ASSISTANT BARTENDER BURNHAM CARTER CHIEF COP_1 DISPATCH DOMINICK DOWNE FRITCH GABLE HANSO HEADCASE HOODLUM_1 HOODLUM_2 INMATE_1 INMATE_2 INMATE_3 LADY_TIGER LION MAN MOTHER_SUPREME NUN NUN_1 NUN_2 OFFICER OFFICER_1 OFFICER_2 OFFICER_3 RADIO_DISPATCH SERGEANT TECH TECH_1 TECH_2 THUG_1 THUG_2 VULTURE WOMAN ZEN_MASTER_FLASH DOWNE My city's gone to hell. I've watched it happen. DOWNE Even street crime has become the stuff that nightmares are made of. Corruption and terror like you've never seen before. DOWNE But shit drips from the top down. Meet the Fortune 500. DOWNE They run this scum and the filth that's taken over this beautiful city. DOWNE These monster bosses have an iron grip on the underworld that can't be broken, at least that's what they want you to think. DOWNE But they're wrong, dead wrong. It's why I do what I do. It's what I've always done. DOWNE I do it again and again and again, as many times as it takes to scrub this city clean of all the filth. DOWNE I've got my badge and I've got the will. I am Lapd. So let me show you how it's done. WOMAN Oh, my god. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. I don't know how you do it. Just keep going, and going. DOWNE I'm just doing my civic duty. WOMAN Oh... um, look, I know we don't really know each other all that well or anything, but-- RADIO DISPATCH Confirmed, suspect is on premises. Transmitting location. DOWNE That's me. Back to work. Thanks for the jump. Let's do it again sometime. HEADCASE Super crank! That's what I'm calling it. It's got a nice ring to it, right? HEADCASE Yeah, this city loves its street drugs. HEADCASE This is the mother of them all. And they are gonna pay through the nose to get it. HEADCASE You guys want a free taste? Huh? Forget it! THUG 1 Did anybody else feel that? HEADCASE Feel what? HEADCASE No. No, no, no, no, no! THUG 2 Yo, Headcase, we better split! HEADCASE Don't- don't call me that, it's Harry! Not- DOWNE Headcase Harry, you're under arrest! HEADCASE Fuck you! DOWNE That's assaulting a police officer. DOWNE That's resisting arrest. HEADCASE No, no, no, no- DOWNE Headcase. HEADCASE Don't call me that! DOWNE You have the right to remain silent. HEADCASE Fuck you! DOWNE Anything you say or do can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney. HEADCASE Take Miranda Rights and stick 'em straight up your ass, pig! I know who you are. That was my most fortuitous plan! DOWNE If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you. HEADCASE Shut up! DOWNE Do you understand these rights as they were read to you? HEADCASE Do you understand this? You know what this is? Don't make me do it. HEADCASE Stay back! HEADCASE Fine. HEADCASE Boom. OFFICER 1 You see any activity? OFFICER 2 Unbelievable. OFFICER 3 Holy Christ, no way anyone could have survived this. OFFICER 1 I know you're new to this detail, but don't be a fucking idiot. Of course, he didn't survive, they knew he wouldn't. Hey, a little help here. OFFICER 2 Well, there he is, Officer Crispy. All right, guys, let's load him up and get him back to the precinct. GABLE You're a cop. Pow. Part of the motherfucking brotherhood. You're one of the good guys. GABLE You're Lapd, you're one of the good guys. I'm a cop. You’re a cop. That's right. SERGEANT Officer Gable? SERGEANT Inside, Gable. SERGEANT You might want to calm down. GABLE Good morning, Sergeant. SERGEANT Yeah, right. SERGEANT Ooh, little filly. Is that all the work you put in? SERGEANT Stop with the dicks. SERGEANT And you, yeah, go to my office 'cause there's somebody who wants to talk to you. GABLE Is it a threatening person? SERGEANT Now. GABLE I was told someone wanted to see me? CHIEF Officer Gable. GABLE Chief Berringer. CHIEF Come on in. Close the door behind you. CHIEF Interesting psych profile. You like being a cop, don't you? I mean, you take it seriously. GABLE As a heart attack. CHIEF We have been keeping a pretty close eye on you. And for the record, there were one or two individuals who felt it was premature for me to have this conversation with you. CHIEF Clearly I didn't listen to them. I went with my gut on this one. CHIEF So here you are. GABLE Chief, I don't- am I- am I in trouble? CHIEF Depends on how you look at it. GABLE I don't understand. CHIEF You understand how bad it is out there? While you're chasing jaywalkers down the 3rd Street Promenade and making your chicken-shit collars, some real heavy shit is going on right here in our city. CHIEF Do you think you're ready? I think you're ready. Are you ready? GABLE Damn straight. CHIEF Have you ever heard of the Fortune 500? LION Well, speak. MAN Harry's operation has been compromised. VULTURE Compromised? MAN The Lapd sent their beast. VULTURE They've got balls sending that kamikaze cop into our territory. LADY TIGER Their confidence is annoying. LION Goddamn it! Nobody fucks with the Fortune 500! I want his head on our wall! LION Get the fuck out of here. LADY TIGER Let's face it, gents, Headcase was their opening salvo. I bet they think it's open season on all our operations. LION We have to hit back... hard! VULTURE This has gone way beyond the concept of deterrants. But let us not be despondant. On the contrary, let us rejoice! VULTURE We have access to the ultimate Wmd a pure ass-kicker, par excellence. LION