The Place Beyond the Pines Page #6

How are you gonna count it?

Got a money counter in your a**hole?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Fourteen grand.

$14,000.

Well, it's not gonna be

an even split

because the lion's share's

going to our hero.

Consider it

unofficial hazard pay.

DOC:
From us to you.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Enjoy it.

DELUCA:
'Cause you're not gonna

get it from the department.

DOC:
Don't spend it

all in one place. (CHUCKLES)

F***ing earned that.

Don't forget that.

DELUCA:
Not bad, huh?

DOC:
Not bad

for a night's work.

(LAUGHING)

(SIGHS)

WEIRZBOWSKI:
We're gathered here to

celebrate a cop who makes other cops proud.

We can all rest

a little easier at night

now that he's on

the path to recovery.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Officer Avery Cross.

(ALL APPLAUDING)

Thank you. Thank you, Chief.

Thank you for your support.

(CRYING)

When I was in law school, we used

to always talk about justice.

We'd have

discussions about justice.

That's just what they were...

Discussions.

I joined the police force

because I wanted to work alongside

the brave men and women

who know that some problems

can't be solved by talking.

Now, no one wants

to be in the situation

I found myself in

a couple weeks ago.

I certainly wish that

it turned out differently.

I'm not gonna lie. Sometimes

I even wish that (SIGHS)

maybe it wasn't me that was

called upon that house that day.

But that's the job.

And I can't think of another line

of work that I'd rather be in.

Thank you.

(ALL APPLAUDING)

How's it feel?

(GROANS)

(EXHALES)

I'm not sure

it's doing much good.

How's the spotlight?

I'm ready for it to end.

(LAUGHS)

Look, don't worry, it will.

You know, the police

always put on a big show

when something

like this happens

'cause the hero card's the

only one they have to play.

I'm not really

thinking about that, Dad.

I'm just trying

to get back to work.

You know, Avery,

if you planned this,

it couldn't have

turned out any better.

But you're not gonna make it work

for you in the police department.

I promise you that.

I didn't come here to be lectured, Dad.

You tricked me.

You said the pool

would be good for my knee.

Sorry.

You know, I'm not

as calculated as you.

You know,

my life's not a campaign.

It's much simpler.

Yeah.

Well, for somebody

not campaigning,

you gave a hell of

a speech yesterday.

You certainly had my vote.

Plus, that knee's a goldmine.

(SIGHS)

No, I mean, a limp goes

a long way in politics.

(LAUGHS)

Look at Roosevelt.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Pull out the red carpet!

Get the flowers out!

Get all the flowers out!

Here she comes. Come here.

(LAUGHING)

I gotta go see the chief.

I gotta go see the chief.

Why? I don't know. I don't know.

Is it bad news?

Think it'll be bad news?

SCOTT:
Say hi to the chief for me.

Gonna be goin' back down up there.

(LAUGHS) Oh, Jesus Christ.

(SCOTT) Stay off your knee. Don't

mess your hair up, pretty boy.

WEIRZBOWSKI:
Got a call today

from DA Killcullen.

(SIGHS)

WEIRZBOWSKI:
Close the door.

The state internal investigation

into the shooting of Luke Glanton

has been deemed lawful.

Congratulations, Officer.

You can put it behind you,

get back to police work.

The question is, can you go back

out on patrol anytime soon,

and if you could,

can you be effective?

I don't think that I can.

That's okay.

You know what? There's a lot

of jobs to be done around here

that, in ways,

and you know that,

in ways,

are much more important

than what happens

out on the street.

I'm so glad you said that because,

Chief, I've thought a lot about this

and I think that I could be

best utilized as a lieutenant

in charge of

special investigations.

There's a lot of restructuring

within the division

that I've actually

formulated...

I can't f***ing do that.

Well, yeah, of course

you could. I mean...

Cross! Come on.

You paid too much for your

education to act so stupid, kid.

Well, I think it's the very fact that

I do have an education like this

that perhaps is the reason

why I've thought about

how restructuring the unit,

the division,

can actually benefit you, me...

Cross, I appreciate

your ambition, I really do.

And I think... You know, I think

you're gonna be a great cop.

You are a great cop.

You're a hero.

But at this point, right now, you

gotta get back to real life,

and in real life, you got two choices.

Which are?

You can retire on disability...

I don't wanna do that.

All right, good.

I don't want you

to do that either.

Or you could be reassigned

at your current rank.

That's it. You gotta

work your way up, man.

(PERSON WHISTLING TUNE)

Hey, man,

heard you were down here.

Hey.

What are you doing?

What are you doing in plain clothes?

You didn't hear? I made Vice.

(LAUGHS)

Get the f*** outta here.

Yeah, man, I'm actually

paired up with Deluca.

That's good.

What do you got for me?

Oh, yeah, couple mutts left this

in the back seat of their car.

A leaky substance.

All right.

So when are we gonna get

together, grab a little bite,

you know,

talk about some things?

Sounds great.

All right, man. Page me.

Okay.

Thanks.

SCOTT:
What I'm about

to ask you is very sensitive.

The only reason why I'm asking

is 'cause you're my friend.

I don't know what

I can do to help,

but, yeah, what do you need?

All right. Right on.

Deluca and I have been working

on this case, all right?

And I want you to

keep this to yourself.

It's a little private.

And I don't want anybody

to know about it, okay?

Okay.

Okay, Deluca and I are working

with this f***ing hooker.

We gotta f***ing head

her off with some coke.

So Deluca and I thought

that, you know, if...

We need some temporary

access to the evidence room.

We need you to get some sh*t.

We gotta hit this b*tch off.

That's what we need.

I really tried to look out for

you with that seven grand.

Now I need you to

look out for me.

I'm serious, bro.

This is how it works.

(SIGHS)

(KEYS JANGLING)

Hey.

Hey, don't worry, it's okay.

I didn't mean to startle you.

It's okay. I just wanna

give you something. All right?

Listen, this is the money that we

recovered from your house, okay?

I want you to have it.

I don't know what that is.

You don't have to

ever even see me again,

just take the money.

(SOBBING)

I'm not here as a police officer,

I'm here as a regular guy.

Listen, listen, listen. Listen to me.

Get the f*** away.

You f***ed up my son's life,

therefore you

f***ed up my life!

Get the f*** away from me.

AVERY:
I should have brought this

to you sooner, and I apologize.

This was recovered

from a house during a search.

No, wait a minute, Cross.

It's just a small fraction

of what's going on.

Wait a minute, Cross.

Don't say another word.

What do you mean? No, no, no,

don't say another word.

What do you expect

me to do with this?

You're joking, right?

This is sh*t.

Chief.

This ain't my problem, all right?

This is your problem.

This is our problem of the

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