Mulholland Falls Page #5

But I can't.

I have different problems, Max.

I never wanted it both ways.

I thought you were asleep.

What are you thinking about?

I know what you think.

I just don't know how

you're thinking about it.

It isn't good.

Yeah.

You want me to leave for a while?

At least.

- We got a serious problem, Max.

- What's that?

Hoover. Not you, the other Hoover.

Called the chief from

Washington 5:
00 this morning.

The chief has been looking

for you ever since.

Kidnapping, assault,

attempted murder.

If I attempted to murder

McCafferty, he'd be dead.

Max, this is serious.

The chief is pissed!

So let him be pissed.

Max, he wants to talk to you.

- What the hell are you doing?

- Coming along.

I am not going back there telling

the chief you wouldn't come.

Hall's right about that psychiatrist.

He's turning you into

a piano teacher.

She. It's a woman, Max.

Where are we going, Max?

Max? Where are we going?

This is about to turn

bad, isn't it, Max?

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Now, listen, Coolidge,

you don't come with me.

This is personal.

Max, I'm coming.

No, no, listen to me.

This is something I gotta do.

Max, we're partners. I'm coming.

Right. Right, we're partners.

Lieutenant, we only

expected one visitor.

He goes wherever I go.

We're partners.

Suit yourself.

Sergeant, search 'em for weapons.

- I don't carry a gun.

- Raise your arms, sir.

That's very impressive.

Escort them to Colonel

Fitzgerald's office.

What's that?

It's a restricted area, sir.

- Restricted?

- Yes, sir.

- Can I see it?

- Sir, that area is restricted.

I cannot take you there.

You know, Coolidge...

Take this.

Stash the car. I'll meet you later.

- Be careful.

- Yeah.

It's locked?

Locked.

Wait here, I'll go around back.

Lieutenant Hoover?

What is it?

Cancer.

It's in my blood, my bones.

Even now, they tell me, in my brain.

You've never seen anyone

with terminal cancer, have you?

I saw a whole roomful of

terminal cancer on my way in.

The hundred who died so

that the thousand might live.

What were they, experiments?

Think of them as soldiers.

They didn't seem like soldiers to me.

That's why you killed Allison.

My God, Lieutenant.

Why would I kill Allison?

She showed me pleasures

I never dreamed existed.

It's all I think about these days.

I'm sure you understand that.

It was a mistake.

What do you mean, it was a mistake?

Her death.

An error in judgment.

An overzealous reaction

against a perceived threat

to national security.

She saw the cancer ward.

She took pictures.

You're much more intelligent than

you appear to be, Lieutenant.

Must be a big advantage

in your field.

In my field, everyone

was always so desperate

to seem cleverer than they were.

- What is that?

- Film.

Of you and Allison.

She was spectacular, wasn't she?

Drop the gun, Lieutenant.

What now, Colonel?

Sir, they breached security,

they intended to harm you.

No, they brought me a film.

Pardon me, sir,

but they've compromised

top secret scientific areas.

We have a test scheduled in one hour.

I understand that perfectly, Colonel.

These men are not enemies.

Perhaps you could see to it that

they are taken back to Los Angeles.

With all due respect, General, security

for this particular installation...

Colonel...

Take them back now.

All right.

Sir.

The captain and I have

business in Los Angeles.

We're gonna catch a ride down

with you if you don't mind.

It's your plane.

- Let's take it up.

- Roger.

How come there's no door?

It's very loud.

This plane is rigged for jumping.

You won't be uncomfortable.

They're gonna throw

us out of the plane,

just like they did Allison Pond.

You gave us the

wrong film, Lieutenant.

I'm not interested in police

training films about the clap.

Everything you have for

everything we have

that was the understanding.

But you see, there's a problem.

- You sent the film to my house.

- That was to get your attention.

No copies were sent to the press or

the Los Angeles Police Department.

You see, the problem is you sent the

film to my house addressed to my wife.

And she watched it.

I don't care who sees it now.

See what I mean?

I don't have anything to lose.

Does Timms know about this?

The general's no longer relevant.

Who made the decision to

throw her out of the plane?

If such a thing had happened,

the general wouldn't have been informed.

He wouldn't have made that decision.

Of course not.

Would it have been you?

That's right.

If he couldn't intervene on her part,

he can't intervene to save you.

No one can intervene

here, Lieutenant.

They threw Allison out of the plane.

- They threw her out of the plane, Max.

- That's right.

You threw that little

girl out of a plane!

You're pathetic, Hoover!

I did my job!

She died because she was in the way!

She died for nothing,

you son of a b*tch!

Hold on, Max.

What the hell's going on in here?

- What's happening?

- Oh, my God.

Is he all right?

He's been shot, Max.

Is he dead?

Come on, get up! Come on!

Get up! Wake up. He's alive!

You fly this plane, or I'll f***ing

kill you right here, you hear me?

Stay awake. We gotta land this

plane now, or he's gonna die on us.

Come on. We need you

to fly the plane.

- You gotta fly this plane.

- We need you to fly the plane!

Stay awake. Come on, come on.

That's it.

Oh, Jesus!

We made it, Max!

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm okay. You all right?

I feel cold, Max.

Jesus Christ, Ellery,

how can you be cold?

We're in the middle

of a goddamn desert!

Max, I gotta sit.

All right, go ahead and sit down.

Hey, Max?

- What happened?

- Max, I think I'm shot.

Let me see.

- I'm shot.

- Oh, my God.

My psychiatrist is not

gonna like this, Max.

I'm cold.

You know, while it was all

happening in there, Max

I felt good again.

It was like it used to be.

Ellery, don't talk,

save your strength.

- Save your strength.

- Why?

I like to talk, Max. You know me.

You gotta get it out, right?

Tell me the truth.

Is there something wrong with me?

Ellery, listen to me. Listen to me.

There's nothing wrong with you.

- You mean it?

- Yeah. Listen to me.

- You wouldn't lie to me, right, Max?

- No, no, no.

We're partners, right?

We're partners.

- Partners.

- Yeah.

- Right.

- That's right.

We're partners, Max.

No, come on, Ellery. Come on,

come on, stay awake.

No, no. Come on, come on, come on.

Stay awake. Come on, come on.

Stay awake! Come on back!

Ellery, come on!

I hear they broke up the squad.

I broke up the squad.

There's no squad without Ellery.

What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

I honestly don't know.

Did you ever think about

leaving me for her, Max?

No, Kate. No.

Why'd you stop seeing her?

Kate, I love you.

I have always loved you.

When I realized what

a mistake I had made,

I just didn't want it between us.

But... It is.

I guess it always will be.

It'll never be the same, Max.

- Let's go, Eddie.

- Let's get out of here.

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