"Ham omelette, please." "More oatmeal." "Ant put it on the plate." "Yeah, dude, more oatmeal." "And on the plate this time." "Chloe, you can be such a bitch." "Fascinating." "I know you haven't had your triple-soy-decaf-latte yet... but show some manners." "Now, apologize to the lady." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Sophomores." "You got love'em." "The usual?" "That would be lovely." "The race is at4." "You gonna be there?" "Gosh, I have this riveting econ seminar on the gross national product." "Wouldn't want to miss that." "Yeah, I would, actually." "For the lady." "Thank you, sir." "See you out there." "Yes, indeed." "C. Wright Mills, "The Power Elite"." "The main thesis:" "A certain institutions elite groups form... who network the rest of their lives." "So is America a class society?" "Or is it the meritocracy we've been taught?" "Mr. McNamara?" "I believe it's both, sir." "How can it be both?" "It's my experience that merit... is rewarded with wealth." "With wealth comes class." "Nice recovery, Mr. McNamara." "Nice car, ladies." "But when did you convert?" "We borrowed it yesterday." "Luke, like you care." "I want you to keep stealing cars." "When I'm a lawyer, I'll make a fortune defending my... high school buddies." "How are you, J.J.?" "Your hair looked better long." "I was thinking the same about you." "I like it the way it is." "Thank you." "See?" "Things do change, even for losers like us." "I never called you a loser." "That's okay." "You got your books, boats and Ivy pie." "See you, buddy." "McNamara, move this boat out or you're disqualified." "Sorry I'm late." "It's all right... as long as we're not late at the finish line." "Hands on." "Ready... shove!" "Where did Mr. McNamara learn to row?" "In the local sewers?" "He's a townie." "Mother died in a car crash, father unknown." "He won us the Ivy championship three years in a row." "He's growing on me." "Is that so?" "No need to check him out." "Caleb Mandrake." "He was a Skull the day he was born." "Caleb, I can't see the race." "Imagine it." "Sit back and let the boats line up for the beginning of the Ivy Sprints." "Lane number 1, in blue are last year's Ivy champions... the Bulldog Eight..." "Led by the team of stroke..." "Luke McNamara and cox, Will Beckford." "The Harvard Crimson boat is in lane 2... stroke, Pat McCarry and cox, Lisa Littelred Williams." "This is the start of the sprint." "The start will be "Attention", then the gun." "Finishing up is Cornell, in lane 3, in white and red..." "The Princeton Tigers, lane 4, in orange and Dartmouth in green, lane 5." "Penn is on the outside, wearing blue and red." "Attention!" "That's two, come on." "That's three, push." "That's four!" "That's five, push!" "Six, come on, give it to me!" "Seven, that's it!" "Eight." "Come on." "Come on, nice!" "That's ten." "Let's settle." "Lengthen and settle!" "Give me two seats." "We're at thirty-six." "Beautiful, Luke." "Keep it here." "Keep it here." "We're looking great." "The Bulldogs take a two-seat lead." "Harvard and Cornell threatening to move up as they cross... the halfway point." "It looks like another Bulldog victory." "Move it, move it up!" "Don't let them catch us." "Move!" "That's five." "That's six!" "Keep it right here, Luke." "Nice!" "We're four seats ahead." "This race is ours, fellas." "We're men with bad intentions." "I want five with bad intentions." "One!" "Come on, bad intentions!" "Two!" "What was that?" "George's oarlock broke." "Bulldogs broke an oarlock." "Okay, George." "Out in three!" "Toss your oar, George!" "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "Bail!" "Okay, take it up, fellas!" "Up!" "Seven oars against eight?" "They haven't a chance." "Unbelievable." "The Bulldogs are still going!" "McNamara orders his team onward!" "Give me all you got!" "Right here!" "Don't let this happen." "What do you say, Luke?" "Take it up!" "Luke says it's a go!" "Come on!" "Give me two seats!" "Give me two seats right now!" "I need it!" "Now!" "You have to answer me, fellas." "You have to answer and commit!" "Now!" "All you got!" "Right here!" "Give it!" "Five more right here!" "Give me all you got." "We got a seat!" "Start your finish!" "Now!" "That's one!" "Come on!" "Give it to me!" "That's two!" "We got a seat!" "That's three!" "Four!" "Come on!" "Let's win this!" "That's it!" "That's it!" "We did it!" "We won it!" "We won it!" "Yeah!" "Are the others after him?" "He turned them all down." "Either he doesn't want... to join a secret society, or..." "he's waiting for us." "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "What's wrong?" "Turning into a pumpkin at midnight?" "Or worried you won't turn into a Skull?" "I'd be a Girl Scout if the Skulls do." "Supposedly." "I got my Harvard Law application." "How much they raise tuition?" "Just three grand this year." "Damn." "Which means even with