· 6 years ago · Jul 14, 2019, 11:36 AM
1Us Lucky Few
2by
3Eli
4
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6
7 FADE IN:
8
9
10EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
11
12An empty stretch of highway.
13
14A lone police cruiser sits in front of a convenience store,
15its lights flash.
16
17A truck with a smoking engine and Texas plates sits next to
18it.
19
20OFFICER DAVID PARKS, (25) steps out of his cruiser then
21presses the mic to his radio.
22
23Three people argue inside of a convenience store.
24
25 PARKS
26 (into radio)
27 1532, dispatch we're 97, code two.
28
29 DISPATCH (O.S.)
30 10-4, 1532.
31
32OFFICER LANCE HAWKINS, (21) is next to him.
33
34 HAWKINS
35 Should we call for backup, sir?
36
37Parks turns to Hawkins and points at him.
38
39Parks's radio goes off.
40
41PARKS
42Watch. Let me do the talking.
43Anything looks weird, call
44it. No need to call backup
45for this.
46
47 DISPATCH (O.S.)
48 (radio)
49 All units, be on the lookout
50 for a white cargo van used in
51 a robbery...
52
53The radio goes off behind them.
54
55Parks lowers his radio.
56
57 PARKS
58 Damn thing.
59
60 HAWKINS
61 10-4 sir.
62
63
64INT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
65
66The two walk in and immediately see two people. The older
67one, JOHN STEVENS, (late-40s) wears a confederate flag hat
68with a jacket and jeans.
69
70 JOHN
71 Look pal, see-
72
73Stevens pulls out a Triple-A card.
74Panel 3
75
76 JOHN
77 I just gotta get me a tow truck so
78 I can bring my truck to the shop.
79 Please, I gotta just borrow your
80 phone.
81
82The STOREKEEPER, (late-50s) points toward the door.
83
84 STOREKEEPER
85 No, you leave!
86
87The younger one, JACK STEVENS, (early-20s) wears a jacket and
88jeans and has long hair.
89
90 JOHN
91 God damn brown motherfucker...
92
93John's fists clench up.
94
95 JACK
96 Dad, let's just go outside, we'll-
97
98The two officers watch this for a moment.
99
100The door closes behind them and a "DING" can be heard as the
101door's sensor goes off.
102
103Hawkins points at the door.
104
105 HAWKINS
106 That sensor's a little late.
107
108Hawkins chuckles and grins.
109
110Parks glares at Hawkins, then looks at the two.
111
112The storekeeper looks at Hawkins and points at the other two.
113
114 STOREKEEPER
115 These men, right here sir! I do not
116 allow racists in my store!
117
118 JOHN
119 Look pal, we were just looking to
120 borrow a phone. No trouble here.
121 Hey, slant eyes.
122
123Parks shoots him a grin.
124
125John's hands are in his pockets.
126
127 PARKS
128 Step back from the counter sir,
129 hands out your pockets.
130
131Parks looks over at John and motions toward him.
132
133John takes his hand out of his pockets then cocks his head in
134confusion at Parks.
135
136 PARKS
137 John, was it?
138
139 JOHN
140 Yeah.
141
142 PARKS
143 How about you and your son step
144 outside and talk with me? Hawkins,
145 check the security footage.
146
147Hawkins nods.
148
149
150EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT
151
152John takes a sigh.
153
154 PARKS
155 You alright?
156
157John massages his eyes.
158
159 JOHN
160 Just needed to borrow a phone man,
161 phone's dead and the battery in my
162 truck died. He just went on
163 spouting about how I was racist.
164 Christ, people these days gettin'
165 butthurt over lil' symbols like
166 these. They were just words, too. I
167 wasn't trying to cause any trouble.
168
169John takes off his hat.
170
171 JOHN
172 Long night. We were trying to make
173 it to New Mexico when the truck
174 broke down.
175
176 PARKS
177 I see. Sorry to even ask, but you
178 guys got weapons on you?
179
180John motions over to the shotgun mounted on the truck.
181
182 JOHN
183 And then mine and my son's carry
184 pieces.
185
186 PARKS
187 Alright, thanks. Let's just get you
188 guys outta here as soon as we can.
189
190 JOHN
191 Hey officer?
192
193Parks looks back.
194
195 JOHN
196 You ain't too bad for a slant.
197
198Hawkins steps back out.
199
200Parks chuckles.
201
202 PARKS
203 Thanks.
204
205The two walk back to the cruiser.
206
207 HAWKINS
208 Yeah, he apparently called the cops
209 and freaked out seeing the hat, he
210 said a few other things too, called
211 him a few names.
212
213 PARKS
214 They get violent?
215
216 HAWKINS
217 Not that I saw, sir.
218
219With a sigh, he massages his eyes, then thumbs his radio.
220
221 PARKS
222 (into radio)
223 1532, dispatch.
224
225 DISPATCH
226 (from radio)
227 Go ahead 1532.
228
229 PARKS
230 (into radio)
231 Requesting a tow truck at the
232 Chevron our location. We're gonna
233 be code four here.
234
235He glances at Hawkins and motions for him to follow him.
236
237 PARKS
238 Alright sir, we're gonna be across
239 the street doing traffic if you
240 need us, just wait out here for the
241 truck. Anything happens, just give
242 us a holler or call.
243
244 JACK
245 Thanks, officer.
246
247Parks and Hawkins get back into their cruiser.
248
249
250INT. POLICE CRUISER - NIGHT
251
252The two wait across the street from the gas station. Hawkins
253clocks traffic with a radar gun.
254
255 HAWKINS
256 So, how'd I do?
257
258Parks jots something down on a paper and stares at the
259passing vehicles.
