Terminal Velocity

I tailed Kerr from the factory.

I lost him.

But I saw it land:

their Interflug 747.

An hour ago.

When I asked for Orgenov,

this a**hole in Defense Ministry

said he was unavailable.

Probably blind drunk. Then he denied

that any plane had been hijacked.

So what are the tire marks

on the roof of my car?

Somewhere in the desert.

I don't know where they'll hide it.

It's too late to bring ethics

into this. Way too late.

I can't do it.

I can't!

These are our own people,

for Christ's sake.

Face reality. It's over.

They know we turned on them.

They won't sleep till we're dead.

I'm leaving Tucson.

If you're smart, so will you.

Where's your roommate?

Better tell me.

Wanna talk now or what?

Hey! Where is she?

Don't you think you were

a little rough on her?

I don't know. It'll look like she

slipped in the shower.

- What about the roommate?

- We'll be back.

Oof. This car

brings me to my knees.

- You did good up there.

- Oh, shut up.

Temperatures are already dropping,

along with the barometer... Whoa!

What on...

- Is this the bachelorette party for...

- It's Bernadette's party.

- Bernadette is eight years old today.

- Oh.

Well, in case you missed it, there

was a U.F.O. spotted over Phoenix today.

That's "Unidentified

Falling Object. "

You may remember 31-year-old Richard

Brodie from another high-profile escapade.

Last year Brodie skydived into

a football game at Sun Devils stadium...

and proceeded to pick up the ball

and run for a touchdown.

He was tackled in the end zone

by both teams.

As a result of today's stunt, police

charged the wayward skydiver...

with violating

restricted air space.

The F.A.A. is said

to be investigating.

Ahh!

Got a ten-room house

that overlooks the sea

Got a boss at work

who's overlookin' me...

- Polyester makin' a comeback?

- Loaner clothes. County jail.

Uh-huh. Suit with

the breakaway buttocks?

- Tryin' to pick up a little extra cash, Jo. A man's gotta eat.

- Yeah? Eat this.

F.A.A. inspection report. They hit us

with 12 safety violations last month.

That's the most for any jump center

in the country. And now, you pull this.

- Wow. The most ever?

- Yeah.

Thank you, thank you. All right, relax.

Shut up!

We're already

on the F.A.A. hit list.

You pull a stupid stunt like this,

it hurts everyone here.

Now you listen to me.

Until we pass the next inspection,

there will be no more base jumps

off of radar towers.

No more bungee jumps off construction

cranes while they're operating.

And, Ditch, no more low altitude pulls.

You're going to bounce.

Yeah. Can I use a Q-tip inside

my ear or just around the edge?

This is serious. Knock it off.

Quit kiddin' around.

All right. Ease up, Jo.

Just tell me what you need done.

Reserve chute inspections,

A.O.D. checks, pH tests.

- All the things I put on the list.

- What list?

The list I put on your desk

last week.

You put it in there?

- Hey, handsome.

- Hiya, Max. How are you?

You gonna be done soon?

Yeah, soon as I file this half

of the room and chrome that half.

Got a new student needs a lesson.

Think you can handle it?

- You better run it past Jo.

- Can't do that. Jo...

This is not you.

- Afraid so.

- This is you!

Oh, my God. I didn't know you were

one of those big gymnast guys.

How come you never showed this

to anyone? You look so cute.

- See the haircut? That's how come.

- Uh-huh.

You are so funny.

Ahem. Okay. Jo's gone into Phoenix,

and I got four phone calls on hold.

I really need you to schedule

this lesson for me, okay? Please?

All right.

Where is he?

It's a she.

My.

You better get on

those phone calls, Max.

- Yeah. Yeah.

- See ya later.

Uh-huh. See ya.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

You're the instructor?

Yes. Ditch Brodie.

If you saw the recent media coverage,

it was all a pack of lies.

- Sorry. I didn't know.

- Good.

- Um, Chris Morrow. Hi.

- Hi, Chris.

I, uh, wanted to take

a lesson today, so...

I think I do...

Yeah, I think I do.

- So it's a rush, right?

- Oh, yeah.

That's what I keep reading.

Just like a great high, right?

- Let me guess. First time?

- How'd you know?

Just a hunch.

Listen, Chris,

I'm a little shorthanded today.

The good news is I can squeeze you in

first thing Friday morning.

- How's that sound?

- Hey, Ditch, if you're grounded, maybe I could...

Hello, Tom. Bye, Tom.

Hey, guys, it's me, all right?

- Ditch?

- You don't want Tom.

- Why not?

- Because you want the best, and you're already talkin' to him.

- How does Friday sound?

- Right. Um...

I don't know.

Maybe.

You see, it took me a while to work up

the nerve to just drive here,

and I think if I don't

do it today, right now,

I'm afraid I may

never come back.

Ever?

Um, no.

Oh, boy.

- Okay.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Oh, my God!

Now, first lesson,

I usually recommend a tandem jump.

- Which is?

- We go out of the plane together.

I hang onto you the entire way down.

It's a nice, safe, secure feeling.

Right.

Like that?

Unless you prefer

to be on top.

No. No.

Um, someone mentioned

a static line.

- C-Could we try that or...

- Yeah, it's an option.

- That's safe, right?

- Yeah.

- So we're on.

- This is good. I'm excited.

- Oh, God.

- I mean, I'm excited.

- Oh, really? Okay.

- Let's sign you up, all right?

- Break.

- You dip your right shoulder, then move to the right.

Your other right.

There you go.

Dip your left shoulder

and move to the left. Feel that?

Stay in the middle,

you're flyin' stable. How's that feel?

I don't know. I'm not very athletic.

It's not too late

to switch to tandem.

Oh, we'll stick with this,

as long as it's safe, I mean.

Very safe. Let's get you out of

the harness and go find you a jumpsuit.

How about this?

It's cute, but it's a little baggy,

don't you think?

- How about this gray one? It's smaller.

- I think the orange works.

- Cool.

- Do I have time to make a call?

I promised my roommate one last chance

to talk me out of this.

- Sure. Phone's over there.

- Great. Thanks. What about this?

- I'll take that into the locker room for you.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

- She's gorgeous but cheap.

- What's that?

- Your new student. She's stingy.

I offered to tape her jump,

special introductory price: $59.95.

She played me like a video game.

Maybe you could talk her into it.

I got something else in mind.

- It's 12:
30 now.

- Uh-huh?

We do the jump,

grab a Coke afterwards,

talk about our bonding experience

on the way down.

Leave her a message

around 5:
00, 5:30...

- "Hey, what's up? It's me, Ditch. "

- Right. Dinner.

- Yady-yady-yada.

- Yady-yady-yada.

Her place. Kick the stuffed animals

off the bed by 9:45.

- I'm home by 11:30.

- In time to watch Leno.

- Yep. What do you think?

- I say go for it.

I'm all over it.

Up you go.

Dirt alert.

- Huh?

- You only hear this for eight seconds.

- And then what?

- Splat.

Scattered clouds.

You wanna go upstairs?

Maybe

six grand, huh?

- Just find us some good air.

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