part-time jobs... and my scholarship I'll still owe this university... a 1 10,000 when I get out." "Plus interest." "So even if I defer everything..." "I'll still owe this school $1 10,000 and Harvard another $150,000." "So you'll have to get one of those exciting corporate law jobs." "Then I can afford a car." "Used car." "And ladies find those so attractive." "Meaning you'll get less play than you get now, which is..." "Which is what?" "None." "Oh, thanks." "I appreciate that." "So when I'm free to practice the kind of law I like..." "You'll be ten year from the grave." "Precisely." "My future's killing me." "It's killing me." "Forget about the Skulls." "Start this year off right." "Tell Chloe how you feel about her." "Let's try to remain on planet Earth here, okay, William?" "Chloe went to Miss Porter's." "I can't even dance." "Chloe's parents... own a private jet." "I have never even been in a jet." "Get the picture?" "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "I went out with a Skull once." "How'd you know he was a Skull?" "We started arguing about... secret societies and how they're for life." "I mentioned the Skulls." "He left the room, never came back." "That must be one of their rules..." "they got lots." "Rule 1:" "Not picked by midnight tonight, not in." "Here we go." "Bow your heads to the Skulls." "Where does the secret society end and the university begin?" "We know you're up there." "We know you're down there." "Don't expect an answer." "The CIA was founded there." "Back in WWII, when they were still the good guys." "Oh, yeah." "Well, say what you want." "All I know is if it's secret... and it's elite, it can't be good." "Gentlemen!" "Come on, let's eat." "The pizza's here." "Come on, baby." "What's up?" "Pizza's up here, that's what's up." "The news is up next." "It's twelve midnight." "At least now we can eat." "What did we get?" "Your favorite." "Get out of here." "You're going to have a heart attack at 30, I can see it." "Lucas McNamara, please." "May I ask who's calling?" "Luke, it's for you." "He won't say who." "How would he know you're here?" "Our secret must be out, darling." "Shut up." "Are you ready to be reborn?" "Who is it?" "Payphone." "Outside Ad building." "Forty seconds." "What's that?" "Luke, wait." "Hey!" "Luke!" "The astro lab." "Twenty seconds." "Lose the bike." "Windowsill." "Here we go, McNamara." "Guess he didn't get through the reborn part." "Check his breathing." "Maybe he didn't react too well to the drugs." "Where can I get more of that shit?" "Get up and shut up, Mandrake." "Sorry, Mr. Monk." "Congratulations, Skulls... on your rebirth." ""A Skull above any other."" "Say it." "A Skull above any other." "Louder." "A Skull above any other!" "No outsider can know the work of the order or its membership." "Before you can enter our world and begin your year, our council... has a small task for you to complete." "You might call it a test." "The school's societies have played a game of over 200 years." "Mascots." "We steal theirs." "They try to steal ours." "We have one left to get." "At Snake and Skeleton Society, their mascot, a python." "Is this so-called python poisonous?" "Perhaps." "But remember this--a snake without scales shows its veins." "You have until dawn." "We have been watching." "We will be watching." "Go!" "A moat with no drawbridge-- very strange people." "So, gentlemen, what are we waiting for?" "It's locked." "Excuse me, gentlemen." "Locks happen to be my specialty." "What was your name?" "Luke McNamara." "Caleb Mandrake." "I know." "I've served you for 3 years." "I'm sorry." "You guys in the dining hall all look alike." "It must be the hats." "Yeah, it must be the hats." "Where'd you learn to do that?" "Skills of a misspent youth." "I used to be a genuine menace to society." "No snakes in here." ""A snake without scales shows its veins."" "They said that the snake was at the building." "But that doesn't mean that it was in the building." "Shows its veins." "Of course." "The weather vane." "Let's go." "Okey-dokie." "Right there." "I don't know..." "Ready?" "This must be what they mean by "A Skull above any other."" "Ready?" "Towards you." "One more time." "Don't let go, Luke!" "Don't let go!" "Hold on, Caleb!" "Hold on!" "Hang on!" "Pull me up!" "Pull me up!" "Luke!" "Where's Luke?" "You are a menace to society." ""The university's tenure system rewards mediocrity, allowing faculty..." "To wallow in selfish pursuits, ignoring their primary purpose..." "teaching students to think."" "Great article, Will." "Bob Woodward I'm not, but..." "give it time." "Now here's what I call the genuine article." "What's happening?" "So how was it last night?" "How was what last night?" "Let me refresh your memory." "We were about to eat tofu pizza... when you got a call and ran out the door." "Now here you are, looking like you've been to hell and back." "It