "We don't have that kind of relationship." "Yet." "I'm just reciprocating for all the times he's cooked for me." "OK." "Answer me one question, though." "Where did you find cold-pressed virgin olive oil from Tuscany, in this economy?" "I broke into the Italian Embassy." "I'm gonna disappear so you can take all the credit here." " Hi." " Where?" "When?" " Great seeing you." " OK." "Thanks." "Hey, Kendra." "Hey." "You bring the wine?" "Yeah." "Um..." " Listen, that was a contact of mine." " Pre-Pulse." "Nice." "He gave me a tip on that guy Bronck who's ripping off the city's blood supply and moving it out of the country." " These OK?" "I don't have any wine glasses." " Yeah, they're fine." "But we need to get out to Furrow airfield to do some recon." "I'll swing it tomorrow after work." "I hope you like pasta tricolore." "I love it." "But tomorrow's no good because we gotta go..." "No!" "Don't do that." "Right." "You do it." "I always break the cork." "No, I just mean it'll go bad if we don't drink it right away." " Oh." "I'm game if you are." " Max, haven't you heard a word I've said?" " We gotta do this tonight." " OK, I'll put the pasta on." "We gotta go." "Now." " Now?" " Yeah." "Now." "So, you know, get changed or whatever and I'll wait for you downstairs." "One reason Bronck's hard to pin down is he uses different airstrips every shipment." "My contact says the next one's going out of Furrow airfield tomorrow night." "He's moving stolen blood, so look for refrigeration equipment." "Max!" "This is important." "There are people dying because of what Bronck's doing." " I almost died." " I had your back on that." "Not everybody has a genetically-engineered universal donor looking out for 'em." " What kind of security am I running into?" " According to my source, next to nothing." "Bronck is either keeping a low profile or he's so insulated by the cops he doesn't need to worry." "Let's get this bitch over with." "(engine starts)" "(loud pop)" "Hey!" "You there!" "Get back here!" "Hey!" "(gunfire)" "(squelch)" "(car pulls up)" "Don't even think of speaking to me." "You said there'd hardly be any security." " My guy screwed up." " No kidding." "Did you see any refrigeration equipment?" "No." "From the firepower we saw, Bronck's smuggling more than medical supplies." "The guy's got his fingers everywhere." "Gunrunning, racketeering, prostitution." "Anything could have been on that plane." "Great." "I risk my life and I don't even know what for." "My intelligence wasn't accurate." "It won't happen again." "Damn straight it won't." "Cos I'm done." "What do you mean, "done"?" "This guy's up to something very bad, Max." "I can feel it." " Not my problem." " That's a selfish way of looking at things." "Yeah, well, we can't all be obsessed with saving the freakin' world." " I'm not obsessed." " It's all you think about." "All you talk about." " At least I care about other people." " You care about strangers anyway." "What about our quid pro quo?" "You still want me to look into Manticore?" "No." "Looking for those kids has gotten me nothing but trouble." "You can't let go of Manticore any more than I can let go of Eyes Only." "It's who we are." "If you think you were put on Earth to be the world's most pissed-off TV reporter and hide behind a silly red, white and blue Hallowe'en mask, I feel sorry for you." "If you were put on Earth to be the world's biggest cynic and hide behind some tough-ass attitude, then I feel sorry for you." "You know what, Logan?" "How about a new quid pro quo?" "Don't call me." "I won't call you." "What is up with Normal this morning?" "He's flossing, literally." "Somethin' strange is going on." "He smells like lilacs." "He told Peabo he was splitting from work early." "What, Normal's leaving work early?" "Now there's a first." "Why is it guys are all so task-oriented?" "I mean, it's work, work, work, work, work." "Cos otherwise all we'd think about is sex, sex, sex, sex, sex." "Maybe Normal's got a date." "That's just a bizarre thought - Normal gettin' busy with someone." " Do we really think he has a woman?" " There's somethin' goin' on." " Max, let's go check it out." " All right." " You look nice today." " Thank you." "Going to a funeral?" "No." "(sniffs) Lilac." "So how come you're all macked out like a playa playa?" "The reason it's called a personal life is cos it's personal." "Here." "Hot run, 930 lliff." "Beat it." "Away you go." "(both) Booty call." "It's Gerhardt Bronck and one of his operatives." "Bronck's street muscle collecting protection money, which is being laundered through this place." "Pretty pictures." "But Eyes Only won't move on this unless we give him supporting documentation." "It's all there." " Where'd you get this?" " One of my sources in the DA's office." " They dropped the case." "Lack of evidence." " Smells like a buyoff." "You figured out what Bronck's smuggling?" "Not yet, but there's enough here for Eyes Only to amp up the pressure on him publicly." "Embarrass him." "People start paying attention, maybe he makes a mistake..." "What did you find out last night at the airstrip?" "When some girls don't eat dinner they get real cranky." "Men." "They just don't have the mental or emotional capacity to make a real connection." "You're better off kicking it with some gorgeous slow-witted stud who you can send on his way." " I'm swearing off the whole gender." " I tried that." "You will so hate your life." "There is Sosh..." "He's a student." "Too smart." "Haj is cute... but he's a computer analyst." "Sven." "Big Norwegian." "Hauls nets on an Alaskan fishing rig." "On shore leave for two, maybe three more days, tops. 6' 4", eyes like the ocean." "Thanks, but no thanks." "See you at Crash tonight?" "I'll be there." "Seven." "Eight." "Nine." "Come on, you can do it." "Ten." "Argh!" " Rest a couple of minutes, then we'll finish." " No." "I'm done." " Two more sets." " I said I'm done." " Wanna tell me what's with you today?" " Same thing that's with me every day." "Reps, more reps, pep talks about patience and mind over matter, and I'm sick of it." "You and Max have a spat?" "Feelin' sorry for yourself?" "Max has nothing to do with it." "My legs don't work." "And that's never gonna change." "If I ever hear you talk like that again," "I will beat on your skinny ass-wheelchair or no wheelchair." "You understand?" "Let's go again." "One." "Two." "(mellow jazz music)" " Mr Ronald." "So happy to see you." " Oh, hold the phone, Jorge." " You do not dine alone tonight?" " No, I do not dine alone." "A lady, perhaps?" "I'll say." " Hi, Louise." " Have you been waiting long?" "Only a lifetime." " This place is so interesting." " An old haunt." "I met Jorge back when I was doing my PhD at Harvard." "He ran a bistro in the square then." "But, well, we all have our tales of woe." "You have a PhD?" " Yes, several." " You really are a remarkable man, Reagan." "Please, call me Ray." "But enough about me." "I wanna hear your story." "The first two acts left me wanting so much more." "Not much else to tell." "Just a girl from the Midwest trying to get by in a broken world." " And doing so with style and grace." " You're sweet." "Jorge's best." " For Mr Ronald, and his beautiful..." " Thank you." "...lady friend." " Enjoy." " Thank you." "To our second date." "I gotta tell you, when I first saw you at that sector checkpoint" "I didn't think a guy like me could be a dog walker for a gal like you." "Stop." "I can't believe a man like you is unattached." "I've been waiting for a long time for the right someone to come along." "I don't understand women who need a man to make them feel complete." "Put the bullet right here." "Surprise surprise!" "Max, this is Sven." "Hello, Mac." "(laughs) Hi." "Sometimes a tight six-pack and a good set of shoulders help take the edge off." "Do not attempt to adjust your set." "This is a Streaming Freedom Video bulletin." "Actually, I'm not really into partying right now." "See ya." " Bye, Mac." " Bye." "...free voice left in this city." "There is a cancer in Seattle and its name is Gerhardt Bronck." "You've seen his picture in the newspaper, heard him described as a businessman." "A philanthropist, even." "Make no mistake, he is a thug whose crime machine preys on the citizens of this community." "What you are about to see is just the tip of the iceberg." "That is not good, him jamming us up like that on TV." " This is what we wanted to happen." " What if the DA sees it and comes after us?" "The DA doesn't unzip his fly without checking with me." "Still, bad publicity." "Who gives a rat's ass as long as it gives us Eyes Only?" "So which of the three cops we set up thinks he's a boy scout?" "The Korean guy, Matt Sung." " You want us to pick him up?" " No." "He's got to be communicating with Eyes Only through an intermediary." "I want you to feed this wink something else on me." "Then we watch him." "See who he shares the birthday cake with." "And then we squeeze the living crap out of him until he gives us his boss." "So, that was Eyes Only." "Over and out." "(Normal) Jorge." "Your lady friend left her purse last night." "That's so sweet." "You didn't have to come." "I could've sent one of my kids." "For an old friend, good customer, and his beautiful female companion... no problem." "Oh, thank you, amigo." "Very sweet." "All right, we'll see you tonight, OK?" "Seven o'clock, regular table." " Adios." " Adios." "I mean, you never hear women talking about leaving a legacy or worrying about their place in history." "What's that about?" "Your entire gender think they're on some mission." "It is hurting on my brain, trying to figure out who on earth would go out with Normal." "There's a lot of freaks out there." "So, who's comin' with me on this run?" "Well, come on, guys." "Clemson Street is deep in Rydin Forties' turf." " So?" " So there's permanent gang wars going on." " Please?" " You are such a wuss." "Let's go." "I have a run. 4711 Kings Road." " I'm on break." " Well, whenever you get a chance." "You OK?" "It's a personal run, so be nice." "In defence of my gender, women come into the world with a mission, which is to make offspring." "Men have to find a mission, create things." "Space travel..." "Space travel, the carburetted bong..." "I know a guy who breathes through his anus by threading aquarium tubing in his colon..." "You know what?" "I am beginning to think that Normal's right." "You are an idiot." "Come on!" "What's the number on this thing?" "It's 7657380423611." "OK." "I'll call." "(hip-hop music)" "A package for Tacoma Bleed." "Are you Mr Bleed?" "It's a return receipt request." "I need a signature." "Yo, Bleed, a package." "Need a signature, yo." "Thanks." "Hold up." " Is that a finger?" " (Bleed) Who sent this?" "It was a pick-up on the east side." "Blunt Ryddim Kidz turf." "They got Li'I Throttle, cos that's his ice." " We gotta go to war, dog." " Don't kill the messenger." "Check this out." "You and Gilligan better get on up out of here." "Cos starting' right now, anybody ain't claimin' the same set as me is goin' down quick." " And wet." " Great." "Another man on a mission." " Yeah, right." " Let's bounce." "(phone rings)" " Hello?" " Hey, Logan." " Hey, Matt." "Your contact turn up anything?" " I think your guy will be pleased." " OK." "Meet you in the park in an hour." " All right." "Sketchy, how did you manage to escape from being a male obsessed with his career?" "Hey, just because at present I happen to be stuck in a dead-end job with no prospects, doesn't mean I don't have larger ambitions." "I'd like to run my own business someday." "Somethin' like Power Nipple." "911, cos Mommy's got the 411 on Normal's shortie." " Do tell." " OK." "So, Original Cindy's en route to sister girl's crib to deliver her purse, right?" "Then I think to myself, "What kind of female forgets her purse?"" "I wrestle my conscience for a minute." "Then I decide to take a peek." " You went into her purse?" " Hell, yeah!" "You wanna know everything about a female, where do you look?" " That's invasion of privacy." " Crossin' the line, if you ask me." "You wanna know what I found out or what?" " Spill it." " Immediately." "So, Original Cindy finds a prescription made out for Louise Klein for Premarin." " What's that?" " Oestrogen, basically." "Yeah?" "So?" "Then Original Cindy finds Louise Klein's driver's licence." "Only it says that Louise Klein is Louis Klein." " You mean, like, a typo." " I mean, like, a former male." " Normal's chick is a dude?" " Was a dude." "Come on." "Maybe she's got a brother or something." "No, girl." "The part of Kings Road where she lives is very gender-friendly." "It's where all the mista sistas reside." "The lesbian mind could get tampered with in that neighbourhood." "This and a human finger all in the same day." "It's deep." " For real." " For real, for sure." "Louise comes to the door wearing a towel, right out of the shower." "I'm clockin' her for nose hair, Adam's apple, miscellaneous male debris." "The bitch is fine." " Even got back." " Do we think Normal knows?" "Oh, he's gonna find out." "Which will be the entertainment spectacular of a lifetime." "This is proof that the DA's on Bronck's payroll." "Right." "You give that to Eyes Only, he ought to be able to put Bronck away for good." "Yeah, that's great, Matt." "Thank you." "What?" "Are you OK?" "Yeah." "You've known me a while." "Would you describe me as "obsessed"?" "Let's take a ride." " Get up!" " Bling!" "Bling!" "Hey!" " (man #1) Get the door." " (man #2) Take it easy." "You know there's a curfew." "You're gonna have to come down to the station." "Then we'll call your folks." "Don't worry." "Hey!" " (Logan) Leave a message." " (Max) Logan, it's me." "I think I know what Bronck's up to." "He's got cops on his payroll." "They're pickin' up kids off the street." " Max." " Let me talk to Logan." "I can't." "Bronck's got him." "No ID." "What's that, an Eyes Only thing?" " The boss is a privacy nut." " What's he got against me?" "Plastering my face all over the TV?" "My mother is starting to worry." "She should." "It's dangerous being a bad guy." "Oh, no." "It's much more dangerous being the good guy." "Which your boss is about to find out." "Tell me who he is." "I wish I could help you, but I've never met the man." "I was wondering when we'd get to the hitting part." "As much as I'd like to smack you around until you tell me, I just don't have a lot of time." "Let's just cut to the chase, shall we?" "Tell me who he is." " All set." " Let him go." "(crackling)" " Stop it." " Who is Eyes Only?" " Please stop it." " Tell me." "All right, I'll tell you." "I'll tell you!" "(crackling stops)" "Who is Eyes Only?" "Who is Eyes Only?" "I am." "I'm Eyes Only." " Did you get your purse OK?" " Yes." "Thanks." "Ray, there's something you need to know about me." " Louise..." " Let me say it." "You don't need to say it." "I know." "You know?" " What?" " That you're, uh, someone, um..." "How do I put it?" "Who's had some aftermarket work done." "That is to say, you've undergone a fairly substantial... retrofit." "So you know I used to be a guy?" " How did you find out?" " Louise, you may have noticed I am a keenly intuitive, highly observant person." "You went through my purse." "Yes." "My impulse to unravel the mystery that is you overwhelmed my deep reverence for private property." "I'm sorry." "I thought about this long and hard and I..." "I realised it doesn't matter." "You know, it's 2020, I'm a modern man." "And you're a... you know, newly-minted babe." "You're as sexy as all get-out." "It means a lot to me that you understand and accept me for who I am." " Vive la différence." " But that's not what I was going to tell you." "It's not?" "I've realised something about myself these past few days that we've spent together that's gonna change things between us." "I've thought about this long and hard and I'm telling you, there is absolutely nothing you can say that would change my feelings about you." "I'm gay." "In what sense?" "I'm a lesbian, Ray." "Oh, for the love of Mike." " Bling?" " In here." " What happened?" " He had a meet with Sung." "Bronck grabbed him." "I tried to get to him, but..." "What are you doing?" "When Logan let me in on Eyes Only, he made me promise if anything happened to him," "I'd protect the informant net by making sure the files didn't fall into the wrong hands." "Lot of hard work... gone." " Which