NYPD BLUE
Written by
Matt Olmstead & Nicholas Wootton
Pilot Revised Network Draft 09/18/18
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INT. TATTOO PARLOR - NIGHT Closed for the night. THEO SIPOWICZ, (26, handsome, with a few days of beard, and tough, with an engaging charm) sits across from JENNINGS (30, enterprising but dim) at a back table. A half-consumed bottle of decent whiskey between them. Theo is in full performance mode, nearing the punch line of a joke... THEO ...So Fauntelroy reads this fawning, apologetic letter from the and now Fauntleroy is feeling pretty good. Order has been restored. He’s had his ass kissed. Jennings holds up the bottle of whiskey. Theo nods heartily. INT. SURVEILLANCE VAN - SAME TIME Two NARCOTICS COPS, JOE KEYS (30) and KATE MCKENNA (25) monitor the activity in the tattoo parlor. They have audio and video courtesy of the ‘button’ cam Theo wears. They watch Jennings refill Theo’s glass. KEYS Another shot? We’re going to need a wheelbarrow to get him out of there. McKenna maintains a cool glare, not thrilled at what she’s seeing from Theo. owner of the railroad -- I’m mortified that a man of your stature had to endure bed bugs --
INT. TATTOO PARLOR - SAME TIME Theo and Jennings clink glasses. THEO
Fauntleroy is filing the letter away when he sees something stuck to the back. It’s a post-it note. (MORE)
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Handwritten, it says, Susie, send this asshole a copy of the bed bug letter... Theo claps his hands and roars with laughter. It still gets him. He looks at a befuddled Jennings. JENNINGS Who’s Susie? Theo throws his hands up and looks around, exasperated. The back door opens and MERRILL enters, holding a small duffel bag. He deadbolts the door, then approaches. Jennings rises and motions to Merrill. JENNINGS (CONT’D) This is Merrill. Theo quickly sizes up Merrill. He’s grim and tightly wound. Theo forces a smile. THEO Hey, how’s it going. MERRILL You got the money? Theo picks up a backpack that was at his feet, opens it. Displays the cash. THEO Twelve K. Merrill puts his bag on the table and opens it. A couple taped up packages inside, but then he reaches down further and pulls out a gun and levels it at Theo. THEO (CONT’D) Whoa whoa whoa...
INT. SURVEILLANCE VAN - SAME TIME McKenna quickly goes to her radio. MCKENNA Move in! Move in!
INT. TATTOO PARLOR - SAME TIME Theo puts his hands in the air.
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THEO Just take the money. I was never here. MERRILL Damn right you were never here.
Merrill’s arm flexes, ready to fire -- when Theo kicks a chair toward him, sending Merrill off balance and careening forward -- Theo reaches for his ankle gun. Merrill regains balance, aims at Theo whose gun is free and FIRES! The shot hits a table leg in front of Merrill’s exploding wood into Merrill’s face. WHAM! Merrill is tackled by Keys and McKenna. Theo spins. Jennings is out the back with the buy money. Theo jumps to his feet, in full pursuit -- EXT. STREET - BROOKLYN - NIGHT Theo dashes after Jennings, dodging pedestrians, racing across the street and into a back alley -- finally slamming Jennings to the ground. THEO Don’t move! JENNINGS Okay okay okay! Theo pulls out a flex-cuff from inside his jacket and cuffs Jennings. JENNINGS (CONT’D) Oh you’re kidding me. Cop ? Theo spins Jennings around and stares at him as they both catch their breath. Theo looks hurt -- emotionally. THEO You were gonna kill me? Rip me off, yeah, but kill me? JENNINGS That was all him, man -- officer -- I swear to god. Theo stares at him a beat, wondering if he’s telling the truth, then pulls out a knife and snaps it open. JENNING No no no... don’t...
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Instead, Theo uses the knife to cut the plastic zip tie. McKenna is running up on the scene -- JENNINGS You letting me go? THEO No, I don’t hit skels when they’re cuffed. Theo drives his fist in Jennings’ gut, doubling him over. McKenna, jogging up, sees it. Wishes she hadn’t. INT. 39TH DISTRICT - BROOKLYN NARCOTICS - NIGHT Theo sits across the desk from the LIEUTENANT. The Lieutenant slowly licks the pad of his forefinger and turns to the second page of the report. Theo’s a little nervous, as one tends to be around a supervisor who may not like you. THEO
Both had priors. And got a half brick of fentanyl. Solid bust, Loo. NARCOTICS LIEUTENANT (without looking up) You drank. A lot.
Theo’s jaw tightens. Here we go again . THEO
Umm... yeah. I did. He offered, and I decided to keep rolling with my drug dealer persona. As opposed to my Mister Rogers persona. Which I’ve found -- and I’m just speaking
for myself -- is less effective than the drug dealer persona. The Lieutenant finally looks up. Indeed he doesn’t like Theo. NARCOTICS LIEUTENANT That persona is becoming the predominant one. Off duty too. That’s the last straw for Theo and the built up frustration and resentment comes out. THEO
Lieutenant, I don’t know why but you’ve had it out for me since the day I walked in the door. (MORE)
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I’ve made more collars than anyone on this team but all you ever seem to care about is where the breathalyzer is -- NARCOTICS LIEUTENANT You discharged your weapon while drunk . That puts the whole team in jeopardy -- THEO
I was in jeopardy. Or did you see something I didn’t? Oh wait, you weren’t there. NARCOTICS LIEUTENANT You’re bounced from Narcotics. This is a huge deal. Theo is tight lipped, furious -- NARCOTICS LIEUTENANT (CONT’D) Where you end up next is up to the Job. But you’re out of here. INT. COP BAR - NIGHT Full swing. The bartender JOE pours the last of Theo’s six shots. Theo is drunk - upbeat, party drunk. THEO (picks up three) Three for me, three for those kindly strangers. Theo points down the bar where a group sit -- THEO (CONT’D) Tonight you’re drinking with me! He takes his three shots to a table where McKenna and Keys sit, faces dour. Theo lifts his shot -- THEO (CONT’D) Here’s to the breezes that blows through the treezes . They reluctantly hoist their drinks. McKenna sips -- KEYS If you laid low a few weeks --
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THEO Nothing would change. (to the bartender) Where’s my tuneage! I put seven bucks in the juke box! JOE Forfeited. Can’t play Honky Tonk Woman twenty times in a row. THEO I don’t see that written anywhere.
