Mad City Page #5

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- How are you? | - Just great.

59% of the American people are showing | compassion for an armed felon.

He asks for forgiveness, everyone | says, "Sure". It's fascinating.

- What do we do? | - We're covering it.

Brackett's interview was brilliant.

You want to double-team it? | You and Brackett.

I'm not sharing my time with him. | I will cover the story from there.

- It could be over by tomorrow. | - Brackett won't let it be over.

This has the potential to be huge. | We gotta jump all over this.

The guy's a poster child | for the disenfranchised. Why? How?

It's good television. | No other net has it.

- It's a great story. | - And Brackett?

I'll take care of him.

- Special Agent Dobbins, FBI. | - The situation is stable, sir.

We have TVs in Washington. | We know the situation.

Every time I scratch it's on TV.

I'll drive. | Have the militias arrived yet?

No. At least I don't think so.

I was across the street. | How'd you do this?

We're very sneaky.

- I guess. | - This way, sir.

What's the plan? | I'm under pressure to act.

We don't move until | public opinion's on our side.

- People are beginning to like him. | - Wire him, please.

That'll change.

They'll get bored or he'll do something | to make them turn on him.

By then we'll be in a position | to take him out.

Is there anything I shouldn't say?

Get in front of the cameras. | Say we'll wait as long as it takes.

- We won't play games with kids involved. | - Good.

- I got shots from inside! | - Must be his shotgun.

What's going on?

- What? | - Calm down.

The phone...

Hey, what's that about?

- Don't worry? Was anybody hurt?

Nobody's been hurt. | It was an accident.

The phone rang and the gun went off.

You can't shoot and expect me | not to storm in.

You don't want that.

We had a deal, right?

Are you taping?

We kept up our end. | It's time to end this.

What about my end of the bargain? | The demand.

- Do we get to forget about all this? | - I can't let you go.

You won't be allowed to walk away.

The only option you have is to give up.

I'm gonna make the options. | Come up with something else.

- Take the shells out. | - Plan didn't work, newsboy.

Did you hear me? What are those?

I did Air Force night duty. | I never fell asleep.

- Can I see them? | - It's just caffeine.

- You don't want to lose control. | - I'm sorry about that, okay?

- I didn't mean to scare you. | - I'm not scared.

You guys sleep good?

- Not really. | - Sort of.

I guess. | Now I'm kind of hungry.

You're hungry?

- Sam, you've got to let them go now. | - Follow me!

- Where are you going? | - Let's go, quickly.

Look at all the animals.

Now what's the magic word?

- Open Sesame? | - Good guess.

What do you want?

- Nice, huh? | - Whose side are you on?

The good guys'.

- Doesn't look that way. | - Sam needs a lot of help.

You're so concerned, huh?

It's the difference between | one and 10 years.

Does this insanity benefit | your career?

I hope so. It benefits yours as well.

What?

This is the most famous museum | in the country.

You'll have dodos | and dinosaur bones up the wazoo.

You can have a lot. | You can have two.

Sam T-shirts!

We're providing Americans what they | were denied at Ruby Ridge and Waco:

Witnesses to the actions | of so-called law enforcement.

But you agree with the calling | for a peaceful surrender?

Is that a trick question?

of putting children in harm's way.

- I know.

Keep an eye on them.

by racial quotas.

- What do you plan on doing? | - What's he saying?

They fired you and kept Cliff. | You shot Cliff. He's black.

- Some might say you're prejudiced. | - I gotta get on TV and say I ain't.

They won't let you | do another interview.

- I'll give them one kid. Five kids. | - Bad idea.

We did an interview. We built what | is probably a positive image.

The public is fickle.

They're on a short leash of sympathy. | We have a narrow opportunity.

Think of when you'll give up, | when you'll let them go.

- I can't let them say bad things. | - Wanna debate neo-Nazis and destroy...?

People gotta start saying good things | about me! My friends, my wife.

Let's call her. It's a good idea.

- I can't talk to my wife. | - Why not? She's probably worried.

- Oh, man. She'll just yell. | - You should talk to her.

You should talk to her. | You said you would.

Tell her to say good things about me.

- When? | - My friends too. Now.

Someone's coming out!

Chief.

Brackett's out.

- How are the kids? | - What's the condition of the kids?

- Any more children gonna be released? | - Anybody injured?

- Over here! | - Whose side are you on?

- Tell me he's coming out. | - He wants another story.

- Absolutely not. | - He'll release five kids.

He wants me to interview his wife | and a few others.

- "No" to releasing five kids? | - I want all the kids out.

Five and a teddy bear?

Don't get cute with me, Brackett. | I want him out here and arrested.

Prison terrifies him. TV keeps him calm. | I'll interview his wife...

Pull the plug anytime you want.

You're walking around. | You're supposed to be a hostage.

Let him do it.

Do it, but you and Baily | better not be playing games.

Son of a gun.

Who's the FBI guy?

Maybe I know him.

Do you know Sam Baily's making you | the most famous cop...

...in the United States of America?

On TV, with those sunglasses, | you're so sexy.

Mr. Williams is still unconscious | here in room 404.

Doctors are cautious about | infection caused...

...by the bullet in his abdomen.

Cliff Williams cannot know | that his attacker...

...became something of a folk hero...

...his words tapping into a nationwide | movement of discontent.

What about Cliff Williams?

What about Cliff

With the shattered dream

Sam tries real hard.

Sometimes he screws things up | because he's...

Tell me, what kind of a husband | is Sam?

He's a good husband.

He's a good husband...

...as long as you... | You have to help to keep him...

...pointed in the right direction.

But I don't understand that. | That's not like him.

Jenny, did you make him lunches | the last few days?

He makes his own.

He's already fired and yet | he kept making himself lunches...

...kept putting on his uniform | and kept pretending to go to work.

How do you feel about that?

About what?

That he was afraid | to tell you that he was fired?

Do you scare him?

He didn't want to worry me.

Because he was scared? | Is that a sign of a good marriage?

We had a good marriage. | We have a good marriage.

Did he tell you we didn't?

I'm sure it's good. | But it seems at times you treat him...

...like a child.

He is like a child sometimes.

And he likes calling himself | my third child.

- It's a bad question. | - I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...

- Do you still love him? | - Yes, I love my husband.

I love my husband very much! | He's the most gentle...

He's the kindest man I've ever known! | The parents...

Grab her. | We'll put her on with Sam.

- Jenny, we want you to talk to him. | - You have to be careful about that.

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