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He's bleedin' pretty bad.

l took an oath as a negotiator.

lf l ever go into a hostile situation

and there's an injured party...

l'm duty bound by that oath

to take the person to safety.

Now, you can shoot me if you

want, but the next negotiator's

gonna tell you the same thing.

- All right?

- Just gimme my car, man,

all right? Gimme my car.

Everybody, everything's gonna

be all right. We're gonna get

everybody out of here. Okay?

- You get me my car or l'll

do her, man! l f***in' swear,

l'm not f***in' around!

- We'll get you your car.

All right? And Earl, Earl.

Take that gun down from Debbie's head.

- Don't mess wi--

- We don't wanna have any accidents.

- Don't f*** with me, man.

- Everything's gonna be cool.

- Get me my car, man!

- God, no, don't kill me!

- Shut up!

- Come on!

- Hold your fire!

- Let's go! Let's go!

That's one out.

Seventeen to go.

Okay, Harold, here you go.

- Gimme your gun.

- What?

- Gimme your gun.

- Man, l haven't had to shoot

anybody in three years.

- Why not keep the streak alive?

- 'Cause this strung-out

junkie's gonna kill somebody.

- What the hell are you doing out there?

What's going on?

Okay, Earl, it's happening.

Got your car comin'.

Harold's gone to safety.

Everything is cool. And we're

gonna get everybody out of here.

But first, as a show of good

faith, gimme another hostage.

- Gimme Debbie.

- l gave you the old f***in' man, man!

He don't count. He was bleedin',

he was gonna die in here and

that would've been on your ass.

l did you a favor takin' him outta here.

Now, gimme a hostage. Gimme Debbie.

- Am l gettin' my car, man?

- You're gonna get your car.

But gimme a hostage.

Come on. Gimme Debbie, man.

Take them, man! Take 'em!

Take em'!

- Okay, you three, let's go.

- Take them! Take them!

Go!

Please don't kill me!

Please don't!

See, we're makin' progress.

We're gonna get everybody

outta here. Everybody, relax.

- l'm gonna get your car right now.

- Gimme my car, man.

- l'll get your car right now.

- Gimme my car, man!

- l'll get your car.

- Oh, there's one other thing.

- What? What?

You want a hardtop

or convertible?

- F***, man. A f***in'

hardtop, man. Hardtop.

- Hardtop.

- Hardtop, man.

- Hardtop. All right.

- Manual or automatic?

- Automatic!

Stay down!

Don't you f***in' move!

- Don't shoot me!

- Don't you f***in' move!

- Don't shoot me! l give up, man!

Everybody, down!

On the floor!

- Don't shoot me, man!

- Right now! On the floor!

- On the floor!

- Oh, man, don't shoot me!

Don't shoot! Don't--

- Captain Solis, can we speak

to lnspector Roper?

- lnspector Roper?

- lnspector Roper?

- lnspector Roper?

- lnspector Roper, what happened inside?

lnspector Roper, you've successfully

negotiated nine times in the past.

- What was different

about this situation?

- Please, please, ladies and gentlemen.

The inspector is not available

to answer your questions right now.

- We're just very thankful nobody

got killed in this incident.

- Can't you give us something, kevin?

Now, the inspector will be available to

answer your questions in two hours...

at the official police briefing

at police headquarters.

lnspector Roper, are you okay?

Are you okay?

- Please, please, we have

no further information.

- Hey.

Now that is one

for the front page.

Now, what are you doin' comin'

down here and torturin' me?

You know l'm in love with you.

- Don't start.

- Don't tell me not to start.

Look, Ronnie, that baseball

player you're runnin' around

with, that guy is bad news.

Oh, really. Let's think about this.

He makes about two million a year.

- A really nice guy, and he worships me.

- l worship you too.

- Scott, you worship your bookie.

- No, forget that. Listen.

What's this guy's name?

- Greg.

- Well, l read that

Greg's knees are blown out.

You know, in ten years, you're gonna be

pushin' him around in a wheelchair.

- A lot of hills in this town.

- You know what l think?

l think you only want me back

'cause you can't have me.

Well, l don't think it matters what you

think. What matters is that l think

we should be together.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, listen to me.

Can we please go out this weekend?

No way. And talking

of going out.

What about Troy? You told me

you'd take him out over a month ago.

Hey, Veronica, l had a really

rough month, you know. l know

l was supposed to get with him.

He misses you. l tell him you're

coming around and his eyes light

up. And then when you don't--

Now why do you wanna lay all this guilt

on me, huh? Look, Saturday.

We'll get together on Saturday,

me, you and Troy.

We'll go to the park. We'll

have the most beautiful day.

One big happy family.

No, no, no. You and Troy.

We spend enough time together.

Troy needs a man

in his life.

And besides, l'm seeing

Greg on Saturday.

What do you mean you're going

out with Greg on Saturday? What--

You-- You're gonna go out

with Greg and l'm supposed

to go out with Troy to the park?

- You know-- You know,

that's a little tacky.

- Tacky?

- Yes, that's tacky.

And it's gonna confuse Troy,

you don't think so?

Look, can l drive you to the

paper so we can talk about this?

Please? Can l drive you?

Huh? Hey!

Hey! Hey! That's my car!

Not any more. Now it belongs

to Silver Hills Financial.

And he was there

the whole time.

- Good work today, Scott.

- Thank you, lnspector.

- lf you had gotten them to me

when l needed them--

- l needed them two days ago.

- How're we doin' for the night?

- Two on the floor.

- You're my hero.

- Dinner's on you.

- You got yourself a deal.

l gotta meet with Solis.

- Okay, go get him.

Later on.

Absolutely. Yes, sir, l agree

with you a hundred percent.

Yeah, he just walked in to my

office. Chief says, ""Good job

this morning. Congratulations.""

- Oh, well tell him

to give me a raise then.

- He said, ""Thank you very much, Chief.""

- That's not what l said.

- Yes, sir.

Yes, sir, l'll discuss it

with him right now.

Got ya. Goodbye, Chief.

- Roper.

- What?

lt has been decided that you will take

on a new partner and train him to be

able to take over for you.

ls that why you got this guy

in the Sunday school outfit

sitting out here in the lobby ?

- His name is kevin McCall.

- Oh, Captain.

Every metro captain agrees

he's their best sharpshooter

and the most likely to succeed.

This is bullshit, Captain.

He tested high on his intellectual

aptitude, didn't he?

- Not as high as me, but pretty high.

- That's true.

National Marksman's Finalist,

attended NYC, went to college.

Very impressive.

FBl sniper school.

Mayoral commendation.

Additional skills:

biathlete, marathoner,

lip-reading.

This is great. Why don't you

send this guy to the Marines?

He's not a negotiator.

- He'll quit in two weeks, Captain.

- You let me worry about that.

Well, l hope there's gonna be

some kind of expression

of y'all's appreciation...

if l gotta hang out

with Huck Finn over there.

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