McKenna tries another tact -- MCKENNA
Tomorrow morning, you call the delegate. Write a letter of apology. Sign up for counseling -- THEO
Or file all that under “farting in the wind” and go big tonight. Don’t know your schedules tomorrow but mine has loosened considerably. He sees three men enter the bar. Including PRUITT 40’s. They all look at Theo with cold grins. THEO (CONT’D) What, Pruitt? PRUITT
No, nothing. Just heard about your booze-soaked flame-out today. I’m sure your dad would be proud.
Theo smiles, furious -- THEO
I’m not off the Job yet. But I might be after this -- Theo starts walking toward Pruitt but McKenna and Keys are already between them, having expected this -- KEYS Okay, enough. Let’s all cool it. THEO No no no. It’s fine. I’m out of here.
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Theo throws the rest of his shot down and heads out. McKenna watches him go. Sighs deep.
INT. 39TH DISTRICT - BROOKLYN NARCOTICS - DAY Jennings is at a small table in an interview room, cuffed to a wall-mounted bar. He’s ill at ease. The door opens and the Narcotics Lieutenant enters and sits across from him. NARCOTICS LIEUTENANT
So I think you know how this works. You give us some information, you get some rhythm in return. Your buyer, another seller... JENNINGS I know of a murder that didn’t go down the way it said it did in the papers. NARCOTICS LIEUTENANT Okay... JENNINGS The murder of a cop.
INT. THEO’S APARTMENT - NEXT MORNING Theo enters with two coffees and danish on a tray. He’s ragged but sober, in the same clothes as the night before. Theo sets down the coffee as a 7-year-old MUTT with grey on its muzzle trundles up and gets a pat on the head -- Then notices a packed bag by the bedroom door. Kate McKenna emerges from the bedroom with another. THEO Kate, come on. Don’t. MCKENNA I waited up. Called twenty times. THEO My phone died. (she readies to go) He insulted me. Insulted my family. MCKENNA
This is not about last night. The last two years have been a slow spiral and you know it. (MORE)
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How many times did I beg you to talk? Or go to therapy? THEO I put my energy into work. Making collars. MCKENNA You made more enemies than collars. (fighting tears)
I’ve had my hand out for so long, you just won’t take it. I love you, Theo but I can’t sit by and watch you slide. She grabs the bags and walks out. Theo drops into a chair. The dog nuzzles into his leg. Theo goes into -- INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS At a bureau Theo opens a drawer. He unfolds a pair of socks to reveal a hidden ring box. Inside is an engagement ring. He’s pained. His phone rings. He shuts the box, answers -- THEO Hello? EXT. 15TH PRECINCT - DAY Theo, still in his Narcotics gear of jeans and boots and beat- up jacket, approaches the precinct and takes a good look. It’s where his dad used to work. He heads inside. INT. 15TH PRECINCT - DOWNSTAIRS - MOMENTS LATER Theo weaves past some exiting UNIFORM COPS and approaches the big Front Desk. He stops cold. Behind the desk is Pruitt. Sgt. Ted Pruitt. He’s the daytime desk sergeant. Pruitt sees Theo and chuckles. PRUITT What a lovely surprise. THEO (in no mood) They want me up in the Squad. He nods for Theo to proceed. As Theo moves to the stairs --
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PRUITT
Hey Sipowicz. (beat) Your dad used to keep a flask taped under his desk. Probably still there, if you need a little bracer.
And with that Theo attempts to scale the Front Desk. He almost makes it before being pulled back by two COPS. It’s a melee -- every cop downstairs running over. Pruitt sees an opening, lunges forward and sucker punches Theo as Theo is being pulled away. Theo squirms away from the cops long enough to lunge forward, grab Pruitt’s shirt, pull him closer and land two punches of his own. FEMALE VOICE ENOUGH! Everyone stops and looks to the voice. The crowd parts and LT. DIANE RUSSELL walks up. The cops unhand Theo. PRUITT I heard what you said to him, Ted. You’re lucky I don’t hit you too. So just shut up. Turns to Theo, shirt stretched, welt on his cheek, pissed. RUSSELL (CONT’D) Lieutenant Diane Russell. Get your ass up to my office. THEO I don’t even know what the hell I’m doing here! Why’d I get called down?! Beat. RUSSELL Because we may have new information on your dad’s murder. She lets that land, then turns and walks back to the stairs. Off Theo, adrenalin pumping. END TEASER I WANT THIS SON OF A BITCH OUT OF HERE! And I want him brought up on charges! RUSSELL
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ACT ONE
INT. 15TH PRECINCT - DAY Russell leads Theo up the stairs -- THEO
You may have information? What does that mean? RUSSELL In my office. A guy’s coming in, I’d rather you not cross. She looks back to see him taking in the building. RUSSELL (CONT’D) When was the last time you were in the Fifteenth? THEO Been twelve years. At least.
INT. 15TH SQUAD - CONTINUOUS -- they enter the Catching Area. Civilian Aide JOHN IRVIN at the Desk. He looks up on seeing Theo. Has known him from a boy. Theo blows right past him. THEO So I must know him. This guy coming in. RUSSELL Glen Jennings. You collared him last night. THEO (huh?) What is that scumbag saying? Russell nods Theo to her office, shuts the door. Stay with Detectives NICOLE LAZARUS, CHRIS GAMBLE, CRAIG PETTIBONE, all engrossed in files from the Andy Sipowicz homicide. PETTIBONE Kid runs hot. GAMBLE Must be a family trait. Which earns a protective stare from Irvin.