What are you talking about? ASSISTANT Sir? VULTURE Get me Zen Master Flash. ZEN MASTER FLASH I don't normally come down off the mountain. ZEN MASTER FLASH On the other hand, my latest class could use a good workout. ZEN MASTER FLASH You can't run a school for immoral killers without taking a few field trips. You've got yourselves a deal. LION So, are you sure this crazy fuck has the goods to take this on? LADY TIGER He's got a rep, that's for sure. VULTURE It's more than that. He's the best. We're bringing our gun to a knife fight. Not to mention, he's got a ready-made army full of bad-ass motherfuckers at his disposal. VULTURE Even if this escalates into a war, it'll be theirs, not ours. That's good business. LION Fine. I still want his head. VULTURE I'm telling you, once we finally butcher this pig, the rest of them will shit themselves into a state of total panic. It'll be glorious! CHIEF The Fortune 500 are the top tier of organized crime in this city. Almost every freak on the street is connected to them in one way, shape or form. CHIEF Money from drugs, from illegal firearms, from protection rackets, you name it. If it's illegal, they are deep up in it. CHIEF These folks are a force of nature. And how are you supposed to fight that? Try not to look like a rookie. GABLE I'll do my best, ma'am. CHIEF And cut the ma'am shit. GABLE Yes, sir. CHIEF Everyone ready? TECH 1 They brought him in a few hours ago. He's downstairs being prepped for a general recovery. CHIEF Okay then, let's move. CHIEF These technicians are part of a special division top secret. A lot of private funding, which means it keeps the mayor and the city council off our ass. GABLE What's the smell? CHIEF Oh, that you'll learn to ignore that. Chief? Chief! GABLE Chief, are we talking-- CHIEF I think you know exactly what we're talking about. All the rumors you've been hearing, they're true. GABLE Okay. CHIEF Look, it doesn't matter. It's no secret what's going on out there. The grinks and the groinks, the pest and the vermin are taking over. CHIEF We don't have the manpower or the resources to properly police the streets. But you know what they say? GABLE I don't, no. CHIEF Fight fire with fire. So we got ourselves a secret weapon. GABLE Holy shit. Is he dead? CHIEF What do you think? Of course, he is. GABLE Uh, but-- TECH 2 All systems go! TECH 1 Fire up! CHIEF Watch this. TECH 2 Lead channel A, B and C for immediate download. TECH 1 Initiate! TECH 1 Okay, clean him up! Get that uniform off. TECH 2 Patholomic levels are stabilizing. Cardiac activity is normal. Oxygen intake, circulatory system, everything's back online. CHIEF There you go, Gable. Goddamn miracle of modern science. CHIEF It doesn't matter how broken, how mangled, how completely pulverized he gets out there, what happens in here makes him whole again. CHIEF Well, relatively speaking. DOWNE Officer Downe reporting for duty. CHIEF How you doing, Terry? Ready to get back out there? DOWNE I was born ready. GABLE Chief, does he even know- CHIEF Best not to dig too deep into the details. Technically this is still an experiment. Just let him do his thing. DOWNE Look at you. Do you stand for what is right and righteous? Yes, you do. DOWNE Are you ready to crush some criminal cranium? Yes, you are. GABLE He's talking to himself. CHIEF Ssh. DOWNE Because that's what you do, isn't it? Who else can? No one. GABLE Where's he going? CHIEF The armory. DOWNE Oh. the skells and shitheads... they're packing like a third world country. They've convinced themselves that they know this city. Makes me sick. CHIEF So what are we doing about it, Terry? DOWNE We're gonna take it all back, Chief. GABLE What's he doing? CHIEF Gathering up his correctional equipment. DOWNE My baby. DOWNE And all the baby food he can eat. DOWNE All righty, then, down to the motor pool. GABLE So, he just picks up right where he left off? CHIEF That's all he knows. He's the perfect cop. GABLE That's incredible. How? CHIEF What do you mean, how? GABLE I mean, how! What kind of technology can actually bring someone who's clinically dead back to-- CHIEF You were vetted pretty extensively, Rookie. Your psychological profile suggested you are adaquately equipped to deal with these particular circumstances. CHIEF Without struggling with any of the moral implications involved. That's exactly why you've been brought in to the inside. CHIEF I had a feeling about you, and I hate to be proven wrong, so you need to tell me right here, right now... are you focused? GABLE Absolutely. CHIEF Then let's go. DOWNE I see my ride is waiting for me. CHIEF Parked it right where it always is. This town's infected, Terry. We need you to make it better. We need to show them what's what. DOWNE I will show them the law. CHIEF Okay, Rookie, you're on. GABLE For what? CHIEF One thing we learned this last round, we need to do a better job of backing him up in the field. GABLE What do you mean? CHIEF I'm putting you on this detail... his back-up detail... a special unit that will stay close, but remain unseen, alongside Officers Carter, Fritch and Hanso. GABLE I'm sorry, I don't- CHIEF He'd never call in your support. Point of fact, he won't even know you're there. CHIEF I'd imagine he'd be pretty pissed off if he knew, but you'll be there all the