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We've put monitors

on the whole area for 36 hours...

...and things have been quiet.

Keep the monitors on for two weeks.

- And the detonators?

- Oh, they were found.

Where?

I don't know.

The foreman reported them found...

...then told me to forget about it.

Nelson, we're talking about

nuclear detonators.

You just don't lose them

and then find them.

You lose your comb, then find it.

Not detonators.

I want to know where they were found

and who found them. Get it?

Yes, sir.

Good for you, Nelson.

Slater, what about

the incident in the mine elevator?

Nothing much to tell, Sarge.

Some cupcake named Cane decided

he didn't need an environment suit.

They're still sponging him

off the elevator walls.

He was alone. Nobody near enough

to have thrown him in.

Some guys tried

to get into the airlock...

...except he'd sealed it.

No way it was homicide.

- Had to have been a suicide.

Did he leave a note?

I beg your pardon?

Did he leave a note?

None that we know of, sir.

Then how do you know it was suicide?

There's no other explanation.

He knew what he was doing,

that's for sure.

You can't fall into an airlock

and then an elevator.

You have to open hatches,

press buttons, close hatches.

It's the only explanation.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Okay. Fanning.

- What about the pump station?

Just a fight.

We took them both in

to cool off. They straightened out soon.

Gil?

GIL:
Pretty quiet.

Couple of calls about noise.

Nothing much.

Who ordered all these pressure

packs? This is a mine, not a war.

- You did, doctor.

- I said 100...

- ...not 1000-

- You said 1000-

I said 100, which can't be mistaken

for anything except 100.

It doesn't sound remotely

like 1,000. Listen!

You'll hear what I mean.

One thousand.

One hundred.

Totally different.

You think they sound the same?

Who are you, anyway?

Are you Dr. Lazarus?

Two aspirins and call me in the morning.

Doctor joke. Are you the new marshal?

Yes. I'd like to talk to you.

I got an alibi. Four people will swear

we were playing poker.

I never heard that one before.

- That's really funny.

Sorry.

Yesterday, a man went into the

atmosphere without his pressure suit.

Yes.

A couple of days before, another

man cut his suit open on purpose.

It happens here.

How often?

- I don't know. It just happens here.

- Why?

I'm not a psychiatrist.

I can't tell you why.

Some people can't take it

here after awhile.

- Did you do autopsies?

- No.

Why not?

The Company wanted the bodies

shipped out quickly.

Secondly, when one exposes

himself to zero-pressure atmosphere...

...there isn't a lot to inspect.

In the third place,

you're becoming a nuisance.

Yes, l know.

Give me a report of all of the incidents

happening over the past 6 months.

I'd like it soon, or l might just kick

your nasty ass all over this room.

That's a marshal joke.

It's open.

I didn't know what you'd like to eat,

so I brought everything.

Listen, you got to eat something.

Can't catch crooks

on an empty stomach.

I know how you feel. L do.

The second time l did a tour,

my wife had skipped off...

...with some computer programmer.

I have two daughters.

They call the programmer "daddy."

My wife said she was happy.

I said, "Happy?

The guy looks so boring."

She said he was not Mr. Excitement,

but he was always home.

You can't argue with that.

Try the food, it's not bad.

I will.

The hookers are nice.

They can help when you're lonely.

I'm sure.

I get the feeling I'm bombing.

No, you're not. L appreciate

what you're doing. L really do.

No, it's just...

... I'd like to be on my own for now.

I understand.

Marshal...

...if you need anything...

...if you just want to talk...

...please call me.

Thank you.

We've got a response on your request.

I'm trying to keep my composure...

...and like everything else I do,

I think I'm messing this up.

I despise these message things.

I'm just such a coward.

I couldn't look at your face and say

what I'm about to say. I just couldn't.

If you were in front of me,

I'd change my mind.

O'Niel.

What?

How bad?

I'll be right there.

I love you. Please know that.

I hadn't planned this. L really hadn't.

Marshal, he's in the west wing.

Sergeant Montone is waiting for you.

He's in a leisure compartment roughing

up a hooker. She pushed the alarm.

When I responded, he had a knife

and would kill her if l didn't leave.

Who is he?

He's a crane operator named Sagan. Been

here 11 months, never caused trouble.

- How's the girl?

- She's still alive.

Is he stoned?

Beats me. Some guys like

to slap hookers around.

This is Marshal O'Niel. Let that girl

out and no one's going to hurt you.

Get away from me! No!

Now listen to me!

Just listen.

I can't go away and you know that.

Now nobody's going to hurt you.

If you want to talk, we'll talk.

I won't try to break in...

...and you don't do anything crazy

with that girl. Okay?

Go away!

- Get me a maintenance worker.

- Yes, sir.

Which vent leads to the air conditioning

duct for number two compartment?

This one, sir.

Open it.

Open the hydraulic valves to release

the door locks when l tell you.

Sagan, can you hear me?

I hear you!

I'll explain this to you...

...very carefully.

I will release the hydraulic pressure

on the door locks.

It will open this door.

You cannot keep the doors closed...

...and stay in.

Why don't you just come out

and make it easy?

The second that door opens,

I'll kill her!

I'm going to slice her!

I hate her!

I won't argue with you.

And I won't trick you.

I'm going to count

down from ten to one.

At one, the door

will spring open slowly.

I will not rush in.

I will not shoot you.

I don't want to hurt anybody,

including you.

Whatever the problem is...

...we can work it out

without hurting anybody.

You're going to kill me.

No, I'm not. You have my word.

You also have my word

that if you kill that girl...

... I will kill you.

Now I'm going to count down

from ten...

...to one, slowly.

Just do as l say.

Ten...

...eight...

...seven...

...five...

...four...

...three...

...two...

...one.

Well, he turned.

I saw the knife.

Jaw looks broken. Maybe the nose.

Contusions.

Neck wounds look superficial.

Jesus Christ, who did this to her?

A worker. Went nuts.

It happens here, remember?

I got that list.

She's bleeding in the abdomen.

- Why didn't you bring it to my office?

I don't make house calls.

Well, you do now.

She'll be all right?

Maybe, if you let me do my job.

Twenty-eight in the last six months.

I wonder in the six months before.

Twenty-four. I've got initiative.

Oh, good for you.

You want to know how many

in the six months before that? Two.

Are you sure?

I'm unpleasant, not stupid.

Of course I'm sure, I can count.

- Well, what do you think?

I don't know.

Almost nobody has both oars

in the water, as far as I'm concerned.

Why people start to lose their marbles

in greater numbers isn't so mystifying.

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