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The Squad line rings and Irvin checks the display. IRVIN (to Lazarus) It’s Michael. She shakes her head. No thanks .
INT. RUSSELL’S OFFICE - DAY Russell and Theo, who’s agitated -- RUSSELL
...Jennings says he’s got the name of a witness but he won’t talk until we can video for the DA. The original case was here in the 15th, so we’re running it. Theo nods, wheels turning, lot of emotions -- THEO Okay. Russell gauges him -- RUSSELL
I know your dad’s case has weighed on you like a sack of concrete -- THEO Sacks. Of concrete. Many of them. RUSSELL And we are going to run this down. But you know Jennings better than any of us. Credibility-wise, is it worth getting your hopes up? THEO Anything that could possibly reshade the case is worth getting my hopes up. I’ll assume I’m working it, full steam. RUSSELL (no) I didn’t want you getting word there was activity without being up to speed. You’re here as a courtesy.
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THEO (jaw a little tight) I should at least be in the room when he’s interviewed. RUSSELL You can watch in observation. THEO (tighter) I know Jennings, we have a rapport. RUSSELL Developed before or after you slugged him in the ribs? THEO Right at the point of impact. Lieutenant, please. RUSSELL Your dad was a friend. You’re here out of my respect for him. Show me the same and I’ll keep you in the loop.
INT. SQUAD ROOM - SAME TIME The Squad is at their desks, discussing the elephant in the room. GAMBLE
My dad knew his from when they were in the bag together. Everyone knew the stories. PETTIBONE (fan boy-ish) Oh they’re legendary . He’d tune up suspects, knock skels around. Stuff they’d lock you up for now.
Irvin listens from his desk. Jaw tight. GAMBLE
He took five bullets from a Gambino boss while he was rolling around with two hookers! THEO (O.S.) One hooker. All turn. See Theo’s in the open doorway with Russell.
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THEO (CONT’D) And only three bullets. Those are the actual facts.
Russell, chagrined, intros Theo -- RUSSELL
Theo Sipowicz. Nicole Lazarus, Chris Gamble, Craig Pettibone. And you know John Irvin. THEO Do I? IRVIN From a long time ago. I knew your dad. Theo doesn’t place Irvin. Irvin’s slightly crestfallen. RUSSELL (more for Gamble) Theo’s dad Andy was a First Grade detective in this Squad, and retired with thirty two years on the Job. IRVIN And highly decorated. RUSSELL Two years ago he was shot and killed at the Mermaid Day Spa on Avenue D. THEO My dad traded shots with a
customer, Damian Novak. Both died at the scene. Mutual combatants. GAMBLE Any idea what set it off? RUSSELL The girls working there skated before the cops showed, and all the madam would say is she heard arguing in the back hallway and then gunshots. THEO She boogied home to Manila the next day. (MORE)
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The joint’s computer disappeared with her so his history with the place is a mystery. LAZARUS (re computer screen) The report said he was carrying a dupe shield and off duty gun. Was he there related to the job? THEO Not sure. He always carried those. So... he might’ve been a customer. RUSSELL (protective) There was a lot of speculation about what happened that night. As far as anyone knew, counting myself, he was a solid family man. GAMBLE But not always. Right? RUSSELL Tread light, Gamble. GAMBLE No disrespect. His dad was a legend. But for a lot of reasons. That’s common knowledge. RUSSELL Evidently .
John Irvin, quietly takes a call. THEO He was twenty years sober. (less defensively)
But that’s no guarantee of twenty one. People fall off. So yeah, he might’ve. I don’t know. RUSSELL
The facts are that there were two bullets fired, two men dead. The investigation was put to bed quick. To avoid... She stalls. How to word this ? Theo says it for her. THEO Further embarrassment.
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IRVIN (hanging up) Lieutenant, Narcotics is bringing up Glen Jennings.
INT. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY Lazarus and Gamble sit opposite Jennings -- LAZARUS We appreciate you offering up information, Glen. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - SAME TIME Theo, Russell and Pettibone watch -- LAZARUS But remember, this was a cop
killing. If you’re running a game it’s going to backfire on you. Big time. JENNINGS Okay. Year ago or so I was getting high with this girl named Violet. LAZARUS Violet what? JENNINGS
All I know is Violet. And she started crying. I’m a terrible person, I got someone killed . She said it was a cop. Said his name was Andy. And I was there when it happened. I’m why he’s dead. That’s a direct quote. THEO watches intently, breathing a little hard. GAMBLE (yes? and?) Which was why? JENNINGS I’m... not sure. I didn’t hear the rest. I nodded off. LAZARUS That’s kind of the money here, Glen.
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JENNINGS It wasn’t like I was prepared to hear a confession that night. I was loaded myself. LAZARUS Where are we going to find Violet? JENNINGS I haven’t seen her since.
Russell turns to Theo.
RUSSELL Does that name mean anything? Violet? THEO ... yeah, it might.
INT. THEO’S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - DAY Theo enters, dog following him. He opens the closet door, from deep within he finds a box, pulls it out. As he leaves with it, he’s crushed to see half the hangers empty. He sits on the floor, opens the box. The mutt sidles over, sniffs the box. Whimpers a little. THEO Gettin’ a sense of pops in this old stuff, boy? Theo scratches the dog’s head while he rummages -- THEO (CONT’D) Yeah. Me too. Theo a couple old Filofax organizers. He then finds an official department photo of his dad, in dress blues. Staring straight at the camera. All business. Theo stares at the photo, memories and emotions flooding back. After a beat he sets the photo down and finds what he came here for: a journal labeled GRATITUDE. He flips it open. In his father’s handwriting he sees daily lists. Grateful to be sober. Grateful for Theo. He looks to a new list. They’re all similar. Slight variations or new names: Grateful for Roger K. Grateful for Peter M. A constant is Theo.