260
261 PARKS
262 That's a three.
263
264 HAWKINS
265 Come on, just a three?
266
267 PARKS
268 You should've handled that faster.
269
270 HAWKINS
271 Why didn't you?
272
273Parks shoots him a grin.
274
275 PARKS
276 Was waiting for you to figure it
277 out. The guy's truck engine was
278 smoking, he had no reason to be
279 robbing the place or causing any
280 kind of trouble for us. Pay
281 attention, rook.
282
283 HAWKINS
284 Right. Well it's not another two
285 which is good.
286
287Hawkins clocks traffic with a radar gun.
288
289 HAWKINS
290 You were military though? A few of
291 the guys at the station said you
292 were in Afghanistan for a few
293 years.
294
295Parks glances over at the radar gun and takes a deep breath.
296
297 PARKS
298 I don't want to talk about it.
299
300 HAWKINS
301 That's really cool! You know I was
302 gonna join, but then they wouldn't
303 take me because-
304
305Parks takes a sigh of annoynace, then massages his eyes.
306
307 PARKS
308 You gave 'em a reason not to.
309
310Parks takes out his phone and checks it.
311
312He goes into his messages.
313
314PARKS (TEXT)
315Will be home soon, shift ends
316in two hours. Love you
317sweetheart!
318
319 HAWKINS
320 (voice trails off)
321 ...Of a surgery when I was
322 nine.
323
324
325Parks puts the phone in his pocket, and continues to watch
326cars pass.
327
328 HAWKINS
329 Pretty quiet today, huh?
330
331Parks moves his head and glares at Hawkins.
332
333 PARKS
334 I'm gonna make you eat those
335 fucking words.
336
337A van screams past the two-
338
339 HAWKINS
340 Holy shit! Did you see that?!
341
342Parks picks up the car's radio.
343
344 PARKS
345 You called it, not me. Light 'em
346 up.
347
348Hawkins floors the accelerator and speeds up behind the other
349car.
350
351Hawkins turns on the siren and Parks grabs the radio.
352
353The siren blares as the car begins to pull over.
354
355 PARKS
356 (talks into radio)
357 1532, dispatch, be advised
358 performing TC on reckless driver-
359 Interstate 10, past Marker 13.
360 Vehicle is a white Ford Transit,
361 license plate Charles, Boy, One,
362 Frank, Yellow, Frank, Paul.
363
364 DISPATCH
365 (over radio)
366 10-4, 1532, standby.
367
368The two prepare to exit the vehicle.
369
370 HAWKINS
371 Cover.
372
373 PARKS
374 Contact.
375
376
377EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - NIGHT
378
379The two get out and approach.
380
381Hawkins crosses toward the passenger's side.
382
383Parks crosses toward the driver's.
384
385Parks looks at the bullet holes on the side of the van.
386
387Parks pulls his handgun out.
388
389 PARKS
390 Hawkins!
391
392The passenger's side door opens before they can even reach
393the car.
394
395A rifle barrel peeks out the van's door.
396
397Two gunshots ring out.
398
399The rounds pass Parks's head. He makes his way back to his
400cruiser. Parks fires his
401
402Hawkins fumbles with his gun as he takes it out and shoots
403back.
404
405 PARKS
406 Hawkins, behind the cruiser!
407
408Parks gets behind his cruiser. Multiple muzzle flashes come
409from the driver's side of the car.
410
411Hawkins takes fire on his side. He goes to reload a magazine
412and drops it on the ground in his fear.
413
414Parks continues to fire and with his free hand keys his
415radio.
416
417Hawkins picks the magazine back up and loads it in. He fires
418back and gets back into the fight.
419
420 PARKS
421 (into radio)
422 1532, DISPATCH! SHOTS FIRED AT OUR
423 LOCATION!
424
425Hawkins continues to fire back.
426
427Parks looks over.
428
429 PARKS
430 GET THE RIFLE!
431
432Hawkins doesn't hear him.
433
434 PARKS
435 Hawkins! Rifle!
436
437Hawkins shakes as he reaches into the car and pulls out the
438patrol rifle.
439
440Hawkins now crouches next against the door of the cruiser. He
441fires at the muzzle flashes in the car.
442
443 DISPATCH
444 (from radio)
445 10-4, 1532, any available units
446 1532 is requesting assistance on
447 Highway 10 past marker 13.
448
449Parks watches a figure run out and fires two rounds before
450his handgun goes dry.
451
452 PARKS
453 Hawkins, cover fire!
454
455Hawkins continues to fire at the car in front of him.
456
457Parks takes a knee behind the door of his cruiser and reloads
458his handgun.
459
460A concussion grenade from the other car lands on the
461cruiser's windshield, in between both of their firing
462positions behind the squad car doors.
463
464 PARKS
465 Hawkins get back!
466
467Parks tries to reach for it, then-
468
469Silence.
470
471Parks is in a daze, but opens his eyes.
472
473Hawkins's rifle sits on the ground. With his eyes open, he
474fumbles to reach for it.
475
476A silhouette pops up.
477
478Parks sees it, then looks back at Hawkins.
479
480Hawkins drops to the ground next to the cruiser, a spatter of
481blood exiting the other side of his skull.
482
483Parks reaches into the car and takes his Mossberg 590A1 out.
484
485Rounds fly through the windshield. Parks ducks under the
486dashboard as he fumbles with his 12 gauge.
487
488Parks thumbs his radio again.
489
490 PARKS
491 (into radio)
492 OFFICER DOWN, WE HAVE AN OFFICER
493 DOWN! SUSPECT JUST THREW A FUCKING
494 GRENADE!
495
496 IND VOICE 1 (O.S.)
497 FUCK YOU WEY!
498
499The fire continues as Parks watches one charge him with a
500knife.
501
502Parks fires a round into his chest and just watches him come
503at him.
