The East Page #5

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from a Hawkstone mine.

They've pumped waste

into that ground for years.

Just like Sago,

where I grew up.

Get in bed and I'll read you a story.

Pick one out.

We put the house

on the market...

...once we found out

the water was

eating away at the enamel

in Taylor's teeth, but...

...unfortunately,

no one wants to buy

a house in a town

with poisoned water.

My husband's work gets a

great deal on bottled water.

We use it to brush our teeth.

We're really lucky.

The little one died

three months ago.

Brain tumors.

Okay, I think that's enough.

Okay, do we agree on the plan?

An eye for an eye.

Can't be more.

Can't be less.

So, technically, we could kill

them and be in your moral clear.

That's not funny.

How we perform a jam is as

important as its outcome.

What outcome?

Nobody cares about

that freaky

Paige Williams anymore.

The McCabe-Grey jam

worked like gangbusters.

True, but it's blown over now.

People don't respond to

your intellectual bullshit.

They respond to firepower.

It's like 9/11. That's why I was in Iraq.

You got to get people mad.

Okay, just wait. What are

the real risks here?

Twenty-five years

for kidnapping,

if they can prove

intent to bodily harm.

BENJI:
Sarah...

...what do you think?

I think hurting people isn't going

to bring that little boy back.

Paige is going to

have seizures like Doc.

We saved tens of thousands

of people from that fate.

But if we hurt people, aren't

we just as bad as they are?

Then why are you here?

What, I have to agree?

Are we fascists?

BENJI:
Of course not.

You told me five years ago, individuals

had to be held accountable.

I joined this group

for this jam.

This is my jam.

It's our jam!

We work together.

Don't forget that.

Hi. I'm Diane Wisecarver,

senior-level management at Hawkstone.

You'll notice behind me here,

an array of large machinery...

...but rest assured,

it is state of the art...

...up to the latest environmental

codes and standards.

This beautiful lake is a

natural wildlife preserve.

It's tested twice a year.

We have an abundance of

wildlife that visits.

And we've had all

nearby creeks tested

by three independent agencies.

There is nothing wrong

with the water in Ambler.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

Katie.

Hello, Dad.

What are you doing here?

I set this up.

You're so different.

Beautiful.

Not that you haven't

always been beautiful.

More beautiful in a dress.

You're a woman.

All grown up.

Where have you been?

Around.

Traveling.

Have you seen your mother?

Does she know you're back?

I'm not back.

And since when do you

care about my mother?

Looks like you stopped

running with those freaks.

Are you okay?

Are you short on funds?

I don't need anything from you.

Hmm.

I came to ask you a question.

You came all the way

to this hotel...

...and my company's

summit...

...to ask me a question.

Shoot.

Did you know Johnny Perkins

died from brain tumors?

Who the hell is Johnny Perkins?

He died from cancer

because the water in his house

was filled with arsenic.

Urn...

He was four.

And he lived in Ambler.

What is this?

Is this part of some

rehab or something?

A lot of people

have been hurt...

because of what you've done.

I just need to hear

you say it out loud.

I'm not playing

this game with you.

You know how they say two

wrongs don't make a right'?

I'd say whoever said that has

never been wronged before.

(GRUNTS)

Sit.

Help! Someone call an ambulance!

I'm a doctor!

I can help!

(AMBULANCE SIREN WAILING)

What's wrong with the fish?

Nothing is wrong with the fish.

They're dying because you

poisoned the water.

RICHARD:
This has

gone on far enough.

We've had enough of this.

It's 2158.

Almost time to get in.

I don't understand.

IZZY:
It's pretty

simple, really.

You make your living by poisoning this

creek and other rivers and lakes.

You separate yourselves in gated

communities with golf courses...

...from the world

you're destroying.

From the families

who cannot afford

to move away from this creek.

Or from the cancer their

children are dying of.

You create for a living...

...toxic chemicals that will

outlive us all and feel nothing.

But tonight,

you will feel something.

Strip.

Be reasonable. You're

threatening our lives.

BENJI:
You're the

CEO of this company.

How many lives

are you threatening?

Huh?

(SIGHS)

We can't go in there right now.

SARAH:
Why?

Why can't you go in there?

What happens at three?

Take off your clothes

or I will do it for you.

We could pay you. We could pay

you to have it cleaned up.

Just tell her the truth.

Shut up, Sarah.

Time to get in.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

DIANE:

We can pay you!

That's enough! Izzy!

IZZY:

Sarah, back off!

I didn't know!

You did!

You did know! It's just

easier to pretend you didn't!

Get in the water!

All right, okay, yes!

Yes, we treat the coal!

We treat the coal because

it burns more efficiently!

Yes, we do!

And we dump the slurry in the river

because it has to go someplace!

People need power

for their homes!

Get in the water!

She said it! We made our point!

We made our point!

(SPLASHING)

(PANTING)

God help me.

I don't know how

it got this far.

I'm sorry, Katie.

I'm so...

...sorry.

(SIREN WAILING)

[Pigs!

Let's go]

Dad?

Dad?

Izzy, we have to go!

Get off!

(GUNSHOT)

(IZZY SCREAMING INDISTINCTLY)

IZZY:
Let me go!

Freeze!

BENJI:
Get on the bike!

IZZY:
Let me go!

Get on the bike!

(MOTORCYCLE REVVING)

(FIRES GUN)

Okay, we're here.

Izzy, we're here.

(WHIMPERING)

Izzy?

Doc! Doc!

Clear the table.

Somebody get Doc!

Clear the table!

(IZZY SOBBING)

BENJI:
She's been shot.

Where's the wound?

In the back.

We need a light.

I'll get it.

I need a BMV mask.

The one I showed you.

It's in my room.

And I need alcohol.

And salt! Get salt.

(SOBBING)

I need to cut her dress away.

Can we flip her?

(IZZY MOANS IN PAIN)

Easy.

(MOANING)

(SHUSHING)

DOC:

Okay, roll her back.

I need to get to her abdomen.

Cut that cloth away.

BENJI:

I want you to breathe.

Just breathe.

Keep breathing.

Keep breathing.

(WHISPERING) When she's out, I want

you to put the mask over her face.

Regular breaths.

BENJI:
She's out.

DOC:
You got it.

Squeeze it.

Full compression.

(EXHALES)

Guys, he needs to focus.

Get out.

You Okay?

Give it to me.

Give it to me.

Tell me what to do.

BENJI:
Give it to her.

Come here.

Put it over your arms.

Okay, scalpel.

You need to make an incision

a quarter-inch deep...

...and two and

a half inches across.

SARAH:
Starting here?

DOC:
Yeah.

Good. Okay.

You'll have to go through the muscle

tissue, so you have to go deeper.

Go along the same line.

Okay, just clamp that.

Push it deeper.

Now close it.

Okay, just lay that down.

You're going to need to make

your hand flat and push it...

...through the abdomen

into the large intestine.

You need to feel around in

there and find the bullet.

Oh, my God, you got it.

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