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Then Theo flips to the end of the notebook - where the lists abruptly stop. On one, toward the end, it reads, Grateful to see Violet P. He irises down on Violet P. He then searches for and finds an old address book. INT. RUSSELL’S OFFICE - DAY CHIEF OF DETECTIVES ERIC GAMBLE (55), sits across from Russell. CHIEF GAMBLE Chief, there’s a reason it woke up. And I was never comfortable with the original outcome -- SQUAD - Gamble, Lazarus, Pettibone and Irvin are at their desks. CHIEF GAMBLE But you got nothing here. What Can’t think of another case better suited to the term, “can of worms.” RUSSELL
wouldn’t a dope fiend like Jennings say to get out from under? I know what you’re going to say: what’s the harm in pursuing it? The harm is another run of front page
headlines about the “whore monger cop” which were a black eye to the department then and will be again now. That’s not happening. RUSSELL Especially if your son winds up in the article. (fighting words, but...) Forgive me for saying exactly what you were thinking, Chief. Before he pulls rank... he considers, then -- CHIEF GAMBLE Not my predominant reason for coming here. But it was. The Chief is on his feet. CHIEF GAMBLE (CONT’D)
Wading into this Sipowicz sewage is a waste of his time - the Squad’s time.
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They both look over to see Theo enter the squad, holding a folder.
INT. SQUAD ROOM - MOMENTS LATER Russell and Chief Gamble enter. THEO Chief. Chief Gamble nods at him. RUSSELL Anything? THEO
Every night my dad wrote a gratitude list for his sobriety program. He had a “Violet at G.I.A” listed. GIA is Gratitude in Action. It’s a sobriety meeting. He’d go every day at noon. I
called over to the guy who runs the meeting and filled him in. He gave me a last known address, 1971 Ave. D, and a photo. He reaches into the folder and pulls out a photo of an attractive brunette. VIOLET. LAZARUS Solid lead. Russell looks at Chief Gamble for the verdict. CHIEF GAMBLE I’ll give you 24 hours to chase this down. THEO Why just 24 hours? The Chief doesn’t exactly appreciate being challenged. CHIEF GAMBLE Cause it’s a nice round number. RUSSELL Gamble, you and Theo. Hit it. CHIEF GAMBLE One sec.
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He nods for his son to meet him on the landing.
INT. LANDING - MOMENTS LATER
CHIEF GAMBLE Andy Sipowicz was a racist cop who deserved getting tarred and
feathered. And his kid’s a drunk. Don’t let their stink rub off on you. GAMBLE Alright. They bump fists and Chief Gamble hits the stairs. INT. DETECTIVE CAR - DAY - MOVING Gamble drives. Theo shotgun. They’ve been riding in silence. Then -- THEO
Must be nice, your dad being Chief of Detectives. You can get a lot done with a hook like that. GAMBLE I don’t trade on his job. He’s got his thing, I’ve got mine. THEO But I bet people make a lot of assumptions to the contrary. (looks over) Assumptions really blow, huh?
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INT. HALLWAY - SHITTY APARTMENT BUILDING - AVE D. - DAY Theo and Gamble at an apartment door. Bang bang bang -- THEO Violet? No response. THEO (CONT’D) Violet, you in there? Gamble spots something by the door knob.
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GAMBLE
What’s this? They look then kneel to inspect a blood smear next to the knob. Gamble whips out a glove and uses it to touch the edge of the smear. GAMBLE (CONT’D) That’s fresh. INT. APARTMENT - LATER A SUPER opens the door and then backpedals as Theo and Gamble enter, guns drawn. GAMBLE Police! Signs of a struggle. A table askew, plant knocked over. KNOCK from the bedroom. Theo and Gamble approach -- INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS THE WHIRR OF A WINDOW AC UNIT and the same knock. Theo pushes open the door, gun drawn. He sees the source of the knocking: the pull-string for the blinds, on the end is a wood ball being blown by the AC and knocking into the wall. He looks down on the bed. A woman clothed. She’s blue, badly beaten, dead. A stocking pulled tight around her neck. Theo checks the body, touches the arm -- THEO Within the hour. GAMBLE (gets on the radio) We need a bus forthwith, 1971 Avenue D, apartment 4C. Theo peers closer. GAMBLE (CONT’D) What? Theo pulls out his photo of Violet and matches it against the DOA. THEO That’s not Violet. END OF ACT ONE
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ACT TWO
INT. VIOLET’S APARTMENT - DAY 15th detectives present. Gamble is gloved up, searching the apartment alongside Crime Scene Unit. Theo is anxiously sidelined, watching Lazarus with building super ATILIO (50). Russell arrives, Pettibone approaches -- PETTIBONE DOA’s Monica Dettmer. 25. Living here three years. No sign of
Violet. Lazarus is with the super. He gave us a last name for Violet based on some mail that came for her. Prescott. (leans in, re Theo) This one’s about to jump out of his skin. Russell nods, approaches Lazarus with the Super. LAZARUS Did Miss Dettmer ever mention having problems with anyone? Anyone hanging around? ATILIO
I don’t know about that. I’m not on site so I don’t know the tenants so well. LAZARUS Any cameras? ATILIO (no) Owners are cheap.
Theo steps in to Atilio -- THEO
Violet Prescott? Where is she? Lazarus didn’t need him jumping in -- ATILIO Haven’t seen her in like six
months. I heard she moved to St. Louis. No, that was 7B. The girl living here might’ve offed herself. Not what Theo wanted to hear, gets more aggressive --
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THEO Offed herself? You heard this or you know it? ATILIO Might have been her. I’m not sure. THEO Very helpful. Much appreciated. Lazarus looks to Russell re: Theo. Russell takes him aside. RUSSELL I can’t have you working this Theo. It’s not your dad’s case. THEO
Can I just help with the canvas? I’d like to know if the neighbors can break the tie between St. Louis and suicide.
Gamble approaches --
GAMBLE Don’t waste your time.
(holds an evidence bag) From Miss Dettmer’s drawer. Looks like she and Violet were roommates. (a note, Theo takes it, Gamble summarizes) “I’m in a spiral and I just want it to end. By the time you read this I’ll have jumped off the George Washington Bridge...” Signed Violet.