was just a really long night, that's all." "Really?" "Must have been a wild ride." "Did she have a name?" "Direct question, direct answer." "Are you a Skull?" "Are you a Skull?" "I don't know." "You don't know." "I don't." "I don't know." "In any case... and I know this sounds like a load of crap... but I don't want to discuss it." "Not to be an asshole." "You said it, not me." "For 3 years, we mad fun of these private school dicks who never gave us a look." "Now you want to hang out with them?" "This doesn't affect our relationship." "Bullshit." "You'll be doing stuff you can never tell me about, right?" "Will, it doesn't change anything." "It doesn't?" "Okay." "Cool." "That's great." "Tell me everything, then." "Tell me where you went last night." "What you did." "Why you're wet?" "Come on, tell me." "That's good." "Walk away." "We're just talking in circles, Will." "Will you say something?" "Come on, back me up." "Take a stand for once." "Tell him I'm right!" "Don't yell at her." "Don't tell me what to do!" "You're mad at me, bring it up with me." "I'll talk to whoever I want to!" "Chill out!" "Chill out before you say something you don't mean." "Okay?" "!" "Let me say something I do mean." "Will." "No." "Chloe." "You and I are at Maury's, having a good time, drinking... talking to some girls." "Caleb Mandrake and your new friends come in." "You'll sit with them?" "You'll introduce me or is that against the rules?" "How'd you know about Caleb?" "First names already?" "How do you know about Caleb Mandrake?" "Call it a guess." "But Caleb's not the issue." "We are." "What?" "We can work this out." "There has to be middle ground here." "No, that's where you're wrong." "When it comes to friendship there is no middle ground." "This is Caleb Mandrake." "May I speak to Lucas McNamara?" "Right away... sir." "Caleb Mandrake." "Will!" "Will..." "Caleb, can you hold on a sec?" "No problem." "Chloe, I'm really sorry, but..." "I'm sorry." "What's happening?" "We didn't have to wait very long." "What?" "You know something I don't?" "Check under your pillow." "You might find something from the tooth fairy." "Congratulations..." "Mr. Lucas McNamara." "You, too, Mr. Mandrake." "You, too." "Who's first?" "I guess they're expecting us." "Kent Hodgins, over here, please." "Shawn Peckford, this way." "Jonathan Edward Payne, over here." "Hugh Dalton Maluberson, over here, please." "Laurence Thorne, here." "Caleb Mandrake, this way." "Lucas McNamara, this way, please." "I'm Judge Litten Mandrake." "On behalf of the Council, welcome." "In any fellowship, you need someone you can trust." "Someone to be there always and for anything." "A soul mate." "My soul mate is Senator Ames Levritt, class of '72." "You've been arranged in pairs." "Soul mates." "Each soul mate was chosen to complement the other... and accept responsibility for the other." "Thank you." "Open them." "Our membership, like life, has its pleasures, its hardships... and sometimes, its pain." "But, unlike life... the connection between you is eternal." "Let this seal the bond between you." "Be silent, as you endure." "Well done." "Put on your watches." "With the Council as witnesses, you have become soul mates." "And now, gentlemen, the rules." "We live by the rules." "We die by the rules." "Read your rule book." "There's a rule for every situation." "Guard the key to our entry and your rule book... as you would guard your own lives." "Most important, remember our rules supersede those of the outside world." "A Skull above any other." "A Skull above any other." "Well done, gentlemen." "Congratulations." "As Chairman of the Skulls and on behalf of the Council... and the 322 alumni throughout the world, gentlemen, your are welcome." "Welcome home." "Proudest day of my life, Caleb." "Thanks, Dad." "I want to make you proud." "They're beautiful-- just like they were in the ground, outside de Dean's office." "I thought women loved fresh flowers." "I messed up with you yesterday." "I'm sorry." "Really?" "Feels like a bribe." "What's this?" "Luke McNamara." "Action Jackson." "For my senior thesis, I'm teaching my computer how to paint." "Really." "Wait." "Pure randomness is what forms... the computer's creation, so... am I the artist, or is the machine?" "Are we both?" "Maybe it's nobody." "Maybe it's chaos in its purest form." "Do you have to stay while it paints?" "Can I take you out to dinner?" "Yeah, you can." "Know why?" "Because Action Jackson chooses when to begin and when to end." "I am so getting an A." "Since I'm buying tonight, how hungry are you?" "How hungry are you?" "I'm famished." "Famished." "Famished is like what, twenty bucks?" "I'd better get some cash." "Better check the balance." "It was a big week--I bought a book." "Twenty thousand dollars?" "That's gotta to be a mistake." "You are a Skull." "Son of a bitch." "I'm rich." "You're a Skull." "Chloe, I