ADRANGI AGATHA AKEELA ANIMATED_LEAF ARTHUR ASHBY BLAKE DASH DR_HINEMAN FEMALE_BARTENDER LILY LIZ OLIVIA PATRON RICO RUTLEDGE SPEAKER TORLAKSEN TOUR_GUIDE VAN_EYCK VAN_EYCK_SUPPORTER VEGA WALLY WOMAN YOUNG_AGATHA YOUNG_ARTHUR YOUNG_DASH YOUNG AGATHA 95... 96... 97... 98... YOUNG ARTHUR No peeking, Dash. YOUNG DASH I wasn’t- VEGA There were three of them: the female, Agatha; and the twins, Arthur and Dash. VEGA They were the children of drug addicts. Brain dead from the day that they were born. At first, the doctors thought they’d die that way. DR HINEMAN Children! VEGA But a group of scientists saved them with an experimental therapy. It gave them back their minds, and for a little while, a childhood. It also gave them something else... A gift. DR HINEMAN Precognitive ability, blind study: Tuesday, October the second. Test subjects Dashiell, Arthur, Agatha. Okay, children. YOUNG ARTHUR Torlaksen... Red... 27. Sanchez... Yellow... 81. Hineman... Blue... 66. YOUNG AGATHA Torlaksen... Red... 27. Sanchez... Yellow... 81. Hineman... Blue... 66. YOUNG DASH Torlaksen... Red... 27. Sanchez... Yellow... 81. Hineman... Blue... 66. VEGA They could see things. Little things about to happen all around them. But one thing stood out. TORLAKSEN Unbelievable. DR HINEMAN Who’s got another deck? YOUNG AGATHA No -- Please – Don’t -- YOUNG ARTHUR Down on your knees. YOUNG DASH Let’s see that pretty smile, bitch-- TORLAKSEN It’s happening again. DR HINEMAN Get them sedated. YOUNG DASH Can you see? WOMAN Let’s see that pretty smile, bitch. DR HINEMAN See what, dear? YOUNG AGATHA Murder! VEGA The scientists realized they were seeing every murder within the city days before they happened. And that was the last they saw of the outside world. The government took them away, code-named them the Precognitives, and hooked their brains up to machines. They called it “The Precrime Program.” It took hundreds of killers off the streets and saved thousands of lives. But it cost them their own. They never had the chance to grow up. They formed no memories, except the visions that they saw. Until it ended. Due to a flaw in the system, Precrime was abolished. The “Precogs” were sent off to an undisclosed location to hide them from the world... VEGA Meanwhile, we’ve been trying to do our jobs without them. VEGA My name is Lara Vega. I’m a detective. Metro P.D. homicide. I spend my life picking up the pieces. VEGA As for the Precogs, no one ever heard from them again. Maybe we don’t deserve them. FEMALE BARTENDER Another round? DASH You’re gonna need a mop. FEMALE BARTENDER Hm? DASH My lucky day. FEMALE BARTENDER Hey, you okay? DASH I -- excuse me. DASH Forty minutes... DASH Bartlet Plaza! ANIMATED LEAF You look stressed, man. Try one of Hart’s new Totally Baked Goods. P.A. SYSTEM This car headed to Barlet Plaza, city center. Please make onboard transfers now. DASH No -- no- AKEELA Uniforms already ran the room, no D.N.A. Too many signs of struggle for a suicide, but neighbors claim they didn’t hear a thing. And don’t even ask about the hallway cameras. VEGA Lemme guess. Out of service. AKEELA Yup, so I have no face-recs, no eyedentiscans. To what do we owe the honor, V? I thought this was Blake’s case? VEGA I needed some air. AKEELA Lucky you. This perp left a window open. VEGA What’s the Open Vistas Center? AKEELA Some kind of neuro-rehab. Our victim was a nurse, we’re running it. VEGA Gimme some room. VEGA Let’s play this through. VEGA The victim comes home, she chains the door. She tries to hang her coat but misses. She’s in a hurry... VEGA Packing. But then someone kicks in the door. AKEELA Signs of struggle. Vega STEPS INTO the point-map perp, puppeteers it... VEGA She confronts him. He pushes her down. VEGA But she defends herself. VEGA She has a path to get away but she doesn’t take it. VEGA She lets it happen. AKEELA Why? VEGA Our victim was protecting someone. Can