504
505He places his hand on the forend of the shotgun as the man
506starts to swing his knife at him.
507
508Parks kicks him back, chambers a round, and fires as the
509man's intestines hang out.
510
511 PARKS
512 What the fuck?!
513
514 IND VOICE 1 (O.S.)
515 You just fucked up homie.
516
517He trains his weapon once more and tries to chamber the next
518round.
519
520Click.
521
522The man stabs Parks in the shoulder.
523
524 IND VOICE 1
525 FUCK...!
526
527Parks cries out in pain as the man pulls the knife out and
528takes another swing.
529
530Parks shoves him with his shotgun and backs up and in a
531frantic rush tries to pull another shell of of his sling,
532only to drop it.
533
534Parks only falls as another bullet flies out the back of his
535shoulder.
536
537His shoulder bleeds. Another bullet flies out the back of the
538same shoulder.
539
540Parks falls down, stiff.
541
542 IND VOICE 1
543 Oh shit!
544
545The man looks up. Gunshots ring out as the rounds land in the
546back of their car.
547
548 IND VOICE 2
549 Let's go, let's go man!
550
551Parks looks looks over his side.
552
553John is with his son and holds a shotgun. His son grabs
554Parks's shotgun, loads it and fires into the back of the
555assailants' car.
556
557Parks holds his shoulder as he feels himself fade in and out
558of consciousness. He grabs the tourniquet off his belt and
559tries to wrap the wounds on Parks's shoulders.
560
561John has a still look of fear in his eyes as he applies the
562tourniquet.
563
564 JOHN
565 Shit, shit shit!
566
567 PARKS
568 ...I'm gonna die...
569
570John reaches into Parks's pocket and pulls out his phone.
571
572 JOHN
573 Hey, Parks stay with me now man!
574 Don't you go dying on me! You're
575 gonna be fine! Come on you yellow
576 bastard, stay awake!
577
578The police lights begin to show themselves on John's face.
579
580 JOHN
581 They're just right here, they're
582 right here officer! HEY!
583
584The lights flash across his face as John waves first
585responders over.
586
587Parks blacks out.
588
589
590INT. EMERGENCY ROOM - NIGHT
591
592Parks is wakes up as he's taken into the emergency room.
593
594 IND NURSE 1
595 Subject is David Parks, 28-years
596 old, male, blood pressure...
597
598Parks blacks out again..
599
600
601INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY
602
603Parks sits on a hospital bed and clutches his arm. His face
604carries a pained expression.
605
606ELENA SAINTCLAIRE, (26) places her hand on Parks's shoulder.
607
608 PARKS
609 I need to find Lance.
610
611 ELENA
612 Dave, I know this is a lot to take
613 in-
614
615Parks chuckles.
616
617 PARKS
618 You're a lot to take in.
619
620The room goes silent.
621
622JACK NELSON (mid-40s) holds a briefcase and walks through the
623door.
624
625 PARKS
626 You know, sweetheart. I'm not
627 really in the mood for pranks, you
628 get that right?
629
630Nelson reaches for the TV remote next to Parks and turns it
631on.
632
633JONATHAN STANTON, (mid-50s) approaches a podium.
634
635 LIEUTENANT STANTON
636 Thank you all for coming out this
637 morning. I am Lieutenant Jonathan
638 Stanton with the Phoenix Police
639 Department.
640
641IND REPORTER 1 (O.S.)
642Is this an act of terrorism?
643
644 IND REPORTER 2 (O.S.)
645 Were these two officers
646 specifically targeted?
647
648 IND REPORTER 3 (O.S.)
649 Do we have any idea at this
650 time who did this?
651
652 LIEUTENANT STANTON
653 (on TV)
654 At this time I will not be taking
655 questions.
656
657The reporters hush.
658
659Stanton takes out a paper and glances down at it with an
660anxious sigh.
661
662 LIEUTENANT STANTON
663 It is with a heavy heart that I
664 announce that we lost one of our
665 own tonight. Officer Lance Hawkins
666 was pronounced dead on scene... His
667 field training officer, Officer
668 Parks had been struck by four
669 rounds, two hitting his vest.
670
671Parks buries his head in his hands. Tears run down his eyes.
672
673 LIEUTENANT STANTON
674 (on tv)
675 ...It is thanks to two armed
676 bystanders that Officer Parks can
677 live to fight another day-
678
679 PARKS
680 He- He's joking. That's bullshit.
681 He's gotta be joking, this is a
682 sick god damn joke and everyone's
683 laughing at me!
684
685A moment of silence between all three.
686
687 NELSON
688 Officer Parks, I'm sorry to tell
689 you.
690
691Elena has a look of concern as she places her hand on Parks's
692back.
693
694 PARKS
695 Did he... Feel any of it?
696
697Nelson shakes his head.
698
699 PARKS
700 What about his wife? Who- Who's
701 gonna take care of her? His kid...
702 They don't have that anymore...
703
704 NELSON
705 His daughter will receive a
706 pension, however it will be up to
707 you whether you'd like to speak to
708 his wife.
709
710He wipes off another tear and tries to mouth something,
711thKimen stops and takes a deep breath.
712
713 PARKS
714 He's dead because of me, I
715 should've been the contact-
716
717He knocks over the table next to him and begins to sob.
718
719 PARKS
720 FUCK!
721
722 NELSON
723 There's nothing you could've done
724 about it, the reason you're alive
725 is because two people happened to
726 see what was going on and stopped
727 it.
728
729Parks reaches for the trash can next to him and vomits into
730it.
731
732 PARKS
733 God damn it. I could've done more.
734 I could've done more. I should've
735 done more.
736
737He stops for a moment as a group of shadows form behind the
738covered observation room.
739
740The door opens as SERGEANT STEELE, (mid-30s) comes in. He
741wears an "Internal Affairs" badge.