Theo is stunned --
INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY Pettibone, and Irvin at their desks. Theo too, looking at a computer screen of a police report from six months ago. Reads: Personal items found by roadside on bridge: Cell phone. Hooded sweatshirt with dragon emblem. Wallet with identification for Violet Jane Prescott. PETTIBONE Ran the last number off her cell log. Suicide hotline.
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THEO I checked with the morgue. They haven’t had a female floater her age in five years. PETTIBONE Bodies sink in winter then pop up in spring, or get tangled in seaweed and never come up at all. Theo sags. He leans back and for the first time takes in the desk he’s using. Irvin takes note. IRVIN It was your dad’s desk. THEO (a little wistful) Yeah. I kinda remember. Why’s it empty? IRVIN Ex-Detective Fluger texted a vulgar photograph to Detective Lazarus. His ‘one too many with the boys’ defense finally expired. THEO Ah. Irvin produces a Magic 8 Ball from his drawer. IRVIN This was your dad’s, too. He left it here. They were gonna throw it out, but... Irvin walks over with the 8 Ball and hands it to Theo. Lightbulb for Theo. THEO I remember you now. You babysat for me. Irvin’s overjoyed; glad to be remembered. IRVIN Yes! THEO You’d always read me Where the Wild Things Are .
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IRVIN You always made me read it. THEO You must have twenty years on that desk. IRVIN Twenty three. THEO (sees the ring) And married. IRVIN Ten years. We have 8 year old
twins. Boy and a girl. My husband’s a painter. Not the most consistent paycheck. So here I am. THEO Solid family. Those are lucky kids. Irvin smiles. But there’s something sad in the way Theo says it. Solid family life for him is a memory. He looks over, sees Lazarus in the coffee room with MRS. DETTMER (44), mother of the DOA. In tears. He hears Lazarus as she rises and gets Mrs. Dettmer a tissue -- LAZARUS Take your time, Mrs. Dettmer.
INT. COFFEE ROOM - INTERCUT Mrs. Dettmer wipes her eyes -- MRS. DETTMER
Monica was just getting her life together. Looking for real work. LAZARUS What had she been doing? MRS. DETTMER So many things. LAZARUS She had some pretty risqué outfits in the closet. Some lacquer heels. Was she stripping?
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MRS. DETTMER
(nods) Various clubs. She told me the names. I don’t remember. LAZARUS Sounds like you were pretty close. MRS. DETTMER We’re only nineteen years apart. Single mom. She told me everything.
Lazarus is thinking --
LAZARUS Did she ever work at a massage parlor? The Mermaid Spa? MRS. DETTMER A couple of years back. THEO hears this. Sits up. Gamble and Russell return from the crime scene -- LAZARUS Is that where she met Violet Prescott? MRS. DETTMER Yeah. They moved in together. But Violet wasn’t around long. Don’t know where she went. Lazarus does. Theo listens intently. He gets out his phone --
INT. SQUAD ROOM - MOMENTS LATER Lazarus moves out with Mrs. Dettmer -- IRVIN Ma’am, I’ll walk you out. When they’re gone -- THEO
I think they’re connected. Monica Dettmer and my dad. RUSSELL Dettmer worked with Violet at the massage joint. That’s all we got.
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THEO And she got killed within hours of us reopening my dad’s case. RUSSELL Okay. But who knew we’d reopened it past Jennings, the Squad, and the Chief of Ds? THEO My old Lieutenant in Brooklyn Narcotics, and whoever else that loudmouth talked to. This tweet went out at the same time we were talking to Jennings.
Theo shows Russell his phone: on it an NYPD tweet showing a photo of a man (40s) with text that reads: “Damian Novak. Shot and killed. Seeking information regarding incident at Mermaid Spa, August 17, 2016. Contact 15th Precinct Detective Squad.” THEO (CONT’D)
The 15th precinct NCO tweeted it out looking for tipsters. It’s the guy my dad killed at the spa. GAMBLE So that goes out. And prompts someone to kill Monica Dettmer? THEO Maybe a third party who was involved the night my dad died. Someone cleaning up a witness. PETTIBONE Conjecture. THEO (summoning patience) Until it turns out to be right. RUSSELL We’re going to keep working Dettmer independently. But if whoever killed her had some involvement with your dad, great. We’re already looking for him. THEO And I’m sitting here with my thumb in my pants. (Russell nods) (MORE)
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THEO (CONT'D)
I’d like to track Violet’s movements and social media before the suicide. She blabbed to Jennings, maybe she did the same to someone else.
Russell considers, nods.
RUSSELL (to Pettibone) Work the system for him. Pettibone is on his feet. They head into --
INT. COMPUTER ROOM - DAY An interview room transformed into a makeshift computer hub. Old file cabinets, desk chairs, and an ancient desk, on it a state of the art computer. Pettibone types. Theo watches -- PETTIBONE
Off her cell number we got Facebook and IG. All activity stops March 15th, date of her death. Photos are mostly selfies. Not a lot of followers or friends.
Theo nods. Frustrated.
THEO Can this track her cell hits? The day before she died? Pettibone gets to typing. While he waits for a response from the computer, he hands Theo a business card. WTF? -- PETTIBONE
My card. For legal counsel. True, I haven’t passed the bar yet but I do know the ins and outs of the department like the back of my hand. THEO I don’t need legal advice. I haven’t done anything. PETTIBONE Yes, but word’s out you’re back on a foot post in the Bronx. (Theo’s face falls)
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I’m dubious you’ll get a fair shake and probably get terminated within a few months. When that happens? Pettibone puts a hand phone to his ear. Call me. Theo sighs, re: the computer -- THEO Is the machine working or what? PETTIBONE (re: computer) PETTIBONE (CONT'D) NYPD BLUE Pilot Revised Network Draft 9/18/18 28. This all shows on the screen. A traffic cam POV pops up center of the monitor. It’s Violet with her hood up -- PETTIBONE (CONT’D) There she is. Two cameras have her face. But then we lose her. One camera shows her walking towards us, one away. On the second a dragon emblem is visible on the back of her hoodie. THEO Can we follow the dragon on the hoodie? PETTIBONE Good eye. She wasn’t hiding that. Suddenly Violet and the hoodie pop on a number of cameras -- The day before her death her cell pinged in Time Square. We can apply facial recognition off her mugshot and search for her in the LMSI cameras. INT. SQUAD ROOM - MOMENTS LATER Theo shows Russell print outs from the computer -- THEO We tracked her into this shop, Primo Electronics. She stayed for half an hour and walked out counting cash. Then she goes to the apartment, then the bridge. And she’s gone. Violet’s image and sheet are replaced by the mugshot and rap sheet for JULIAN PISANO, 55.