you believe they used to stop this stuff before it happened? AKEELA Unfortunately, Pre-Crime was way before our time, girl. All we do now is mop up messes. VEGA Who was she protecting... AKEELA What? You think our perp made himself a sandwich? VEGA Not unless he’s still in kindergarten. Lenses, show me infrared. AKEELA What is it? VEGA We ran her eye-dents, the victim was her mother. I’m the first person you call the second you track down her family. TOUR GUIDE Who here knows about the Precogs? TOUR GUIDE It stands for Precognitives. Their powers started when they were just children, even younger than you are now. Their names and faces were kept secret from the public. But the police used what they saw -- their future visions -- to stop murderers before they struck. Any questions so far? VEGA Hey! Hold it. Keep your hands where I can see them. DASH I have something for you. VEGA Slowly. VEGA 1313. Where’d you get this? DASH I have to go. VEGA Who are you? DASH I have to go. You need to catch him. DASH It’s only temporary. Sorry. BLAKE Shouldn’t you be out catching bad guys, Vega? VEGA This is your case, Blake. I figured that I’d solve it for you so that you could take credit and land a big promotion like the last time. BLAKE It’s called delegating. That’s what lieutenants do. VEGA I’ll take notes. BLAKE You should. Cuz you’ll make a great lieutenant... Once I’m captain. But I don’t need you on this one, Vega. Because, I have a lead. BLAKE Turns out Open Vistas is no ordinary rehab. They specialize in Marks syndrome. A brain disorder common to former Pre-Crime prisoners-- VEGA Halo burn. So you’re saying my victim worked as a nurse in a building full of killers? BLAKE I’m saying my victim. And future killers, technically. The city set them free after Pre-Crime was abolished. VEGA Well that didn’t make them innocent. These people would be murderers. BLAKE Yeah, well, the trick is: which one are we looking for? We have no D.N.A, and no face to run- VEGA What if we did? VEGA Some weirdo gave this to me in the plaza, then ran off. BLAKE Like an informant? VEGA We should run point comp. BLAKE And by ‘we’, you mean me. VEGA It’s my tip. BLAKE On my case. BLAKE We got a match. Sahm Adrangi. An illegal bio-weapons dealer. VEGA Until Pre-Crime nailed him for the “future-murder” of a federal agent. And look how he planned to do it. BLAKE By throwing him out the window. VEGA At least he has a brand. BLAKE Eye-dents put his last location at a steel farm in the Sprawl. VEGA You want to wait in your big new office, lieutenant? BLAKE Sahm Adrangi, do not move. BLAKE Drop your weapon. VEGA Peek-a-boo, bitch. BLAKE Vega, stand down. VEGA Let’s face it, Will. You’re not a closer. ADRANGI You. You have no idea. BLAKE What are you talking about? VEGA No. No! BLAKE Well I would have closed him differently, but... Ok. AGATHA When they set us free, we promised not to intervene in their affairs. DASH I’m being careful. AGATHA Is that what you call racing to a crime-scene like some kind of action hero? AGATHA If you go to the police again, it will be a mistake. DASH She was a mother, Agatha. Her daughter must be as young as we were when it started, when they- AGATHA Is that what this is? You think you can fix the past by meddling with the future? Suppose you made it there in time. What then? Would you confront the killer, fight him off? Or tell the police who you are... what you are? DASH You know how much I see out here. If I just get to one in time- AGATHA You can’t. You know that. Your gift is incomplete without your brother. There are people who will use you, Dash- DASH I won’t let them. AGATHA You’re so haunted by other people’s futures, you forget the only future that you can’t see is your own. But I can. And I’m warning you- DASH Stop. AGATHA Come home. Where you belong. The detective that you’ve gone to- DASH I’m hanging up- AGATHA She’ll