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Come on, man! Go to work!

We are running out of time here!

- I ain't got a gun.

- What?

- I ain't got a gun.

Yeah, you do, you cocksucker!

How about that?

- Come on, Bobby.

- Don't, don't, don't, don't.

We are not going back

to Jack empty-handed, are we?

You want me to do this, Bobby?

You want me to do this?

Sh*t! You want me to do this?

You want me to do this, Bobby?

I will do this!

Bobby, you want me to do this?

No, don't. Don't, don't, don't, don't.

You got to do it, Bobby.

You got no choice, man!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Take this worthless piece of sh*t down

right now, Bobby!

For Christ's sake,

we're running out of time.

When that chopper light goes out,

you do it!

- Do it, Bobby! Do it!

- Don't!

Hey, Bobby, breathe.

Bobby, come on. Come on now,

take a deep breath.

Take a deep breath, that's all right.

Stay down there. Breathe.

- F***. F***.

- Breathe. Hang on. You'll be all right.

Here, give me your gun. That's it.

All right, come on. Breathe deep.

- So, you shot him. Did you get him, Eldon?

- Yeah.

- Jesus, how many is that now?

- Who the f*** cares?

What about the other guy?

They pulled a shotgun on us.

My guys dropped him.

- He's tits-up in the living room.

- Good. Let's get the logs rolling.

Hey, Rico. No statements till

Robbery-Homicide gets here, right?

Don't worry about it. I'm all over it.

Bobby, you listen to me.

This a**hole had it coming.

All the f*** he ever did was ruin lives.

You just saved somebody

a shitload of misery, man.

So come on, let's start getting it together.

You didn't shoot this guy. I did.

I was giving the suspect commands

and he wouldn't comply.

Which commands?

"Police officer." "Freeze."

"Let me see your hands on your knees."

All of that.

Okay.

Then I saw the suspect

reach into his waistband,

and I saw a metallic object in his hands.

Then I fired my service weapon once,

striking the suspect in the chest.

I thought Sergeant Perry

fired his service weapon once.

Yeah, right. Yeah, that's right. I'm sorry.

No problemo, amigo. We got all day.

We'll get it right.

Let's go over that last part again.

I saw the suspect reach into

his waistband

and I saw a metallic object in his hands.

And then my partner

fired his service weapon once,

striking the suspect in the chest.

Perfect.

We're all done. Twice through is plenty.

All right.

Bobby was a natural, Jack.

I'm telling you, when the sh*t went down,

he did it right.

- You think you could do it again?

- Yeah.

- He's a natural.

- He's my blood.

- Done with the OIS guys?

- Oh, yeah.

Hell, they were trying to get a job

with our unit, you know.

Yeah, you boys are heroes.

I like heroes. It's a simple idea, really.

You got your villain, you got your hero.

Modern thinking tries to complicate it,

but it always comes down to that.

You know, "Those who victimize

were once victims,"

all that stuff they teach in college.

It's sad. It's probably even true.

It really doesn't matter.

Everybody's got a sad story.

Who gives a sh*t?

Did you guys deliver those pictures?

Yeah.

I thought they'd put

Holland's ass down, but he's still up.

He's all over the goddamn news

saying he wants to be Chief.

Well, I got plenty more sh*t. That can wait.

Why? Is he gonna press us

on the Robertson shooting?

I mean, you know,

could he know what really happened?

Well, he is pressing, you know.

He might have a witness.

What? There's no f***ing witness, Jack.

You know, they have a witness, you know.

He might dig up someone

in the DA's office

happy to file on you two

for murder and conspiracy.

That's bullshit, Jack. Nobody saw sh*t.

I'm holding it together, Eldon. You know,

that's what I do, hold things together.

Whatever, Jack. Nobody saw sh*t.

There's no witness. Nobody saw sh*t!

You said that three times already.

You feeling okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

There's that Orchard and Sidwell thing,

but you know, whatever.

We're not going to go there, right?

Look, get some rest.

You're going to need it.

Promotion party tomorrow.

I can't wait to hear your speech.

No, really.

The press is going to be there.

Let's give them a show.

Yeah, I'll be there. I'll be there.

- On time.

- Yeah.

- Bobby, you guys were good today.

- Yeah.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Don't worry about this Holland sh*t.

It's my problem.

Get the f*** out of here.

What the f*** are we gonna do, Bobby?

It's a hell of a job, isn't it?

Yeah.

Hey, why don't you come over

to the house.

Sally'll fix up a big pot of goulash.

No, I'm beat, man.

I'm gonna go home and get some sleep.

You're going to be okay, Bobby.

You know, the little gangster kids

out there killing people,

- you don't see them sweating it.

- Would you shut up, Eldon? Just shut up.

I had a facer once.

Just like that.

The guy was begging me for his life.

Then I found out later

that he had a wife and a little boy,

and every Christmas I slip some money

into her mailbox, you know?

That one really f***ed me up.

And I can still see his face.

Oh, come on, man.

Come on over. You'll make her day.

- What...

- What do you think?

Sal, put the box down.

This is not gonna happen.

What... What is this?

I didn't think you'd be home till late.

I didn't want to see you like this.

Read it.

- Come on, Eldon, don't do this.

- Well, you wrote it, but you can't read it?

Read it.

"Dear Eldon. You're probably wondering

what's going on.

"Well, it's finally over.

"I found a place.

I'm taking our son with me.

"This is a good thing,

because he is frightened of you.

"Like I used to be.

"I know you can handle our leaving,

"because you really don't give a sh*t

about us."

Honey, that is just not...

"You care more about the people you hate.

"I guess you're still trying to be

your father."

What?

"You'll find out anyway,

so I'm telling you now.

"I met a man at the jail.

"But don't start beating up

every deputy you see,

"because he's not a cop.

And he's not an inmate either.

"He's a lawyer.

- "A defense lawyer."

- Oh, f***, that's good.

A f***ing defense lawyer, that's just...

Sal, come on, man, this is...

F*** it, man. Whatever.

Get back in here!

You wanted me to read it!

You're gonna listen to me read it!

"We're going to try

and start a new life together.

"And I say, 'Try,'

"because I have no idea

what a healthy relationship looks like.

"I know this seems abrupt,

"unless you're good at reading signals,

"which you're not.

"I have watched you descend into hell.

"And I have been waiting for you

to come back.

"Apparently, you don't want to.

"I loved you.

"Goodbye."

Sal, put the box down.

The house is yours.

You don't have to leave. I'll do that.

Hey, guys. Look, just...

You can unpack everything in the truck

and just bring it back in. I'm sorry.

I don't know what to say, Sal.

I don't know what to say.

Say goodbye.

Say goodbye.

Yeah, goodbye.

All right!

Please go away!

I got to speak to you.

- I need you to go away.

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