742
743Parks spits into the trash can.
744
745 STEELE
746 Run me through it, Parks. Piece by
747 piece.
748
749Steele throws a file folder at his feet.
750
751Parks stands up.
752
753 PARKS
754 Fu-
755
756Nelson stands up and almost blocks Steele. He looks back at
757Parks.
758
759 NELSON
760 Not a word. Get it together.
761
762He glares at Steele.
763
764 NELSON
765 Sergeant, you make another move
766 like that again, I will make your
767 life hell.
768
769Parks nods.
770
771 PARKS
772 I want to go home.
773
774He reaches for the change of clothes with his badge and gun
775still on them.
776
777 FADE OUT.
778
779
780INT. WAITING ROOM - DAY
781
782JAMES O'REILLY, (28) argues with two police officers.
783
784 JAMES
785 He knows me. Look, I served with
786 him. Can I have a reason for being
787 kicked out?
788
789 IND POLICE OFFICER 1
790 Security reasons, never said
791 anything about you.
792
793 JAMES
794 Look, ask him yoursel-
795
796Parks bursts out the door, a cast in his left arm.
797
798Next to him is Elena.
799
800 ELENA
801 David, you've just been shot, let's
802 just go home first...
803
804Parks just looks at the scene in front of him.
805
806 PARKS
807 James?
808
809Both of the officers take a step back and look at James.
810
811 JAMES
812 Dave?
813
814 PARKS
815 Should've probably told them you
816 were coming. Sorry 'bout that.
817
818Dave just looks at the officers and waves them off. They nod.
819
820 JAMES
821 Grab a drink then? Do some catching
822 up?
823
824Dave nods.
825
826 PARKS
827 Haven't seen you since...
828
829 JAMES
830 ...Convoy.
831
832 PARKS
833 Time flies, fuck.
834
835James's eyes widen as he takes a sigh.
836
837 JAMES
838 Yeah, it does. You okay man?
839
840Parks takes a sigh and looks at James. He opens his mouth to
841something, but nothing manages to come out.
842
843His phone vibrates.
844
845A text appears. The contact reads, "Interested Party".
846
847A photo of him with James and Elena coming through the doors
848with James talking to the police.
849
850 INTERESTED PARTY (TEXT)
851 Officer Parks, we have a
852 proposition for you. Please meet us
853 on the third floor of the parking
854 garage. Come alone.
855
856Parks glances at Elena.
857
858 PARKS
859 Hey sweetheart, this is James. You
860 guys get to know each other, I'm
861 gonna go for a walk-
862
863 ELENA
864 Didn't you say you wanted to go
865 home?
866
867 PARKS
868 Lemme get some air first.
869
870James cocks an eyebrow at this.
871
872Parks walks off to
873
874
875INT. ELEVATOR - DAY
876
877Parks checks takes his Glock 19 out of his right hand inner
878waistband holster and does a one handed press check using his
879belt to check for a round.
880
881A round is chambered.
882
883He takes a deep breath as he looks at the floors.
884
885"1"
886
887"2"
888
889He takes a breath.
890
891"3"
892
893The doors open as Parks inches out, gun in his hand.
894
895
896EXT. GARAGE - DAY
897
898He checks the outside.
899
900Nothing.
901
902The ramp going to the third floor materializes as he peers
903over.
904
905He makes his way over. A group of black suburbans are parked
906there.
907
908In the middle of it, a group of men in suits.
909
910The one in the middle JASON WHITE, (43) rolls his eyes.
911
912 WHITE
913 Come on now Officer, there were
914 other ways we could've dealt with
915 you. At least listen to us before
916 you start shooting.
917
918Those around him reach for their weapons.
919
920 WHITE
921 Gentlemen, he has one arm and
922 there's six of you. It wouldn't be
923 a fair fight now would it?
924
925Parks lowers his weapon.
926
927 PARKS
928 What? The fuck you want? You feds?
929
930He's clearly nervous.
931
932 WHITE
933 Officer- Or do you want it to be
934 Detective, Parks?
935
936 PARKS
937 Cut the shit.
938
939He looks behind him at another individual in a suit. He
940beckons over ANTHONY, (mid-20s)
941
942 WHITE
943 Anthony, get my case please.
944
945 ANTHONY
946 Yes sir.
947
948Anthony walks to the back of a suburban and comes back. He
949carries a briefcase.
950
951 WHITE
952 Price of admission is ignorance.
953 That man was on bath salts and some
954 modified form of PCP.
955
956White opens the briefcase.
957
958 WHITE
959 He's being healed up in a known
960 Sinaloa Cartel safehouse. Do we
961 have a deal?
962
963Parks just slowly nods.
964
965He closes the briefcase and passes it to Parks.
966
967 PARKS
968 Deal.
969
970White's side packs up and leaves Parks alone with a metallic
971briefcase.
972
973Parks stands there, briefcase in hand.
974
975 FADE TO BLACK.
976
977
978EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY
979
980Parks walks back with a briefcase.
981
982James cocks an eyebrow.
983
984 JAMES
985 The fuck is that?
986
987Parks shrugs.
988
989 JAMES
990 The feds give you that?
991
992Parks shrugs.
993
994 PARKS
995 It's information for a case. That's
996 all I know.
997
998 JAMES
999 If it's on me, I don't have any god
1000 damn dogs.
1001
1002Parks rolls his eyes.
1003
1004 PARKS
1005 If it was on you, I'd have thrown
1006 you in cuffs.
1007
1008 JAMES
1009 Not if there was already an IED
1010 planted on your car.
1011
1012 PARKS
1013 James...
1014
1015James smiles, though it looks nervous.
1016
1017JAMES
1018 I'm just joking. I swear.
1019
1020Parks nods.