same. GABLE But in case of what? I mean, Chief, no offense, but he doesn't- CHIEF When the time comes, you'll know what to do. GABLE Ah, you said he'd be pissed off if he knew? CHIEF Did I say that? GABLE Yes, ma'am, I believe you did. CHIEF Then don't piss him off. ZEN MASTER FLASH Assembled students, I've got a question I'd like to pose to all of you. ZEN MASTER FLASH Are you ready... to rumble? But first-fuck these subtitles! ZEN MASTER FLASH As far as I'm concerned, you're good to go. You've all been administered your extra dose of alkyl nitrites, and our chemists have assured me that you'll peak exactly when you need to. ZEN MASTER FLASH Just make sure any erectile activity doesn't interfere with your combat moves. ZEN MASTER FLASH First things first, we'll need to get his attention. Shouldn't be too difficult, our target tends to get involved in some serious shit. NUN She will see you now. DOMINICK About fucking time. NUN Please watch your language. Remember where you are. DOMINICK All right, and where exactly are we? This place-- NUN This is a house of divine truth, and I detect the stench of deception all over you. DOMINICK You what? NUN Do not misunderstand me. When you enter this room, you should reek of nothing but respect. DOMINICK Fucking hell. DOMINICK You're uh. Mother Supreme? MOTHER SUPREME Indeed I am. MOTHER SUPREME Welcome to the Guardian Angel Covenant. DOMINICK It's nice. MOTHER SUPREME You have come to do business? DOMINICK Yeah, I'm Dominick, I've come to negotiate. MOTHER SUPREME Negotiate? On who's behalf? DOMINICK Well, my boss felt as though there might be some wiggle room when it come to the price? DOMINICK He wants what you're selling. He just hoped that instead of a long-term payment plan at your price, that we would pay our price, all in one lump sum. DOMINICK Fucking nice little package to you. Do you know what I mean? A fucking nice one. MOTHER SUPREME Another broken down street mongrel trying to walk tall. DOMINICK Look, this is no way to do business. I was told you'd be amenable. MOTHER SUPREME Who told you that? DOMINICK Who do you think? MOTHER SUPREME Your boss... your boss has no balls. DOMINICK Sorry? My boss- MOTHER SUPREME Your boss has no balls. DOMINICK Is she allowed to talk like that? MOTHER SUPREME He sent you here with no real knowledge of what you are dealing with. MOTHER SUPREME Do you even know what it is that we do here? Do you even know what merchandise you have been sent to negotiate over? DOMINICK No. I wasn't given that information. MOTHER SUPREME Of course, you weren't. If you had been, you never would have come, and yet, here you are. Now you must pay the price. DOMINICK Look, Sister. you don't want to fuck with me. You do not want me, or my boss, making trouble for you in here. MOTHER SUPREME Here's what we sell. DOMINICK You're gonna shoot me? A fucking nun? You're gonna fucking shoot me? MOTHER SUPREME Of course, not... they are. MOTHER SUPREME That should send the appropriate message as to how we negotiate. Take him down to the morgue. DOMINICK Fucking hell. GABLE Gun running nuns? Are you fucking kidding me? FRITCH I wish I was, Rook. These bitches are hard-core. CARTER Five months we've been building our case. FRITCH Don't start. CARTER Well, well, pardon me. I'm pissed off. Hey, our detectives, they've been working with the Atf, right? And now all of a sudden, this super cop, he gets to roll in there and get the bust. CARTER What we doing? We're babysitting... that's what we're doing. It's bullshit. FRITCH Goddamn it. HANSO You want to be the first to go in there? You know what goes on in there. CARTER Come on, Hanso, we just armor up, knock that shit down, easy-peasy. FRITCH Easy-peasy, is it? I'll be glad to explain that to your wife and two daughters. CARTER Hey, fuck you, man, they know exactly what I signed up for. FRITCH Oh, yeah, right, tough guy, want to go in there all Martin Riggs and show them what's what? HANSO Uh, who? FRITCH Martin Riggs. Mel Gibson. Lethal Weapon? HANSO Oh, right. CARTER That's ridiculous. No, no, that's ridiculous that you know that. FRITCH Come on, Hanso. GABLE Fritch, so when exactly do we go in? CARTER Wait- have you not been- is he fucking shitting me? FRITCH We don't go in, not until it's done. GABLE Until what's done? FRITCH Until he's done. NUN 1 Is there anything left to harvest? NUN 2 Well, not his balls. DOWNE Freeze! You're under arrest. MOTHER SUPREME Our house has been defiled! now let us find the perpetrators! Whoever they may be! And finish this. DOWNE You have the right to remain silent. GABLE Well? FRITCH Well, what? GABLE We go in, right? FRITCH Sorry, Rook, not yet. We got our orders. We wait until shit calms down, then we go in. Right now we relax and enjoy the fireworks. GABLE What if he needs us? CARTER Yeah, no. FRITCH Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey, hey. Holster your weapon, cowboy, all right? Cool your jets. GABLE This is the detail that you signed up for? Aren't we all cops here? FRITCH What are you trying to say, Rook? Huh? Are we all cops here? I know three of us are cops. GABLE I'm not saying-- MOTHER SUPREME As the dark goes, you spin with the dark! DISPATCH Station to special unit team. Berringer is requesting a status report. FRITCH Roger, that, we're