he'll regret when he gets back." " Max, he may not be coming back." "Yes, he is, and that scumbag Bronck is goin' down hard." "He gave you the codes and passwords, right?" "Yeah." "What are you gonna do?" "What I always do." "Make it up as I go along." "Say it, like you do on TV." ""Do not attempt... to adjust your set."" "Oh dear, it looks like we're going to have to refry Detective Won Ton." "Do not attempt to adjust your set." "This is a Streaming Freedom Video." "It cannot be traced, it cannot be stopped and it is the only free voice left in this city." "It is him." "The plane will be here in 15 minutes." "We picked up a nice sampler for our friends overseas." "Something for every taste." "Load them up when the plane gets here." " What are you up to, Bronck?" " I thought you had all the dirt on me." "Well, there's just so much of it, it's hard to keep up." "You are going to give me everything you have on my operation." "In fact, you'll give me everything you have, period." "You have the goods on a lot of people." "Could be handy for someone in my line of work." "I've got nothing to give up." "Not any more." "My people are under orders to destroy the informant net if anything happens to me." "Am I supposed to believe that?" "It's the truth." "I can't give you what I don't have." " I'm telling you the truth." " Sayonara." " No!" " (static crackles)" "(Logan's voice) Do not attempt to adjust your set." "This is Streaming Freedom Video." "The cable hack will last exactly 60 seconds." "It cannot be traced, it cannot be stopped, and it is the only free voice left in this city." "(Max) This is Eyes Only speaking to Gerhardt Bronck." "You are holding two of my operatives, Mr Bronck." "I want them back." "(Logan's voice) You will be contacted." "(phone rings)" "That's my phone." "I'm guessing it's for you." "Shut these two up." "Trace the call." "I'm gonna nail this bastard once and for all." " Yes?" " This is Eyes Only." "That's odd." "I have someone here who claims that he's Eyes Only." "It's what my operatives are trained to do, to protect the informant net." "And are they trained to do impressions as well?" " (Logan's voice) I want my operatives." " And I want you off my back." "Turn over all you have on me, call off your hounds, and I'll think about releasing your friends." "Not good enough." "My cable hacks are making it tough for you to do business." "You want them to stop, it's going to cost you a hundred large." "I said I have your friends here." "(Max) And I've got enough on you to put you away for life." "Are you trying to shake me down?" "(Logan's voice) I'm looking to cut a deal." "So, Eyes Only is a playa." "I prefer to think of myself as a businessman, like you." "What about your "Make the world a better place" rap?" "Doesn't pay the bills." "So do we have a deal?" "I got an address." " Let me consider it." " You've got 20 minutes." " Hope you know what you're doin'." " So do I." "Get the files." "Torch the place." "And before you kill him, make sure you gouge his eyes out." "(Bronck) I said I have your friends here." "(Logan's voice) I've got enough on you to put you away for the rest of your life." "You hear that?" "Sounds like an airplane engine in the background." "These guys are rotating their operation through a network of abandoned airstrips." "Question is, which one?" "(Bronck) I have your friends here." "(plane noise gets louder/speech gets quieter)" "Let's go." " (Bronck) I have your friends here." " (plane noise gets louder)" " I have your friends here." " (plane noise gets louder still)" "(chime)" "(Bronck) Let me consider it." "Bling!" " What are you doing in my apartment?" " You're on the wrong floor, Mrs Moreno." " Yeah?" " Yo, Bleed." " Who is this?" " Word." "Bad guys with guns got sent to your place to kill people." " Just givin'you the heads up." " Is that right?" "Good lookin' out." "This 134 Clemson?" " (Bronck) Let me consider it." " (horn sound in background)" " Let me consider it." " Sounds like a foghorn." "Could be Warton airfield, out by the harbour." "What the hell is going on?" "They should have checked in by now." " We are ready to roll." " The money is on the plane." "Meet you there." "Shoot them." "This is the last shipment." "It was nice doing business with you boys." "I've got to stop the plane." "Aren't you forgetting something?" "Our money?" "OK!" "Let's go!" "Do you have a boarding pass?" "Turbulence." "It's gonna be OK." "Hot run. 95 Round Hill Road." "Speaking of hot runs... was that your shugga I delivered to on Kings Road yesterday?" " I said it's a hot run." "Beat it." " Come on, talk to me, Normal." "Original Cindy understands the human heart." "Well, we had a moment, or so I thought, and, uh, it passed." "You liked her, huh?" "Yeah." " What happened, if I'm not out of line?" " Different interests." "I enjoy the company of women, and apparently so does she." "I feel you." "Actually, she asked me to, uh, give you her number." "She found you "alluring", I think was the word." " This bitch is gettin' you to pimp for her?" " I am in the messenger business." "The right one's out there for you somewhere, Normal." "Yeah." "Well, I shouldn't be pouring out my heart on company time." "You better get goin'." "So?" "Damn!" "Normal just gave me that half-a-heifer's phone number." "Well, you gonna call her?" "Uh-uh." "Cos when you get right down to it" "Original Cindy's just too damn straight to kick it with a science-fiction girlfriend." "You were right about Bronck." "Great place, America." "Kid's walking home from school." "Next thing she knows, she belongs to the highest bidder, working in a brothel on the other side of the world." " And Bronck makes a killing every planeload." " And I almost let him get away with it." "The bottom line is, he's out of business." "You did good." "I wish I could have done something about those kids on the plane that other night." "Got a lead they're being held by a middleman in LA." "Got some people on it." "So, do I finally get my Eyes Only secret decoder ring?" "Listen." "I'm sorry about the other night." "L, uh..." "I guess I have been a little too focused on my mission." "I don't know, maybe Eyes Only has been a way of not having to, uh... think about the less pleasant aspects of my life." "Maybe it is a Hallowe'en mask I've been hiding behind." "You don't have to." "Not from me." "I've got everything we need to whip up a pasta tricolore." " I can boil the water." " You can?" "Mm-hm." "(phone rings)" "(Logan) Yeah?" "Word on the Net is he's a weapons dealer?" "OK, this is definitely something Eyes Only's gonna have to get into." "Really?" "When?" "Tonight?" "No, I can't." "I'll have to call you tomorrow." "Yeah." "Bye." "Don't hold up the war on my account." "The world will still be broken in the morning." "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Rob Colling" "ENGLISH SDH" "It's that idiot in 12B." "Where does he get off, thinkin' he can jack our power on bath night?" "Says he needs it for his heater, so his cannabis doesn't die." "Tough." "I'm gonna have a hot bath." "His weed's gonna have to chill." "I mean, we stole the power first." " It belongs to us." " Totally." "Got another date with Mr Multiples?" ""Date" might not be the most exact term." "You think "date", you think of getting dressed up, going somewhere, some wine... a movie." "And then... bad-a-bing." "Yeah." "And?" "Our evening starts off naked, cos all we do is get busy-all night, without pause." "You can't bang the gong for 12 hours." "You can, Max." "You so can." "Well, that's not been my experience." "I mean, men always have to stop and talk." "They need to hear what a good job they're doing." "Then they do this weird cuddle thing." "Not all men." " I gotta meet this guy." " Oh, you've met him." "Really?" "Who?" "I'm not letting you near him." "(phone rings)" "This better be global." " (Logan) Max." " Hey." "Found out where the witness is being held." "355 Montgomery, between Fifth and Sixth." "Got it." "The hit's going down today, so you gotta get over there." "I'm preparing myself mentally for the task at hand." " Where are you?" " I was in heaven, but you're bringing me down to earth with this urgent tone thing." " Are you taking a bath?" " Damn straight." "And it took me an hour to boil 20 pots of water to fill this tub." "I'm going to enjoy it." "Rescuing this witness and keeping him alive to testify tomorrow is the only chance we have of bringing down Mayor Steckler." " I know." " And I don't trust Witness Protection." "I got it covered, Logan." "Nothing's goin' down for at least an hour." "It's not even dark yet." "(hangs up)" "This guy needs to relax." "Right on schedule." "Freeze!" "You all right?" "You interrupted a dream I was having about twins from Portland, the Ba-bing sisters." "(Max) You pull 50 large from your mattress." "I make the call to bring her over." "And I work your face with a pair of pliers for a couple of hours till you tell us where she is." "(man) Bruno..." " Bruno, I thought you were dead." " I thought you were dead." "Ugh!" "Sorry to disappoint." "Oh, great!" "Now I need another bath." "Ooh!" "Meet the courageous citizen who we just saved." "I would just like to go on record as saying I'm unhappy with the treatment I'm receiving." " Say hi to Bruno Anselmo." " I thought you were dead." "I got shot up pretty bad taking' out Sonrisa, thanks to chicky here, but I pulled through." " Shame." " Hey!" "You tricked me into killin' the best boss I ever had." "I was makin' a good livin', breakin' legs." "The next day I wake up in a hospital." "I'm surrounded by cops telling me that if I don't turn into a snitch, I'm a dead man." "You agreed to testify, and they gave you an early burial so no one would come after you." "Why don't you two tell me how you figure into this?" "I got a tip that the chief witness in the murder case against Mayor Steckler, you as it turns out, was gonna get greased." "We didn't want that to happen." " Speak for yourself." " Now, I want you nice and healthy, so you can tell the commission about how Steckler conspired with your boss to keep Cartodiazapine from the vets who needed it." "How 149 people died because of his greed." "Wait a minute." "This is about Sonrisa?" "Didn't we do this months ago?" " We didn't finish the job." " I got enough on Steckler to put him away." "Well, that's assuming we can keep you alive." "You cannot be asking me to baby-sit this dirt bag." "He's the one who put me in this chair." "If I can wrap my head around it, so can you." "What chair?" "Take a look at the fruits of your labour." "You might have an easier time recognising him through the scope of a grenade launcher." "Oh." "Yeah, now I remember." "I did this?" "Yeah." "Sorry." "It was nothing personal, you know." "Could have been worse, right?" "You got a nice pad here." "I appreciate you lettin' me crash here." "I got a safe house for you." "I'm begging you to let me turn him over to the people who wanna grease him." "24 hours." "Let him tell his story, then he can crawl back under the rock he came from." "Some spending money." "Play nice." "So from what I remember, you can hold your breath for a long time." "You know, guys pay a lotta money for that." "And setting me up against Sonrisa?" "I forgive that." "I'll sleep better now." "And I thank you for saving my life back there." "Don't rub it in." "So, um, you and this Logan character, you workin' together, or..." "Bruno, how about you and me take a vow of silence for the next 24 hours?" "Hm?" "Oh, no." "No, this is not working for me." "Argh!" " Excuse me?" " Do you see a TV, huh?" "Do you see a stereo?" "What am I supposed to do for food, huh?" " You're takin' me to a nice restaurant." " You're staying put." "Oh, no." "Not in this dump, I'm not." "No, sir." " Hey, Bruno." " Uh-huh?" "Oh!" "Well, yes, I should have figured you for a little kinkster." "Yeah, I'm game." "Two people, alone in a room for people just passin' through." "It's me." "It's you, lookin' hotter than you've ever looked." "It's like déjà freakin' vu, isn't it?" "Argh!" "Ow!" "That's not a turn-on." "No, no." "Ow." " What'd you do that for?" " Let me connect the dots for you." "There are people that want you dead." "Logan wants to keep you alive." "I am on the fence." "But I'll make sure nothing happens to you until you walk outta that hearing." "That means that you will stay here, even if the accommodations aren't to your liking." "You know you're different, right?" "You're not like other girls." "What do you want on your pizza?" "The works." "But I'm a vegetarian, so I don't want sausage and I don't want pepperoni, and I don't want cheese cos I don't do dairy." " Got a thing for tying up guys, don't you?" " I save it all for you, Bruno." "(gunfire)" "Most people watch home videos to remember the good times." "It's like it happened to someone else." "That is definitely me." " Do you need to put yourself through this?" " And the shooter was Bruno Anselmo." "You're a better man than me... sticking your neck out for the man who did this to you." "We have a situation in the here and now." "That's all that matters." " How'd you get this video tape anyways?" " Money." "What else have I got?" "You gotta scream a little, or you're gonna explode." " What good would that do?" " Might make you feel better." "For how long?" "A minute, five minutes?" "It's a lot healthier than pretending to be the benefactor of the man who tried to kill you." "A normal person might even entertain the idea of revenge." "To what end?" "Bruno's a germ, and there are 10,000 more just like him ready to take his place." "What I have to attack is the disease, not the symptom." "The disease is Mayor Steckler, and Bruno will bring him down." "Now, can I have my remote back, please?" "(gunfire)" "They didn't get him." "They said some girl showed up on a bike and took off with him." "I'm gonna take care of it myself." "Don't worry, I'll find him." "Let's just say he has certain weaknesses." "?" "It ain't all good" "?" "And that's the truth" "?" "Things ain't goin' like you think they should" "?" "It's all on you" "?" "It ain't all good" "Hey, hey, Maxie!" "Ladies, say hi to Maxie." "Maxie, this is Brittannica." "And this is Ling Ling, which is short for something." "Are you a complete idiot, or do you just have a death wish?" "Huh?" "They're trusted associates." "C'mon, kids, put your clothes on." "Bruno's got school in the morning." "Hey, I can't put my life on hold because I'm doing my civic duty and testifying'." "The reason why they call it a safe house is cos nobody's supposed to know where it is." "Who forgot their thong?" "300." "Well, like the duck said to the working girl, put it on my bill." "Sorry, baby, we gotta have the paper." "Well, I kinda didn't get my wallet, cos you grabbed me so fast." "Do you mind payin'?" "I'll pay you back." "I'll get you a lap dance, if you want." "It's my treat." "Ow!" "God, don't do that!" "You and your kinky-kinky lady have a good night." "Oh, I'm sure we will." " We gotta blaze." " You know, you're overreacting." "We gotta find new digs." "You wouldn't have to protect me if you had got me dead back when you tried." "Ow!" " Think there's a lesson in that?" " Yeah, try harder." "(bell rings)" " May I help you?" " Checkin' in." "Name?" " Stark." " Galt." "We just got married." "Congratulations." "No, I don't have anything under either name." "Baby, tell me you remembered to make the reservation." "I thought you were handling that." "Oh, well, I didn't marry her for her brains." "(Bruno groans)" "Can't we just get a room?" "Let me see what I have available." " Oh... too bad the bridal suite's ocupado." " I'm heartbroken." "Your room is right this way." "I should carry you across the threshold for good luck." "You're out of luck." "Oh, now, this is some style." "I'll send your luggage right up." "We don't have any, we're newlyweds." "Who needs clothes?" "Can you tip the young man, honey?" "Listen, can we get a free bottle of champagne or somethin'?" "I'll see what I can do." "Well... this is more like it." "Last room in the place and one bed." "Great!" " We're all adults." "I think we can share." " Yeah, right!" "Well, you take the middle." "I'll take the top." "You get the floor, pal." "Honeymoon's over." "It's all comin' back to me now." "Is that all you've got?" " You pack a big wallop for a little thing." " Silence." " I'm bored." " Watch