The Commuter Page #4

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Please just keep it down.

Now, please,

just open your bag.

I asked you nicely, ma'am.

-Just, please, open your bag.

-I'm a nurse. Come on.

Sorry, sir.

I help people.

I don't kill them.

I just told you, ma'am,

it's a random security check.

Do me a favor, will you?

Just open your bag.

I'm sorry, sir.

Just open up your bag,

and I'll be on my way.

Got a visual, but I

can't get to anything yet.

I just need a bit more time.

-Who are you?

-Calm down.

Why are you following me?

Are you the reason

they're searching passengers?

-Prynne?

-What did you say?

Who are you? What do you know?

What...

Whatever you think

you're doing,

you know what's good for you,

let it go.

Hey, man, are you okay?

Yeah.

You see that? Scumbag.

Tried to steal my wallet.

This train's freaking me out.

Hello? What?

Who is this?

All right.

Mike, it's for you.

Some guy says he's a cop.

You don't look so good.

Everything all right?

Give me a minute, will you?

-Murph.

-Mike.

You sent someone to the house?

Tarrytown local.

They're on their way.

What the hell's going on?

Mike?

This woman sits across from

me, calls herself Joanna.

She offers me 100 grand

to find someone on the train.

-They want his bag.

-100 grand? What kind of bag?

I don't know.

Look, it sounds crazy.

They threatened

Karen and Danny.

They killed a man, Murph,

pushed him into the street.

Jesus Christ. Okay.

You still on the train?

-Yeah.

-All right, don't do anything.

I'm gonna call a friend at

the transportation authority.

I found him, Murph.

I didn't have a choice.

-What did you do?

-They gave me a GPS tracker.

The kid's late 20s,

black duffle bag.

A snake-head tattoo

on his neck.

Goes by the name of Prynne.

Prynne?

Did you take the money, Mike?

You want my help

as a detective or as a friend?

'Cause it's two very

different things.

What are you

not telling me, Murph?

Two nights ago,

a buddy of mine in the ninth

caught a suicide downtown,

a staffer in the city

planning office.

It's all over the news.

Thing is, this kid was in deep

with the wrong kind of people.

There's a witness

who saw two guys

drop him 35 stories

out a window.

Witness goes by Prynne.

And I identified him.

Someone on this train's

gonna kill him. Jesus.

I had an altercation

with the guy.

I got a bag full of cash.

I just lost my job.

She's trying to set me up.

All right, this is

what you're gonna do.

Next stop, get...

Murph? Hello? Murph?

You done?

Come on, man. What the

hell is wrong with you?

Sorry, Tony. Thanks.

Great. Thanks for using

my battery up, a**hole.

Why are we meeting

a witness outside the city?

It feels wrong.

Twenty minutes.

All right. I'm checking in

with Agent Foster.

As long as the witness

gets off that train.

Everything all right?

Look what you did, Michael.

Another dead passenger.

This man was a federal agent.

Yes, but he's not Prynne.

You marked the wrong man.

-You killed him.

-Whose fault is that?

-I didn't agree to this.

-You tell yourself that.

I know you think

you're a good man,

but some part of you

was willing.

Some part of you capable

of condemning a stranger

to an unknown fate.

I'm done playing games.

The mobile

number you are trying to...

-Sh*t.

- ...reach is unavailable.

I wanna talk to my wife.

Stay with me, Michael.

You still have a job to do.

I will not do a goddamn thing

until I know my wife

and my son are okay.

They're just leaving

the house now.

Mom, come on.

We're gonna be late.

Danny,

have you seen my ring?

I swear I left it

on the bathroom counter.

Have you asked Dad?

He's not

picking up his phone as usual.

Mom, who is that?

Danny, get in the car.

Lock the door.

Can I help you?

-Are you Karen MacCauley?

-Yes.

I'm here because

of your husband.

I'm sorry. Do I know...

You have

a beautiful family, Michael.

Now arriving Tarrytown.

There are police

on their way right now.

If your men try anything...

Yes, they were, Michael.

They were.

Until you called too much

attention to yourself.

-What?

-Look outside.

Someone reported a dangerous

individual on the train.

Now you're standing over

a corpse. Do the math.

What do you want me to do?

Don't leave the train

and don't get caught.

I've been doing this

a long time.

I'm telling you,

he's a regular.

I don't think he's dangerous.

The guy claims he's looking

for someone onboard, right?

He makes up

some bullshit story

about suspicious bags,

and then he gets into a fight.

Sorry for the delay, folks.

We'll be on our way very soon.

Compartments

one and two all clear.

-Call the captain.

-Yes, sir.

Got two and three clear.

Three and four clear.

Compartments

five and six clear.

No, he's not here.

Okay, wrap it up, boys.

That was impressive, Michael.

I almost thought

you were gonna miss the train.

I wanna talk

to my wife and my son.

I wanna know they're safe.

There are two more stops

before Cold Spring.

Garrison Station

is your last chance,

if you ever wanna

talk to them again.

I need more time.

There isn't enough to go on.

You've proven

yourself capable.

Figure it out.

Hey, Manny, AC's cut out.

I'm gonna check

the hub in three.

-Copy that.

-Hi. Excuse me.

It's, like,

90 degrees in here.

Yeah, working on it, ma'am.

Working on it.

Tarrytown.

I thought you got off.

Sam.

You lucky son of a b*tch.

My dad said it pays

to make new friends.

-You wanna go again?

-Yep.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'm sure you've noticed

we've lost AC in all cars

except the last one.

If you wanna move, please,

remember your belongings.

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'm sure you've noticed

we've entered the seventh

circle of hell. God damn it.

Gonna be a hell of a ride

to Cold Spring.

All right.

Two pairs. Queens. Fours.

-Hey, Tony, deal me in?

-Your money to lose, pal.

Come on in, Mike.

I got 100 to my name.

All right, Texas hold 'em.

-Good?

-Sure.

Okay. Gentlemen.

Take a peek.

-Doing all right there, pal?

-You don't wanna know.

You should have got off

two stops ago.

Ten years I ride this train.

Maybe one time I wanna see

the end of the line.

-Why?

-What about you, friend?

What about me?

Never seen you

on this train before.

Well, I've never

seen you either.

-You're not a regular.

-What is that to you?

All right.

I think your friend here's

got a problem with me.

-Relax.

-Just making conversation.

That's all.

Well, if you wanna

say something,

why don't you say it?

It just occurred to me

that most of us,

we ride this train every day.

We nod. We say hello.

But how much do we really

know about each other?

What about you, Mike?

What do we know about you?

Fair enough.

I got fired today.

Yeah. Didn't have the guts

to tell my wife.

Yeah. Have to go home,

look my son in the eye.

What am I supposed to say?

"I'm not the man

you thought I was"?

What kind of father?

What kind of husband?

60 years old.

What have I got left to offer?

-That was extremely honest.

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