The Company You Keep Page #4

and the war just kept escalating.

And then there was Kent State, and Jackson State, and...

kids our age... were being murdered

by our government... on campuses.

It's not our finest hour.

- It wasn't abstract, there was a draft.

You would've gotten a number, and then...

all you could do is just wait.

And everybody knew somebody that was going over,

or somebody who was not coming back.

You never get over that.

- Apparently not.

It sounds to me like justification,

I find it hard to believe that the only

option available to you at the time was violence.

Well, we thought that sitting at home while your government

committed genocide and doing nothing about it, that that was violence.

What about you?

What are you willing to take a risk for?

I don't know. I know that I wouldn't

blow up a building. I wouldn't kill anybody for anything.

Yeah, well... dissent can be dicey.

But you can't get to my age

without some regrets.

Would you do it again?

If... I didn't have kids,

and old parents that I love,

Yeah, I would do it again.

Smarter, better... different.

But I'd do it, yeah.

We made mistakes,

but we were right.

Hmm... and is Nick Sloan right?

He has a daughter much younger than yours,

that he abandoned in a hotel room.

People do what they have to do.

- Well, what are you doing then, here

with me? I mean, you...

you had a choice in all this after all.

Well, look at me. It doesn't matter what I say, unless...

I say it to somebody who's interested in the truth.

And it seems, as if you're interested in the truth.

Most people aren't.

What are you gonna do?

- My job.

Good.

And what do you think Jim... Nick...

what do you think he's doing now?

Maybe you should figure that out.

- Hmm.

Look, if my coming here in

any way was responsible for...

him being found out, well that

was not my intention, and he knows that.

We never betrayed each other,

not once, any of us, over all these years,

and I'm not about to start now.

What about Mimi Lurie?

Is she out there living a good, clean, productive life?

- Anything's possible.

Mimi and Nick...

were different.

Radicals? Yes.

But also lovers.

Did you ...

- Time's up, sir.

Thank you for talking to me.

- Thank you for listening.

They did unforgivable things,

but you gotta appreciate the commitment.

No, you don't. Appreciate the fact that the

bank guard they murdered had two small kids.

It's just hard to reconcile the woman with her past.

Sir, don't allow yourself to get spun by these people

- I don't "get spun."

Well, you've been pretty soft on her

from the very beginning.

We're the good guys here,

but you seem not to care.

You write an article that blasts my team

publicly for doing our jobs well,

and you make light of decent...

- No. No, I didn't blast anybody. She was turning herself in, that's her...

No! There was no deal. We had intel,

we tracked her, we made the arrest. Now...

Where's that article? We took a

thirty-year fugitive off the street,

and would have gotten her partner if it

hadn't been for some two-bit journalist interfering...

Would you even know who he was,

if it wasn't for me?

Well, you do seem awfully tied in to these people,

Solarz only talks to you, you meet with

Sloan two days before he disappears,

Givin' him a big head-start, if not more...

Perhaps you're a little more interesting

than I initially thought?

We're bringing these people down,

and I hope I don't find you in my way.

Agent, I need you to report to an OPR review.

Don't ever ask me for anything again.

What are you talking about? I thought we were bonding?

- I feel like I just watched you get hypnotised in there...

"I was just young, female, and opposing injustice"?

That's her justification? That was offensive!

I'm not arguing that point...

Where are you guys on the Sloan thing?

You think you're gonna find him?

I think he knows how to run,

which means he has an advantage.

Terrorists justify terrorism, Ben.

Don't get confused here.

Don't tell me you have to go

when you don't have to go!

- Hello?

- This is Ben Shepherd, Albany Sun-Times.

- Yes?

- Dr. Sloan, I've spoken directly to your

brother. I've spoken to Sharon Solarz...

Yes?

- I have something to tell you, sir...

it's important that we speak.

- Go ahead... be quick.

Two minutes, but not over the phone.

I don't trust phones... yours or mine, for that matter.

You get here before ten.

- Perfect! Thank you, sir.

Yes, we are currently outside the home of Dr. Daniel Sloan,

brother of fugitive Nick Sloan.

We have no new information to report at this time,

but we are continuing to monitor the situation...

Ben Shepherd.

-Yeah?

Albany Sun-Times.

-Yeah...

Maulik Banjali of Reuters...

- Hey! What's goin' on?

No interviews.

No interviews?

- Yeah.

Hi, uh... Ben Shepard, Albany Sun-Times,

Dr. Sloan's expecting to see me?

- Yes, he is, sir. You can go right up.

Thank you.

Dr. Sloan, Ben Shepard. I'm sorry I'm late.

- Ah, yeah...

Thank you.

Beautiful...

So, uh... tell me what you need to tell me.

W... uh... We sh...

Okay, um...

Well, your brother obviously counted on you a great deal...

Were you two close growing up?

- He was my older brother,

I looked up to him. I was a kid,

I didn't understand what he was doing.

You said you had something to tell me.

- I'm just trying to figure out why you're helping him?

Well, I'm helping my niece,

she's innocent in all this.

And your brother?

They blew up buildings.

It's been well-documented.

Do you approve of that?

- Of course not.

Now, if you have nothing more to ask, I think that...

- Do you think he's coming back for his daughter?

Is that what he's doing?

- Excuse me?

I'm trying to understand his thinking process.

I mean, why not take his daughter with him?

You know, why not change his name and disappear?

He obviously knows how to do that.

You said you had something to tell me.

Obviously, that's not the case.

So, I think we're done here.

We didn't ask for this.

I don't condone what he did...

and I certainly don't appreciate you

manipulating your way into my house.

You need to leave.

- Are you enrolling her in school?

'Cause I tell you, this situation doesn't

look like a permanent situation to me,

and I'm guessing not to you either.

So, what is he doin'?

Buying himself time for something.

- I dunno, for what?

I don't know, I'm asking you.

Your brother's nothing if he's not logical.

And right now, nothing he's doing...

makes any sense if he's guilty.

Help yourself...

You know... you should...

Holy sh*t!

It's right over here, lumber yard.

Don't worry, nobody's watching.

They're on Daniel.

They'll get to you, soon enough.

Yeah, well... anyone works for me

is an ex-con anyway.

Boy, this is some operation you got here.

- Yeah...

Yeah... ya' got redwood, ya' got

pine, and cedar in there...

Western Red Cedar... you can smell it.

It's a fire meth(?) and certified.

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