television." "You won't let me order any movies." "Hose Monkeys: the Next Generation is not a movie." "It's excrement." "Easy." "The leading lady is a personal friend of mine." "Dinner's on its way." "Why don't you take a nap or something till it gets here?" "I can't sleep." "Want me to put you under again?" " I'm gonna take a shower." " Some dirtjust doesn't wash off." "Why don't you come help me?" "(shower trickles)" "Towels are all scratchy!" "There's no water pressure." " We got a problem." " What?" "I'm supposed to protect your boy, only I'm close to killing him." "He turns my stomach." "He's subhuman." "He's..." "A witness in the biggest trial in Seattle history." "Can't we lock him in a trunk for the next 24 hours and put him in your basement?" "Remember the goal here, bringing down Steckler." "I don't have to remind you what he did to your friend Theo." " He died on account of him and Sonrisa." " Like I'd forget." "Then keep your eyes on the prize." "OK." "But you don't have to share a room with the creep." "Why am I not worried about you taking care of yourself?" "The only thing you need to worry about is me snapping' his neck." "Just get him to the courtroom in one piece and able to talk." "Does he need to have all his teeth?" " I'll see you tomorrow." " You owe me for this one, large." "(knock on door)" "Bruno, dinner!" "What's this?" " The gentleman ordered whipped cream." " Here." "Knock yourself out." "You can take that champagne, too." "Honey!" "Dinner!" "Bruno?" "I am entering this room to determine that you are safe and unharmed." "It should in no way be construed by you as..." "The gentleman I checked in with, do you know where he went?" "I called him a cab." "Where's my ten per cent?" "Ten per cent?" "Of what?" "Either I get paid, or you don't work this hotel again." "You puttin' a touch on the workin' girls?" "You think you deserve a piece of the action for sittin' on your can?" "I don't think so." " I can't breathe." " I hear about you shakin' down my sisters," "I'll come back here and slap you like the bitch that you are." " Now, where did my husband go?" " Steel Pole saloon, Eighth and Pender." "Have a nice night." "(rock music)" "15 in the corner." " Slop, man." " It's not slop, I called that." "What the hell are you doing here?" "I'm just teaching this douchebag how to play pool." " What'd you just call me?" " You heard me." "Bartender, I wanna get a vinegar and water for this douchebag over here." "(man) Oh, yeah!" "My wife." "Anybody else want a piece?" "No takers?" "Let's go." " Not bad for a girl." " I was pretending they were you, sweetheart." "It's Johanssen." "Yeah, he was just here." "She's good." "I'm gonna need the team." "I can't reach the phone from here." "No more phones, no more room service, no more showers." "You're gonna go to sleep, and I'm gonna sit here and watch you." "I gotta call my little girl before she goes to bed." "Right!" "And then visit your sick Aunt Mary." " I'm serious." "I gotta call my kid." " You actually have offspring?" "Is it considered Homo sapien?" "Say whatever you want to about me, but don't make any cracks about my girl." "Understood?" " You really have a daughter?" " Yes." "Her name's Annabelle and she's seven." "She doesn't sleep good unless I call her at night." "No way." "If Steckler's goons are sittin' on your family, they'll trace the call." " You must think I'm dumb, huh?" " D'you really want me to answer that?" "I gave my ex a scrambled cell." "Nobody can trace the call." "Thank you." "What's the number?" "8439 - 7836 " "4279 - 43." "This better be real, cos I'm listenin' in." "Hey, Mary Jo, it's me." "I know it's late, I had a bit of a situation." "Is Annabelle still up?" "Can I talk to her, please?" "I promise I won't keep her very long on the phone." "See?" "She waited up for me." "D'you mind going to the ice machine for me?" "Yeah." "I would like a glass of iced water on my bedside table." " So open a vein." " C'mon!" "You got me locked up here." "I'm waiting for my little girl to come to the phone." "Where am I gonna go?" "Hi, sweetheart." "How was school today?" "I'm gonna try and come down there tomorrow and see you." "I got a busy day." "OK." "OK." "Well, I'm gonna be there." "Yeah." "So which story do you wanna hear tonight, sweetie?" "Again?" "OK." "Are you all tucked in?" "All right." "Are you ready?" "In the great green room there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of the cow jumping over the moon." "Can I help you, gentlemen?" "You checking in, orjust visiting a guest?" "Ugh!" "Argh!" "Good night, moon." "Bruno, we gotta get outta here." " Good night, light and red balloon." " Hang up the phone, now!" "Goodbye, chair..." " Let's go!" " I didn't get to the kittens." "(crunch)" "Yes." "Hello, police?" "Argh!" "Oh, God!" "There's a rat!" "Calm down." "It's 10.45am, and even you feckless bums have been working for an hour." "Where is she?" " I resent being called feckless." " Me, too." "What's it mean?" "Where... is..." "Max?" " In the bathroom." " On a run." "If she's not present in the next 15 minutes, she will be without employment." " You tell her that for me." " Normal, I swear I just saw her a minute ago." "Get out of my sight." "Get out of my sight." " Do we have any idea where Max is?" " None." "But we gonna fix that." "(phone rings)" " Hey." " Hey." " Hey." " You got Original Cindy here." "Oh." "Hi." "We already did that." "Do you know where Max is?" "I've been paging her for two hours and she ain't hit me back." "Which is not her stilo." " Max is OK." " That's not what I asked." "Where is she?" " She'll be back at work this afternoon." " If the man don't fire her ass first." "Say she had a medical emergency and she'll bring a note from her doctor." " What you got her doin'?" " It's a favour." "A favour!" "Look, you wanna be international man of mystery, that's your dealio." "But you get my homegirl jammed up, I'm gonna beat on your ass, chair or no chair." " Trust me, Max is OK." " She better be." "Later." "Hi." "I overheard you use the M-word." "Did you enquire as to her whereabouts?" "She's at the doctor's." "The good news is they caught it before it turned into chronic brain dysfunction syndrome." "She'll be in as soon as they're done testing her." "For the love of Mike." "(phone rings)" "Hey." "I've been paging you all morning." "Little run-in at the hotel." "Had to bail and left my pager." " What happened?" " Some goons paid us a visit." " Is he OK?" " Yeah." "I'm OK, too." "Thanks for asking." " You figure 'em for Steckler's people?" " These weren't the same guys as last night." "They were scary." "A lot of players want him dead." "I'll look into it." "I'm in the home stretch with Dumbo here." "See you in court?" "OK." "Max, be careful." "C'mon." "I'm supposed to be at the park in 15 minutes." " What are you talkin' about?" " I promised my kid I'd see her." "You look at me like something people scrape off the bottom of their shoes." "My kid looks at me, she sees her father." " I wanna go see my daughter." " I don't like it." "Eight years of marital pain with a guy like me, you think Mary Jo didn't learn somethin'?" "She can avoid a tail like most wives can make a casserole." "Still, it's risky." "That's why I got myself one kick-ass bodyguard." "Hey, sweetie." "How are you?" "Yahoo!" " Annabelle, my friend Max." " Hey, Annabelle." " Hello." " Shall we go say hi to Mommy?" "OK." " Thanks for bringing her." " Annabelle deserves a father." "Despite everything." " Say hi to Max." " Hi." " Daddy?" " What?" " Push me on the swings." " I'll race you." "Let's go." " So where do you dance?" " Dance?" "You're with my husband, you gotta be a stripper." "The teacher said the moon can't be yellow." "Really?" "Why not?" "She says the sun's yellow." "Hm." "What colour do you want the sun to be?" " Purple." " Purple?" "You know what?" "I think, then, the moon has to be yellow and the sun has to be purple, and that's the way it's gotta be." "Yes?" "Yes?" " Yeah." " OK." "I thought I heard every excuse there was, but bodyguard?" "That's a new one." "It's true." "Your husband has a lot of enemies." "You're talking to one of his biggest." "(Mary Jo) It's not like I care if you're foolin' around, but don't kid yourself, you're not his only bodyguard." "Excuse me." "Bruno!" "Bruno!" "This just came for you." "Oh, great." "Thank you, Bling." "I've been waiting for that." "What is it?" "A security camera from the hotel that Max stayed at last night." " Trigger men looking to kill your witness?" " They don't look like Housekeeping." "What the hell was that?" "That's a good question." "I have no idea." "I think I better go see Sebastian." "(Max) I gotta ask, Bruno." "Why are you doin' this?" "Coming forward, I mean." "I do my part, the cops will forget about me whacking' Sonrisa." "Guy like you?" "There are a million ways to get out from under the beef." " You could just disappear." " Well, I've thought about it." "Your conscience got the better of you." "Three plus decades of being a dirt chute, all of a sudden you have to do the right thing?" "I'm doin' it for Annabelle." "Even though you may never see her again." "She's gotta live her life knowing' who she had for a father." "The very least I wanna do is give her one thing she can point to and say I did good." "Believe me, sir, I understand the importance of this mission." "Once we have her, I'll be in touch." " What's the trouble?" " His arm won't stop bleeding." "Clotting agents are too thin." "(sizzling)" "Get me the girl." "This kinda problem will be a thing of the past." "(voice synthesizer) My guess is they are military." "Ours?" "Probably South African disposables." " Bingo!" " What?" "That's where the implant is inserted." "In the trade, these guys are known as the Red Series." "Yeah, I've heard about 'em." "Soldiers modified to be all they can be." "The implant burrows into the brain stem, blocks the pain receptors so they don't feel anything." "They become hyperadrenalised, which makes them incredibly strong, essentially fearless." "How can their bodies take that kind of punishment?" "They can't." "They burn out in six months." "A year, tops." "The South Africans have been trying to flix the problem by re-engineering their DNA." "Pretty tall order." "They could marry state-of-the-art transgenic science with neural-implant technology, if they can get their hands on a genetically enhanced prototype." "Question is, what are these guys doing in Seattle?" "(siren)" " She may already be inside." " Doesn't mean she's safe." " Max can take care of herself." " Not if she doesn't know what she's fighting." "(Logan) Excuse me." "Excuse me." " My name's Logan Cale." " Press is over there." " I'm covering the hearing." " Closed session." " (cop) Miller, move the crowd back." " Thank you." "Somebody out there's on Steckler's payroll, with a big piece of lead just for you." "I don't care." "I'm still goin' in." "Only not through the front door." "All right." "We are back in session and will hear testimony regarding the alleged involvement of the mayor's office in the Cartodiazapine crisis, which, of course, led to the deaths of 149 Balkan War veterans." "Next witness is Bruno Anselmo." " Is the marshal in the gallery?" " Yes, Your Honour." "I've just received a note indicating that the witness is not ready to appear." "It was our understanding that Mr Anselmo was in protective custody." "Yes, Your Honour, he was." "Until about 16 hours ago." " And what happened?" " We're not exactly sure." "A search is being conducted to determine his whereabouts." "Well, either Mr Anselmo presents himself immediately, or this hearing is concluded." "Call to the stand Mr Bruno Anselmo." "Since Mr Anselmo is not present... we are adjourned." "Your witness." "Sonrisa had the plan." "Sonrisa did the deal." "Mayor Steckler was who made it happen." "He made a chunk of cash off a lotta dead Gls." "Did you ever personally witness Mayor Steckler receive payoffs from Mr Sonrisa?" "Are you kiddin'?" "I put the money in his hands myself." "Ladies and gentlemen, we have just been notified that a bomb threat has been made." "Adjourned until further notice." "Everyone, please exit the building in an orderly fashion." " Let's go." " No." "Seriously, this way." "I'm gonna ask you to move away from the building." "Move away from the building!" "We've got a situation here." "Why am I not surprised you know your way around courthouses?" "Back upstairs." " What the hell are you doing?" "!" " Just holding' up my end of the deal." "See, there's some people in town that are willing to pay large for..." "What d'you call 'em?" " Manticore prototypes." " Yeah." "I know you think I'm dumb, but I'll tell you what I figured out." "Yeah, that's good." "I figure a girl that can run faster than a bullet, and can hold her breath forever and take out guys three times her size, well, I figure she might be one of these, uh..." " What-em-you-call-its." " You figured that out yourself?" "Uh-huh." "I even staged a demonstration in that biker bar." " So now you're all ker-ching." " I got a family to think about." "Bruno, I saved your life." "And I'm grateful, but I'm a bad guy doin' what comes naturally." "It's been fun." "So goodbye, girlie." "Wish I could've thrown a hump into you." "You have two choices." "You can come quietly." " Bite me." " Or not." "You should've brought more guys." "Gentlemen..." "Check the other side." "Bruno!" "Bruno, where's Max?" "(gunshot)" "One at a time, boys." "There's enough ass-kicking to go around." "Now you're pissing me off!" "She only got away because someone helped her." "It won't happen next time." "Yeah." "Even better than we thought." "She's stronger, faster and well trained." "We just need some time to regroup, figure out our next move." "But we'll get her." "Don't worry." "We've got a lead." "(TV) Mayor Leopold Steckler is expected to be indicted on 149 counts of murder." "The most damning testimony was from Bruno Anselmo, who was felled by gunmen only moments after his testimony." "Why is it that the good die young?" "City and state offiicials hail Anselmo as a courageous man who paid the ultimate price for justice." " He got what he wanted." " Hm, a bullet in the chest?" "Something his kid could point to and say he did good." "Argh!" "They got you good." "I need to get my ass kicked once in a while." "Just to keep me real." " These guys aren't going away, Max." " Kinda pesky like that." "Max..." "You don't have to tell me to be afraid." "I'm already there." "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Adrian Isaac" "ENGLISH SDH" "(cheering)" "Remind me not to get on your bad side." "How much you win?" " We weren't playin' for money." " You killed yourself like that for nothin'?" "Must be a guy thing." "So what d'you wanna talk to me about?" " Don't worry about it." "Changed my mind." " About what?" "My cousin's wedding's tomorrow." "I was gonna ask you to be my date." " I'm busy anyway." "Have a good time, though." " Hey!" " I'm not goin'." "Didn't I just say that?" " Not exactly." "Why are you ballin' out?" "If you knew my father's side of the family..." "It's not like Bennett can't ask one of his brothers to be best man." " Best man!" " Yeah." "He knows it'll make his father angry." "That's my Uncle Jonas, who regards me as the black sheep of the family, I guess you could say." " So you really can't come?" " You said you weren't going." "How can I not?" "Are you dehydrated or something?" "Cos you're not making much sense." " Think you can get out of your plans?" " My plans?" "Sure, sounds like fun." "I wouldn't go that far." "These aren't your peeps." "They pride themselves on being snooty." "Don't talk to me about snooty." "With my DNA, I'm nearly a blood relative to everybody who's been anybody-ever." "Winston Churchill, Einstein, Pocahontas." "I should mention this is gonna be a formal affair." "Not a problem." "(?" "Piano music)" "You hear stories about places like this, but damn!" "It's like the Pulse never happened." " (Max) What do you think?" " (Original Cindy) Uh-uh." " I love weddings." " Never been to one." "Seriously?" "!" "There is nothing more romantic than two people pledging their hearts to each other till the day they die." "Makes me incredibly horny." "No, thank you." "Knocking the boot with the same person for the rest of your life?" " I'm not even tryin' to hear that." " You are so gonna have a