only use you as a tool. AKEELA Hey nice job back there, but I thought the whole goal was to bring them back alive? VEGA Now she tells me. BLAKE It was a suicide. He didn’t want to talk. My guess is, he had an accomplice. AKEELA What about your tipster? Did you get a look at him? VEGA Only in disguise. Before he jabbed me with this, and then ran off. AKEELA Temporary paralytic enzyme, disguises your face by turning the muscles into mush... VEGA Turns out it works on your legs, too. AKEELA Well, whoever your guy is, he managed to dodge all the surveillance feeds, but I did pull this off a selfie drone. BLAKE Nice photo bomb. AKEELA It gets better. I ran the DNA we found on these possessions. VEGA No criminal record? AKEELA No record, at all. The guy is a ghost. BLAKE Yeah, with one creepy-ass imagination. Blake flips through the Moleskine: murder after murder. VEGA Or maybe not. Check this out. VEGA There’s a dozen murder drawings in this book. I bet each one is a real crime. BLAKE Maybe he hacked the database. AKEELA No one hacks my database. BLAKE Okay, so that’s out. VEGA A watcher... Someone who grows up without human interaction. Always on the outside, looking in. BLAKE Alright let’s scrub the crime-scene feeds. Search for loiterers. Distressed or anti-social body language. AKEELA Aye-aye. AKEELA See anyone you recognize? VEGA Nope. Nada. BLAKE Well whoever your guy is, he’s living off the grid. Sounds like a trip to the Sprawl. Vega? Ride along? VEGA No, you go ahead, Blake. I got tickets to collect. Blake eyes her for a beat, maybe suspicious. Then departs. After a beat, Vega brushes past Akeela to the console screen. AKEELA You’re letting him go alone? VEGA I call that delegating... AKEELA Ok, next karaoke night you’re gonna have to tell me what happened between you two. AKEELA The watcher. VEGA Search this face. Last location. VEGA Bingo. VEGA Mmm, french fries. May I? Dash looks up in shock and horror, as Vega steals a fry. VEGA No. Stick around. I like company. DASH I -- I was just about to- VEGA Can you believe these used to be unhealthy? Thank god for the genetic revolution. Do you always get the munchies after watching women die? DASH What? VEGA That tip you gave me. This look like your friend? DASH The murderer... You got him? VEGA I wasn’t quite sure where to send the medal? DASH For me? Oh. No thank you. VEGA Okay, let’s just get past the part where you play dumb and I threaten to bring you in. DASH In? No -- no. I’m fine right here. VEGA These drawings put you at the scene of at least a dozen recent murders, you telling me that’s just bad luck? DASH No, you don’t understand, I’m just- VEGA What? A lookout? DASH Yes -- no. I only see them. VEGA Oh, so you like to watch. DASH Like to watch? No. I -- I need air, I need to go. I need to leave- VEGA Sit down. Just breath okay? I get it, you’re not a killer. I can see that. DASH You -- you can? Minority Report_PILOT_Revised BUFF_7.16.15 25. VEGA You came to me. Why? Are you in too deep? Are you afraid of someone? I can help you. Just tell me what the hell is going on. DASH No, no -- not now, not now -- VEGA Not now, what? DASH Please -- you need to let me- DASH Can -- You -- See? VEGA See what? DASH Murder. PATRON The ambulance is on its way. DASH No -- I need to go- VEGA Oh... Ok. Ok. VEGA You’re one of them. DASH Please. VEGA No wonder you’re not in the database. You’re one of the twins. DASH Dash. Our records were erased after Pre-crime ended. Then we were sent away. VEGA The things you see... DASH There are people who would use us. VEGA But you came back. Why? DASH Are you going to bring me in? VEGA Shouldn’t you be telling me? DASH That would make things easier. I can’t see my future. Only others. VEGA But that fit back there. You saw a murder, didn’t you? DASH I can’t be doing this. VEGA Who’s the victim? Give me a name. DASH I don’t know. Please- VEGA Don’t lie