Free Fall Page #3

You know it and I know it.

Look, hey, you can kill me...

or you can be $5 million richer.

A wire transfer?

Yes. Instant.

I work in cash.

Frank, please.

You had one job...

to protect the company.

I did.

No, you didn't.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

How's that?

How's that feel?

No more.

Where you going?

Frank, I'm sorry.

Frank, I'm sorry.

No. No. No. No, no.

No. No.

No!

No, Walt, listen,

this is turning into a witch hunt.

Yes.

Listen, are you just

going to let the SEC

continue to investigate these

Mickey Mouse allegations?

No.

All right, all right. I understand.

I understand.

Well, when are you gonna get

back to the private sector?

You know there's always

a position for you here.

Sure. Yeah.

All right, good night.

Janey.

We have an interesting problem.

You stuck in that elevator

and me stuck in this building.

Stasis until something gives.

I don't want to talk

to you. Put Taft on.

Mr. Taft is not available right now,

but I'd be happy to take a message.

Okay, put Lamont on.

Lamont's resting.

You monster.

You're about to find out.

Go to hell.

Where are you going now?

No! Let go! Let go!

No!

F***!

What's next?

You gonna stare me to death?

I'm trying to remember.

It's a thing about a cat.

Some guy's name. Schumer's cat.

Schlesinger's.

It's a paradox.

The cat in the box

that's both alive and dead.

Just like you, Janey.

You think you have me beat?

Look where you are.

Savoring the moment.

You're gonna look back and

remember this as the night

that everything came crashing down.

Maybe.

You and Gault will

make great cellmates.

- Daddy!

- Hey!

- Oh. Sorry I'm late.

- Hi.

I thought that I would never

get that elevator running.

- Can I stay up late?

- No.

We made a deal. 8:00.

Tomorrow night you can stay up

as late as you want for your party.

Will there be a pony

ride like at Hudson's?

No. No smelly animals.

Absolutely not.

- But Dad said...

- Okay, loudmouth.

- Time for bed.

- Tell me you didn't.

- He didn't.

- I didn't.

But you know my dad.

He can't say no to the squirt.

And neither can you.

Oh.

All right, come on, monster.

Good night, buddy.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Let me know if I should wait up.

- Okay.

This is Robert.

- Gault Towers.

- Just returning to inform you

that a service man has been contacted

and should be there shortly.

Thank you very much. Good night.

Tick-tock. Tick-tock.

If you could do something,

you'd do it.

Oh, I'm doing something.

You're screwed.

But you can't leave 'cause

you're just Gault's janitor.

That's all you are.

I'm a whole lot more than that.

Like your friend Mike found out.

He couldn't see the bigger picture.

Just like you, Janey.

You could have been sitting pretty

right now if you'd played ball.

Now you're just another loose end.

It's a sacrifice for

the greater good.

What do you think of that?

I never thought of anybody else.

Janey.

But I have your word?

That's right.

Do this one thing and

your family is set for life.

I can't.

I can't do it.

Let me help you.

Come on, then.

Do something.

I'm waiting for you.

You hear me?

Do something!

Come on!

Do something!

I'm talking to you!

Hey, thanks for coming out so late.

Oh, it's not a problem.

It's part of the job, right?

Someone stuck?

Yeah, I got a lady

trapped in elevator two.

She's freaking out.

Can you believe that?

What happened to Lamont?

You're wearing his shirt.

Jeez, he didn't get fired, did he?

Oh, no, no, no. He went home sick.

And I'm the new guy and

I didn't have any shirts.

They didn't have 'em made up for

me so let me... he's a nice guy.

- Frank.

- Robert.

- Nice to meet you.

- You, too.

All right, I'll check

the machine room.

Should probably be able to

get it started from there.

You know what? Lamont left sick

and he left in such a hurry

he never gave me those keys.

How am I supposed

to reboot the system?

Can't you just get on

top of the elevator,

take her out through

the emergency hatch?

It's against regulations.

Extracting passengers through

the hatch is strictly last resort.

My job's kind of on the line here.

- Your job?

- Yeah, it's my first day.

I got this hotshot exec yelling

about how she's gonna get me fired

because I can't get her out.

I've been on unemployment for a year.

I got a wife and kids.

I need this job. Please.

One time.

Please.

Okay.

You owe me one, Frank.

If anyone asks, I tried to fix the

problem downstairs first, okay?

Absolutely. 100%.

Something wrong?

Oh, no, it's just my

wife saying good night.

Well, the sooner we get done here,

the sooner you get

home to her, right?

Yup. Amen to that.

All right.

All right, here we go.

Did you open the

doors already, Frank?

I did. I was just

trying to get her out.

I guess you need some kind of special

tool for that bolt or something.

Yeah, there's a very

good reason for that.

It's so that untrained

people like yourself

don't get yourself killed.

Elevators are the safest

form of transportation

and that's an actual fact.

But that doesn't mean they won't

squish you real good if you get unlucky.

Believe me, too many people do.

I have seen some things.

Anyway, in the future when you

have a problem with an elevator,

call a professional.

You might live longer, you know?

That's good advice, thanks.

- Hello.

- Help!

Hey, you know what?

Don't get her stirred up again.

I finally got her calmed down.

She as kind of flipping out.

You know, she got it in her

head I was trying to hurt her.

- Can you believe that?

- I've seen it before. No problem.

People, when they get

into closed spaces,

sometimes they get a little crazy.

I'll just get her out.

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- What are you doing?

- I'm just gonna help you.

Yeah, don't.

This is what I do, Frank.

When you get a license

to fix elevators,

you can play around in

the shaft all you like.

But until then, just,

you know, give me a break.

Help! Please, get me out of here!

Please, you've got to

get me out of here fast.

- I'm going to go crazy.

- She's totally lost it.

Just take it easy, lady.

It's okay.

We'll have you out in

just a second, all right?

No, get me out of here now, please!

I'm gonna go crazy in here.

Please, please.

Get me out of here. This guy shot me.

Shot you, ma'am?

Yes, he shot me.

I have the gun in here.

Okay, just relax, ma'am.

Nobody's trying to kill you.

I promise I'm gonna have you

out of there in just a second.

If you just...

Something wrong?

Robert?

Yeah.

Looks like there's...

there's, like, a bunch of...

dirt or something caked in here.

Get me out now!

Oh, yeah.

I'll have you out in a second.

Actually, I'm gonna have to grab

a screwdriver or something.

No.

No.

No! No!

- You're a terrible liar.

- Huh?

No! No!

No!

No! No!

No. No. No.

Whoa, no! No, no, no!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

Calm down. Calm down. Look.

Look. Look. Look. Look.

Look, I'm just a repair man.

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