good time." "Perfect." "I wonder how much cheddar they want for this bitch." " Logan's paying for this, right?" " It's not like he's my sugar daddy." " Why not?" " Can I help you?" " We're just browsing." " How much is this?" " Six." " Hundred?" "Thousand." "It's an imported Raphael Banks original." "Now, that's just stupid." "Could you put this on hold?" "I'm gonna come back for it later." " Of course." " Thank you." "Good night." "I'll let myself out when I finish up." "OK." "What a girl has to go through to look good." "I'm still wanted by the cops on that Makioka thing." "No way I'll try to get past a checkpoint with a hot painting." "(knock on door)" "It'll be there in two hours." "Relax." "This is me you're talkin' to." "Chill." "(knock on door)" "Jam Pony messenger." "I got a package goin' to 435 Bledsoe." "Look at me." "Are you lookin' at me?" " With both eyes." " This is a very important package." "You make sure it gets to where it's supposed to go." "It's what the man pays me to do." "Make sure." "I'll guard it with my life." "Hey, hey, hey!" "That's enough!" "How many times I gotta tell you people?" "This is a place of business." "C'mon, Normal, they're just foolin' around!" " All right, idiots." "Let's get back to work." " What did you just call me?" "I just called you all idiots." "It's from the Greek idiotes." "As in "one who is afflicted by idiocy, a feeble-minded person having a mental age not exceeding three years."" " Who do you think you are, talkin' like that?" " Your boss." "Now bip-bip-bip." "I want an apology." " Is that right?" " Now." "(sighs)" "All right, perhaps I was unduly harsh calling you people idiots." "When in fact you're morons." "From the Greek moros." "As in "feeble-minded or mental defective having an age of between eight and twelve, capable of doing menial tasks under supervision." Now get outta my sight, or you're all fired." "It'll be here any minute." "Didn't he just tell me it'd be here any minute a minute ago?" "Yes, Mr Duvalier." "That's what he said." "And yet my Rockwell still isn't here." " No, Mr Duvalier." " Don't worry, you'll have it." "I got a plane to catch to Singapore tonight, and if that Rockwell doesn't arrive in time and I disappoint my buyer, then you is a dead man." "(knock on door)" "Hi." "Jam Pony messenger." "Need a signature here..." " There you go, baby." " What'd I tell you?" "It's what I been waitin' for." "My baby." "What the hell is this?" " Hey." " Hey." "Can I help you?" " Yeah." "Is Max around?" " Yeah." "She's in the, uh... (? "Moving With U" by Q-Tip)" "?" "I suit you the way that 'chu want" "?" "Hey, hey, hey, the way that 'chu want" "?" "It caught me the way that 'chu want" "?" "Hey, hey, hey, the way that 'chu want" "?" "I suit you the way that 'chu want" "?" "Hey, hey, hey, the way that 'chu want" "?" "It got me the way that 'chu want" "?" "Hey, hey, hey, the way that 'chu want" "You clean up nice." " So do you." " Shall we?" "Sure." "?" "I suit you the way that 'chu want" "?" "Hey, hey, hey, the way that 'chu want" "?" "It got me the way that 'chu want" "?" "Hey, hey, hey, the way that 'chu want" "My speech for the toast, do you mind running through it?" " You seem nervous." " I'm no good with public speaking." "You deliver cable hacks to millions of people." "It's different." "There's no one around, just a camera." "There's no family waiting for you to screw up so they can talk about it." " Why do you care?" " I don't." "Whatever." " Shoot." " OK." "Marriage is an act of daring, which requires that we be brave enough to promise ourselves..." "You see, that's what I don't get." "How can you promise you're gonna love someone forever?" "Well, it's a declaration of intent, a vow." "You took it and look how that turned out." "You and Uncle Jonas are gonna get along famously." "Maybe weddings should be held in secret." "That way, when the marriage falls apart, you haven't spent a whole lotta loot on what was just a big old public humiliation." "It requires we entrust our most secret inner selves to them." " When Bennett first told me about Marion..." " Marianne." " What?" " Marianne." "You said Marion." " Which is it?" " It says Marianne." "You don't know the bride's name?" "I've never met her." "God!" "Can I see the ring?" "Wow!" "Good clarity, colourless." "I could fence this for ten thou, easy." "Hi." "Sorry, we're closed." "I invite you to come back during business hours." "My boss was expecting a package." "You sent the wrong one." "Those are blueprints for a meat packing plant, not his painting." "I don't know what to tell you." "My records show this is your package." "Check it again." "Listen, if your boss wants to file a complaint, have him fill this out, OK?" "Get back to me." "Tell him yourself." "Tear this place apart." "(Normal groans)" "Are you OK?" "I'm so happy for them." "(? "Here Comes The Bride')" "Poor thing." "Reminds me of the look on Jondy's face during live ordnance drills." "I wonder if that's terror or grim determination." "Oh, well, it's her life." "I, Bennett, take you, Marianne, to be my lawfully wedded wife." "You are my one true love, my light." "When I was afraid, you were always there." "You were brave enough for the both of us." " (Max) He sounds sincere enough." " And when I couldn't see, you were always there to guide me home again." "I, Marianne, take you, Bennett, to be my lawfully wedded husband." "We come from different worlds, but our love is strong enough to build a bridge." " (Max) Her too." " I promise to cherish you always, without..." " They look so... happy." " All the angels in heaven witness my vow." "By the power vested in me by the military command of the State of Washington," "I now pronounce you husband and wife." " Oh, that is so sweet!" " (minister) You may kiss the bride." "There you go, dear." "(?" "Cocktail jazz)" "Your uncle's got a nice spread." "Where'd he make all his dough?" "Off the misery of others." "Every Hoverdrone in North America requires this one chip in order to fly." " My uncle manufactures that chip." " So in other words, we're in enemy territory." " Mm." " When do we get the cake?" "In a wheelchair, you can't turn your back on someone and hope they won't recognise you." " Junior!" " Hello, dear." "Hi." "Uncle Jonas, Aunt Margo." "This is Max." " Max...?" " Guevara." "Guevara?" "Of the Greenwich Guevaras." "(Jonas) I don't recall there being any Guevaras in Greenwich." "But the world's goin' to hell in a handbasket, so who knows?" "One thing you can say about Normal is at least he knows who he is." "A constipated, crusty, angry, rhythm-free, Republican white man." "No, I myself struggle with self-identity." "Wiggy, you trippin'." "No, I'm serious." " It's Normal." " Speak of the devil." "He's asking for you." "He sounds upset." "Talk." "Go." "Herbal, drop some of that I and I science on Wiggy." "Don't let him have no more beer." "You callin' during' personal time, you better be callin' to apologise." "Otherwise, I'm hangin' up on your ass." "There's a gun pointed at my head." "You do what you gotta do, but if you askin' my advice on how to end it all, put your head in the oven or go the sleeping' pill route." "Maybe I'm not making myself clear." "There are men here with guns-boom, boom - who intend to kill me if I don't... if we don't find their package, which has apparently been misplaced." "I need your help." " What's in it for me?" " Money." "Lots of it." "Ten bucks." "All right, make it 20." "I want an apology to every messenger at Jam Pony." " Yeah, yeah." "Sure, sure." " And I want it in writing." "And I don't ever wanna hear the words "bip-bip-bip" again." "That's..." "You'll never hear another "bip" out of my cakehole as long as I live." "OK." "What's the dealio with the package?" "Still writing those little articles of yours?" " Yes, as a matter of fact." " Any plans in getting a real job, or are you content to dine at the family money trough for the rest of your life?" " I enjoy my work." " Since Junior here won't listen to me, maybe you can use your charms to persuade him to do something with his life." "Junior's doing just fine." "If you're shacked up with him, you're probably one of those freethinkers, too, and think I'm talking through my hat." "Not unless you wear your hat on your ass." "Oh, there's Bennett and Marianne." "Excuse me." "Enjoy the party." " Sorry." "I had to do that." " It's fine." "Another highball and he won't even remember meeting you." " Did you notice the locket Aunt Margo had?" " Yeah." "Hm." "That was my mother's." "My father gave it to her the day I was born." "She never took it off." "Before she died she told me that she wanted me to have it, to remember her by, but... when I went looking for it in herjewellery box, it was gone." " You're gonna ask for it back." " No." "It'll just cause too big a deal." "And with all the denials and excuses and lies and recriminations, it's easier to let it slide." "The great and powerful Eyes Only is gonna let himself get crapped over by his family?" " I need another drink." " Knock yourself out." "Logan." "Daphne!" "Are you sure you brought it back here after you picked it up?" " I don't remember." " Don't make me smack you." "The only thing that I know for sure is that I can be relied upon to be unreliable." "In many respects, Normal's right." "I'm an idiot." "He's the idiot." "Normal switched the contents of the packages after the sword fight." " It's the only explanation." " You mean I'm not an idiot?" "Let's not go that far." "Now, who delivered the other mail tube?" "(Logan laughs)" "Max, say hi to Daphne, my, uh..." "old friend." "We went to Yale together." " Oh." " Hi." "She's an amazing artist." " Really?" " Mm-hm." "I've been meaning to tell you how lovely that dress looks on you." " Thank you." " I lusted after it myself, but saw the price tag and got sticker shock." "I'll have to stick with my Allegra Versace for another decade." "(phone rings)" "Excuse me." "That's the dealio." "Packages got switched." "I'm outside the place you made the drop at." "Can I ask you one question?" "Why exactly are we helping Normal?" "Original Cindy don't like the man neither, but that don't mean she wanna see him shot." "Yeah, I suppose." "You remember anything about this Angelo Biondello you made the drop to?" "No clue." "Why?" "Cos the building's locked, ain't nobody to let me in." " So break in." " Break into the building?" "Yeah." "If Biondello's office is closed, slim-jimmy your way in." "I am not committing felony breaking and entering, even to save Normal's life." "Besides, even if I could, probably just get lost anyway." "I'm on my way." " You went to Billy's prom?" "You never said." " Yeah." "Was I supposed to?" " Yeah." " Logan?" "If it's any consolation, I wore a different dress." "I have to deal with some gangsters trying to kill my boss." "OK." "Lucky Billy." "As I recall, that dress was impossible to unzip." "You bad boy!" " Can I help you?" " Oh, found 'em." "Sorry to pull you away from your do, boo." "No problem." "Look at you flossin' in a dope riz-ide." "All right." "Stay here and keep an eye out." " What are you gonna do?" " Try not to wrinkle this dress." "Cinderella's gotta return it in the morning." " Hey." " Argh!" " What do you think you're doing?" " Listening to The Lion King for the last time." " You almost got yourself killed!" " Well, that's kinda the point." "This was supposed to be my big break, but the plans never got here." "Client left in a huff." "I got fired." "Now I'm gonna lose my house, my wife, my little girl." "You have a wife and a kid and you're about to take a header into the No Parking zone?" "!" " My job!" " It's just ajob." "Get over it." " Now tell me where the painting is." " I threw it out." "It's probably in the Dumpster." "Wait!" "You're a messenger, aren't you?" "Yeah." "Well, I've never been a believer, but you coming here personally to straighten me out, thank you." "I'll see about getting you those plans back." "Logan, um, should I be worried about this toast you're giving?" "Details of your bachelor party are safe with me." "(sighs)" "Hey." "Zip me up." "Logan." "His speech!" "Attention!" "Logan's gonna give the first toast." "(clears throat)" "Got a 911 delivery from Jam Pony." "Upstairs." " I can't believe they came through for me." " You thought they were gonna let you die?" "Yes." "Actually, they don't like me too much." "I can understand that." "It's about time." "Bip..." "Never mind." "OK." "Can I go?" "You actually thought you could lay a phoney off on me, huh?" "Well, if that's a forgery, then I'm a victim here too, OK?" "Look, I had the original, OK?" "I swear." "Either my partner stabbed me in the back, or these guys are players." "Hey, I'm just the messenger." "We found your package." "Now let my boy go." "Cos believe me, he ain't no playa playa." "Know what the word "defenestration" mean?" "Isn't that when you cut all the trees down?" "Nah." "(Arnie) Oh, no." "No, no." "Argh!" "Now, that's defenestration." "I don't care what you do to get that painting', but if it's not in my hands in the next two hours, then he next." "Uh... marriage is an act of desperation." "Uh... daring." "It's an act of daring." "And, uh, it-it requires, really... that we be foolish enough to promise ourselves to another." "Brave enough." "Not foolish." "It's brave." "Brave." "When Bennett first told me that, uh... that he'd fallen in love with... the beautiful, wonderful woman, uh..." " (mouths silently)" " Marianne," " (mouths)" " I told him that... (mouths) he was lucky to have found someone to share his life with." "(mouths)" "They crossed paths by fate, but became partners by choice." "And together, they are embarking on the greatest adventure two people can share." "(polite applause)" "I was kinda worried there but it was really good." "Thanks." " Nice speech." " Thanks for comin' to the rescue." "Better late than never." " Where were you anyway?" " Long story." " So about Daphne..." " So about the dress..." " You stole it?" " I borrowed it." "An old girlfriend?" " Yes, actually." "Borrowed it from whom?" " Store downtown." "Were you guys serious?" "We were engaged." "You gonna return it?" "None of your business." "Why'd you break up?" " None of your business." " (Jonas) Junior!" "(phone rings)" "No." "I'm not familiar with the term "defenestration"." "Ouch." "Forgery, huh?" "And where'd Sketchy make the pick-up?" "I always wondered why Daphne and Logan broke off their engagement." "He double-crossed the guy who was defenestrated." "Logan certainly needs a woman to take care of him." "Poor thing." "Handsome as ever, though." "And Daphne looks like she's finally ready to settle down." " 7B." "I'll meet you there." " Interesting to see who catches the bouquet." "So what's the dealio with this catching the bouquet?" "Whoever gets it's supposed to marry the man of her dreams." "Some kinda bent heterosexual thing." "D'you know where the guy is that lives here?" " He moved out." " You know where he went?" "No." "Must've hit it big at the track or somethin'." "Took off for the airport in a limo, with three girls who weren't wearing' much at all." "(laughter)" "I said "You gotta do me first." Know what I'm sayin'?" "(woman) Yeah." "I need your attention cos I got somewhere else I gotta be." "What did you do with it?" "Do I know you girls?" "I didn't know he was into scenarios." "How much is he paying you for this?" " Where's the real painting?" " I don't know what you're talkin' about." "Let me fill in the blanks." "You went up for auction and double-crossed your partner." "You're skipping town with the cash, only your flight was delayed, so here you are in a mo-mo with your little playmates, waiting for the fog to lift." "Look, whoever you are, you got it all wrong." "Here, let me do this, boo, so you don't mess up your dress." "Hey!" "OK." "Where's the real painting?" "I sold it to this Korean ship captain." "The big guy over there, Kim Somebody, is a connoisseur." " Wanted it for the presidential palace." " Let's go." "Nothin' like a room full of flat-assed white girls to get your mind off of defenestration." " Nice locket." " Oh, thank you." "Logan, we gotta talk." "It's important." "Excuse us." " You're sure Runyon sold it to the Koreans?" " That's what he said." "People are carving' up the culture and shipping it to the highest bidder." "It's what thieves do, it's commerce." "Don't take it