Deja Vu Page #7

Oh, come on.

We can't change anything.

We didn't change anything.

That's what I've been trying to tell you.

I'll tell you what we did.

The suspect used a stolen Blazer

to case the dock.

So now he has a truck big enough

to drive a bomb onto the ferry.

Now Larry shows up, right?

Larry puts bullet holes

through the windshield.

- You want a mask?

- No. No, I'm good, thanks.

Larry puts bullet holes

through the windshield,

leaves blood all over the back seat,

so now our bomber needs a new truck,

you understand? Claire's truck.

You hungry?

Yeah, we changed one thing,

but by changing one thing,

we didn't change anything.

What's on TV?

Hey, hey, hey, we got a name.

- Carroll Oerstadt.

- What?

- Who is that?

- Owner of that bait camp Doug found.

Truck registration,

airboat registration, match.

And another property.

New Orleans.

- Is this a he or a she?

- It's a he. Let's go.

Clear!

Testing, one, two, three, four.

Testing, one, two, three, four.

A TF New Orleans, conducting

interview with Carroll Oerstadt.

You've waived your right

to counsel, right?

- Yes, sir.

- Okay.

I'm fascinated with your precision.

It's not very often we see that level

of expertise around here,

and if it's all right with you,

I'd like to use this interview

to educate my colleagues

in law enforcement.

- Yes, sir.

- Good. Good.

Let's talk about motive.

Why would you use explosives

against the US Navy?

- Correction, sir. US Government.

- US Government.

It says here that you tried

to enlist in the Marines.

You were rejected.

You tried to enlist in the Army,

you were rejected again.

Why do you think they did that?

Because they don't want patriots.

The military no longer recognizes

commitment and purpose.

They thought I was overcommitted

and psychologically unstable.

They didn't want to understand

my value.

They understand it now.

I believe so. Yes, sir.

- You're ATF, right?

- Yes, I am.

- Got a smoke?

- No, I don't. But I can get you one.

- Would you like one?

- Yes.

Okay. Anything you want to say,

just talk into the mike.

A man can always use more alcohol,

tobacco and firearms.

I can think of one more thing.

It's like the Revolutionary War,

you know what I mean?

"One man's terrorist

is another man's patriot, " isn't it?

Yeah?

Exactly.

- Yeah.

- You get it.

- This wasn't about revenge.

- What was it about?

Destiny.

Destiny?

You've been asking me

about my motives.

- Right. Right.

- My methods.

They're all connected.

Everything's connected.

Okay.

How was Claire Kuchever connected?

I needed a car.

- And that's it?

- No, well, something

- that couldn't be traced back to me.

- Right.

I had one ready till that cop showed up.

That cop was a federal agent.

Lawrence Minuti. My partner.

You shot him.

He... I was about to burn him

and he was waking up, you know?

I mean, I'm not cruel.

Well, why didn't you "do that"

for Claire Kuchever?

Well, because I needed her

to look like a ferry victim,

- and a bullet would've given it away.

- I see.

I went to her house

on the pretense of buying her car.

I took her from behind, taped her mouth

and threw a hood over her head.

Then?

I bound her wrists and her ankles

and I drove her back to my place.

I loaded the device into her car

and then I soaked her

with the gasoline.

Jesus.

And?

I think you know

what happened after that.

No, I don't know. I want you to tell me.

You gotta talk.

I mean, you know, come on, hero.

What happened after that?

I'll tell you what happened after that.

You killed 543 people.

How do you feel about that?

I think that you were a murderer

right from the beginning.

Sometimes a little human collateral

is the cost of freedom.

To me,

those people were war casualties,

but to you, they're just evidence.

That'll do. We got him.

What'd you say?

You think you know what's coming?

You don't have a clue.

I know where you're going.

I know you're gonna be away

for a long time. I know that.

- This case will never even go to trial.

- No?

- 'Cause I seen what's coming.

- Did... Have you? What?

What is in this glass?

You've seen what's coming, huh?

Okay, what's coming? You tell me.

I told you earlier I have a destiny,

a purpose.

Satan reasons like man,

but God thinks of eternity.

Well, I prostrate myself before a world

that's going to hell in a handbag,

'cause in all eternity,

I am here and I will be remembered.

That's destiny.

A bomb has a destiny,

a predetermined fate

set by the hand of its creator.

And anyone who tries to alter

that destiny will be destroyed.

Anyone who tries to stop it

from happening will cause it to happen.

And that's what you don't understand.

We're not here to coexist.

I'm here to win.

So you'd better have

some divine intervention, buddy.

You're gonna need it.

You'd better have some K-Y.

You're gonna need it.

What am I supposed to do?

- We're shutting you down.

- What?

Yeah, we got what we need.

The forensics, the suspect,

a confession. We're done.

Sir, perhaps we should continue

and watch the actual crime.

- The ferry bombing.

- Right. He's right.

I mean, we can't just

go on the confession alone.

We need an airtight case.

We need to collect more evidence.

Well, collecting evidence

would've been fine, Agent Carly.

- You took it a little further than that.

- Agent Carlin. Carlin.

My name is Carlin, not Carly.

We had protocols in place.

There's strict protocols.

And then you had to push it,

and now an agent's dead.

Sir, by one theory,

that already happened.

We're done. Power it down.

Pack it up. On to the next case.

- What about Claire?

- What...

Lookit, charging Oerstadt

in the Kuchever murder

is gonna raise too many questions

about how we obtained the evidence.

I understand that, sir,

but what about Claire?

Are we just gonna drop the case?

We got him on the ferry bombing,

we got him on killing a federal agent.

- That's enough to get him the needle.

- I cannot accept that, sir.

Well, you know, I don't give a rat's ass

what you can accept.

- She doesn't matter.

- He's gonna kill her.

- In 12 hours, he's gonna kill her.

- He killed her four days ago.

You were at the funeral.

What's wrong with you?

It had to happen.

I delayed turning in my report

till we caught the guy.

Hey, mission accomplished.

This is a victory, Doug.

Hey. Now, my job is closure.

Your job is to help facilitate

that closure.

Then you tell me,

what do I tell her father?

We caught the son of a b*tch.

We can't save the victims.

It's not our job

to make the relatives feel better.

We lose everything that we care about.

Those are your words.

Doug, it's not your fault

that Claire dies.

Yeah, that's one theory.

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