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PETTIBONE Primo electronics is owned by this mope, Julian Pisano. THEO
He might’ve been one of the last people she talked to before she died. Maybe she said something to him. Russell takes him in. The others look away. It’s not much. THEO (CONT’D)
I understand it’s painfully thin. But in my final hours before being shipped off to the 4-6 I’d like to run it down.
After a beat.
RUSSELL
Fine.
INT. PRECINCT DOWNSTAIRS - MOMENTS LATER Theo walks out with a purpose, Gamble behind him. Pruitt calls out from the desk -- PRUITT Heard about your reassignment, Theo. Hope you like arroz con pollo . And dodging bullets. Theo is about to turn, Gamble keeps him headed outside. EXT. TIMES SQUARE - PRIMO ELECTRONICS - DAY Theo and Gamble stand across from JULIAN PISANO (55), career hoodlum. JULIAN Sorry, your last name again? THEO Sipowicz . Julian blows out a quick breath. JULIAN Related to a Detective Andy Sipowicz, perchance?
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THEO
My dad.
JULIAN May I suggest that on a daily basis you get down on your knees and thank God you got your looks from your mother. (Julian laughs, Theo doesn’t) I was very sorry to hear about your father. He was... he was fair. Not like fair to middling but even- handed. Pleasure to meet you. You need electronics? THEO We’re looking for information on this woman... (shows Violet’s mugshot) She was in here six months ago. JULIAN This person is associated with... your father’s case? GAMBLE Man, you’re like a cartoon. Dollar signs just flashed in your eyes. JULIAN
A beat --
The homicide of a police officer is a priority to which the department tends to allocate extra resources -- THEO -- Her name’s Violet Prescott. What do you know about her? JULIAN May or may not ring a bell. Price has not been discussed. Theo SNAPS. He grabs Julian, slams him against a display case. GAMBLE THEO. THEO I’m going back to uniform. I got nothing to lose.
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Gamble stares at him, then looks at Julian and points at Theo. GAMBLE He makes a good point. Gamble moves to the front door, closes it. Locks it. JULIAN Okay, okay! Your pops and me
transacted for mutual benefit! I thought maybe that got passed down! My mistake. GAMBLE What did Violet come in to fence? JULIAN Cell phones. And “fence” is an ugly word. THEO Did she ever mention anything about the night he died? JULIAN
Not exactly something you discuss with your “fence.” And I don’t understand why you’re asking me. THEO We’d ask Violet but she did a Brodie off the GW bridge six months ago. Julian’s demeanor changes. He smiles, brushes his lapels -- JULIAN Violet was in here two weeks ago. As Theo and Gamble share a WTF look. END ACT TWO
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ACT THREE
INT. HOTEL - MORNING A pillow. Empty, until Lazarus’s head falls back on it. Slightly out of breath. Sheen of sweat. Sated, she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. Then she opens her eyes again and turns to her left towards her O.S. partner. LAZARUS That was great. She smiles (slightly forced?) and then pats the bed purposefully and rolls out of bed. LAZARUS (CONT’D) Off to work. REVEAL PRUITT on the other side of the bed. PRUITT Just great ? I must be slipping. I used to get amazing . As she puts her clothes on. LAZARUS That was amazing. PRUITT Hey, my buddy Rich Pavelka is having our Fantasy Draft party this weekend. We’re opening it up this year to spouses and girlfriends and dates and whatever -- and I know we have a deal -- but no other cops will be there. It’s a fun time. He roasts a pig, full bar, the whole deal. LAZARUS I can’t. I’ve got a lot going on. She stops for a second and decides to level with him. A rare moment of vulnerability. LAZARUS (CONT’D)
Michael’s coming after my pension. And we’re meeting with the mediator tomorrow and I’m beginning to think I shouldn’t have agreed to that. She stands there, ready to discuss it further.
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PRUITT Yeah yeah, cool. I’m fine with keeping it no strings.
So much for meaningful conversation. She grabs her coat and purse, walks over to him, rubs his arm affectionately and smiles, then moves to leave. PRUITT (CONT’D) Hey. This Sipowicz kid’s got a short fuse. He loses it on you I want to know about it. She’s not too thrilled with the over-protective boyfriend act, but she just wants to get out of here. LAZARUS Sure. She leaves. INT. SQUAD - DAY Theo’s at a laptop, facing the video board, which is full and detailed. Lazarus enters, assesses him and the board. LAZARUS Been here all night? THEO Caught a few hours in the crib. (re board) So Violet faked her death, but didn’t go far. Cause the last two phones she stole came from We should also see if she cashed any benefit checks from HHS, cause I don’t care what somebody’s hiding from, if they’re getting government money they make sure that check comes. He nods and writes that down. She puts her bag and coat down, studying Theo’s obsessiveness with the case. LAZARUS (CONT’D) You and your dad must have been close. Westchester. So I had Operations put her photo out to every cop’s phone up in Westchester. LAZARUS
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He looks at her.