personally." "Well, I remember when that Rockwell was stolen, along with a Jackson Pollock and a Nancy Kintisch." "The Pollock wound up in Johannesburg, the Kintisch in Riyadh." "Normal's gonna wind up dead if you don't hurry up." "I got a military transport, Republic of Korea, docked in Elliot Bay, sailing in about an hour." "Is it OK if Original Cindy hangs out with you and your peeps?" " I guess." "Why?" " If I take out a bunch of military personnel, she might catch on that I'm a genetically enhanced killing machine." "We can't let this guy take off with that painting." "Gimme a call when you..." " Find out where's it's at?" " I got it covered." "I need a favour." " See that girl over there?" " Uh-huh." "That's Logan's ex." " I got your bag." " Thanks, boo." "You got smooth moves, boo." "(safe dial clicks)" "(tumbler falls into place)" "(tumbler falls)" "(tumbler falls)" "(tumbler falls)" "Me love you long time?" "(alarm rings)" "Where's my boss?" "I hope he hasn't been too much trouble." "My Rockwell." "They can go." "Wait." "I want the other package." " The one that was delivered by mistake." " Uh, Max?" "We're professionals, right?" "Thank you for usin' Jam Pony." "I know you kids aren't particularly fond of me, which is why it was especially touching that you'd go out on a limb for me like you did," " And I just wanna say, I thank you." " Normal?" " Yes, Max?" " Get outta the car." "And drop this off on your way home." "OK." "(?" "Cocktail jazz)" " Mission accomplished." " Where's the painting?" " I gave it to Duvalier." " You did what?" "What was I supposed to do?" "He was gonna kill Normal." "Fine, but we can'tjust let this guy swing with a Rockwell." "It's a piece of American culture." "Why does everything always have to turn into a cause with you?" "Look, I stood there and watched them ship the Baseball Hall of Fame to Kyoto." "The Sultan of Brunei crated up the Statue of Liberty and took it." " (woman) Girls, are you ready?" " One day this depression will be over..." "(excited shrieks)" "(disappointed sighs)" "You were saying?" "I was saying, one day this depression will be over, and when it is, it would be nice if there was something left." "Normal heard Duvalier talkin' about flippin' it over to some dude in Singapore." "Tonight, except the airport's closed." "Just reopened." "I need you to get out to the international terminal." "I haven't even had my cake yet." " Where are you going?" " I'll meet you there." "I gotta run an errand." "Waste of good mojo, if you ask me." "Original Cindy ain't lookin' for no husband." "What do you say we go shoot some pool?" " All right with me, girl." " All right." "I just wanted to say goodbye." "I had an absolutely divine time." "Oh, goodbye, dear." "She's a Guevara." "Of the Greenwich Guevaras." "Please tell him when you see him." "Always happy to help Eyes Only." "Hm." "Arrived an hour ago." "Apparent suicide." "Yeah." "Actually, he was murdered." "I'm guessing the autopsy report is going to conclude the cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head." "I'm sorry." "Man, watch where you're goin', or I'll break both of your arms." "(beeping)" "Would you gentlemen step over here, please?" "I got a plane to catch to Singapore in 20 minutes." " Please, step aside." " What's the problem, Officer?" "What you lookin' for?" "Man, that ain't mine." "Not bad." "You framed him for a murder he actually did commit." "While your uncle was sloshed, you brought a killer to justice and saved an art treasure." "Maybe it's time you brought him up to speed that you're not the family failure." "I could be the Messiah and walk on water, and he'd still say "Why can't you fly?"" "For whatever reason, he needs to see me as a loser." "Shame." "Well..." "I'm lucky to have him." "He's a good reminder of what I don't want to become." " So about Daphne..." " So about the dress..." "You first." "She dumped me, outta the blue." "And I guess I didn't want you to know." "She never gave me a reason." "Maybe that's why I was talking to her, to find out why." "Did you find out?" "Not really." "Though I gotta say, the way she was hangin' with Original Cindy," " That might be a clue." " It's a large life." "Yes, it is." "So about the dress." "I knew you were all bent out of shape about going to this thing." "I didn't want you to worry about a date that didn't fit in." "I wouldn't want you to fit in with that crowd." "Anyway..." "Still, I'm returning it." "Don't do that." "I want you to keep it." "Logan Cale, protector of all that is good and true, advocating larceny?" "No." "I'll call the store and have them charge it to me." " Forget it." "It's a waste of money." " No, it's not." "You look beautiful in it." "In fact, you were the most beautiful woman there." "And you're absolutely right about Aunt Margo." "I'm gonna get in her face about that locket." "After all, it was my mom's." " How did you...?" " Genetically engineered pickpocket." "Thank you." "Cinderella better get home." "Don't make any plans for Easter." "You don't wanna miss Uncle Jonas in his giant bunny outfit." "Ow!" "Ow!" "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Adrian Isaac" "ENGLISH SDH" " Feel that?" " Yep." "Ouch." "That?" "No, Sam, cos you didn't touch me." "My guess is we're dealing with phantom sensation." "So how do you explain the fact that last night I moved my toe?" "Not a lot, but it moved." "Show me." "Logan, spinal-nerve damage does notjust heal itself." "Not ever." "I'm telling you, this isn't something I'm imagining." "I looked at the results of your blood work last night." "And I did find something... well, unusual." "You have pluripotents circulating in your bloodstream." " What are pluripotents?" " They're undifferentiated stem cells." "It's what an embryo develops from." "They can become any type of cell in the body." "Usually we only see them in the first few weeks after conception but for some reason... your blood is coursing with them." "Maybe these cells are regenerating what's been damaged." "I don't wanna speculate about something I can't understand." " Yeah, but isn't it possible..." " Anything is possible." "I'm not..." "I'm not telling you not to have hope." "But, as your doctor, I have a responsibility to give you the medical facts." "I'm getting out of that chair, Sam." "I'm gonna hold a good thought for you on that." "In the meantime, we'll run more tests." "We'll see what we're dealing with here." "Ow!" "Only my doctor tells me I'm imagining that it hurts." "He has a medical degree." "You think he's wrong?" "He can shove his medical degree." "I know he's wrong." "You did this, Max, when you transfused me." "Revved-up Manticore blood's the only explanation." "We're designed to recover from injuries fast." "Makes sense we'd have surplus stem cells." "Which I believe is what's repairing the nerve damage and reversing the atrophy in my legs." "All that from one transfusion." " Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" " I'm game." "I'm ready." "I found freedom in service." "(both) You have served well." "No regrets." "(both) No regrets." "The girl." "Find her." "He only lasted six months." "He knew the risk when he took the implant." "You all did." "You said a year." "I said you'd be paid for a year, whether you lasted that long or not." "Look, you want to live?" "You find the Manticore girl." "We give you her DNA and you can tolerate the implant for years, serve out your contracts and retire rich men." "They got a partial number off her pager." "They're working on the rest." " What's taking so long?" " Its memory was lost when it was damaged." "The only way to get the data is to run a quantum scan so they can reconstruct the LCD read-out." "It's time-consuming." "Once they get the number, we'll track down the person that called her last." "We set up on that person." "Let them lead us to the Manticore girl." "And this time... she won't get away." "(Cindy) What's up, my brother?" "(speaking very clearly) Good morning, my sister." "Sketchy, my brother." " You all right?" " I am very well, thank you." "Forget to put water in the bong, boo?" "You talkin' strange." "I am practising speaking more clearly." "What's wrong with the way you talk when you don't sound ridiculous?" "My woman tells me that it's difficult for some people... many people... to understand me." "Who doesn't overstand you besides Normal, who's an idiot?" "Many people." "Most people." "(phone rings)" " My woman." " (Normal) Jam Pony." "Don't be losin' your flava cos fools ain't got ears to hear." "It's gonna be a sad day in Babylon when you start sounding like some haircut in a suit." "I told you this is a place of business, not your answering service." " Does that mean I got a call?" " Yes." "Make it brief." "Yeah?" "That's me." "Hot run, 1298 Chapel." "You serious?" "Course I'm still interested." "Today?" "Sure." "Yes, and thank you." "In a dark world, that sounded like some good news." "Remember that Mr Sivapathasundaram dealio when we thought we'd get fired?" " It's our finest hour." " Yes." "I saw this "help wanted" ad and filled out an application just in case." "That was them." "They want me to start this afternoon." "You got ajob?" "A real job?" "Do you get to keep your clothes on?" "I'm going to be doing telemarketing." "Selling insurance." " For?" " Death and dismemberment." "As long as there's misery in the world, might as well be an upside." " Kind of how I saw it." " Way to go." "Yeah, and when you get your foot in the door you could use your influence to get us out of this hellhole." "You have got Original Cindy's word on that." "(Normal) Let's go!" "This is not a warehouse for human flesh!" "Let's go!" "Get to work." " Normal." " What?" "There's something I've wanted to say to you since the day I started working here." "I quit." " Is that right?" " I thought it over for a good 12 seconds and decided it's in my own long-term best interest to get the hell up out of here." "Well, I am so pleased." "One less disrespectful, loudmouth, deadbeat hooligan to ruin my day." "The door's that way." "(whistles) Let's get back to work." "The things you learn to put up with when you have to." "Later, my peeps." "I gotta clean out my locker, bomb home... and dress for success." "See you at Crash tonight?" "You can tell us all about your first day." "Bye, boo." "I'm ready." " You understand the risks involved?" " I'll take my chances." "You know what to do." "You're one of us now." "Our friends back home got the rest of the number off the girl's pager." "Last call she got came from this address." "(man) Cindy?" " Where's the girl who lives here?" " You just missed her." "Know where she went?" " Tell me." " Said something about landing a new job." "Washington Meridian Insurance, I think it was." "(cracking)" "(woman) So have you worked in insurance before?" "(Cindy) Technically, no." "But remember back in school when you used to play the dozens?" " I'm sorry?" " You know, trading' insults." "Like "your breath's so bad, when people call you on the phone they hang up."" "I happen to be blessed with mad verbal skills." "Kids used to pay me cash money to come up with dis they could use." "So, in a way, I guess you could say I sold insurance against catastrophic tongue failure." "Maybe you'd better familiarise yourself with this." "It's our standard sales pitch." "Our manager, Mr Petrick, likes us to stick to the script." "No problem, sugar." "Here's the schedule of benefits for our policy." "Memorise it so you can answer any questions customers might have." "A'ight." "Well, I have to run to the bank for Mr Petrick." "When I get back we'll set you up with some numbers so you can start cold calling." "OK?" " OK." " OK." ""Ever worried what might happen to you or your dependants if you were left unable to work due to a disfiguring accident?" "Well, worry no more."" "No!" "Easy." "Easy." "Easy." "Honey, I'm home!" "(man) Jeez, gimme the handcuffs, quick." "No, keep still." "Let me do it." " Let her go!" " Hey, take it easy." "You think you're gonna shake us down, Walter?" "Think again!" "Max." "Max, let him go." "It's not like that." "Walter, honey, why don't you put on your pants?" " Tell me this isn't happening." " It's happening." "It's been happening, and with any luck it's gonna keep happening." "This is the guy who used to shake us down once a month for 600 bucks." " He's changed." "He's a different man." " How?" "A few weeks ago we ran into each other at Dunkin' Donuts." "He apologised for the way he took our money." "We got to talking and I started to see there was more to him than I'd ever realised." " He's sweet and kind and funny." " And married, as I recall." "Which is why I kept things platonic." "Until his wife took off with some kid on a skateboard." "Poor guy." "Max, I am crazy about him." "But I thought things with this Mr Multiples guy was getting really serious." "Max, Walter is Mr Multiples." " Seventh floor is vacant and secure." " (radio) Roger that." "See you later, cupcake." "Pearl of a girl here." "(whistles)" "(Cindy) May I speak to Caroline Berrisford?" "I'm from Washington Meridian Insurance." " We have a one-time offer." " (click) ...the security of knowing you will be looked after in the event of a disfiguring accident..." " (click)" " You are entitled to a $50,000 payout if you were to lose both eyes, both legs and both arms, unless a functional prosthetic can be attached to any vestigial stump." " (click) - $25,000 if you lose an eye and a leg or both eyes and a hand." "If you sign up now you can take advantage of an offer that won't cost you an arm and a leg." "A few questions?" "Sure." "What do you wanna know?" "Excuse me?" "How much if you lost your what?" "What am I wearing?" "!" "Freak!" "(phone rings)" "(Logan) You've reached the number you dialled." "(Max) Hey, Logan." "Pick up the phone." "It's me." "Just called to see how you're doing." "I'm headed to Crash to meet some friends." "Thought you might wanna come." "But you're out, probably saving the world." "Or maybe it's your bowling night." "Anyway, hope you're doin'good." "Call me." "She's hittin' it with the po-po?" "Getting kinky with the handcuffs?" "Do you mind?" "I'm trying to purge that image from my memory." "Original Cindy can understand the power of a well-starched uniform." "I once had me a girlfriend that was 100 per cent US Marine." "Damn, she was fine in her dress blues." "Ten-hut!" "He's twice her age." "Original Cindy can understand the allure of maturity." "I once had a girlfriend who had a daughter that was older than me." "She was fine, too." " Which got kinda complicated..." " Will you stop?" "All I'm sayin' is it takes all kinds to make a world." "This cop moves Kendra's furniture, who are we to judge?" "It's just everywhere I look, people keep changin' on me." "Kendra's knockin' boots with a guy whose coffee I spat in, you're makin' a getaway from Jam Pony hell, and Logan's..." "I don't know." "What?" "Your squeeze giving you a hard time, sugar?" "No." "It's just his... possibilities are expanding." " And he's not my squeeze." " Is he kicking' it with someone else?" "No, it's all good." "It's just all... different." "Boo, you dwelling too much on things that ain't party-related." " You know what you need?" " A pitcher of beer." "Read my mind." " So how much you rake in today?" " Nothing." "As in zip, zero, nada." "(speaking clearly) You mean you worked hard all day with no compensation whatsoever?" " Are you OK?" " Brother man's just havin' an identity crisis." "Anyway, the dealio with this job is it's a commission-type situation." " I followed the script straight up." " And no sale?" "Not even a nibble." "I even code-switched, pulled way back on the flava." "That's the problem." "You're not being yourself." "I don't know, boo." "Sister girl want the scrilla, peeps gotta feel what she's puttin' down." "The next round's on me." "(horn sounds)" "You..." "But why?" "Why me?" "Help us live." "(Sebastian through voice synthesizer) Why are they after you?" "(Max) Road rage." "I cut them off in traffic." "(Sebastian) Has to be because you're a biosynth." "My guess is Manticore." "Judging from your age, an X5." "One of the 12 that escaped." "How do you know so much about us?" "I have a lot of time on my hands to research all the good conspiracy theories." "How about instead you clue me in on why these guys are seriously after my ass." "They've been told by their