holding position here. We need some back-up to form a perimeter to keep the civilians out. DISPATCH Copy that. Back-up units are en route. FRITCH Okay, we're good here. Soonm as shit calms down, we can secure the area. CARTER All right, and a stiff text fish Frankenstein out of the wreckage, what a bunch of fucking bullshit. HANSO Hey, where's the rookie? CARTER This motherfucker. MOTHER SUPREME You have besmirched the sanctity of this blessed soil. And for that, you shall receive righteous punishment. DOWNE Mother Supreme. DOWNE You better be praying. GABLE Freeze! Lapd! MOTHER SUPREME You seem troubled, young man. We can help you here. GABLE Sorry, lady, I'm an atheist. Now drop your weapons. MOTHER SUPREME With all due respect, I cannot take seriously one who has abandoned his beliefs of a higher power. GABLE I'm Lapd! That is my higher power! NUN Shall I put one between his eyes, Mother? MOTHER SUPREME Patience, sister, perhaps this one will come to his senses. GABLE Drop your weapons. Do not make me shoot! GABLE Holy shit. GABLE Hey, whoa, whoa, hey, hey, hey, hold up. Look, she's in custody. Let's do things by the book! DOWNE The book? What? MOTHER SUPREME You will all be judged. DOWNE Shut the fuck up! GABLE Oh, fuck. FRITCH Ah, shit... are you kidding me? FRITCH Are you fucking kidding me, Rook? This is gonna be your ass. CARTER We're inside, requesting immediate back-up! CARTER Is he dead? CARTER Rook, is he fucking dead or what? CHIEF Looks like I had you pegged all wrong. You couldn't keep your dick in your pants, son. GABLE Chief. CHIEF When I talk, that means you don't talk. CHIEF I gave you explicit instructions on how to comport yourself on this detail, and that's because I made a judgement call on you. Looks like I might have made the wrong one. CHIEF I had a long talk with Carter and Fritch even Hanso. Those three never seem to agree on anything, except where you're concerned. GABLE Wh-- oh, I'm supposed to talk now? CHIEF I have one nerve left, Gable. GABLE What did they say? CHIEF They said you wee a chatty, little fuck. They said you tried to be a hero. GABLE You asked me to be back-up. I'm a cop. I backed him up. We should have been in there sooner. CHIEF Didn't we talk about this in the motor pool? I believe we did. That little stunt at the convent could have been your ass! CHIEF He almost went for you, didn't he? Huh. You should have listened. How you pissed yourself. CHIEF Well, in any case, I have a problem. You're on the inside now. I can either put you back on the outside, which would put this whole program at risk, or I can give you one last chance to get your head out of your ass, and help us make a difference in this city! GABLE That's him. CHIEF So you know what I need from you? GABLE I guess so. CHIEF Do your job... be a shadow. You might not understand what we're doing, but right now that's not my problem, and you know what? It's not yours, either. BURNHAM Can I help you? GABLE I'm Officer Gable, I'm on Downe's field detail. BURNHAM Yeah, whatever, as long as you got clearance. Welcome to the Bullpen. GABLE So, um, what are they? I mean-- BURNHAM Well, each of them suffers from some sort of motor neuron disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, spinal muscular atrophy and some stuff they don't even have names for yet. It's actually pretty amazing. GABLE I don't get it. BURNHAM Look, for whatever reason, and I sure as hell couldn't tell you why and I spend most of my time with them, they all have telekinetic abilities, on a level that we can't even measure. GABLE Telekinetic? BURNHAM Yeah, telekinetic. the amount of energy that this group produces, you wouldn't imagine. It's enough to- GABLE To bring someone back from the dead? BURNHAM Exactly. We call it the Resurrection Equation. We harness the energy, we channel it up into the recovery bay, where it regenerates and resuscitates him. You know, that whole thing, every single time. GABLE That's unbelievable. BURNHAM Yeah, it's pretty cool, right? GABLE How did they pick Downe? BURNHAM Oh, this is a great story. Uh, Terrance Downe, full-on Metro Division from back in the days, an intense guy, fanatical. GABLE Fanatical about what? BURNHAM About being a cop. His freeway pursuits were legendary. He never let anyone get away. BURNHAM Of course, his enthusiasm ended up costing him. GABLE Well, what do you mean? BURNHAM Well, he had, how shall we say, a little accident. BURNHAM Circumstances under which he passed away left his body in a state that happened to be perfect for this particular experiment. GABLE How long ago was it? BURNHAM What? What do you-- GABLE Bad accident. BURNHAM Oh, I think it was about 25 years. GABLE 25 years? BURNHAM Most stuff doesn't happen overnight, son. Are you okay? GABLE Yeah, I'm fine. I-- it's just amazing what science can do, I guess. BURNHAM Goddamn right, this is the cutting edge of technology right here. GABLE There's gotta be a down side to this, right? BURNHAM I'm not sure I get what you're driving at. GABLE Well, have we ever lost one of them to this process? BURNHAM Uh, yeah, a few from before my time, but it's the nature of the beast, I guess. GABLE Nature of the beast? These poor souls sit down here and are forced to-- BURNHAM Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you