1021
1022 PARKS
1023 Right... Follow us, we're headed
1024 home. I got a small cabinet there.
1025
1026
1027INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
1028
1029The briefcase sits on Parks's wooden kitchen table.
1030
1031James pokes the case with a screwdriver.
1032
1033Elena crouches behind a couch.
1034
1035 ELENA
1036 Why did you want me back here
1037 again? And why didn't you call the
1038 bomb squad?
1039
1040 PARKS
1041 So if it goes off, there's not
1042 pieces of me inside of you. Plus,
1043 they're not gonna come out here
1044 because someone gave me a
1045 briefcase.
1046
1047 ELENA
1048 But I already get pieces of you
1049 inside me.
1050
1051 PARKS
1052 Fuck, walked int-
1053
1054James slams his hand against the top of the case.
1055
1056 PARKS
1057 ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US ALL?!
1058
1059 JAMES
1060 Well we know it's not pressure
1061 activated if it is a bomb.
1062
1063PARKS
1064YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
1065
1066 ELENA
1067 You just gave me a fucking
1068 heart attack!
1069
1070James just shrugs.
1071
1072Parks and Elena takes a deep breath.
1073
1074 PARKS
1075 You were EOD right?
1076
1077 JAMES
1078 I was half the reason EOD came to
1079 talk to us back then, yeah.
1080
1081Parks unlatches the case and takes out a flashlight.
1082
1083 PARKS
1084 How'd they set these things up?
1085
1086 JAMES
1087 Damn things were rigged for a few
1088 inches, you pulled up and boom.
1089 Just look under it for wires.
1090
1091Parks glances under it, opening the case just a crack. He
1092shines the light around inside of it.
1093
1094 JAMES
1095 Anything?
1096
1097 PARKS
1098 Negative, any clear string would've
1099 made a shadow too. Fuck it, I'm
1100 going for it.
1101
1102He opens the case all the way. The files are stacked neatly.
1103
1104Elena emerges from behind Parks's couch.
1105
1106 ELENA
1107 What is it? Anything solid on
1108 Lance?
1109
1110Parks takes the case, turns it upside down, and dumps its
1111contents on the table.
1112
1113He starts to spread its contents, across the table.
1114
1115 PARKS
1116 Help me out with this you two.
1117
1118Elena makes her way over and the three start placing folders
1119right side up.
1120
1121David opens a file, on its cover reads, "DEPARTMENT OF
1122HOMELAND SECURITY".
1123
1124 PARKS
1125 Holy fuck.
1126
1127He flips through it. A few clusters of mugshots here and
1128there, a few assorted file-
1129
1130 PARKS
1131 I found him. The fucker who stabbed
1132 me.
1133
1134He pulls a file out.
1135
1136The top of the dossier reads "Enrique Torrez".
1137
1138Gang Affiliation: "The Sentinel Cartel".
1139
1140Parks's expression changes to that of anger.
1141
1142 PARKS
1143 I have to make some phone calls.
1144
1145
1146EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
1147
1148Four police cruisers and a SWAT van pull up to a warehouse.
1149
1150The streetlights illuminate the grungy graffiti covered area.
1151
1152Gang logos cover some houses, a few dumpsters are knocked
1153over, some of the trash flying around.
1154
1155Outside, the small amount passerbys, whisper to each other as
1156the cruisers pull up with the team.
1157
1158Two cruisers peel off and start cordoning off the area from
1159the front of the warehouse.
1160
1161A perimeter is set up, the area is cleared of any passerbys.
1162
1163
1164INT. POLICE CRUISER - NIGHT
1165
1166Parks sits there and watches all of this.
1167
1168Stanton drives.
1169
1170 LIEUTENANT STANTON
1171 Four days. Someone tipped us off
1172 too when you put the pieces
1173 together.
1174
1175Parks just looks out the window. He's got a leather jacket
1176on.
1177
1178Stanton looks over at Parks.
1179
1180 LIEUTENANT STANTON
1181 Should feel good though if you are
1182 right. Even if you're not it's a
1183 dent in the fuck up that was the
1184 ATF's schtick.
1185
1186Parks continues to watch as police MRAP stops.
1187
1188 PARKS
1189 Won't do anything for Lance.
1190
1191 LIEUTENANT STANTON
1192 We're gonna get these guys, kid.
1193
1194He steps out of the cruiser.
1195
1196Parks opens the door and watches as SWAT stacks on the door.
1197
1198
1199EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
1200
1201One of the cruisers pulls behind the building, two others set
1202up a perimeter and block the street.
1203
1204From inside the cruiser, Parks turns the police radio up.
1205
1206Stanton lights up a cigarette.
1207
1208The radio comes to life.
1209
1210 IND SWAT OFFICER 1 (O.S.)
1211 Team one, team two, prepare to
1212 breach.
1213
1214 IND SWAT OFFICER 2 (O.S.)
1215 Team one, ready.
1216
1217 IND SWAT OFFICER 1 (O.S.)
1218 Team two, ready. On my mark.
1219
1220Parks watches this.
1221
1222 IND SWAT OFFICER 1 (O.S.)
1223 Mark.
1224
1225The SWAT team busts the door down. An officer throws in a
1226flashbang.
1227
1228Parks places his hand on his holster. More gunfire rings out
1229from the inside of the warehouse.
1230
1231 PARKS
1232 That doesn't sound good.
1233
1234 IND SWAT OFFICER 2 (O.S.)
1235 Team two, one suspect down.
1236
1237 IND OFFICER 2 (O.S.)
1238 Team two has an officer down!
1239 Fucker used a table leg!
1240
1241The radio goes silent for a moment.
1242
1243 IND SWAT OFFICER 2
1244 Stay the fuck down!
1245
1246Stanton takes a sigh, throws his cigarette on the ground, and
1247gets on his radio.