handlers that your genetic code can prolong their life spans." "Rumour is they're looking to create a new generation of soldiers that can tolerate the implant longer." "My guess is they want you so they can harvest your ova." "Like being a girl isn't hard enough." "They want me to be mommy to a whole army of these guys." "In a generation, they'd have themselves a perfect warrior." "(Sebastian) And wouldn't have to recruit from their prison population." "The Reds are convicts?" "Fresh off death row." "A commuted sentence in exchange for becoming one of these soldiers." "More like a stay of execution until the implant kills them." "Why don't they remove it before they burn out?" "(Sebastian) The implant rewires neural pathways." "(Logan) So they can't survive without the interface." "Bottom line-how do I fight these guys?" "Manticore genetics are impressive, but in direct combat, there is no warrior equal to the Red Series." "Got it." " You lost the implant?" "!" " We lost a man." "A second man." "Have you any idea what that thing is worth?" " Did you hear me?" "A man died." " More of you will die if you don't get the girl." "Even if we do, how do we know it's not already too late for us?" "Maybe you'd rather be back on death row." "Let's see, you'd be dead by lethal injection almost eight months now." "Why don't you just go ahead and kill me?" "It's something you enjoy." "You're really good at it." "But you wouldn't dare, because that'd be suicide." "The one you followed to the Manticore girl." "Did she know you were on her tail?" " No." " Good." "Then she can still be useful." "Hello?" "Is this Mr Rogelio Riquelme?" "Do you worry what might happen if you were unable to work due to a disfiguring accident?" "No, no, don't hang up." "Do not hang up this phone." "I know you're a busy man, sugar, but let me keep it real for y'all." "You lose an arm or a leg and Washington Meridian Insurance is gonna drop 20 large on whatever's left of your ass, which is better than nothin', a'ight?" "Is that your seed I hear crying' his little head off?" "What's his name, boo?" "What's little Rogelio and the baby's momma gonna do if you stone-cold dead?" "No daddy, no dolla-dolla." "Unless you step to me and plan for that child's future." "Cos Original Cindy's got you covered all over like foundation make-up on a drag queen." "(door bursts open)" "What can I do for you girls?" "Here's a question." "How'd they know you were at Crash?" " I don't know." " That's a problem." "Little accident." "How you feelin'?" " OK." " Did the transfusion help?" "Any change?" "If there was, don't you think you'd be the first one to know?" "(pager bleeps)" " It's Original Cindy." "Can I use your phone?" " Please do." " (Cindy) Washington Meridian." " How goes it in the concrete jungle?" "You know, you know." "I speak my word and the peeps just give me all they money." "Listen, boo, there's a new club opening tonight and I got some love with security." "Swing by here and pick me up and we'll get our drink on." "Tonight's no good." "But you gotta come meet my new hot boy, Carlito." " Carlito?" " He a fine-ass stud." "And he got a brother too." " What do you say?" "You gonna come kick it?" " Yeah, I can kick it." "I'm on my way." " Gottajet." "Original Cindy needs a ride home." " Be careful out there." "What are you doing?" "I have a date with a couple of Reds and I need to be all that I can be." "You don't want to do that." "It could kill you." "I don't have a choice." "(Sebastian) It's like turbocharging a turbocharged engine." "If the Reds burn out in months, Max might only last a few hours." "How do we disable the damn thing?" "By short-circuiting it." " With what?" " My defibrillator should do the trick." "You want me to blow 5,000 volts into Max's head?" "And the sooner the better." "What the hell is taking so long?" "She should be here by now." "I don't know." "The girl's gotta look good." "You warned her somehow." "Now she's in the wind." "And you're dead." "How do I look in red?" "Bring it on." "Go!" "Is that all you got?" " I'll be needing that implant back." " I thought I was worth more to you alive." "You were." "But with the implant in, you're dead anyway." " Don't be so sure." " Manticore transgenetics aren't bulletproof." "Good thing your boys never found out the truth." "That getting me was never about helping them." "You just wanted me for breeding." "There was no way I could have saved their lives." "There was never any hope for them." "They heard what they wanted to hear." "They fought hard." "Died for you." " They were criminals." "Scum of the earth." " So, what, they're just expendable?" "You gotta expect losses." "Max!" "Move!" "Aaaaagh!" "No..." "No regrets." "Max..." " Is she conscious?" " (Logan) No." "Check her eyes." "Do you see blood?" "Yeah." " Damn." " She's seizing." "There's no time." "If you don't zap that implant it's going to burn out her nervous system." "Get the case from my wheelchair." "Yellow plastic case." "Get it." "(Sebastian) Find the entry point." "Base of her skull." "OK, I see it." "You need to make direct contact with the implant." " So you'll have to cut in." " "Cut in"?" "Are you kidding?" "Do it now." "(Cindy) Yeah, I got it." "The number on the indicator?" " It says 300." " OK, I got the end of it." "He says he feels the end of it." "We leave the knife in, use it as a conductor and zap her with these paddles." "One on her forehead and one on her neck." "This is wack." "OK." "Do it." "Clear." "Logan, what's going on?" "Is she OK?" "The seizure's stopped." "She's breathing normally." "How's the headache?" "Not bad, considering the creepy metal insect stuck in there." "Shrapnel of past wars." "Got some myself." " Where's my girl?" " In the kitchen." "She's OK." "I ought to turn myself in to Manticore before someone else gets hurt." " Yeah, right." " Logan, I almost got my best friend killed." "So what are you gonna tell her?" " The truth." " Is that wise?" "Maybe not." "But after today I think she's earned it." " Say something." " What am I supposed to say?" "My homegirl just tells me she's not even human." "I'm mostly human." "I thought about telling you a million times, but..." "I was afraid to." "What, you didn't think you could trust me?" "When you and me hooked up... it was like, all of a sudden, there was this part of my life where I didn't have to be hiding or fighting or anything else, except... tryin' to make a livin' and kickin' it with my homegirl." "I never had that before." "A friend." "I was scared that if I told you what was up it would all change." "And that you would look at me like you are right now." "Like I was some kind of freak you didn't even recognise." "Damn." "All this time, I never knew." "Is this gonna change things?" "No doubt." "No doubt." "There's some issues here Original Cindy's gotta think on." "You could have died putting' that bitch in your head." "But you did it anyway to get my back." "You're my boo." "For life." "No matter what." "Now let me see this bar code of yours." "Sugar, that's kinda hot, a'ight?" "Hot run, 46 Euclid." "46 Euclid's been incarcerated." "Solicitation of a minor." "Oh, well." "We'll return that to sender." "Well, well, well." "Someone who's two hours late for work" "looks like they were a dirty little party girl last night." "God, look at your eyes." "What you been drinkin'?" "Gasoline?" "I had to have radical emergency amateur brain surgery to remove a nanochip before I stroked out from a neurochemical overload." "This is all one great big joke to you, isn't it?" "You're late one more time, missy, you're gonna be fired." " And get some eye drops." " How 'bout you leave her alone?" "Maybe she don't feel so hot." "Ingesting petroleum products will do that to you." "You're trespassing in private property." "Hear me out before you call the police." "I would like my old job back." "If you'd have me." "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got till it's gone?" "What happened to greener pastures?" "What happened to the high horse you rode out on?" "Maybe Original Cindy needed to learn a lesson." "What, "opportunities don't grow on trees"?" "Or maybe you're not the goddess of the universe you thought you were." "I had some soul-searching to do about a lot of things." "Things I thought I already knew about." "So, what?" "Do I have to get down on my knees and beg?" "I really hate to see anybody prostitute themselves like this." "There's a lot to be said about the enemy you know." "I can understand if you're not a fan." "But if you give me another shot, I won't let you down." "All right." "But you're on permanent probation." "Is that understood?" "Original Cindy can live with that." "Come, come." "I and I be elated to have you back-a-yard." "Remember in ya heart lie a power for come tru any storm." "Boo, I didn't understand a word you said, and this is me." "He's happy to have you back." "And so am I." "Cos now I don't gotta feel so inadequate about being trapped in a place this lame." "I got a surprise for you." "Cover your eyes." "Is it a new carburettor?" "It is, isn't it?" " No." " Hmm." "Flowers?" "Jewellery?" " Since when do you wearjewellery?" " I'm open to the idea." "It's notjewellery." "Don't peek." "I'm not." "It's like some kind of miracle." "You're the miracle." "You did this." "You gave me back my life." "Thank the clever folks at Manticore." "I'd forgotten how tall you were." "There's always tomorrow." "Yeah." "Tomorrow." " You're gonna have to take it slow." " I don't wanna take it slow." "I wanna go fast." " Oh, yeah?" " Yeah." "Well, in that case... there's something I've wanted to do with you since we first met." "I think you might be up for it." "Shift." "Shift!" "Woo-hoo!" "(laughs)" "(Max) Yeah, there's always tomorrow." "But there's a lot of stuff Logan and I have never had to face before." "And it's feeling like tomorrow we might just have to." "Funny what you can be scared of." "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Rob Colling" "ENGLISH SDH" "(door opens)" " Whenever you're ready." " I don't recommend it." "It's too soon to use psychoactives on him again." "His system hasn't had time to recover." "Your concerns are noted." "Now let's proceed." "Just give me a day or two to stabilise his condition." "Maybe you don't understand what's at stake." "He knows where the X5s are." "He's got it locked in his brain, but I'm gonna get it out." " You're not gonna get anything if he's dead." " I'll take that risk." "Do it." "Do it, or I'll find someone else who will." "Where are they, Zack?" "Where's Jondy?" "Where's Max?" "Tell me, and all this will be over." "Zack." "Max!" "How... how did you...?" "Sh." "I'll explain later." "We gotta get outta here." " Max, you shouldn't have come here." " After what you did for me, I had to." "Can you make it over the perimeter fence?" "If I can't, you go on without me." "The guards will be changing shifts soon." "We'll make a break for it then." "Did you tell them anything?" "About me or... the others?" " If they've been compromised..." " I didn't." " Tell me where they are so I can warn them." " I didn't say anything." "You sure?" " What's the matter, Zack?" " I don't know." "You tell me." " You're not Max." " Zack!" " Who are you?" " Zack!" "No..." "Leave him alone!" "Leave him alone!" "I'm tellin' you, he can't take this." "I'll... never... tell... you... anything." " Hey." " (Bling) Hey." " Check it out." " Haven't seen one of those in a while." "Scored it at the market." "Thought Logan might whip up one of his culinary miracles." "He around?" "He went for a walk." " A walk?" " Down by the waterfront." "Hey." "No trespassing." "Can't you read?" "Take off your shoes and come here." "I left you a little present back at your place." " A fresh chicken." " Oh, wow." "I see a poulet chez Cale in your future, with a bottle of pre-Pulse Nuit-St-Georges." "Say around... eight o'clock?" "I was hoping you'd say that." "It's beautiful, isn't it?" "And it's funny." "For the first time in a long time," "I feel like anything and everything is possible." "Aren't you cold?" "Freezing." "But it feels great." "This is a restricted area." "Repeat:" "This is a restricted area." "I hate those things." "Yeah." "We'd better go." "I guess so." "See you tonight?" " Eight o'clock." " Sharp." " I should get to work." " I gotta head home." " Bye." " Bye." "(both) Wrong way." "How many times have I told you?" "You don't have a signature, you don't get paid." " 225 Carrington." " Signature." " Right there." " Robert Marley." "That's more like it." " Doesn't seem fair." " It's not fair." "But what could Original Cindy do?" "They turned off my electricity, heat, even my water." "Uh, you're late." "Back off, or I'll put a smackdown on your ass." "Hey, cut her a little slack, man." "She just got evicted from her apartment." "I'm really sorry, girl." "I can't help feelin' responsible." "Not your fault you've got some hopped-up killin' machines gunnin' for you." "I can't believe they killed your super." "Me neither." "Not that he didn't deserve it." "I mean, he was a slum lord and a weasel." "I can't blame the folks for wantin' me outta the building for bringin' in a bad element." "First you lose yourjob because of me, and then your crib." "Gig was a bust, crib was a dump." "Original Cindy just gotta stay strong with the struggle." " Why don't you crash at my place?" " Thanks, but I don't wanna impose." "You're not." "Kendra moved into her cop boyfriend's love nest, so there's plenty of room." " You sure?" " We'll move you in at lunch." "Just one question." "Those superfreaks still lookin' for you?" "After the way I kicked their butt?" "What about those black helicopter boys?" "That whole situation's pretty much chilled out." " A'ight." "I'm in." " Cool." "At lunch." " Everything all right?" " Yeah." " Why?" " Tearin' through like you lost somethin'." " Just tryin' to find somethin' to wear." " Where you goin', anyway?" " Over to Logan's." " Oh." "So you got a date?" "It's not a date." "She's just comin' over for dinner." "Uh-huh." " We have dinner all the time." " Yeah, but things are different now." "The... gun is loaded." "If you know what I mean." "No, I don't know what you mean." "I've seen the way you two look at each other." "With him up and around," " Maybe you two can do somethin' about it." " We're not like that." "Besides..." "Just because I was in a wheelchair, doesn't mean I couldn't have gone there if I wanted." "I understand." "But it doesn't matter if the obstacle between you and him gettin' busy was physical or psychological, it's gone now." "And your point is?" "That it's a whole new ball game." "Which is why you're a nervous wreck." "I'm not nervous." "Ow!" "Yeah, right." "This is just one more reason I'm glad I'm a lesbian." "We don't put ourselves through all this drama." "After the second date, we move in together." "We're just friends gettin' together for dinner." "Anything more than that is a sure-fire way..." "to ruin a nice friendship." "Whatever you say." "But I'm clearing' out of here just the same." "If you're not comin' home, could you just call, so I don't worry?" "Are you all right?" "I'm sorry." "It was the only way to get you out." "Here." "Put these on." " Why are you helping me?" " So maybe I can live with myself." "I'll get you to the state line." "Then you're on your own." "Just take it." "(helicopter flies over)" "(machine-gun fire)" "Run!" "Run!" "Get out!" "Halt!" "Halt!" "Go!" "Go!" "All teams, he's on foot, headed southeast from rally point seven." "(doorbell)" " Hey." " Hey." "Come on in." "(phone rings)" " Yeah?" " Max?" "Who is this?" "(both) So..." "(both) So..." " (buzzer)" " Dinner." "Oh, no!" "Chicken tartare?" "Oh, that's..." "That's so wrong." "(phone rings)" " Can... can you get that?" " Yeah." " Turn the oven on." " OK." " Hello." " Max!" "Zack?" "I need you." "He's hiding near Manticore." "I have to get to him before they do." "No." "Those woods will be crawling with Lydecker's men." "I'm going, Logan." "I owe it to him." "OK." "Say you make it past the sector checkpoint." "Say you even get to him." "You think you can slip out through a Manticore dragnet?" "We did it once, and we were just kids then." "What if it's a trap?" "What if Zack's been turned?" "Zack, turned?" "You don't know him at all, do you?" " I am not letting you do this." " Nobody's gladder than me you're walking." "But-reality