won't disappear like that guy." "Just be happy for me." "Fine." "I'm happy for you." "Good, good." "You're happy for me..." "Gentlemen, if you please, follow me." "Mr. Mandrake, you will be in here." "Mr. Mauberson, in here." "And Mr. McNamara, you will be in here." "The rest of you gentlemen, follow me." "Oh, hell, yes." "That's Mr. McNamara." "Are we having the trouble?" "Yeah." "Yeah, we are." "No worries." "I am the king." "It's a bit tricky... especially doing it on someone other than yourself..." "because everything is in reverse." "Nice." "Looks like you've done this before." "Oh, once or twice." "The skills of a misspent youth." "Thanks, man." "Lucas!" "Caleb!" "Come here a minute." "Come here." "I have an idea." "Where did you spend last Thanksgiving?" "In a Pizza Hut." "A Pizza Hut?" "Spend Thanksgiving with us." "We have a tradition." "We hunt... but only eat what we shoot." "If we get skunked, we spend Thanksgiving drinking brandy and starving... in front of a fire." "But not to worry." "Caleb is a superb shot." "I would love to come." "Where I'm from, we have the same tradition... but what we shoot are pigeons." "Ames, let me introduce you to Mr. Lucas McNamara." "Senator, a pleasure to meet you." "Pleasure's mine." "We await your..." "Law school application." "I'm on the admissions committee." "Ames, you know you can't discuss that with a potential candidate." "You're right, Litten." "So, Caleb, what are your plans?" "Just treading water until something happens." "Well, your arms must be getting tired." "They are,'cause you keep throwing me in the deep end of the pool." "Excuse me." "I need a drink." "So, what do you think of all this?" "To be honest..." "it's a bit overwhelming." "It was for me, too." "We share similar backgrounds... and values, which could put the Skulls' influence to better use." "You have any questions?" "Millions." "Like, for instance, who pays for all this?" "Rule 46 in your book." "A member must leave... a percentage of his state to the Skulls." "And the word "War" in the ritual room--what is the significance?" "Those who wish be our leaders choose the ordeal of war to prove themselves." "If we're at peace?" "There are always wars to be fought." "If you ever need anything or just to talk, call me." "There was some tension between your dad and the Senator." "Yeah." "They were schoolmates..." "soul mates and... it's gotten worse since my father beat Levritt out for chairman." "It must be tough, following in those footsteps." "He's an ambitious man." "The idea of being on the Supreme Court is all he loves." "Speaking of love..." "Lucas McNamara, right?" "How'd you know?" "I know everything about you." "Care to dance?" "What's up, man?" "You missed practice." "I've been busy." "Doing what?" "It's a secret." "You're looking good with that left jab." "Atta boy, atta boy, atta boy, atta boy." "Lucas, I've been looking all over for you." "I need to talk to you right now." "Chloe, this is Caleb Mandrake." "We've met." "At Exeter." "Did we date?" "Once or twice." "You obviously found it as unforgettable as I did." "Um... catch up with you later." "Right." "I feel stupid." "I left my key at you- know-where." "I'll look like..." "a screw-up." "Can I borrow yours?" "Sure." "But last I checked, Caleb... people aren't kicked out for forgetfulness." "Dominating the room, carved in 6-foot letters, is the word "War"." "The main room is about 80 feet across." "It's magnificent, with nearly... ten pillars made of travertine." "A 150 years of wealth." "I've never seen" "You!" "Caleb Mandrake." "You broke into my car and... stole my key and book." "I want your camera, the tape and my stuff!" "No problem." "Just calm down." "Here's your key." "But I don't have your book with me." "We can get it any time." "Okay?" "But just calm down." "...rock music." "Ed Long." "I'll be with you till dawn." "It's 2:45andlcan..." "Help me!" "Somebody help me!" "Help me!" "I don't understand." "I mean, Will wouldn't..." "He's the last person..." "Sometimes we don't know people as well as we think." "I have a few questions, then I think you should sleep." "Did you touch anything besides the doorknob?" "I don't know." "I come in here all the time." "Why were you here at 3 AM?" "You on the paper?" "No, I just wanted to talk." "Talk about what at 3 AM?" "We'd had an argument." "It was no big deal." "You had a fight?" "What was it about?" "Don't put words in my mouth." "It was an argument." "We were roommates." "It was nothing." "Calm down." "You're getting excited." "What are you saying?" "What are you saying?" "Easy..." "I'm just asking simply, what was the argument about?" "That's all." "Detective Sparrow?" "I'm Martin Lombard, university provost." "Must we do this now?" "Can we give him a break?" "I have more questions, but maybe it's the wrong time." "I'll be in touch." "You can go, Mr. McNamara." "Get some sleep." "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "I just heard." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "What will I tell his mother?" "This goes, too." "Should I pack these, too?" "I have something to tell you." "Will was going an expose on the Skulls." "He had a lot of interest from a lot..." "of papers--job offers." "I know." "I found his notes." "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" "Will made me promise not to." "If this article had something to do with his suicide... the police should know." "You can't talk to them." "Is this story connected to Will's death?" "Is it?" "I don't know, Chloe." "I don't know." "I guess if we were friends we thought we were... things might have turned out differently." "I lied." "Will lied." "And now you're lying." "You're lying to me." "Move!" "Move!" "Detective Sparrow." "Learn any truth in class today, Lucas?" "Your girlfriend told us..." "what you and Will fought about." "She's not my girlfriend." "Okay, your friend who's a girl." "We also found something interesting." "What?" "Will had a contusion on the back of his head." "You don't get... a contusion like being hit with a sledgehammer by hanging yourself." "Something violent happened to him before what was made to look like a suicide." "Don't worry though, because we're doing our work." "I know how deeply concerned you are." "I'll be back to you... unless you want to get back to me first." "Gentlemen... tonight begins the Revealing Process... the final stage of admission into the order." "Come with us into Liar's Hell." "Gentlemen, do come in." "I'm Dr. Rupert Whitney, class of '73." "I'm Head of Protocol." "I'll be your guide the next few weeks." "The Revealing Process is our most sacred ritual." "It's been a Skull tradition since the late 1700s and... is the foundation of your commitment to each other." "Each soul mate pair is placed within the device." "Then you may ask them any question you want... about anything you want." "The object is to learn... all you can about each other." "Once they reveal all to your satisfaction, release them." "Which pair wants to go first?" "Caleb and I will." "Luke, what's your worst fear?" "My worst fear" "That I'll always be alone." "My mother died... when I was so young, I can't remember her." "I never had any family until a few years ago when I met a friend who became..." "Like a brother." "Then last week, he died." "Why do you think that keeps happening?" "Any ideas?" "Who can answer that?" "You can." "Tell me the worst thing you've ever done." "Had an affair with my mother's best friend." "Why do you fear your father?" "My father always covers for me... always gets me out of trouble." "I never take responsibility." "Then take responsibility for this." "What's the worst thing you've ever done?" "Where do I start?" "Don't play games!" "What's the worst thing you've done?" "!" "What are you asking?" "I know what you did." "What does that mean?" "!" "Know where I found this?" "Hmm?" "Thank you." "I lost this." "I wondered where it went." "Gentlemen, congratulations." "McNamara, Mandrake, the Chairman would like to see you." "I'll be waiting upstairs." "He's a Skull." "Would you excuse us, Marty?" "Certainly." "Well done, Luke." "Well done." "Don't give me your "well done's"." "I want to know the truth about... what happened to Will Beckford that night." "The truth." "I think your soul mate has the right to hear the truth." "Don't you, Caleb?" "Your roommate stole both my book and my key." "That's why I asked to borrow yours." "Then when I went to the ritual room and he was photographing..." "You broke into my carand stole my key..." "I tried to stop him." "I want your camera, the tape and my stuff back now!" "Here's your key." "But I don't have your book with me." "We can get it any time." "You give me the key." "We'll get the book." "You say nothing." "Okay, calm down." "I won't say anything." "Nothing will happen to you and everything will be fine." "How about if I tell you I can't do that?" "Get off me!" "He fell." "He broke his neck." "There was nothing I could do." "Nothing?" "You could have called the police!" "Will is dead!" "It's obviously why we didn't call them." "Caleb's future, my judicial hopes... our oath to the Skulls would have been ruined because of an accident." "So we took this accident and made it look like a suicide." "Let's not forget..." "Will Beckford broke into a car." "He's a thief." "And he trespassed." "This isn't right." "It may not be right..." "but it worked." "This is your preacceptance into any law school." "I haven't applied yet." "Imagine that." "It's all paid for." "I would do anything to protect you." "Won't you do the same for me?" "Miss?" "Would you bring me another cup of coffee... and some fresh milk, please?" "Sorry about that." "Excuse me." "You took quite a risk calling me." "You said