talking about, forced? Nobody's forcing anyone. These people are volunteers, each and every one of them. GABLE So they know? BURNHAM Yes, of course, they know. This gives them a sense of purpose, you can see it in their eyes. GABLE See what? BURNHAM Pride, pride in what they're doing, pride in what they're contributing to. GABLE Does Downe even know about them? DOWNE You gonna keep staring at me? GABLE Hey, Downe, listen, no hard feelings, you know, about what happened earlier. GABLE I just wanted you to know that um, that I-- I was just trying to help, that's all. DOWNE What the fuck you talking about? GABLE What am I-- I was in the convent, um, I made the arrest. BURNHAM An intense guy. GABLE No shit. DOWNE We don't have a lot of time. Let's just do what I came here to do. WOMAN Just like that! Just like that! Oh, fuck! GABLE Oh, shit. VULTURE This is starting to feel like the good old days, eh? LION Goddamn it! We need to talk about Mother Supreme. VULTURE She got busted. Her entire operation is godless. Good for us, less competition. LION Except you got the same intel I do. It was that cock-munching super cop that took her down. So she's still out there. What the fuck is up with Zen Master Flash? LADY TIGER He is taking his sweet time, and on our dime. VULTURE And worth every one of those dimes. You know his reputation. If he hasn't moved yet, that just means that what he's got planned is gonna be rather nasty. GABLE Excuse me. BARTENDER Yeah. GABLE Whiskey coke. BARTENDER Are you Lapd? Because that's who we like to serve here. BARTENDER Okay. BARTENDER Whoa, whoa, kid... pretty young to look so fucked up. GABLE Well, you know, it's been a strange couple days. BARTENDER Well... here's to a boring night. GABLE Give me another one of these, and another one after that. BARTENDER It's gonna be icy. CARTER Well, well, well, look who we have here, officer with integrity, Officer Eff-it... Officer Dipshit! CARTER Everybody, listen up, we got a hero in our midst. This kid right here, he's angling to be super cop's new partner. Isn't that right, Rook? CARTER You want to be the Robin to his Batman? Right? You want to be the Laverne to his Shirley? You want to be the Lois Lane to his Superman? GABLE Okay, look, guys, I don't want to do this, all right? Not here. FRITCH No? If not here, then where? CARTER That's some balls... thinking you can walk over here like you one of us. GABLE Look, I'm a cop. CARTER Yeah. GABLE I'm a cop, yeah, just like you, just like them. HANSO Bullshit. CARTER No, you're not a cop like any of us, okay? And if you think anybody in here is anything like that fucking freak, you're wrong. GABLE He's drunk. CARTER I don't think I'm too drunk to give a fuck, you son of a bitch. CARTER Come on! BARTENDER Hey! BARTENDER All you fuckers stand down! You're all cops here, the assholes are out there. You save this shit for them. BARTENDER The next one who gets in somebody's face is gonna get this horse cock up the side of his head. BARTENDER My mom gave this to me, and she taught me how to use it. So who wants it, you? Anyone? FRITCH Fuck. HANSO Come on, buy the rook a drink. CARTER Barkeep, another round, please? GABLE No, seriously, man, Jesus Christ. FRITCH Come on, Rook, you said it yourself, you're a cop. You gotta start drinking like one. GABLE So, Downe been in here? CARTER Are you kidding me? Not a chance in hell. He don't fraternize. HANSO Not with anyone. FRITCH Hey, to busting Gable's cherry. HANSO To cop shows that get it right. CARTER To my girlfriend's bald eagle, the best thing I've ever tasted. HANSO Oh, my god. GABLE To all our brothers in uniform who have fallen in the line of duty. GABLE Cheers. Goddamn. FRITCH At a way to do it. That is rocket fuel there, boy. GABLE All right, so you guys want to tell me the real reason you don't like Downe? FRITCH What do you mean? CARTER Don't play stupid. FRITCH Come on, look, I know you're pissed off, Carter, I'm pissed off, too, but what are we gonna do about it now? CARTER I mean-- okay, I don't get that. What, do you think we want to do this detail? Getting that freak's back? No, fuck that son of a bitch. FRITCH I would take a bullet in the line of duty. I'd lay my life out on the fucking line for each and every one of you. Okay, because that's what it's all about. FRITCH Right, but I only have to do it once. And that's what makes it fucking bearable. HANSO The man's got a point, Carter. CARTER Yeah, but you know what? You can't say that. You don't know how he does it, none of us know how he does it. You know? CARTER Hold on, do you? FRITCH You know something we don't, Rook? GABLE What the hell would I know. FRITCH Naw, they're not gonna tell this fetus anything. CARTER No, I guess you right. All I know is they did some old Franken-science shit going on over there. GABLE I don't know about that. I mean, you're talking about like a bunch of dead body parts and their corpses like smashing together. I don't think that's Downe. CARTER You got Boris Karloff with a badge and that's no bullshit. HANSO Who? CARTER Oh, no, Boris Karloff, Frankenstein, movie! GABLE You mean Frankenstein's monster. CARTER Whoa, wait, wait, speak on that, speak on that. GABLE Okay, everyone always calls the monster Frankenstein. I mean, the