to me. In Pre-Crime, they got names. DASH We were a hive then, linked. It’s different now. Agatha, her gift is stronger, but Arthur and me, we are like one mind split in two. He gets the names, I only see what happens. VEGA Great. Let’s get your brother. So where is he? Where’s Arthur? DASH I need to go. You have my drawings. There are murders there the police haven’t solved yet. VEGA I’m done mopping up the messes. DASH I can’t help. I told you, I tried the last time -- I don’t see enough. VEGA Then let me help you. You found me for a reason. That girl. You know what it’s like, don’t you? Losing everything. Growing up without a mother. He looks at her. Really, you’re playing that card? VEGA That’s why you came to me. That’s why you put yourself at risk. DASH If anyone finds out, finds me- VEGA I won’t let that happen. DASH I can’t keep getting close. VEGA Neither can I. I’m tired of picking up the pieces. Just once. I need to stop one before it happens. Don’t you? VEGA Wait. This is the man you saw? DASH You know him? VEGA Yeah. He’s pretty hard to miss. VEGA Peter Van Eyck was a Deputy Chief in Pre-Crime. He’s gotta have enemies. If someone’s after his wife, it could be for revenge. DASH Wait. He worked in Pre-crime? VEGA Relax. They kept you three in isolation, right? No one ever saw your face. DASH So what do we do? How do we save her? VEGA You let me do the talking. And any- Signal you pick up you let me know. DASH Can’t we just warn them? VEGA Sure, yeah, I’ll tell them you’re a Precog and that you saw it in a vision. DASH No- VEGA Look. This is an investigation now. You gave us the victim. We need to figure out who plans to kill her. VAN EYCK Sorry to have you wait. We’re in our two minute offense. Peter Van Eyck. My wife, Olivia. OLIVIA And this is Jack. Long day on the trail for the little guy. VEGA Uh... He has a cold. VAN EYCK Oh. We appreciate the warning. Keep your distance, honey. Need you healthy for tomorrow’s rally. VEGA Tomorrow? On the Mall? DASH She shouldn’t go to that. OLIVIA I’m starting to like these people, Peter. But I’m calling it a day for Jack. Your staff can blame me. Can you say bye-bye? VAN EYCK What can I do for you, detectives? VEGA Like I told your aide, we’re following a lead about tomorrow’s rally. Have you had any recent threats? VAN EYCK Not that I know of, but I wouldn’t be surprised. I was in lawenforcement for almost ten years. VEGA Yeah. Pre-crime was why I wanted to become a cop to begin with. It’s just my luck, it disbanded before I finished the Academy. VAN EYCK It was a good program. Despite its flaws. But now it’s time to move on. My new system- VEGA Oh. Hawk-Eye. Yeah, you can’t miss the ads. VAN EYCK Ambient surveillance, algorithmic sweeps. Predictive policing. Relying on hard data, not the psychic instinct of some genetic freaks. DASH Freaks? VEGA So, uh... About those threats. VAN EYCK Well my security team monitors all cyber traffic relating to the campaign. Ashby can get you sorted. ASHBY Right this way. VAN EYCK Thank you, detectives. DASH You lose by a landslide. VAN EYCK I’m sorry? DASH Hm? VEGA Nothing. Ashby leads Dash and Vega off... VEGA Can you really see that far ahead? DASH Nope. ASHBY We run a constant passive search on social media, city surveillance, even purchase patterns. These incidents have all been checked and disregarded... VEGA Stop. Open Vistas. DASH It’s him. Adrangi. ASHBY You know this man? VEGA We met briefly. ASHBY The system flagged his user name for running a web search on the security parameters at tomorrow’s rally, but dismissed the threat. Help yourselves. DASH Dismissed? Why? He’s a murderer. VEGA Because Adrangi killed himself 3 hours before that search was run. VEGA Open Vistas treatment center. Every person here was a convicted Pre- Crime killer... One of them obviously didn’t learn his lesson. DASH I remember them. James Lanman... Allison