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Batman: Year One Page #7
She's crying.
GORDON:
Honey, come on. I didn't mean it.
It's just, raising a child in this
hell hole. Maybe after my transfer
different.
ANN jerks her shoulder away and exits in a huff.
Leaving GORDON alone with the—
TV NEWS—
NEWS ANCHOR, BRIAN
Is Gotham City in the middle of a
crime wave? Murder, prostitution,
drugs, racketeering, all on the rise.
The commissioner's office refuses to comment.
On the TV:
THOMAS WAYNE's crest, an INTERTWINED 'T' AND 'W.'NEWS ANCHOR, BRIAN
When we return:
Can the Wayne Corporationfind the missing heir to THOMAS WAYNE's
fortune before the 15 year deadline?
GORDON pays no attention.
INT. OUTSIDE COMMISSIONER LOEB'S OFFICE - DAY
GORDON sits in the waiting room outside a door marked 'Police
Commissioner GILLIAN LOEB'.
Loud, muffled voices argue on the other side. LOEB's SECRETARY
is doing a crossword puzzle, oblivious.
The door opens, Gotham's young Assistant District Attorney,
HARVEY DENT, stands in it yelling back into the office.
DENT:
You can't protect him forever.
ESTRADA will go down and you'll go
with him.
DENT slams the door and stomps off. The SECRETARY pushes a
button on the INTERCOM.
SECRETARY:
Commissioner Loeb, there's a
Detective Gordon here to see you.
LOEB (O.S.)
Send him in.
GORDON enters—
INT. COMMISSIONER LOEB'S OFFICE – MOMENTS LATER
GORDON musters all his confidence as he approaches LOEB who
works an exercise spring in his beefy fist.
GORDON:
Sir, I'm Detective James Gordon.
I'm here about my transfer.
LOEB:
I know who you are, Gordon. Chief
Collins has told me all about you.
Says you're another COWBOY, like
your friend Dent there. Says you
don't understand the way things are
done.
GORDON:
I've never met Assistant D.A. Dent,
sir. And don't know why Chief
Collins would say anything like
that.
LOEB:
(rubs temples)
There's no transfer for you,
Gordon. It's my responsibility to
respect for tradition, for the
established order of things. You
need to learn what it takes to be a
cop in Gotham.
GORDON:
If by 'tradition' you mean graft
and—
LOEB:
(interrupts)
I suggest you be a little more
selective in your manner of speech,
detective. Things could get awfully
difficult for you around here.
And you don't want that, not for
your lovely wife.
GORDON'S jaw drops at the overt threat.
LOEB (CONT'D)
You're mine Gordon.
Without saying a word GORDON turns and leaves — DEFEATED.
INT. GORDON'S APARTMENT. BATHROOM - EVENING
GORDON has his GUN in his mouth.
He looks down at his SHAKING FIST.
He opens it — EMPTY!
This time HE'S LOADED THE BULLETS INTO THE GUN.
We hear the front door open and the sounds of ANN looking
through the apartment for GORDON.
Then she's at the door —
ANN (O.S.)
Jim. Jim, it's a boy.
GORDON takes the GUN out of his mouth.
It's like he has just heard her voice for the first time. He
bursts out of the bathroom and ENGULFS his wife in a hug.
GORDON:
A boy. We're going to have a baby
boy.
EXT. JUNK YARD BEHIND AL'S GARAGE - DAY
BRUCE works like a FIEND. HE'S POSSESSED.
Sweat soaks through his clothes as he HEAVES ENGINES into a
giant CRUSHING MACHINE.
He pulls the lever. Solid steel POPS and CRACKS like eggs.
LITTLE AL watches, then approaches and shuts off the machine.
LITTLE AL:
This can't go on.
BRUCE:
What?
LITTLE AL:
When was the last time you slept
more than two hours in a row?
BRUCE doesn't answer.
LITTLE AL (CONT'D)
That's what I thought. You're going
to hurt yourself. You need time to
sort stuff out. Consider yourself
on vacation. Go.
LITTLE AL points to BRUCE'S door.
INT. GREASY SPOON DINER - THE NEXT DAY
GORDON looks tired, as if he's been up all night thinking.
He hasn't touched his food. But he HAS piled an ashtray full
of MARLBORO butts.
The counter man, DAVE, fills his coffee cup.
DAVE:
You OK, Jim?
GORDON:
Thanks Dave, you ever notice how,
sometimes, coming to a realization
about something, you know, figuring
out something important, only makes
everything more difficult?
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