Man on a Ledge Page #3

Don't worry.

Everyone's looking at me.

They were saying on the news

you're headed for Canada.

It couldn't have gone better.

You could have pulled your punches a little.

Yeah? It's been a rough couple years.

Tell me about it.

JPEY:
Switching comms, hold on.

Ten seconds.

- Really?

- Eight.

- What?

- Seven.

- You're doing that now?

- Six.

Five, four...

The night locks should be deactivated.

That's all good.

- Hey, listen. This is your last chance.

- No.

- You don't have to do this.

- Joey!

No, listen. For me it's family, and for Nick.

- Yeah.

- But you could just walk away.

We've been planning this for a year.

I'm past committed here.

All right.

Besides, you'd probably screw this up

without me.

Don't say that. No one's screwing this up.

I know. I'm just saying.

I got your back, all right?

- Ready?

- Huh?

- Ready?

- Yeah.

It's your show, bro.

Look at all these people.

(LAUGHS)

Ph, can't disappoint them.

- Hey, what are you doing? No!

- Three...

Hey! Look at me!

- Walker! Look at me!

- Two...

(ALL SHPUTING)

- Pne!

- Don't!

(CRPWD YELLING)

(EXPLPSIPN)

MAN:
Why don't you jump

and get it over with?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I've never felt more alive.

(CPUGHING)

- You all right?

- Yeah.

Nerves of steel.

Think I might need that cigarette now.

Last one. Do you mind sharing?

I can imagine how it must have felt

after that cop jumped.

Cops are superstitious.

And they would've run from you

like the plague.

Are you speaking from experience?

But you never quit.

Never.

Last year, you did 68 hours straight

in a hostage negotiation.

You got everyone out.

You trusted your instincts. You never quit.

You never gave up.

Why do you know so much about me?

Because you and I have a lot in common.

I don't think you wanna jump.

Is there a moment when you can tell

if someone's gonna go off or not?

Sometimes you know.

Sometimes you can feel them give up.

Don't give up on me.

I'm gonna get you off this ledge.

Since when do you smoke?

See if you can get a partial.

Nice work.

Hey, Nick.

We're in, buddy.

- Five, one...

- 5-1-6, double 2, star.

(BEEPING)

This is Suzie Morales reporting live

from Midtown.

Someone in this country commits suicide

every 17 minutes...

- What's going on?

- CPP:
Jumper.

Bet it's a woman drove him up there.

It's money. Women jump for love.

Men? We jump for money.

Fricking economy.

- Where is it?

- The Roosevelt.

Is that a photo?

Pf your dad?

Yeah.

He always stood by me.

Even when nothing made sense,

he stood by me.

People like that are rare.

Why don't you come in and tell me

about him? Where it's safer.

- Just the two of us.

- No.

That's not gonna happen.

Things will get better.

(HELICPPTER APPRPACHING)

MAN:
We're just gonna move in

for a closer shot.

Boys, get this chopper out of here!

Nick! Hold on!

DPUGHERTY:
Marcus!

What's going on up there?

Hang on! Hang on!

- Clear the goddamned air space!

- Get this out of here!

Are you kidding me?

MPRALES:
Who is the man on the ledge?

And what drove him to such a desperate act?

Well, there's one thing for sure,

he has captured the attention

of the entire city.

(CELL PHPNE RINGING)

For our next segment we are going to talk

to a forensic psychiatrist

- who may be able to shed some light...

- Yeah, Tom, what you got?

TPM:
There's a storage unit

in the brother's name.

Storage?

You got a location?

Are you all right?

You want me to trust you?

- That wasn't ours! I'm sorry!

- You're gonna have that?

Come in!

(GRUNTING)

(CLANKING)

I really hope I didn't need that.

Joey? Joey!

Just give me your hand. Give me your hand.

Come on.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

So, Mercer, what are we thinking?

- Jumpers jump, right?

- Exactly.

This guy has that capacity,

but he's not going over.

- Something's off.

- That's what I'm thinking. But what?

It's like he's waiting for something.

We need this ID.

All right. I'll see what I can do.

Suzie Morales reporting from Midtown,

where the eyes of the city

are riveted on a ledge 20 stories up

and the unidentified man...

- Go on!

- Is he gonna jump?

- Go on!

- Jump!

- Jump! Jump! Jump!

- Jump!

- Jump! Jump!

- Yeah, jump!

MAN 1:
Get on with it already!

MAN 2:
Sh*t or get offthe pot!

Gotta love New York.

Maybe it's time you told me

what's really going on here.

Why don't you want us to know

who you really are?

Haven't you wanted to escape your past?

To be someone else?

Start again?

- Pkay. We're clear.

- Hey.

How do you know it looks good

on the monitors?

(SHUSHING)

It is so hard for me to love you

when you do that.

- You're so stupid.

- (GRUNTS)

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on.

There's something new here.

- Do you see it?

- No, I don't see it.

It's up on the ceiling. Right there.

- Let me see.

- Hold on.

No, let me see. Let me see.

JPEY:
See?

ANGIE:
Back up.

- Back up, back up, back up.

- What is it?

That's a sensor.

- How do you know?

- I know. I just know.

Do you really wanna talk about this

right now?

That depends on what we're talking about,

doesn't it?

Pkay, Joey.

In high school, I used to

break into houses sometimes.

- You broke...

- Really expensive houses.

That's how I know what that is.

Great. Great, so you were a thief?

No, no, no! I used to watch TV

and try on clothes, you know?

Unless the clothes fit. And that's all.

Is there anything else

you want to tell me about?

You got any felonies you failed to mention?

Excuse me? Take it down a notch. All right?

Because you probably

would've set that sh*t off.

All right. Do me a favor.

Visualize something positive.

If you could be anywhere in the world,

what would you be doing?

Nick, we got something

that isn't on the plans.

Nick? Come in.

Come on, anything.

Nick, I need you, man.

We've got a problem here.

What do you mean?

We don't know what it is.

It's some kind of sensor.

Like, if it was me,

I'd be having dinner at Roberto's.

Tell me about it.

Babe, tell him what you're looking at.

It's a little black bulb on the ceiling

about 4 inches across.

It's this little Italian joint in the Bronx.

Roberto does amazing things with truffles.

- Bottle of wine...

- That sounds hot.

I'm gonna need a little more than that, bro.

What are you saying? I need an answer here.

Listen. This thing that we got here.

I think we should cool it down

before you get into trouble.

Look, Nicky. Numbnuts.

This is not a candlelit dinner.

We're sweating down here. What is it?

This thing?

I'm just looking out for you.

Is she hot?

- Ph!

- It's a heat sensor.

We have to cool it down.

- Cool it down.

- Yeah.

- Cool it down.

- Yes.

Why don't you come in this window

and I'll let you take me to lunch?

It's tempting.

But I don't think it's a good idea.

You got someplace better to be?

If I'm right,

that print you pulled off

our cigarette's about to come through.

What's it gonna tell me?

Bags.

Son of a b*tch.

- MARCUS:
Listen up.

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