check" " I could still kick your ass." "Contraband check." "Shut her down." "We gotta search the whole rig." "Zack!" "Zack?" " Zack!" "It's me." " What are you doin' here?" " You're hurting me!" " He sent you." " What are you talking about?" "You called me." " You're trying to trick me." "I'm not trying to trick you." "Lydecker's men are all over." "We gotta get outta here." "He sent you to bring me back, but it won't work." "You were turned." "You're a threat to the others." "Zack!" " Don't move." " I knew it." "I knew you were one of them." "If that were true, this'd be the part where I call in a TAC team and turn you over to Lydecker." "But it's not true." "I'm here because you asked me to come." "Max." "Shhh." "It's OK." "Everything's gonna be all right." "We'll stay here till it gets dark, then I'm gonna get you outta here." "What did they do to you?" "I didn't tell them anything, Max, about you or any of the others." "If they used psychoactives on you, you can't be sure of anything." "I couldn't have said anything, Max, because I don't know anything." "I made myself forget, the way that they taught us to." "No one can resist torture indefinitely." "Not even you." "The mind is infinitely pliable." "You will tell what you know." " 54974235694..." " Memories can be buried." "Obfuscated." " 73711..." " You can learn to forget what you know." " Your own name." "Your bar code number." " 54974235694..." "By deliberately filling your mind with disinformation, you can so confuse your memory that you can't reveal the truth." "Is this your bar code?" "Answer me!" "I made myself forget... to protect you." "To protect all of you." " It's OK." "It's over." " No." "No, it's not." "I'm the only one who knew." "The only one." "I've gotta remember so that I can protect them." "You will." "You called me, right?" "You remembered my number?" " It's not the same." " Yes." "You can do it if you try." "No, it's different with you!" "I mean, how could I forget... a single thing about you?" "How could I?" "(helicopter flies overhead)" "Better check it out, make sure we're OK in here." "You stay put." "It's me." "It's been a long time since I've been able to let my guard down long enough to sleep." "Probably wouldn't bother you." "You never slept much anyway." "Me and Jondy." "We must have shark DNA in us or something." "Just don't need to sleep." "It's why she doesn't mind working nights." "In a bar." "In Portland." "No, wait." "That's Tinga." "Jondy lives in San Francisco." " Go on." " She lives right near the Golden Gate." "What about Tinga?" "You said she lives in Portland." "Works at... a bakery." "You should see how long her hair's gotten." " It's like she hasn't cut it since the escape." " Zane?" "Where does he live?" "In LA." "He's a mechanic." "He's got a dog." "A German shepherd." "Scary-looking." "Like we had back in Manticore." "But sweet." "Keep going." "You're doing great." "The subscriber you're trying to page is out of service range." " Still can't get ahold of her, huh?" " No." "I'm heading to the market." "You need anything?" "No thanks." "Tell me about Krit." "What's he up to?" "Krit?" " I don't know." " It's OK." " I..." "I can't remember." " It's all right." "It'll come back." "I saw Brin back at Manticore." "We're gonna get her out of there someday, you and me." "You should get some rest." "It won't be dark for a while yet." "Thanks, Maxie." "For coming' to get me, I mean." "It's the least I can do after what you've done for me." "Lydecker tried to trick me into thinkin' you came for me before." "What do you mean?" "Trick you how?" "Shot me up with God knows what." "Sent someone in pretending to be like you." "Really messed with my head." " So tired." " It's OK." "Sleep." "I'm gonna head up the road." "There's a gas station nearby." "I'll get us some food." "If I don't come back by sundown, keep going." "Find the others." "(man) We're in position and standing by." "Still no sign of her." " Has she shown yet?" " Negative." "What do you think he'll do when she doesn't show up?" "He'll do as he should do." "Assume she's been captured," " Move along and try to find the others." " (static)" " What's wrong with the audio?" " Shouldn't break up." "I'm still gettin' a strong GPS signal." " He's movin'." " (Lydecker) Any sign of her yet?" " (radio) Negative." " This is takin' too long." "Something's wrong." "All units, this is Command." "We're bringin' them in." "He's movin'south, along the stream." "He's stopped." "Delta, this is Control." "Target is south of your position, 175 degrees." "Roger, Control." "We're movin' in." "Control, this is Delta team." "We're in the target area." "No sign of them." " Over." " That's impossible." "He's right where you are." "Sir?" " The transmitter." " Say again." "He's ripped it out of his head." "Used it as a decoy." "Max." "They were listening to us the whole time..." "They heard about where the others are." " We've gotta warn them." " We've gotta get outta here first." "It was a trick." "Lydecker let him escape so he'd lead him to the others." "I compromised the others." "I jeopardised everything!" "What do you mean?" "How?" "By opening... my big mouth." "It's a long story." "(Zack) Works at... a bakery." "You should see how long her hair's gotten." "It's like she hasn't cut it since the escape." "He's gonna try to warn 'em." "Let them know they've been compromised." "We're gonna have to move on this, and we're gonna have to move fast." "You said Tinga worked at a bakery in Portland." "Which one?" " I don't know." " What about Zane?" "Where did he work?" " How did you stay in touch with them, Zack?" " Contact number." "I set up a voicemail box so they could check in with me." " And if you needed to reach one of them?" " I'd call." "Jondy." "Did you call her?" " What was her number?" " I don't know." "Think, Zack." "Her life depends on it." "Don't you think I know that by now?" "!" " Give him time." " We don't have time." "It could already be too late to save them." "Sorry." "It's not your fault." "It's just..." " There has to be a way to warn them." " Maybe there is." "(sirens on television)" " What's up?" " What happened to your knee?" " I fell chasing' the guy." " Yeah, right, you sissy freak." "Arrest him already." "He's a reprobate." "Don't you turn your back on a police officer, you weenie." " Do not attempt to adjust your sets." " Agh!" "This is a Streaming Freedom video bulletin." "This cable hack is being beamed to you right across America." "It cannot be traced." "It cannot be stopped." "This is a message for those known as X5." "You have been compromised." "You are in danger." "Hand me that three-sixteenth." " Your locations have been compromised." " Zane?" " You know what to do." " Zane?" "This message will repeat every hour on the hour until each of you has checked in." "Now we wait to see who calls the contact number." " Eyes Only just made another enemy." " It was gettin' a little quiet around here." "This Eyes Only is a pain in the ass do-gooder." "But smart." "But the question is, why is he trying to help my kids?" "I don't know." "It's not the sort of thing he usually gets into." "When all this is over, I want you to find out who this clown is." "Zane, Syl and Krit have all called in." "They're already on the move." "Thatjust leaves Tinga and Jondy." "You sure I didn't blab about the others?" "Believe me, I'd remember." "How come you didn't give me this contact number so I could find you if I needed to?" " You know why." " I wasn't a good soldier, following orders?" "Somethin' like that." "Guess I won't be invited to the next X5 reunion." "You're too reckless, Max." "I couldn't risk giving' it to you." " What if you got caught and Lydecker got it?" " I'm too much of a liability to be trusted?" "If you wanna get on board with the way I do things, it's not too late." "First step, though, is leaving Seattle." "I didn't think so." "Especially not now." " What are you talking about?" " I'm talkin' about Miracle Boy over there." "We got a lead on the girl in Portland." "Good." "Have 'em send us a chopper ASAP." "I'll take care of this one myself." "A message from Tinga." "Lydecker's on to her." "She needs help." "Come on, come on, come on!" "Move it!" " What's the secret?" " She was seen heading here." "We've secured the area and I've got men along the perimeter." " She's here somewhere." " Do you know what she looks like?" "From when she applied for work at the bakery." "All right." "I want a point-to-point search, with Tasers only." "I want her alive." "Come on, Zack." "Where are you?" " We're lookin' for this girl." " Uh-uh." " Seen this girl?" " No." "I haven't seen her." " Do you recognise her?" " No." "(soldier) All clear." "There she is!" "(radio) She's movin' west!" "Delta team, converge on target." "Alpha team, establish a perimeter." "Alpha team copy." " Delta team to Command." " Go ahead." " We have the subject in sight." "Will subdue." " All right." "Just remember I want her alive." "(groaning)" "(footsteps)" "Is everybody in your family a thief?" " Hit it." " (engine starts)" " How much in the tank?" " Three-quarters." "Oughta be enough to get us to the Canadian border." "Should I even ask?" "Let's go." " What about you?" " She's goin' back to Seattle." " You're not coming with us?" " Don't bother." " Lydecker..." " I said don't bother." "You take care of yourself, baby sister." "You too." "Thanks for gettin' me out." "Guess this makes us even." "I guess so." "Let's hope miracles come in twos, because you're gonna need one to keep from gettin' caught." "Still smokin'?" " You lost him, Deck." " It was a calculated risk." "The information we got on the other X5s more than made up for losing him." " If you say so." " They were underground." "We got them out." "Made 'em go on the run." "No one on the run can avoid leaving a trail." "Not even my kids." "The committee has decided that the X5 situation needs to be resolved." "You're hereby authorised to use whatever means necessary to see that it is." "Am I to understand that you include using deadly force?" " If that's what it takes." " We wanted them alive." "The committee wants this situation resolved." "You know I'm gonna have to go up the line on this?" "Don't bother." "She signed the directive." "(scoffs)" "She asked me to pass on a personal message." "Do you have a problem executing the order?" "She'll find somebody else to do it." "That won't be necessary." "I didn't think it would be." "She looks just like I remember." "I wish I could have spent more time with her, though." "Find out what her life's been like, what she's been up to." "Maybe after everything settles down you two can hook up." " How?" " Last number dialled." "Zack's contact number." "Oh!" "I can't believe it." "He usually covers his tracks way better than this." " You'd think, huh?" " Thanks." "You got anything to eat?" "Why don't you go see for yourself?" "You got a half a poulet chez Cale, leafy green stuff," "mashed potatoes." "What do you say we have that dinner?" "Promise I won't bail on you this time." "Uh..." "I have to take a rain check." "I've got some work to do." "Oh." "OK." "You can take it with you if you want." "No, I'll get something on the way home." "OK." "Night." "(ringing tone)" "The number you have reached is not in service at this time and there is no new number." "Please be sure you have checked the directory for the right number, and you are dialling correct..." "I guess I shouldn't be surprised." "I mean, it's like I said." "Zack usually covers his tracks pretty good." "I just didn't think he'd cover them from me." "Must be a guy thing, cos Logan can cover pretty good, too." "Maybe it's me." "Maybe there's something in the way I'm made that turns people away." "All I know is, it was easier before, when I just didn't give a damn about anything." "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Yasmeen Khan" "ENGLISH SDH" "Logan!" "Logan!" " Hey, Max." " Hey." "His Holiness in?" " Nope." " We're supposed to be somewhere." " We're late." "Where is he?" " I dunno." "Said he wouldn't be back till later." "That's weird." "He spaced that we were gonna hang." "I dunno what's goin' on." "He hasn't been himself the last few days." " Hard being' a Messiah." "Tell him I stopped by." " Where are you supposed to be?" "Kyoto Lakers exhibition." "You know how Logan is with his basketball." " The scalpers got me good for these, too." " Forget Logan, I'll go with you." " Knock yourself out." " Max, are you sure?" "Not a big sports fan." " Thanks." " No problem." " Where's the painting that goes there?" " He sold it." "Sold it?" "Guess he got tired of it." "Later." " Thanks for the tickets." " No problem." "(man) Get outta the way!" "Clear the streets!" "Come in." "Your money." "Get the rest soon." "$10,000 covers the first consultation." "It's 5,000 for each session after that." " It's a lot." " You can afford it." "Most of my patients can't." "Will you undress, please?" "Six months ago a bullet severed your spinal cord below the eighth thoracic vertebra, causing complete loss of mobility in your lower extremities." "Last week you suddenly felt sensation in your legs and eventually were able to walk again." "That's right." " In other words, a miracle." " I guess you could say that." "Yes, I could, if I hadn't seen the results of your blood tests." "Would you sit, please?" "Somehow you've obtained stem-cell enriched blood." "I don't wanna know how or where from." "You're well-to-do," " Presumably you were able to buy it." " Presumably." "The stem cells you got ahold of have been regenerating nerve and muscle tissue, giving you the encouraging results you saw initially." "But now you're finding it more difficult to stand, and walking is increasingly painful." "Yeah, that's right." "So, what's goin' on?" "Your autoimmune system's kicked in, attacking the stem cells and rejecting the new tissue that's formed." "So, there's a chance that I could end up back in a wheelchair?" "Unless we can get your body's defences in check, your gross motor function will continue to deteriorate, yes." "Well, then, uh..." "I don't care what it costs or what you have to do... just keep me walking." " Wanna go to Crash and shoot some pool?" " Mm." " Feel like a pizza?" " Mm." "Those black-helicopter storm-trooper folks stopped by, asking' about a transgenic teenage killing' machine." "I said you were out." "Huh?" " Are you gonna call him?" " Call who?" " Logan." " Why would I call Logan?" " For ruining your evening." " He didn't ruin my evening." "He couldn't ruin my evening even if he wanted to." "My evening is fine." "Whatever you say, boo." "I'm lofting'." "Night." "(phone rings)" "Agh!" "(beep)" "(Logan) You've reached the number you've dialled." "I'm not around." "Leave a message." "He didn't call, didn't leave a message, didn't return my call, he just plain shined me." "Never underestimate the thoughtlessness of the three-legged gender." " I got a weird feelin' something's goin' on." " Hot run, 15 Cliff Road." "Mm-hm." "He's out the wheelchair now, and boys cheat." " That's not what I'm talkin' about." " I know you don't wanna hear it, but it's what they do." "Just like grabbin' themselves when they're anxious." "Logan can go anywhere and do whatever he wants with anyone as far as I'm concerned." " Right." " We aren't like that." "So you keep sayin'." "I just don't wanna see my boo get hurt." " I just hope he's not in any trouble." " He's probably just out bein' a doggy-dog." "You make it sound like that's all guys think about, which I don't believe." "So she opens the door to sign for the package-no bra." "Oh, yeah." "I rest my case." " Mrs Moreno, how are you doin' today?" " One foot in front of the other, you know?" " That's a good thing." " Hey, stranger." "Hey, Max." "Don't I get an "I'm sorry I stood you up but I was saving the world from robots, can you ever forgive me" or even "I forgot, will you accept my apology"?" " Yeah, somethin' came up." " Are you OK?" " I'm fine." " In the mood to feed a female?" "I'm starved." "Ooh, another time." "I'm runnin' late for a meeting." "Right." "What happened to that painting in your hallway?" "Bling said you sold it." "Yeah." "I thought you loved that thing." "Didn't your mom leave it to you?" "I... got tired of it." "I gotta get to this meeting." "I'll see you later." "Yeah, sure." " Nervous?" " I don't like needles." "Or heights." "Or