1248
1249 STANTON
1250 1015, requesting additional units
1251 and a bus to the warehouse on 19th
1252 and McDowell, code three, one
1253 officer down.
1254
1255 DISPATCHER (O.S.)
1256 10-4, 1015. Any available units,
1257 1015 requesting assistance at 19th
1258 and McDowell, multiple officers
1259 down.
1260
1261The sound of sirens in the distance.
1262
1263More gunfire breaks out.
1264
1265IND SWAT OFFICER 2
1266Multiple assailants with ARs,
1267requesting additional! Fuck!
1268
1269 IND SWAT OFFICER 1
1270 Hey we got a suspect-
1271
1272
1273EXT. STREET - NIGHT
1274
1275ENRIQUE TORRES, (30) jumps out of a window, rolls, and runs
1276toward Stanton and Parks. He's covered in gang tattoos.
1277
1278Torres just keeps moving, his arms are covered in tempered
1279glass.
1280
1281He charges forward toward Stanton.
1282
1283 PARKS
1284 Holy fuck.
1285
1286Stanton draws his tazer and fires into Torres.
1287
1288The barbs connect and Torres is unfazed as he charges forward
1289and pushes Stanton aside.
1290
1291Parks tries to draw down, only get pushed aside by a
1292sprinting Torres.
1293
1294 STANTON
1295 Parks!
1296
1297Parks keeps his weapon pointed downward as he runs after
1298Torres. He struggles to keep up.
1299
1300Torres glances back, sees Parks, and makes a turn.
1301
1302Parks runs forward and tries to turn the corner.
1303
1304Two bullets pass his face.
1305
1306 PARKS
1307 Fucker!
1308
1309Parks peers out of cover and takes two shots into Torres's
1310back.
1311
1312He just keeps running.
1313
1314 PARKS
1315 WHAT THE FUCK?!
1316
1317Parks continues to run forward, chasing him into an
1318intersection.
1319
1320Torres stops to assess the area and glances back seeing
1321Parks.
1322
1323Before anything else, a hatchback runs over Torres, knocking
1324him to the ground.
1325
1326Parks sees this and clutches his arm. He keeps his gun out
1327and sprints to the scene.
1328
1329James gets out of the car.
1330
1331 PARKS
1332 What the fuck...
1333
1334Torres isn't getting back up, but he's still breathing. James
1335is pointing wildly at Torres.
1336
1337TORRES
1338Fuck...
1339
1340 JAMES
1341 He knows where they are!
1342
1343Parks holsters his weapon and takes out his hand cuffs. He
1344presses his knee against his ass.
1345
1346 PARKS
1347 Grab his other arm.
1348
1349James helps him out and he manages to get them on him.
1350
1351TORRES
1352You...
1353
1354 JAMES
1355 WHERE ARE THEY?!
1356
1357He flips Torres on his back.
1358
1359 PARKS
1360 You fucking recognize me?
1361
1362 TORRES
1363 Yeah, you should be dead.
1364
1365 JAMES
1366 You'll be fucking dead if you don't
1367 tell me where they keep the cat
1368 girls!
1369
1370Parks watches a cruiser a few blocks away close in.
1371
1372 PARKS
1373 Back off, James!
1374
1375Parks glares at him.
1376
1377 PARKS
1378 I want answers. Where's your
1379 partner?
1380
1381He takes out his badge and keeps it in the direction of the
1382approaching cruiser.
1383
1384 TORRES
1385 Fuck you cabron, I don't need to
1386 tell you shit. Besides, my ride's
1387 on its way here.
1388
1389A cruiser pulls up with two officers. They get out of their
1390cruiser. One runs over to James.
1391
1392 IND OFFICER 3
1393 Sir, step back.
1394
1395James goes to his car and watches this.
1396
1397 JAMES
1398 He knows where the cat girls are,
1399 don't let him get away with that
1400 knowledge!
1401
1402 IND OFFICER 1
1403 We won't sir, just stand back.
1404
1405A small army of cruisers shows up behind them.
1406
1407 TORRES
1408 Don't leave me down here, I can
1409 fucking stand, if I didn't have
1410 these cuffs I could probably beat
1411 the shit out of you, wey!
1412
1413Parks just watches this.
1414
1415 PARKS
1416 You never answered my question.
1417
1418 TORRES
1419 My answer is, "Fuck you."
1420
1421Parks rolls his eyes.
1422
1423His hands shake in anger.
1424
1425Another cruiser rolls up with Stanton in it.
1426
1427 STANTON
1428 You good, Parks?
1429
1430He gives an "okay" hand symbol.
1431
1432 STANTON
1433 The hell happened?
1434
1435Parks points at James.
1436
1437 JAMES
1438 Army buddy happened to be driving
1439 through- Retard ran into traffic,
1440 got hit.
1441
1442Stanton nods.
1443
1444 STANTON
1445 Better hope he doesn't sue.
1446
1447James just stands there with the officer.
1448
1449Stanton thumbs his radio.
1450
1451 STANTON
1452 (into radio)
1453 Dispatch, requesting an additional
1454 ambulance to 23rd and McDowell.
1455
1456Parks watches as three suburbans with lights and sirens start
1457advancing on their location.
1458
1459 PARKS
1460 Who the hell are these guys?
1461
1462Stanton steps in front of Parks and watches all of this.
1463
1464The three suburbans stop and surround the officers.
1465
1466One man in particular, SMITH, (late-30s) steps out holding
1467out a badge.
1468
1469Their uniforms read, "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY".
1470
1471 STANTON
1472 Who might you folks be? You weren't
1473 on our channels.
1474
1475 SMITH
1476 Just call me Smith. This individual
1477 is of importance to national
1478 security, you see.