monster was created by Dr. Frankenstein. It's not Frankenstein, it's Frankenstein's monster. DOWNE Fuck, fuck, fuck! Stop the music. Stop the music. DOWNE Look at you. You a cop? Yes, you are. You represent the law in this city, your city, yes, you do. Without you, it's all over. Too much crime, too much chaos, too much madness. Do you ever ask yourself, why? No, you don't. There is no more why. Get it together. Lock it down. Lock it down now. RADIO DISPATCH Multiple 10-34s reported at Cedar Sinai at Beverly and San Vicente, all units respond. DOWNE Center, this is Officer Downe responding, I'm on my way. ZEN MASTER FLASH Hah-hah-hah, well done, students. Like sending up the brightest flare to passing rescue ships. ZEN MASTER FLASH Ssh. That's our target you're hearing and he's coming fast. ZEN MASTER FLASH Prepare to slice and dice. I'll be back in a flash. DOWNE Everybody freeze! Good god. GABLE I toast to being a cop. FRITCH Sentimental fucking toast-- HANSO I know, right? FRITCH Every one of them. GABLE Well, what the fuck is wrong with that? It's a goddamn glorious thing. And hey, Downe is right there with us. FRITCH All right, to that. HANSO To that. CARTER Let me ask you a question. GABLE All right. CARTER Why do you care so much about that guy? Isn't it enough that you get to clean his litter box with us? GABLE I mean, I don't know, I mean, I don't like that part of it any more than you do, but I have to say, that I sure as hell don't blame Downe. I mean, I don't think I do. FRITCH Right, because Downe is just an innocent victim in all of this. CARTER Meanwhile, the good cops, the ones we've bee toasting all night, they're out there on the beat, risking their shit for god knows what. CARTER And you know what happens when they eat it? They don't come back! They don't come back! HANSO You're an angry drunk, angry. CARTER We know this. This we know. FRITCH You want that horse cock, don't you? OFFICER Listen up! If you can stand, get down to Cedar's, it's a fucking massacre over there! COP 1 Are you fucking kidding me? OFFICER Let's go, motherfuckers! This shit is real! FRITCH Fuck it. Let's go be fucking cops! DOWNE Any asshole I see flashing a blade- ZEN MASTER FLASH No Miranda? I was hoping to hear you say it. Anyway does this count as a blade? DOWNE Well, would you look at that? Some kung-fu cowards. Motherfucking cowards. DOWNE I see you're resisting arrest. That means I'm gonna have to bust out my favorite piece of correctional equipment, lethal fire! DOWNE Is that the best you've got? DOWNE That's assaulting a police officer. DOWNE Bitch! Punk ass! DOWNE If you can't do the time, don't do the crime! ZEN MASTER FLASH Hold it! ZEN MASTER FLASH Look at you. I'm not as impressed as I thought I'd be. Guess I need to lower my expectations. DOWNE You have the right. ZEN MASTER FLASH What's that? DOWNE To remain. ZEN MASTER FLASH Come again, son? ZEN MASTER FLASH Mm... tasty. DOWNE Silent. ZEN MASTER FLASH Ah, do tell. Observe, students, the Coup de Flash! ZEN MASTER FLASH Your mother! Ha-ha-ha! ZEN MASTER FLASH Cracka-boom, motherfucker! Timber, by the way. That, students, is what precision work looks like. ZEN MASTER FLASH But don't worry, he's not dead, not quite yet anyway. So, onto Phase 2. VULTURE I told you he'd get the big bastard! LION I hope they burn him like a witch! LADY TIGER Like a bitch! VULTURE We'll get the deets any minute now. One of our lieutenants is in direct contact. LION This is a righteous fucking victory! LADY TIGER Let's see the Lapd come back from this? Who runs this city? LION Talk slow, I want to enjoy this. LADY TIGER I need to hear some key words, invicerated, decapitated, castrated. Go on. MAN Well, masters, how about kidnapped? MAN Apparently Zen Master Flash subdued Downe and transported him to another location. By all accounts, he's still alive. LION What! VULTURE You gotta be shitting me! LION What's he think he's gonna do? Get ransom money from the Lapd? LADY TIGER That wasn't the deal we made! That motherfucker! VULTURE Okay, okay, just put your peckers in park, and we'll figure out exactly what the fuck he's up to. HANSO Holy Christ. FRITCH Jesus. CARTER Goddamn fucking blood bath in here. GABLE Check for survivors. HANSO Holy shit. GABLE Anyone see his body? FRITCH Who gives a shit? Look at this fucking place. ZEN MASTER FLASH Wake up sleepy head. ZEN MASTER FLASH Zen Master Flash. ZEN MASTER FLASH at your service. ZEN MASTER FLASH Feisty. You don't know where you are, do you? It's the last place on Earth you'd want to be right now. DOWNE Speak fucking English. ZEN MASTER FLASH Okay, the visionary that I am, I realized the most entertaining thing to do now would be to bring some friends to dance with your ass. ZEN MASTER FLASH So, all you rats in the Rat's Nest, let us see how much damage this cop can take? GABLE What the hell are you doing? CARTER That's a good question. GABLE Jesus. CARTER No. just me. GABLE Come to rub it in? I mean, the freak is finally gone. He's missing in action, he's cut up into tiny pieces, spread out all over La. GABLE That's all that's left. You want it as a souvenir? CARTER So that's it, then? He's gone, what are you gonna do? You gonna turn in your badge, too? Hm? CARTER That the kind of cop you are? GABLE I don't know what kind of