INT. COFFEE ROOM - LATER Theo and Lazarus, with coffees, sit across from each other. THEO My stepmom ran off to Scottsdale with her taekwondo instructor 10 years ago. She instinctively laughs and quickly covers her mouth to stifle it. LAZARUS Sorry. You just don’t... hear that every day. He smiles as well and waves it off. No offense taken. THEO Believe me. But that relationship was over way before she left. LAZARUS Where’s your mom? THEO
She died when I was young. She worked for the D.A.’s office. (beat) I had a half-brother who was on the Job. He was killed in the line of duty. A couple days after I was born. LAZARUS So it was just you and your dad. THEO Yeah. And the plan -- our plan -- was for me to get my gold shield one day. Work here in the 15th, actually. But when he got killed all that went off course. (smiles at the irony) People always had opinions about him, but in the last two years if I hear someone talking smack, I defend him. Get in scraps. It’s a button with me, I guess. (beat) (MORE)
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And then pretty soon I realized my last name went from carrying some clout to... not. LAZARUS
Just when you think you’ve got a plan something comes along and scrambles it up. She seems to be speaking about Theo and her own situation. THEO That’s right. (beat)
So if they want to put me back in uniform, go ahead. But not until I clear my dad’s name. And mine.
Pettibone enters.
PETTIBONE Cop in Westchester just called in. She recognized Violet from hitting up a methadone clinic in Yonkers.
Theo bolts out.
EXT. METHADONE CLINIC - YONKERS - DAY Theo stands by the car. Pacing a little. Wound tight. Gamble approaches from the clinic, checking his phone. GAMBLE She’s been using the name Veronica Carlson. They had a cell phone number. Pinging it now. Theo nods and goes back to pacing. Gamble studies him. GAMBLE (CONT’D) Hey. Theo looks at him. Gamble pats the air down. GAMBLE (CONT’D) Easy... take it easy... You let your emotions dictate your moves, that’s when you make mistakes. Theo nods. And goes back to pacing. Gamble’s cell rings. GAMBLE (INTO PHONE) (CONT’D) Gamble.
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He looks at Theo. Good news.
EXT. PARK - DAY Theo and Gamble enter the park. Gamble is monitoring the ping on the map on his his cell phone. He points toward a fountain and they veer off that way. Kids run past them. An ice cream truck is heard approaching O.S. They walk towards a woman standing near the fountain, her back to us. She has a short pixie-style hair cut. Dyed blonde. Theo stops right behind her. THEO Violet. The woman turns around. It’s VIOLET PRESCOTT. She has a TWO- MONTH OLD SON asleep in her arms. Theo and Gamble note this, then Gamble badges her. GAMBLE NYPD. (beat) Whose kid? VIOLET Mine. Shit . GAMBLE Let’s take a ride. She’s stunned. INT. SQUAD - DAY Violet’s baby, crying, is still strapped to the car seat, on Gamble’s desk. Russell is in her office on the phone. Lazarus is on the phone at her desk. GAMBLE (helpless) How long until ACS is here? IRVIN Ten minutes. Irvin hangs up a phone call from his desk and approaches the baby. Irvin unbuckles the baby and picks him up. He starts cooing the baby as he walks over to his desk and sits down.
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He reaches into his desk and pulls out some tic tacs. He shakes the container in front of the baby. IRVIN (CONT’D) It’s okay... it’s okay... The baby stops crying, transfixed by the sound of the tic tacs. Russell comes out from her office. THEO How long can we keep Violet away from her kid? PETTIBONE We can lay a Material Witness Warrant on her. Which will get us maybe four days? That’s if the judge is in a good mood. RUSSELL Let’s take it slow. Feel her out. (to Lazarus) You and Theo. PETTIBONE Should we really have the son of the victim interviewing the suspect? Defense attorney may point out the conflict of interest. THEO Are you a cop or a lawyer? You might want to pick one. RUSSELL (to Pettibone) Knowing his connection to Andy might get her talking. Theo and Lazarus head to the Interview Room. Russell looks over at Irvin, cooing the now-playful baby. INT. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY Theo and Lazarus enter the room. Violet’s panicked. VIOLET Where’s my son? LAZARUS He’s fine. We’ll get you back with him real soon. Right after you answer a couple questions. (MORE)
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LAZARUS (CONT'D)
(beat) My name is Nicole Lazarus. This is Theo... Sipowicz.
Violet takes him in. Theo is bone dry. THEO Andy’s son. VIOLET Oh. Okay. LAZARUS
What do you know about the night Andy was killed? VIOLET (immediately) Nothing. LAZARUS You didn’t get high and say I’m the reason Andy’s dead to a guy named Glen Jennings? VIOLET
I said a lot of things when I was high. But I’m not now and I haven’t been since my son was born. LAZARUS Were you at the Mermaid Spa the night Andy was killed? Violet quickly weighs her response, wondering how much they know and can prove. LAZARUS (CONT’D) It’s a yes or no question. LAZARUS (CONT’D) Yeah, I was. But I had nothing to do with it. Theo studies her, leans forward. THEO Violet, for two weeks before my dad died you were on his nightly gratitude list. He cared about you. VIOLET Well he sure had a funny way of showing it.
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He came down to that spa and demanded to see me but I didn’t want to see him and then he got into it with the other guy there and they shot each other. Just like it said in the papers. THEO I don’t believe you for a second. VIOLET Well too bad. (to Lazarus) I answered your questions and now I want my son. LAZARUS Is there someone out there that was involved in Andy’s death that you’re afraid of? Is that why you faked your suicide? To get away from them? VIOLET No. I faked it just to get away from the scene I was in because that’s what it was gonna take to save my own life. THEO My dad would describe to me people he’d meet in the program who really got to him. Made him pray a little harder. People he knew could take one road, dig deep, clear out all the wreckage that was keeping them planted on a bar stool or sticking a needle in their arm. Or they could take the other road back to their old habits. Old thinking. Lying. Just wanting to get out the door, back to the hole where they’d eventually be found purple, dead for three days. Is that where you want to go? VIOLET I’m sorry, but your dad was a mean drunk who only took an interest in me when he found out I worked at a massage parlor. I had nothing to do with how he got killed. (to Lazarus) Where’s my son?!
