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Burnett charges over and shuts OFF the MACHINE.

BURNETT:

It's uh... It's uh...

JULIE:

You don't have to explain.

Finally, they've reached consensus. Burnett grins andis out the door.

BURNETT:

Lock the door. Don't open it foranybody.

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103 INT. LOBBY - NIGHT 103

As Burnett is racing back through to the car, he seesChet behind the desk and stops.

BURNETT:

Listen, Chet. The girl? She's a

witness. I'm gonna be gone forabout an hour. Do me a favor.

Keep your eye out, okay?

CHET:

You know, Mr. Burnett. I'm gettingoff in just a few minutes, so... Icould watch the door if you like.

You know. In a chair. I could

just sit in it. Outside the door

like cops do when they're guardingshit.

BURNETT:

Just keep an eye out.

Heads for the door.

CHET:

Yeah, I was gonna be a cop, youknow? Just didn't work out. You

know? Politics.

104 INT. BURNETT HALLWAY 104

As Doris storms toward her bedroom, Burnett trails her,

apologetically -DORIS

Don't you 'Honey Baby' me -BURNETT

-- I swear, baby, it's nothing.

I was on the job -As

she gets to the bedroom, Doris wheels around -DORIS

And you just happened to loseyour wedding ring -- 'on thejob?!'

He looks down at his ringless finger -No!

No!

BURNETT:

I got it right here...

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He hastily fishes into his jacket pocket, but too late -Doris

slams the door in his face, LOCKS it.

OFF Burnett's pained expression -

105 INT. MIAMI PD - HALLWAY - DAY 105

Burnett and Lowrey on the move.

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BURNETT:

If you were a real partner, insteadof some no-backup, hot doggin',

car chasin', skirt sniffin'

motherf***er, I would be gettin'down to business with my wifeinstead of stuck in this situation.

Yeah.

LOWREY:

Thanks for the get-well card.

106 INT. POLICE BASKETBALL GYM 106

Howard is in sweats, awkwardly shooting free throws ashis morning workout. Parked on either side of the hoop,

Lowrey and Burnett patiently retrieve each missed balland send it back to him.

BURNETT:

Chief. I tried to set the girlup with a sketch artist but shewon't. I tried to get her to comein and look at the mug books andshe won't come in.

HOWARD:

She'll only deal with Mike Lowrey.

He tosses a brick.

BURNETT:

That's right. So let her deal

with the real Mike Lowrey! Who,

I might add, shoulda been there totake the call instead of runnin'

off like a hot dog without anybackup.

Howard fires another missed shot. He's so bad, it's all

Burnett and Lowrey can do to keep from spiking the ball.

LOWREY:

Hey. I'm not the one who left a

strange hooker alone in my

apartment. You know, she's

probably on the street sellin'all my sh*t as we speak.

BURNETT:

I had to stash her somewhere!

She's scared shitless... justlike her dogs.

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LOWREY:

Dogs, too? I got Persian rugs,

man. I'm going home... explainthe whole thing, take her to theMotel Six, she'll understand...

HOWARD:

Not a good idea.

(brick)

Until she I.D.s the shotters, he's

Mike Lowrey. Could take a couplahours. Could take all day. You

got a computer with a modem?

BURNETT:

Big computer. Expensive -

LOWREY:

Yeah, I got a computer and youshouldn't touch it. It took me

weeks to get it set up the way Iwant it and I don't want amateurs

messing with it.

HOWARD:

(brick number four)

Burnett. I'll have Francine giveyou the user code for the computerfiles and you can run pictures forthe girl on Lowrey's super duper

computer.

BURNETT:

So what about me? I can't tell mywife I'm shacked up with a femalewitness! Besides, I think theymade my car last night... I gottastay close to home, just in case.

HOWARD:

Easy. Lowrey moves into yourhouse. And you're on specialassignment.

Another brick.

LOWREY:

No way! I'm not living in that

zoo.

BURNETT:

My house ain't no zoo!

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HOWARD:

Enough! You're him, he's you!

Until she makes the shooters and

we get the dope back, I don'tcare what you have to do, justmake it work!

Lowrey and Burnett feel hammered by Howard. Uponretrieving his final brick, Lowrey passes to Burnett,

who feeds back Lowrey with a heel kick to the rim.

And Lowrey slams the ball home. They exit with Howardsimply staring.

107 INT. BURNETT BEDROOM - DAY 107

Burnett's tossing some things into an overnight bag.

Theresa watches him, concerned.

THERESA:

You never had to go to Clevelandon police business before.

BURNETT:

Cleveland's where they collared thedealer. And that's where I gottago to testify.

THERESA:

But what about us? The

neighborhood's had all break-ins.

I won't feel safe if you're -BURNETT

Honey. I wouldn't go if I didn'thave the most trustworthy man Iknow to look after my family...

Oh, no,

house.

THERESA:

Not Lowrey. Not in my

BURNETT:

Yes, Lowrey. I trust him with mylife and, I most certainly trusthim with yours.

THERESA:

Why don't they send him to Cleveland?

BURNETT:

Baby. It's a Federal subpoena.

I'm the witness. I'm the one who

has to testify. Case closed. I'm

the one going to Cleveland.

Lowrey's staying here.

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108 EXT. BURNETT HOUSE 108

Theresa stands at the door with arms crossed. Meanwhile,

Burnett throws his bag in the trunk of the Porsche. He

and Lowrey trade car keys, the Porsche for the Volvo.

BURNETT:

Don't forget to put Snail Guard onmy lawn.

LOWREY:

Just leave Cleveland the way youfound it.

Burnett climbs in, waves out the window.

BURNETT:

Bye-bye, Theresa. Be good, kids.

Lowrey joins Theresa on the porch. Mockingly he puts hisarm around her and waves.

THERESA:

Why's he taking your car?

LOWREY:

(seething)

He's dropping it off at themechanic on the way to theairport. The engine needs anoverhaul... or will by the timehe gets there.

The Porsche heads down the block with a GRINDING of

GEARS. Lowrey winces and heads for the Volvo whenTheresa gets in his way.

THERESA:

Where you think you're going? I

got a list here of things thatMarcus was supposed -

LOWREY:

-- that Marcus was supposed to do.

That's right. Marcus. Not Mike.

'Cuz Mike's a cop on a case withno time to waste.

Lowrey's in the Volvo and pulling away as fast as he can.

109 OMITTED 109

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111 EXT. BOATYARD - ESTABLISHING - DAY 111

One of Miami's famous canals, derelict ships are dockedand rusting. One such ship, an old freighter called theMariana.

112 INT. FREIGHTER - LAB - DAY 112

CAMERA FOLLOWS Noah THROUGH a maze of tight cornersand stairwells INTO a single, massive hold convertedinto a drug-processing lab. Huge, bakery-sized mixingBOWLS CHUG on one side of the room while lab workers form

the doughy, cut heroin into pizza-sized forms, and shovelthem into tractor ovens on the other side of the room.

When the pies come out, more lab assistants re-form thepies into keys.

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