to call anytime I wanted to talk." "Remember, Senator?" "Do you know?" "I'm on the Council, son." "Even Mandrake couldn't pull off a cover-up like this alone." "Here you go." "Thank you." "How are you managing with your decision to keep silent?" "How are you managing with yours?" "Our society is a compulsive lot, Lucas." "The Skulls are a group that cannot help... but dot every "i", cross every "t"... keep a record of every deed, every whispered confession." "The surveillance cameras." "There must be tapes." "Our organization is putting all its resources into..." "Mandrake's federal bench appointment... as a precursor to the Supreme Court." "One'd hate for an awful secret... to arise that'd derail such an important agenda." "That awful secret would be a valuable piece of information." "Perhaps a bargaining chip with the Council... used possibly to reacquire one's freedom... to get one's life back again." "Would you like your life back?" "His birthday was last week." "I know." "Peace offering." "Turn yours down!" "Hey!" "Turn down the damn televisions!" "Turn off those televisions!" "We have a guest." "Hey, boys!" "I need to talk to you." "Sully, I'm sorry I missed your birthday." "Hey, if you want to confess, Saint something-or-other's down the street." "I'm not kidding." "I'm in real trouble." "If you don't help me, I'll miss a..." "Lot of birthdays, including my own." "You understand?" "Why should we help you?" "I don't know." "Maybe you feel like turning the other cheek." "Or be forgiving." "Or maybe you want to be a better friend to me than I've been for you." "Come here." "You'll want to take a look out of this window... because you'll see a '63 T-bird convertible." "Dual exhaust, four-barrel carb, fully restored red leather interior." "It belongs to me." "You help me out, it belongs to you." "Big boy changes the digital tapes twice a day." "Ten A.M, ten P.M. You could set your watch by it." "So we know his schedule." "He's not going out the front." "J.J. He's going back the way he came." "He's going back the way he came." "Over." "Okay, I got him." "He's heading east." "I'm on it." "Having a problem, Mr. McNamara?" "Yes, sir." "A family emergency." "See you." "Don't lose him!" "We got to find out where he takes those tapes." "Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Nobody's allowed in the Sturtevant Collection without a pass." "Come on." "Come on." "Do you know what this is?" "It's a bug." "A bug." "Understand?" "Now I want you to listen to me." "Stop following Lombard's people." "Stop digging!" "If you keep digging, you'll dig your own grave!" "You didn't think they'd find out what you were doing?" "Hell, they know everything we do, everywhere we go!" "Your place is bugged!" "My place, too!" "Same with your friend upstairs!" "She's not safe, either." "None of us are safe!" "I didn't mean to hurt your friend." "I swear to God, I never meant to hurt your friend." "Please." "Don't give them a reason." "Please." "That's all they need." "Chloe, I need to talk to you." "I'm late for class." "Please." "So talk." "Chloe, please!" "I..." "What?" "I have a friend who made some decisions but it turns out they were all wrong." "Why were they wrong?" "Because he was selfish." "And because he was greedy." "He thought they would give him everything he ever wanted." "But all they ended up giving him was disaster." "So now... this friend of mine, he can go out on a limb." "The limb could get cut off, but everything being there is right." "So what do I do?" "We should sit down and you should treat me like a friend, and tell me the truth." "I think we should remove Mr. McNamara." "He's no longer loyal." "You wish us to choose your son's fate over Luke's?" "The membership will never pass such a corrupt motion." "The membership will have to" "They must never know." "Rule 88 states if the council... wishes to make a decision to be kept secret from our membership..." "it requires a unanimous vote." "Then I move, under Rule 88... that Lucas McNamara undergo psychiatric evaluation... at our hospital." "I hereby call for a vote." "The motion is defeated." "Ames, can I see you upstairs for a moment?" "We used to believe in the same things." "What happened?" "I've learned there are limits, Litten." "Really?" "She likes to eat popsicles after you make love." "I've had my own pecaddillos, but..." "my God, Ames, she's only 19." "I'm not sure if your wife or the voters of Virginia... would be as forgiving as I am." "Shall we vote again?" "This is how you dump me?" "With a pathetic letter?" ""But can we still be friends?"" "I know what's in the letter." "Of course you do." "And, no, we can't be friends." "So don't talk to me... don't call me, and don't ever send me one of these chicken shit letters again!" "Piece of shit." "Go, girl!" "Smart play, Lucas." "Smart play." "They can't hear us now." "They buy it?" "I