Chen... Daniel Carmy... VEGA Hey. Earth to Dash. DASH I did this to them. VEGA No, you stopped them from committing murders. It’s not your fault the containment system fried their minds. LIZ Can I help you? VEGA Maybe. Did you know the man in this bed, Mr. Adrangi? LIZ Only for a few weeks, since they moved my father to this ward. Why? DASH He threw a woman out a window then committed suicide. VEGA Okay, during this part, I work alone. LIZ That’s... awful. VEGA It might not have been all that he was planning. And he may have had help. Is this his? LIZ I think so. VEGA And your father had access to it? LIZ Well. I suppose... VEGA This is the device that ran the search on Van Eyck. LIZ Van Eyck? VEGA Former Deputy Chief of Pre-Crime. He put your father away, didn’t he? LIZ For something that he never did. VEGA Or maybe didn’t have the chance to. LIZ The Precogs saw him murder his wife. My mother. But he loved her more than anything. The police took him anyway, put him in a HALO. By the time Pre-Crime ended and they let him out, she’d died of grief. And he -- his brain was so scarred by the containment that he forgot her name. DASH Is that why you drink? LIZ Excuse me? VEGA He means... that must be hard on you. Can we see him? LIZ This way. Liz leads the way upstairs. Vega and Dash follow behind... VEGA “Is that why you drink?” DASH You said tell you when I saw something. VEGA Are you familiar with the concept of a whisper? LIZ Ask what you want about Adrangi. But don’t expect much... These days, my father only cares about his hobby. LIZ You have visitors, dad. Get down from there. Go easy, will you? VEGA Always. So what do you see? Is this the guy from your... you know? DASH I didn’t see his face. LIZ These people are here to talk to you. VEGA About Olivia Van Eyck. RUTLEDGE Van Eyck? DASH You shouldn’t stand there. RUTLEDGE I’m not familiar with that bird. DASH You shouldn’t stand there. RUTLEDGE Van Dam’s Vanga, on the other hand. Native to Madagascar... VEGA She’s not a bird. She’s a politician’s wife. But you knew that. DASH I really wouldn’t stand- VEGA Really? DASH You told me to whisper. LIZ Haven’t you seen enough? VEGA Actually, I’m just getting started. We found Adrangi’s pad beside your bed. Someone was researching Van Eyck’s security arrangements. You wouldn’t happen to know anything about that, would you? RUTLEDGE Research? No, my work is here. My life’s work. VEGA Pigeons? LIZ Passenger pigeons. The species went extinct a hundred and fifty years ago. Until my father brought them back. He used to be a brilliant man... RUTLEDGE I still have my moments, darling. On the clear days. DASH How does he do that? LIZ Brain computer interface. Wireless signals to an implant embedded in the skull. VEGA They’re all you have left... Because Pre-Crime took your life away and you blame Van Eyck for that, don’t you? RUTLEDGE What? VEGA Is that why you plan to kill him at tomorrow’s rally? RUTLEDGE What? No-- LIZ That’s crazy. You can’t-- VEGA You know I think you and Adrangi were planning this together. But some poor nurse found out so he threw her out a window. RUTLEDGE I don’t know what you’re talking about. VEGA Of course you don’t. RUTLEDGE I’m innocent. DASH He’s gonna jump. RUTLEDGE I’ve always been innocent. VEGA Dash, not right now. DASH You need to arrest him. RUTLEDGE Arrest me? No. VEGA Hey! LIZ Dad! Vega chases Rutledge, bounding to the next fire escape. She chases him down the stairs of the complex. VEGA Stop! And just then -- the scaffolding SWINGS LOOSE BENEATH HER. Vega catches the rail with one hand, dangling there as Rutledge gets away. A HAND GRABS HER WRIST. It’s Dash. DASH I’m sorry. Did I mess up? VEGA What makes you say that? AKEELA No hits yet, but I’ll let you know when Rutledge pops up on the grid. Where’d you get this lead, anyway? There’s nothing in the system. VEGA New C.I. I’m working with. Good