spiders." "What's in that?" " An immunosuppressant." " Ow!" "We use this with intensive physiotherapy and biochemical management to protect the nerve cells that have regenerated." " As long as it works." " I've gotten results in the past." "The biggest hurdle is reorganising the synaptic connections and training the undamaged CNS neurons to adapt to different signals." "Can you move the pedals for me?" "The science isn't new." "It came out of the Hyogo College of Medicine in Japan at the end of the last century." "I've just taken it to its logical conclusion." " Good night." " Don't be discouraged, all right?" "We'll try again tomorrow." "Almost forgot." "What do you want?" "I'm asking myself why someone sworn to alleviate suffering is packing heat." "Even doctors have the right to defend themselves." "Only guns make me nervous." "So why did that guy who was just here come to see you?" " I'm not at liberty to discuss his condition." " What condition?" "Ask him." "You've heard of doctor-patient privilege?" "I don't know what con you run, but there's nothing my friend needs to see you about." " You might wanna get a second opinion." " A back-alley dump like this?" " You must have quite a practice." " I'll ask you to leave before I call the police." "(click)" "Jace?" "Why is a Manticore soldier tryin' to kill you?" "What are you talking about?" "Who are you?" "Someone who kept you from winding up dead." "But that could still happen." "I haven't decided yet." "Any idea how the money's being laundered?" "All right." "I'll pass this along to Eyes Only, I'm sure he'll want to get into it right away." " Hey!" "What the hell did you do that for?" " We need to talk." "That was an informant with evidence on how the sector police are extorting money from..." "What happened to you?" " Talk to me about Dr Vertes." " I'm sorry?" "I know you're her patient." "I followed you to her office." "Oh, you followed me?" "Can I ask why?" "You've been acting really strange and I've been worried." "With good reason." "Thanks for your concern, but I'd appreciate it if you keep your nose out of my business." " Everything's fine." " Really?" "Really." "Then how come an X5 assassin tried to kill Dr Vertes just a little while ago?" " What?" "Is she all right?" " Yes, thanks to moi, her transgenic guardian angel, she's fine." "You have no idea what you've gotten yourself mixed up in here." "Dr Vertes is from Manticore too." "I know." "You know?" " Wanna fill me in?" " I've spent six months digging up all I could about Manticore to help you find the others." "And you forgot to tell me the Bride of Mengele was here?" " Not everything I do is your business." " Finding one of the bright young sadists who did experiments on us back in the day certainly is my business." " Let me see if I can break this down for you." " Please do." "Whatever else Dr Vertes has done, she's probably the only person on the planet who can keep me from landing back in a wheelchair." "What are you talking about?" "If you need another blood transfusion, just ask." "That won't help." "My body's rejecting your blood cells." "The nerves in my spinal cord are unravelling as fast as they were repaired." "We'll know in the next 48 hours whether the treatment even works, if I'll be able to keep walking." " I didn't know." " There's no way either of us could've known." "So, where's Vertes now?" "At the safe house." "Look, Max..." "I didn't wanna tell you about this, for all kinds of reasons." "Logan!" "Don't!" "I can do it." "I gotta ask you, is it easier for you if I'm in the chair?" "Come on." "Let's go see her." " I'm sorry." " I understand." "I'm not sure you do." "I felt what it was like to function like a regular person again, to be whole and complete." "You've never not been that to me." "Staying out of that wheelchair matters more to me than anything else in my life." "Anything." "And if I wind up back in it... let's just say that I'm not gonna live my life like that." "(Vertes) I was recruited by Manticore right out of Johns Hopkins." "They said I'd be working at the cutting edge of motor-function research, that funding would never be a problem." "That was before the Pulse, of course." "I worked on series X3 through the preliminary stages of X7, treating injuries, mostly." "I also conducted medical experiments." "Like breaking the arms and legs of young children?" "Your guinea pigs." "Those kind of experiments?" "I was conducting research into how to accelerate osteoregeneration." "Research that's allowing me to help your friend here." "I transferred out of Manticore." "I couldn't take it any more." "Went down to El Salvador, or what used to be El Salvador before the invasion," " And did charity work in the countryside." " You're a great humanitarian(!" ")" " Why do they wanna kill you?" " They're afraid I could be bought... sell information abroad." "At first, they were low-key about getting rid of the Manticore brain trust." "Werner Stutzman died in a boating accident." "Leopold Payson's car went over a cliff." "At least a dozen of us have died in the last six years." "I changed my name and became more careful about whom I worked with, socialised with." "I thought I was off their radar screen." "Apparently not." "I guess I don't have to ask where your stem cells came from." "That girl today, Jace, she was one of the X5s who stayed behind when we escaped." " And was reprogrammed." " Reprogrammed how?" "As officers, X5s needed to be able to operate independently, but after the escape, it was felt that you'd been designed with too much independence." " So they were simplified." " Simplified how?" "Thankfully, I didn't work in the neuropsych department." "I can refer you to a colleague of mine in Tokyo, who is familiar with my research." " And obviously, I'll refund your money." " What do you mean?" "I don't plan on sticking around Seattle." "I'll take care of the X5." "Your only concern is seeing he gets the treatment he needs." "I can't go back to my clinic now they know where it is." "You'll be safe at your clinic." "You have my word." "Uh!" "Ooh!" "X5s don't just roll over without a fight." "What's wrong with her?" "She's pregnant." "Tell me she's not gonna lose the baby." "They're both OK." "The baby's like her mom: tough." "An X5 assassin in the family way." " How'd it happen?" " In the usual manner, I suspect." "Manticore's gotten its swerve on since my day." "The father couldn't be transgenic " "X5 males are dosed with birth-control meds, as are most of the females." "Only a few older ones maintain their normal cycles for research purposes." "Subhuman, superhuman, what's the difference?" "We're all just a bunch of lab rats to you people." " The doctor did some questionable things..." " Try despicable." "...but she saved a baby's life, is nursing her would-be killer and is the one person I'm depending on to keep me walking." " Am I supposed to be nice to her?" " Consider the possibility that not everyone involved with Manticore is evil." "We'll agree to disagree on that." "How do we know your classmate didn't drop the dime to Lydecker already?" "She's on a deep-cover op, minimal contact with base until the mission's accomplished." " Standard procedure." " Well, Max, I gotta tell ya," "I am not likin' this situation a whole lot, her being here." "Duly noted." "Take it easy, Jace." "I will kill you if you leave me no other choice." "But you need to ask yourself do you want your baby to die too?" " I don't know what you're talkin' about." " You're pregnant, Jace." "The doctor said everything's fine, but you need to rest." "Is this some kind of psy-op where you try and brainwash the prisoner into believing something that's not true?" "Only it is true." "You're crazy." "What'd you do?" "Volunteer for this assignment so you could get away from Manticore?" "Buy yourself some time to figure out what to do?" "You know what they'll do to you for this - never mind what they'll do to your baby." "They'll take that child away and you'll never see it again." "Just like with our mothers." "Is that what you want for your kid?" "The only thing that matters is accomplishing the objective." "You stay out in the world long enough, you find out Manticore had it all backwards." "Everything matters except the objective." "I'm not gonna betray everything I believe in the way you did." "You betrayed all of us, your brothers and sisters." "I'm not the enemy, Jace." "I will complete my mission and return to base." "I will surrender to Military Command." "And I will accept whatever disciplinary action they deem necessary." "Ow!" "That stuff burns." "It's a neuropeptide called Substance PK, a synthetic combination of amino acids - hydroxytryptamine and thyrotropin." "Doesn't make it hurt any less." "I could give painkillers, but that would diminish the drug's effect." "No painkillers." "I'm gonna start the machine." "Too much?" "Keep going." " We'll try again another time." " No!" "That's enough." "You're on your way back." "Baby moving?" "I'm not far enough along for that." "Do you miss him?" "The father, I mean." "His name's Victor." "He's a lab tech at the base." "You've never regretted leaving Manticore?" " Never once." " You're happy out here?" "In a world that's dirty, diseased, corrupt?" "It's all those things." "But at least I get to choose how to live my life." "It's not up to some Military Command." "It's called freedom." "Spare me the propaganda." "You think anybody back at Manticore's gonna ask if you wanna keep that baby?" "The question won't even come up." "They'll give you an order." " And I will follow it." " And you'll hate yourself for it." "Because what they don't tell you is that you're more than just a soldier." "You're a human being, with free will." "Easy for you to say." "You're not in restraints." " How do you know I won't try to kill you?" " I don't." "I can help you, Jace, if you let me." "(phone rings)" " Hello, Deck." " Adriana." "This is a surprise." "I imagine so, given what you've been trying to do to me." "It's nothing personal." "We used to chat over coffee, now I have to go through all this just to get you on the phone." "If you called to beg, all the orders have been signed." "It's out of my hands." "But if you wanna turn yourself in, I could use your body for research." "You used to use it for a whole lot more than that." " That was then." " I called to bargain, Deck, not beg." "What could you possibly have that I would want?" "What you probably don't know is that the X5 you sent to kill me is AWOL" " Because she's in her first trimester." " I'm listening." "What would you say if I gave her back to you with one of the X5s who escaped in '09?" "Adriana, you just bought yourself a whole lotta birthdays." "Morning." " Jace has decided to switch teams." " Just like that." "Not like she has a lot of options." "Gettin' knocked up's a career-ender in Manticore." "Plus, she wants to keep her baby." "Are we sure we can take her at her word?" "You get away from that place, little taste of freedom changes your whole world-view." " Think you can get her out of the country?" " Shouldn't be a problem." "I'll breathe easier knowing she and Vertes are in different time zones." " There is that." " Where is she now?" " At the safe house." " You left her alone?" "Logan, I know what she's going through." "I trust her." "How are those legs of yours?" "Still a little wobbly." "But I've got an appointment with Vertes this afternoon." "Life is good." "I'd better bounce before I lose my job." "(door opens)" " You're in one hell of a situation, soldier." " Yes, sir." "Would you mind explaining why?" "Because I am dumb." "I am so damn dumb it would take ten acts of divine providence to raise me to the height of blissful ignorance, sir." " What am I supposed to do about you now?" " That is not for me to speculate, sir." "You're damn right it's not." "Your mission was to eliminate this individual here." "Mission accomplished." "Now, was that so difficult?" "No, sir." "Permission to speak, sir." "Permission denied." "Your current medical situation provides..." "a unique research opportunity." "You have a problem with me trying to make lemonade out of the lemons you brought me?" " No, sir." " Good." "Now, you got something you wanted to say." "It was never my intention to abandon the objective." "As a prisoner of the rogue X5, I gave the appearance of cooperation to gain her trust and redeploy." "You will be debriefed by Command about your activities, along with the activities of other individuals that contributed to the unauthorised medical status you have now." " Yes, sir." " But..." "But right now," "The rogue X5 is our top priority." "You will return to duty, soldier." "Come on, Sketchy!" "Three minutes, thirty seconds!" " That Wiggy got mad skills!" " Ya know!" "Bip-bip-bip!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Back to work!" "(pager beeps)" " (Jace) Max, it's me." " What's wrong?" "It hurts and I've started bleeding." "I'm scared." "OK, I'm on my way." "Stay calm, lie down and we'll get you a doctor." "This is Control." "Stand by to seal the perimeter." "(man) Roger, Control." "Here." "Hot run." "Great, I'm talkin' to myself." "(radio) Visual contact with subject established." "Do not move till I give the command." "What is your range, bravo?" " 200 metres and closing fast." " (Lydecker) Stand by." " You giving an order 10-0-6?" " No." "No, I am not." " Sir, she authorised the use of deadly force." " I don't give a damn what she authorised." "It's not her show." "But it's still mine, and we'll do it my way." "(radio) 50 metres and closing." "Escape and evade." "Subject is reversing course, sir." "Initiate pursuit." "Return to your position, soldier." "You're disobeying a direct order." "(radio) X5 has ceased communications." "Take her down." "(both groan)" "I hope you'll be able to explain this in your report, cos she is gonna be one very pissed-off lady." "Not the best news I could get." "You would've thought Vertes knew Lydecker can't be trusted." "You would've thought." "She's not the only doc around who knows about this treatment." "Only one I had access to." "At least you're all right." "I'm sorry, Logan." " Where's Jace?" " I stashed her back at my crib." "I gave her a new identity." "She leaves for Mexico tonight." " Thanks." " No problem." "You should swing by the clinic and yank my medical records." "You've got exposure if Lydecker reads about my transgenic blood donor." "Right." "Logan?" "This is gonna be OK." " Yeah." " See you later." "Yeah." "See you later." "Staying out of that wheelchair matters more than anything else." "Let's just say that I'm not gonna live my life like that." "(thump)" "(thump)" "Mrs Moreno?" "OK, stay still." "I'm gonna call the paramedics." "Maybe... it'd be better if I just... died." "Now, let's not talk nonsense, OK?" "You don't know." "You're young." "You've got everything to live for, but me..." "I'm too old." "I'm gonna ask you to stop talking like that, Mrs Moreno." "(dials phone)" "(siren)" "Logan!" "Logan!" "Logan!" "(door opens)" "I thought..." "I was so scared-the ambulance." "It's OK." "There was a little accident upstairs." "Mrs Moreno fell down." "The bathroom sink overflowed." "She OK?" "Yeah." "She'll be fine." "Money, sector passes, passport, and your contact's name at the Mexican border is Raoul." "I can't thank you enough." "You don't have to thank me at all." "Just make sure that kid has an excellent life." "If there's any way to get word to Victor..." "Let me reach the daddy." "If Lydecker found out who it is, it could be dangerous for you." "We can't take any chances." "It feels like I just woke up from a bad dream." "I know." "One of the reasons why I don't sleep." "Let me know if it's a boy or a girl." "Either way... name's gonna be Max." "(Max) I hope Logan will be OK." "Actually, I know he'll be OK." "He's got me in his corner." "Only sometimes I wonder if he really wants me there." "I almost forgot- 11 years ago tonight, we escaped from Manticore." "When I think of everything I've been through:" "the good, the bad, and the blur in between..." "Well, I'm not gonna think about it." "It'll just give me a headache." "Donald Lydecker, wherever you are, you can kiss my genetically-engineered ass." "Zack, Brin, Jondy, Tinga and everyone... happy anniversary, kids." "A baby." "Named after me." "That is awesome." "Visiontext Subtitles:" "Kerrie Slavin" "ENGLISH SDH"