think so." "You were convincing." "You get everything I need?" "In there." "But I don't get why... they don't just destroy those surveillance tapes." "That's how they work." "By using nasty secrets against themselves." "If you change your mind and decide to run, I can help you." "My family" "But my family could help you." "I can't live like that." "I need you to promise me something." "No matter what happens from here on..." "you don't get involved." "Okay?" "No!" "I can't do that." "You got me envolved." "I'm involved." "I cant' move forward if I think..." "you're in danger." "I'm gonna be there for you, okay?" "Do you understand what these people are capable of?" "These people will kill you!" "I'm in love with you." "I am." "I love you." "Okay, you got me." "Shut up!" "There's no need for the gun." "Give me the tape." "Here it is." "Come and get it." "Bring it to me." "Come on!" "Let's go, let's go, let's go." "Come on!" "Let's go!" "Go, go, go." "Go, go, go." "Nice plan, Luke." "Okay, here we go." "There he is." "You stole my key and my book!" "I want your camera, the tape and my stuff!" "Here's the key." "We'll get the book later." "You say nothing." "I won't say anything." "Nothing will happen to you." "Get off me!" "Oh, God." "No!" "No!" "Dad!" "You have to listen to me!" "Listen to me!" "Something happened!" "I just killed a guy in the ritual room!" "I should call the police!" "No, I have to call 911!" "I can't just leave him here!" "Yes, I understand!" "I understand!" "Okay!" "I'm leaving." "Luke." "Oh, my God." "He's moving." "Look, he's moving." "He's still alive." "Yeah, totally." "See his arm?" "Fast forward the tape." "Hold on, hold on." "Can you go close on the lower right hand?" "Help me." "Luke, who are they?" "Who are they?" "That's Martin Lombard..." "the university provost." "He's pretty far gone, sir." "Who's he taking to?" "It could only be Mandrake." "Got it." "Can you get any closer?" "Lombard works for Mandrake." "Closer." "Closer." "Oh, my God." "They killed him." "They killed him." "What are you going to do?" "Luke, we were just talking about you." "What are you doing here?" "Luke, I couldn't live with myself." "I had to tell them what you did." "What I did?" "What you told me." "The accident." "Your making it look like suicide." "He's lying to you, detective." "I am not." "I have nothing to lie about." "I have evidence." "Everything you need to know." "The truth is on this tape." "Mr. Mandrake, we have your statement." "You may go." "Keep Mr. McNamara company." "Get something to play it on... and have the D.A.'s office send someone down here now." "I haven't seen so much snow since my last ski trip." "This is the tape." "It's a split-screen." "There's four different angles." "It has to be forward." "It was..." "Oh, great." "You." "You switched the goddamn tape!" "Tell us what you imagine was on the tape." "Why'd you do it?" "What do they have on you?" "Why are you working for them?" ""They"?" "The Skulls!" "The Skulls!" "Who do you think pulls the strings around here?" "They're watching you!" "They're watching me!" "They control everything we do!" "Including him!" "Even him!" "I've heard enough." "Hey!" "You stay back." "Keep them back." "You have to listen." "Martin Lombard killed my roommate!" "Martin Lombard?" "The university provost?" "That's what's on the tape!" "Yes!" "He snapped Will Beckford's neck." "He snapped Will Beckford's neck." "Oh, Christ." "This whole suicide thing was a cover-up!" "And he's in on it!" "Why did Lombard kill your roommate?" "Litten Mandrake told him to." "Judge Litten Mandrake?" "Yes." "He runs the whole show." "That's ridiculous!" "It's the truth!" "You're working for him!" "It's ridiculous." "You have to believe me." "Please." "He's in on it, okay?" "I'm innocent." "I'm telling the truth!" "I'm telling the truth." "I'm telling the" "You bastard!" "How could you do this, Sparrow?" "!" "What do they have on you?" "Get off of me." "What have they got on you, Sparrow?" "Get him out of here!" "What have they got on you?" "How did they get to you?" "Listen to me!" "I'm innocent!" "I'm innocent!" "What do you want?" "I saw the tape, Caleb." "What tape?" "What are you talking about?" "Caleb, Luke's in a mental hospital." "They may never let him out." "Please." "Help me." "Just tell the police the truth." "Please." "I think you better go." "Before I go... one last thing." "The most interesting thing on that tape was after you left." "Will Beckford, he wasn't dead." "Help!" "Strain, what happened?" "!" "Ms. Whitfield?" "We need to talk to you." "Where is she?" "There." "What the..." "Get in, Chloe." "I'll take you to Luke." "I will." "I'll take you to Luke." "Come on." "Let's go." "He's there, in the solarium, Senator." "It's me." "It's me." "Help me!" "You'll be okay." "I'll get you out of here." "I'm going to take care of you." "I arranged this car for you." "Wait." "Where do we go?" "What do we do?" "You must remind him there is only one solution to this. "We live by the rules." "We die by the rules."" "I don't know what you mean." "He'll know." "Go." "I'm leaving the hospital." "They're all yours." "You're going to be okay." "You're out of there." "You're not going back." "Everything will be okay." "Son of a bitch!" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Hang on." "Hang on." "Hang on." "Shit!" "No!" "Come on." "Come on." "Get off him!" "I've been following you since the hospital." "That's what the Senator wanted." "I don't understand." "The Senator believes if you think it through, you will." "You work for Senator Levritt?" "Just get in the Jeep and go." "Did you... see what was on that tape?" "Don't ask me questions." "I've given you answers." "Now go." "Thanks." "What do we do?" "They're going to find us." "Okay." "Sparrow is working for Levritt... but he switched that tape, and didn't help me when I needed it." "He waited till I got out of Sanctuary." "Which means what?" "What is Levritt trying to tell us?" ""We live and die by the rules."" "What?" "Levritt." "He told me to remind you that "We live by the rules... we die by the rules."" "Rule 119, right in the middle of the page." ""A challenge may be presented... and gentlemanly means pursued." I don't get it." "I do." "Levritt wanted to make sure I had only one option available." "What day is today?" "It's Friday." "The Skulls'll be on the island tomorrow." "Baby, come on." "Lay down." "Come on." "Tomorrow I bring war to the Skulls." "We are gathered, as we have done for over 200 years... to celebrate the end of the Revealing Process." "Now that you have shared all with each other... we would like to show you how much you are appreciated." "A toast, to the successful progression of Skulls." "Above any other." "Above any other." "Mr. McNamara, please." "You shouldn't be here, especially dressed like that." "Mr. McNamara." "Come to collect your check?" "Under the auspices of Rule 119, I petition for the satisfaction of... differences between myself and Caleb regarding the death of Will Beckford." "What's Rule 119?" "119. "Of disputes arising of such a serious natures..." "that no other solution is reached..." "A challenge may be presented... and gentlemanly means pursued."" "What does that mean?" "He's challenging you to a duel." "A duel?" "You're kidding." "No, sir." "I'm not." "Dr. Whitney?" "It is part of our tradition." "The man's a fugitive." "He should be arrested." "Call the authorities." "Our rules supersede theirs, Litten." "You should know that." "Then I demand the right to take my son's place in this duel." "You can't, Chairman. "To avoid conflicts of interest, Council members are... excluded from proceedings pertaining to kin."" "Rule 119-B, line 15." "There are two ways out of this, Lucas." "One--you can withdraw your challenge." "And the other?" "You're dead." "Caleb's a crack shot." "You've got no chance." "Guess I won't be coming for Thanksgiving, then." "Dad, I have to ask you one thing." "Was Beckford alive when I left the ritual room?" "Son, I love you." "And I've never lied to you." "The answer is no." "Gentlemen, it's time to begin." "Mr. Mandrake, you were challenged... so the choice of weapons is yours." "Gentlemen, take your positions." "Back to back." "Tell them the truth about Will." "I'm sorry, Luke." "Don't apologize to me." "Just tell them the truth!" "No, I'm sorry for what I have to do." "Cock your pistols." "Prepare to fire." "Ten paces." "On my signal." "What happened to Will was an accident." "This will be murder!" "You'd murder your friend?" "Your soul mate?" "Tell them and this ends right now!" "Tell them the truth!" "The truth." "Fire, Caleb!" "Dad!" "Fire, damn it!" "Caleb, tell them... and we'll get through this together." "I swear." "Get my bag!" "Get my bag!" "Bring a doctor here!" "Move back!" "Move back!" "Just relax, Mr. Mandrake." "Shawn!" "Shawn!" "You weren't worth the effort." "Where is my bag?" "It's over, Caleb." "It's over." "You told me there were always wars to be fought." "This was your war." "Yes." "And the good guys won." "Nobody won." "Not true." "Mandrake's finished." "He'll never get to federal court." "I'll become Skull Chairman." "You'll be exonerate and help me lead... the new generation of Skulls into the future." "Someone I loved once said if it's secret and elite, it can't be good." "He was right." "You used me." "No, Luke." "I helped you." "I taught you how to make the world work for you." "For us." "Do you truly believe you can walk away from this?" "All we've given to you?" "And some day when I call on you for a favor, will you be able to deny me?" "And if you do, will it jeopardize the life you've built... for your wife and family?" "Can you live with those doubts, Lucas?" "Watch me." "Well done, son." "Well done."