instincts. Just needs a little work on people skills. And keep this between us, will you? AKEELA You mean away from Blake? One of these days you’re going to have to tell me everything. VEGA If you want details you should ask Blake. He’s really good at telling stories about himself. LILY Oh. Looks like we’re interrupting something... VEGA Gotta go. RICO Is this your boyfriend? VEGA No. This is Dash. My colleague. He’s consulting on a case. DASH For the police. VEGA This once. RICO Sure. Colleague. LILY When I was your age, we had this thing called Tindr... VEGA Mom- LILY What? It’s how I met your father. You can’t spend your whole life at the precinct, Lara. Anyway, he’s cute. Staying for dinner? DASH Yes. We’re ordering Chinese. RICO We are? VEGA No. We’re not. I’m cooking. We’re going to sit down to a nice meal. VEGA Who wants Chinese? VEGA Vinyl. My father’s collection. He turned me on to the oldies. DASH I know this one. “Trouble” by Iggy Azalea, featuring Jennifer Hudson. Iggy had a cold that day. We had a lot of downtime on the island. VEGA Apparently. Is the island where they sent you after Precrime? DASH Is this your father? VEGA Yes. DASH He was a cop, too. VEGA He was killed. A long time ago. Dash looks at her. Knows exactly what that’s like. DASH I’m sorry. Is that why you wanted to be part of Pre-crime? VEGA Pretty good reason to join up, don’t you think? DASH We never really had a choice. VEGA Of course. DASH At least you have your mother. And your son. VEGA Rico? Whoa, no, not my son, my little brother. Mom hit sixty and went off birth control. She thought she had an empty nest to fill, then I moved back. They found you when you were kids, right? Some doctor somewhere? DASH When we were nine, they started testing us. When we were fourteen, they hooked us up to the machines and put us in the milk bath. That’s pretty much the last thing I remember for the next eight years -- except for... what we saw. Vega absorbs this, sympathetic. VEGA If I lived through all that, I’d want to get as far away from here as possible. DASH Yeah, but that got old fast. Arthur left the island first. VEGA * He wanted a normal life. DASH I guess we all have our own definition, right? I’ve seen sixteen murders since I got here. I couldn’t stop a single one in time. VEGA Can’t Arthur help you? Can’t he help us? DASH No. VEGA Why? DASH Because Arthur only cares about himself. And everything comes at a price. VEGA Dash. That rally is in 12 hours and we’ve got a suspect in the wind. We need more. VEGA In Precrime they could get see inside your head, see what you see... DASH What if we still can? DASH Wally was our caretaker in Precrime. The only real-live face we ever saw. Afterwards, he helped transition us into the new home. WALLY Down, Kanye! Were you followed? Quick, get in, get in, the streets have eyes... WALLY My god, it’s really you. So grown up. So... human. How long have you been back? Why didn’t you call sooner? DASH Been... laying low. WALLY Tell me everything. Your brother, Agatha... dear Agatha. VEGA Hey can you two catch up later? WALLY Typical cop. Hurry, hurry. I know my rights, by the way. In case that contact lens is still recording. VEGA I’m a homicide cop using an illegal psychic to stop a murder -- I’d say we’re all off-road already. Wally, thawing, smiles at Dash: “You found a keeper”. DASH This is Vega. She’s a... colleague. Can you help us? WALLY They used to say you were the weak one. Agatha would get the bigger picture, Arthur got the names, but you just saw the bits and pieces. Little things the others missed. VEGA Missed? WALLY They covered it all up after the Program fell. They wanted so badly for their Precogs to be perfect, they never could accept a little inconvenient truth. VEGA What truth? DASH For Pre-crime to work, the public needed to believe the murders that we saw were destiny. That people couldn’t change their