cop I am anymore. What does it matter anyway? We blew it. GABLE We were his back-up, we blew it, besides when it gets out what my blood-alcohol level was, when I showed up at a crime scene, and that's iffy. CARTER Aw, let me get you a tissue. GABLE Hey, you want to go? Because I don't think I have anything else left to lose. CARTER Give me a fucking break, Rook. No one gives a shit if you took a few drinks tonight... no one. CARTER So if you're done, then just be done, don't blame it on that. GABLE Being a cop was all I had. CARTER No wonder you like him so much. Never mind. Here, I brought you a gift. GABLE What is it? CARTER Personnel file, dating back to the late 70's, Terrance Downe. GABLE What? Where the hell did you get this? CARTER Who's the rookie here? When you've been around as long as I have, you figure out ways to lift a piece of evidence if you need to. GABLE Wait, this is back from when he was- CARTER Alive. You think you got a one-track mind. This motherfucker was King Cop from day one. No family, no attachments, nothing but the job. GABLE An accident that put him in the program. CARTER Yeah, and that all just seems like a fait accompli, don't it? CARTER Oh, and I think if you're wondering if he's being exploited or some bullshit like that, the file has the whole story. CARTER We all read it by the way, so if it makes any difference, we hate him a little less now. CARTER Oh and man up, would you? Jeez. GABLE You are Lapd. you are in the motherfucking brotherhood now. GABLE You are a motherfucking cop. I'm a cop. That's right. CHIEF Officer Gable! GABLE Chief! CHIEF You show up at a fresh crime scene after floating all night at the Rusty Nail? with those jerk-offs in your detail? GABLE All right, going after Downe! CHIEF Downe is not your problem! He's nobody's problem! It's over! GABLE It's not over! Do you see this? It is not over! CHIEF Where are you going? Gable! CHIEF Stop right there, Rook. CHIEF Don't fuck around, Gable! This is beyond you! GABLE Chief! CHIEF Obviously he walked into a trap. It was only a matter of time before- GABLE Before what? Before the department cuts Downe loose, because it's not cost-effective to keep him around. CHIEF Don't get political on me, you little shit. GABLE Oh, okay, so what? You're not gonna go after him? You're just gonna find the next test subject? CHIEF What did you say? GABLE Chief, I know about the Bullpen. CHIEF The what? GABLE The Bullpen, the telekinetics you have down there. CHIEF How the fuck do you know about that? GABLE I know enough to know that if they're what's juicing him up, and they've got that connection with him, however it works, then maybe we can use them to find him and help him. CHIEF Bullshit. CHIEF Gable! ZEN MASTER FLASH I've decided to use you to send a little message. Maybe to your comrades in law enforcement. ZEN MASTER FLASH You see, the most annoying thing about cops is they think they're in charge. ZEN MASTER FLASH They need to know who swings the biggest stick. CHIEF This is your whole career right now, Gable! Count on it! GABLE I don't care, we gotta try. CHIEF You don't even know what they do! BURNHAM Okay, what's happening here? CHIEF Ssh. Gable- GABLE I'm betting they can either track him or they can help him. And either way, it is worth a shot! CHIEF It doesn't work that way! They cannot bring him back unless the body is upstairs. GABLE Is that true? BURNHAM Wh- er- are we talking about the long distance revive? GABLE Yes, yes, we are! BURNHAM Well, I have no idea, what does everybody take me for? Why are we talking about this right now? GABLE Okay, but you're saying it's not impossible. CHIEF Stop- get your ass out of here right fucking now! GABLE He is still a cop, Chief! Isn't he? CHIEF Fine. Fire him up. BURNHAM This is a very bad idea. CHIEF Do it! BURNHAM Okay, all right. CHIEF If this doesn't work-- GABLE You all know Terry Downe. He's the recipient of your abilities, of your talents. GABLE He's one good cop, knee-deep in the shit every day, no matter what it costs. And it costs him a lot! GABLE Now he is out there somewhere. GABLE And he needs your help, all of you. And even though he may be beyond repair, you have got to try. And you have to give it everything you've got! GABLE Come on! Isn't this what you're all here for? INMATE 1 Guys! Give me some room. INMATE 2 Kill that motherfucker! CHIEF Gable. ZEN MASTER FLASH Cut him down. ZEN MASTER FLASH Damn, he's still breathing. MAN Don't die yet! Don't die yet! GABLE Yeah! Come on! That's it! That's it! That's it, that's it! There you go. MOTHER SUPREME Stop! ZEN MASTER FLASH Mother Supreme, you sexy rat. MOTHER SUPREME You have been judged as unworthy. You have been judged as unclean! BURNHAM Radiostatic particle build-up... lots of telekinetic energy being generated with no place to go. I gotta bypass the local receptors. MOTHER SUPREME This is the price you pay for your lack of belief. GABLE Come on! You can do it! You push it! That's it! Yeah! There you go! There you go! MOTHER SUPREME My god is a vengeful god. MOTHER SUPREME He speaks through me. GABLE Come on! Come on! You can do it! Come on! Come on! You can do it! Push it! Come on! Oh, no, no, no, no! MOTHER SUPREME He tells me you resist the afterlife. BURNHAM He's gone. We're right on the