1479
1480Stanton adjusts his glasses.
1481
1482 STANTON
1483 He shot one of my men.
1484
1485 SMITH
1486 I'm sorry to hear that-
1487
1488 STANTON
1489 I'm sorry ain't exactly going to
1490 cut it.
1491
1492Smith glances at Parks.
1493
1494 SMITH
1495 How's the arm doing? My associate
1496 White was asking earlier.
1497
1498Two of the agents walk over to where Torres is detained.
1499
1500Stanton takes out his phone. Smith just patiently waits for
1501him.
1502
1503 STANTON
1504 (into phone)
1505 Colin? Yeah, waiting out here with
1506 one of your guys- Agent Smith?
1507
1508Stanton eyes's widen.
1509
1510He motions toward the officer to move away from Torres.
1511
1512 SMITH
1513 Thank you for your cooperation,
1514 Lieutenant. We'll take it from
1515 here.
1516
1517Two agents pick up Torres. He spits in the direction of Parks
1518and glares at Stanton.
1519
1520 PARKS
1521 I'LL FUCK YOU UP!
1522
1523Stanton grabs Parks.
1524
1525 STANTON
1526 Don't do this, not here.
1527
1528Smith looks back at him.
1529
1530 SMITH
1531 These feelings are normal, officer.
1532 Anger is a normal emotion in the
1533 grieving process.
1534
1535Parks watches as the agents get into their vehicles and drive
1536off.
1537
1538A few tears roll down his eyes.
1539
1540 PARKS
1541 I was so close, I was this close
1542 and the feds fucked it up, like
1543 they do everything fucking else!
1544 Fuck!
1545
1546Parks kicks a can next to him in anger.
1547
1548 STANTON
1549 PARKS!
1550
1551He pulls Parks aside.
1552
1553 STANTON
1554 Look, I get it. This ain't easy by
1555 any stretch, but you gotta keep
1556 your shit together. At least until
1557 that arm of yours heals. I'm
1558 recommending you for a promotion.
1559
1560Parks puts his head down.
1561
1562 STANTON
1563 Just keep it together until you get
1564 put on desk duty for that.
1565
1566A tear rolls down his eye.
1567
1568James sees this and looks down.
1569
1570Another car pulls up.
1571
1572Someone jumps out of the driver's seat.
1573
1574 NELSON
1575 WHAT THE FUCK, PARKS?!
1576
1577 PARKS
1578 My arm's feeling better!
1579
1580His eyes widened.
1581
1582 NELSON
1583 Are you looking for IA to fire you?
1584 Hell, worse they get you for faking
1585 your injuries.
1586
1587 PARKS
1588 But-
1589
1590Nelson massages his eyes.
1591
1592 NELSON
1593 Please get better Parks. Go home.
1594
1595 PARKS
1596 Fine.
1597
1598
1599INT. CAR - NIGHT
1600
1601The two sit in James's car.
1602
1603 PARKS
1604 James.
1605
1606James watches the road in silence.
1607
1608 PARKS
1609 What the fuck is wrong with you?
1610
1611Parks looks at the police scanner in the backseat of his car.
1612
1613 JAMES
1614 I need to know, Dave.
1615
1616 PARKS
1617 About shit that exists in Japanese
1618 cartoons? If it's fucking real?
1619
1620 JAMES
1621 You don't get it, but these guys,
1622 they're fucking connected!
1623
1624Parks glares at James.
1625
1626 PARKS
1627 You stupid fuck! My partner's dead
1628 and you're looking for fantasy
1629 characters?! Tell me when you find
1630 elves with thick fookin' oirish
1631 accents, boyo.
1632
1633 JAMES
1634 I have some proof that they're
1635 real, Dave! You just have to
1636 believe-
1637
1638 PARKS
1639 (mockingly)
1640 Believe me Dave, they're real!
1641
1642Parks rolls his eyes.
1643
1644James slicks his hair back.
1645
1646 JAMES
1647 It sounds fucking nuts, okay? Just
1648 stick with it. I'll tell you if I'm
1649 wrong.
1650
1651 PARKS
1652 IT DOES.
1653
1654Parks pats his shoulder and his face grows to that of
1655discomfort.
1656
1657 PARKS
1658 Shit. Hey James...
1659
1660He starts to feel light headed.
1661
1662His vision goes in and out.
1663
1664 JAMES
1665 Dave?!
1666
1667Parks's eyes widen as a massive pain enters his shoulder.
1668
1669 PARKS
1670 TAKE THE FUCKING CAST OFF ME!
1671
1672 JAMES
1673 Oh shit.
1674
1675James pulls over and turns on his hazard lights. He takes off
1676his seatbelt and takes out his knife.
1677
1678Parks begins to scream in agony as he tries to take his cast
1679off with one hand.
1680
1681James is hesitant as he stares at Parks, completely unsure of
1682what to do.
1683
1684 JAMES
1685 I don't need you bleeding to death
1686 in my-
1687
1688 PARKS
1689 GET IT OFF!
1690
1691 JAMES
1692 Shit! You coked up-
1693
1694He cuts Parks's cast.
1695
1696 PARKS
1697 DAMN IT!
1698
1699James freezes up out of sheer confusion.
1700
1701 PARKS
1702 KEEP GOING!
1703
1704Parks starts to try and get the cast off of himself by prying
1705at it with his hand.
1706
1707James takes his knife and starts to cut his cast out.
1708
1709Parks takes his jacket off. The cast comes free. Parks's
1710takes off his shirt.
1711
1712 PARKS
1713 So fucking hot in here, jesus
1714 christ.
1715
1716Bandages are wrapped around where he was shot.
1717
1718 JAMES
1719 You think I should call Doc?
1720
1721Parks shakes his head and starts to take the bandages off of
1722his shoulder, finding it...