futures. WALLY The dirty secret was that even the three Precogs didn’t always see the future the same way. DASH They were filed in minority reports. WALLY Yeah, which means the future isn’t set in stone. Ah, little homemade neural interface. Kind of what we used back in the Temple. Just uh... not as perfected. DASH As in -- a little pain? WALLY Maybe a lot. WALLY Here comes the pinch. VEGA What’s happening? WALLY No, no. He’s weaker than I thought... VEGA It’s hurting him. You need to- DASH Don’t -- stop -- WALLY He’s all right, he’s all right. VEGA Look. WALLY It’s not just one victim... VEGA It’s an attack. WALLY He’s back. Vega steps up, kneeling in as Dash comes to. DASH Did it work? What did you see? VEGA Van Eyck isn’t the only target. There are more people in the crowd. DASH More? WALLY It looks like Rutledge is going to use his birds as a vector for some kind of bio-weapon at the rally. VEGA Adrangi was an arms dealer, he probably helped him get it. DASH We need to stop this. Can’t you get them to cancel the rally? VEGA With what proof? Are you ready to walk into the precinct and tell them what you saw? DASH I-- I can’t let it happen-- VEGA Then think. Anything we missed. A detail, a location. We need more. DASH It’s time. VEGA What? Dash looks at her, dreading what he’s about to say... DASH We need to go to Arthur. ARTHUR I knew this day would come. I do like surprises, though. You brought a friend. Maybe I’ve underestimated my little brother. VEGA Little? I thought you were twins. DASH Older by seven minutes. ARTHUR Dash was afraid to come out. DASH I finally had some peace and quiet. ARTHUR You brought a cop? DASH We can trust her. VEGA Your secret is safe with me. ARTHUR Then that must make you a crooked cop. VEGA No, just resourceful. ARTHUR Like I said. VEGA I’m Detective-- ARTHUR Lara Vega. 257 Canzonet Street, Arlington, Virginia. VEGA Yeah. I heard you were good at pulling names and other details. Like vital data, bank accounts, identities from folks about to meet a violent end. How much do those sell for on the black market? DASH I didn’t say a thing. VEGA Like I said, resourceful. ARTHUR Agatha used to fight your battles. I’ll admit, this is better. VEGA What did you see that Dash didn’t? DASH How much is this gonna cost me? ARTHUR Conversation for another time. ARTHUR Providence Crossing. It’s an abandoned shopping mall. VEGA You were expecting us... ARTHUR Like I said, I knew this day would come. ARTHUR A thank you isn’t necessary, Detective. But how about a drink? ARTHUR No problem, I have your number. DASH What’s a shopping mall? SPEAKER And now, former Most Valuable Player of Superbowl Eighty-Seven for the Washington Red Clouds. And future mayor of this great city, Peter Van Eyck. VEGA Upstairs! VAN EYCK But thanks to loving parents and two older brothers who toughened me up enough to play pro football... VAN EYCK SUPPORTER Go clouds! VAN EYCK ...I had it good. Go clouds! VEGA Mason Rutledge. This is Metro P.D. DASH Wait -- LIZ That’s enough. LIZ You’re too late. VAN EYCK And do your part to make this city, the city of the future! DASH Why are you doing this? LIZ Van Eyck took our family. Now we’ll take his. VEGA But they’re not the only ones who die. RUTLEDGE Our lives weren’t the only ones he ruined. LIZ Put your gun down or I shoot him. VEGA The birds. DASH No! VEGA No. No! What did you do? VEGA I had him. I had him covered... DASH He had a knife. I saw it. VEGA Thanks. VEGA Get out of here. I’ll handle this. VEGA Go. DASH How you doing? VEGA I’m okay. How about you? DASH Well, that depends. VEGA So far we’re good. But there’s an investigation. I’ll know more. You saved my life, Dash. All those people are alive because of you. DASH What happens next time? VEGA Won’t be long, will it? DASH It never is. Will you help me? Their eyes meet. The glimmer of a smile: partners? VEGA Shouldn’t you be telling me?