brink. MOTHER SUPREME You resist the everlasting void. BURNHAM Organic circuits, they're overloading! They can't handle the feedback! CHIEF Shut it down! Shut it down! GABLE No, don't shut it down! CHIEF You want to be responsible for losing them, too? Come on, come on, shut it down! GABLE I guess that's it. MOTHER SUPREME This time you will join the endless blackest night... the eternal sleep... your final minutes. BURNHAM Oh, my god, oh my god! CHIEF What's happening? GABLE Don't you see, Chief? They're doing it on their own. They're not giving up. BURNHAM Their power is being sucked out of them, no idea how! BURNHAM They can't do this much longer. They are burning out right in front of us! ZEN MASTER FLASH Uh-oh. CHIEF Oh, shit. DOWNE You're not supposed to be out of your cells, are you? GABLE It had to work. Holy shit, it worked, right? CHIEF Shut the fuck up, Gable! GABLE What do we do now? OFFICER Chief! CHIEF Mobilize all available units. OFFICER So you know. CHIEF Really- wait, know what? OFFICER King County prison, reports of massive riots, all hell's breaking loose out there. CHIEF Go. CHIEF Come on! INMATE 3 You ain't done yet, fuck face. We all up out of this motherfucker. And we gonna take our new-found freedom and shove it right up your cracker ass! So bend over wide. DOWNE Think about it, shithead. This badge, it means something to me. It means that I am the order in a world full of chaos, and you are the chaos, all of you deranged motherfuckers! DOWNE But even more than that, kicking your heads in makes my dick hard! LADY TIGER We wait this long to check in, and then we hear you turn the Rat's Nest into a war zone? LION You had him! what makes you think this was the right time to make some goddamn political statement? ZEN MASTER FLASH I despise politics. The warden of this facility might be in your pocket, but I'm not. Your fatal flaw is that you lack vision. This is all part of the game. LION Listen to me, you prancing fuck nut! You can consider our contract terminated! ZEN MASTER FLASH Try not to get so emotionally involved. LION You can forget your payment! You don't fuck with the Fortune 500! ZEN MASTER FLASH Hm, I see, allow me to convey how I'm going to roll out of here. I'm going to find the lot of you. ZEN MASTER FLASH No matter how far you think you can run, no matter how well you think you can hide, I will find you. ZEN MASTER FLASH And when I do, the pain I shall inflict will have you begging for death. ZEN MASTER FLASH This is Zen Master Flash, signing off. LION Oh, shit. DOWNE Zen Master Flash, I'm bringing you in. ZEN MASTER FLASH That's so sweet. DOWNE Shut up, kung-fu! ZEN MASTER FLASH They told me you were unkillable. They say you've died 1,000 times and each death, your soul is eaten away bit by bit. DOWNE You have the right to lay down and die. DOWNE Die. Die, pig! GABLE Jesus Christ. FRITCH Come on, keep moving, just follow the blood. GABLE Let's get him back to headquarters. Come on, what are you waiting for! Move it! FRITCH Let's go, you assholes! Help him out! OFFICER We need some containment here. TECH All the systems are go. GABLE Maybe we should let him be. CHIEF What? GABLE I mean, let him rest in peace. CHIEF Rest in peace? What does that even mean? You're the one who convinced me to bring him back. CHIEF Something we all need to get used to here. You, me, everyone in here. This is the world we live in. Is it fucked? Probably. And if that's the case, you know what a fucked up world needs most of all? GABLE A cop. CHIEF Damn straight. CHIEF But not just any cop. It needs a cop that'll never give up. It needs a cop that always comes back, and we've got him. CHIEF Right or wrong, we need him out there. GABLE Maybe I just thought that after everything he's been through, he'd finally done his duty. CHIEF You think so? Huh? You think it ever ends, Rookie? GABLE Chief don't call me Rookie any more. It's Officer Gable. CHIEF Very good. Light him up! TECH Accessing Bullpen. Updating communications A, B and C for upload. Initiate. TECH Accessing Bullpen, opening channels A, B and C for download. TECH Rough one, Chief. We can't be certain that his mind is still functioning. CHIEF Good job, thank you. CHIEF Looking good, Terry, just like new. DOWNE I need to see them... now! Now. DOWNE You get it now? CHIEF I hope you're not expecting a vacation or anything. CHIEF You're job's not done yet. DOWNE It's never done, Chief. DOWNE Never. HOODLUM 1 Whoo! HOODLUM 2 That's what I call a motherfucking haul! HOODLUM 1 Yo, you think the Fortune 500 is gonna want a piece of this shit? HOODLUM 2 Yo, just 'cause they got their asses kicked, doesn't mean they through running shit. HOODLUM 1 No, I heard they got more than their ears boxed in. They got their nuts kicked in. Hard, real hard, and you know what that means? HOODLUM 2 What does that mean? HOODLUM 1 Just the Wild West up in this motherfucker. Every crook for himself, baby! Whoo! HOODLUM 2 Yo, chill out, man! HOODLUM 1 Yeah! Whoo! HOODLUM 2 Just because they got fucked the fuck up, doesn't mean that they won't fuck us up. HOODLUM 1 We got the juice in this town now. Madness and mayhem, as far as the eye can see. Not a badge in sight! It's beautiful. It's fucking beautiful, man! DOWNE Pull over, cocksuckers! You're under arrest!