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THEO You’re lying! Just like you’ve lied all your life! Just like you lied about killing yourself! And you’re gonna come off that lie, Violet, or you’re never gonna see your son again! Violet looks away from him, scared. Lazarus reaches over to Theo in a gesticulation that says ‘calm down.’ VIOLET (through tears) I want to see my son. THEO MY DAD CARED ABOUT YOU AND NOW HERE YOU ARE SPITTING ON HIS GRAVE! Violet breaks down crying. INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - SAME TIME Russell, Gamble and Pettibone watch. RUSSELL Pull him. Gamble goes right to the door and heads out to do so. Off Russell, inscrutable. END OF ACT THREE
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ACT FOUR
INT. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY Theo, still hot, looms over Violet. Lazarus is there, stuck. The door opens and there’s Gamble. He beckons Theo. GAMBLE Outside. THEO In a minute. GAMBLE Now . INT. SQUAD - HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER Theo exits the Interview Room. There’s Gamble, Russell and Pettibone. RUSSELL You’re done in there. THEO (hot) Why, cause I raised my voice? RUSSELL No, because she’s rattled now, which is where we want her, and now it’s time for the next move. THEO (still hot) Which is what? RUSSELL
Theo, you can stick around and learn, or stay pissed off and leave. He downshifts quickly. Shows his palms. THEO Alright. Russell turns to Pettibone. RUSSELL Hit her with the DOA.
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He nods.
INT. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY Pettibone, with a file in hand, takes a seat across from Violet, whose head is spinning a bit now. PETTIBONE Monica Dittmar. Know her? Again, Violet quickly considers her next move. LAZARUS Violet, we want to help you, we want to put your son back in your arms, but if you keep on trying to out-maneuver us it’s not going to work. VIOLET I know. We were roommates. Why, what’s she saying? PETTIBONE Not much. He slides the DOA photo across the table. Violet takes one look and covers her mouth in horror. PETTIBONE (CONT’D) Believe me the last place you want to be is outside this station
house. Cause whoever did this to your friend is tying up loose ends. And you’re one of them, aren’t you?
She’s still in shock.
PETTIBONE (CONT’D) The cop who just got yanked out of here? He wants to drop you and your kid off two blocks away and let you fend for yourself.
That lands.
LAZARUS Violet... is that what’s going on? Is that why you faked your suicide?
Violet looks at Lazarus. And nods.
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LAZARUS (CONT’D) Does it have to do with Andy’s death?
She nods again.
LAZARUS (CONT’D)
What happened?
VIOLET Andy... he knew I struggled to stay clean, so he gave me his number and said to call if I ever needed help. (beat) That night. The guy I was kind of seeing and who made me and Monica work at the spa, Evan, he started knocking us both around. So I called Andy. For help.
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - SAME TIME - INTERCUT Russell, Theo and Gamble watch. Theo’s rocked. VIOLET
They were yelling real loud. Then there was a shot. I looked out the door and Evan was standing over Andy with a gun. PETTIBONE Is that when Andy shot him? VIOLET
No. He was just on the ground. Bleeding. And Evan saw his badge and gun and got all quiet, and that’s when his friend walked in. He was in another room with Monica. PETTIBONE Who was the friend? VIOLET The other guy who was killed that night. Pettibone opens the folder and slides across the photo of Damian Novak. PETTIBONE Damian Novak?
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VIOLET Yes, him. Evan was kneeling down by Andy, and... (points at photo) ...Novak started flipping out, full on panic. You shot a cop! You shot a cop! So Evan, he took Andy’s gun and blasted Novak. Then he put his own gun in Novak’s hand. PETTIBONE Made it look like those two traded shots. VIOLET Yes. Evan told me and Monica he’d kill us too if we ever said anything. PETTIBONE Evan’s last name.
Violet dissolves into tears. VIOLET
He’s going to kill me. And I have a baby boy I have to stay alive for.
Lazarus rubs Violet’s forearm. LAZARUS
Your testimony puts this son of a bitch away. Just give us his last name. I promise he won’t hurt you. VIOLET (through tears) Nix. Evan Nix.
EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING - LONG ISLAND CITY - DAY Theo and Gamble roll up across the street. Gamble puts it in park as Theo shows him and the audience EVAN NIX’s mugshot. Gamble looks up and points at the driveway next to the building. A Dodge Charger has pulled out. The DRIVER looks both ways, then spots the cops and stares at them. GAMBLE That’s him. A few tense beats. Gamble slowly puts it back in drive. Then the Charger PEELS OUT onto the street and guns it.
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Gamble punches it and IT’S ON. FULL SPEED chase through Long Island City... ...then a quick right down a street ...toward an intersection...
...the Charger accelerates, looking to run the red light... ...but A GARBAGE TRUCK is at full speed coming diagonally on the cross street. Theo and Gamble, right on the Charger’s ass, both see what’s about to happen as the Charger races into the red light and the driver of the truck lays on the HORN. Gamble hits the brakes as Theo instinctively grabs the dashboard to brace himself. THEO OHHHH SHHH --! Theo and Gamble watch the TRUCK and the Charger fly toward each other... The Charger almost makes it through the intersection, but the truck NAILS its back quarter panel -- sending the Charger fishtailing like a top. As Gamble and Theo’s car slides to a stop -- Theo bails out and runs past the jammed-up cars blocking his view. ...When he finally gets a clean look he sees what’s on the other side: The Charger has come to a stop in the middle of the street, driver’s side door open. Theo sprints to the Charger, scanning the area. A terrified HOT DOG VENDOR makes eye contact with Theo, then carefully points at a door leading into a building. Theo bolts inside the building. INT. BUILDING - MOMENTS LATER Back staircase. Theo stops for a second and listens, his chest heaving. Faint footsteps are heard further up... Theo starts sprinting up the staircase. INT. STAIRCASE - MOMENTS LATER Theo reaches the top. Sees the roof access door. He stops and gets his gun ready and his mind right. He goes to the door, slowly tries the knob and it’s open. He swings it open, flooding in daylight. Theo carefully walks out to the roof...
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