1723
1724...As if it were unscathed by the round that had struck him.
1725All that's left is a scar.
1726
1727Parks takes a deep breath.
1728
1729 PARKS
1730 What the fuck was that man?
1731
1732James just shrugs, his eyes widened.
1733
1734Parks puts his shirt back on.
1735
1736 PARKS
1737 Get me home.
1738
1739
1740EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
1741
1742Parks holds his kevlar vest and jacket in his arms as he
1743steps out of James's car.
1744
1745 JAMES
1746 You gonna be good man?
1747
1748Parks stretches out his left arm. A loud "pop" comes out of
1749it as he straightens it out.
1750
1751 PARKS
1752 Your guess is as good as mine.
1753
1754James just looks at this, completely astounded.
1755
1756 JAMES
1757 You are one lucky son of a bitch,
1758 Davey. If only the guys back then
1759 had the luck you do.
1760
1761 PARKS
1762 It doesn't change anything.
1763
1764
1765INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
1766
1767The lights are still on when Parks comes back inside.
1768
1769 PARKS
1770 Elena?
1771
1772 ELENA
1773 I'm in the kitchen!
1774
1775 PARKS
1776 ...I need to show you something.
1777
1778Elena walks through the kitchen.
1779
1780Parks turns on the light.
1781
1782Elena's jaw drops as she looks at his arm.
1783
1784 ELENA
1785 Your arm...
1786
1787Parks stretches out his formerly damaged left arm.
1788
1789 PARKS
1790 I don't know.
1791
1792She walks over to Parks and holds him.
1793
1794 ELENA
1795 They said you weren't going to make
1796 it, Dave.
1797
1798Parks closes his eyes and holds her.
1799
1800He kisses her on the forehead and holds her tight.
1801
1802 ELENA
1803 Lance's funeral's tomorrow. I got
1804 your dress uniform dry cleaned.
1805
1806With a sigh, Parks's hands hold her tighter as he leans into
1807her neck.
1808
1809He sits there in silence as he holds her.
1810
1811 PARKS
1812 You know I gotta talk to his
1813 wife... It should have been me,
1814 Elena.
1815
1816 ELENA
1817 Dave. You made it.
1818
1819Parks sobs as he holds her.
1820
1821 FADE TO BLACK.
1822
1823
1824INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
1825
1826Parks puts on his dress uniform.
1827
1828His face looks weary as the world around him seems to move at
1829a different pace than he is.
1830
1831He sits and eats his breakfast. His eyes look haggard.
1832
1833Elena appears behind him and kisses him on the cheek.
1834
1835 ELENA
1836 I'll drive.
1837
1838Parks swallows his food.
1839
1840 PARKS
1841 Sure, I guess.
1842
1843
1844INT. CHURCH - DAY
1845
1846PASTOR HILL, (mid-50s) stands behind a podium.
1847
1848 HILL
1849 On behalf of the family, I would
1850 like to thank you...
1851
1852Parks sits there in his dress uniform.
1853
1854He's spaced out. The words from the pastor drift away.
1855
1856The world seems to go away as he looks out a window next to
1857him.
1858
1859 ELENA
1860 Dave?
1861
1862Parks takes a deep breath and snaps out of his trance.
1863
1864 ELENA
1865 They want you to say a few words.
1866
1867Parks nods.
1868
1869 PARKS
1870 Yeah, uh... Yeah, I'll do that.
1871 Sorry.
1872
1873The eyes of the congregation fix themselves onto Parks.
1874
1875Parks makes his way up to the podium. He takes out a set of
1876notecards. His hands shake as he looks up at the crowd.
1877
1878 PARKS
1879 (into mic)
1880 You guys can hear me alright?
1881
1882He looks at the front row of pews which give him a thumbs up
1883and a smile.
1884
1885 PARKS
1886 Roger that...
1887
1888He starts to rearrange his notecards.
1889
1890 PARKS
1891 Lance Hawkins was 21 when he taken
1892 away from us. To me, he seemed a
1893 lot older than that.
1894
1895He tries to force a smile as he looks back down at his cards,
1896then back at the audience.
1897
1898Parks sighs.
1899
1900 PARKS
1901 He was however, young,
1902 inexperienced, and struggled. He
1903 was stupid.
1904
1905A gasp from the audience as they begin to murmur amongst
1906themselves.
1907
1908Sergeant Steele and Nelson are in the audience. Nelson's eyes
1909widen and he massages his eyes. Steele jots down some more
1910notes.
1911
1912 PARKS
1913 He'd made mistakes. I was hard on
1914 him and so were all the others who
1915 worked with him during his field
1916 training period.
1917
1918Parks takes another breath. His hands almost freeze up and he
1919has to move the cards that he just spoke aside.
1920
1921 PARKS
1922 However, and Mrs. Hawkins please
1923 correct me if I'm wrong- He was
1924 often times trying to correct
1925 himself in his mistakes. He'd go
1926 through notepads, and I noticed
1927 that at the end of them he'd have a
1928 set of goals.
1929
1930The audience goes silent.
1931
1932 PARKS
1933 He'd ask me what he missed out on.
1934 How he could do his job better, how
1935 he could keep both of us safe.
1936
1937Parks chuckles.
1938
1939 PARKS
1940 He was obsessive with his notes and
1941 trying to better himself as an
1942 officer. Even in his final moments,
1943 he was listening to me, using
1944 everything he learned...
1945
1946Parks looks down and sets his notecards aside.
1947
1948 PARKS
1949 In all, we lost him. He was good.
1950
1951He steps off the podium and walks back to his seat. He spots
1952MARK DIAZ, (late-20s) sitting in the back of the room.
1953
1954 PARKS
1955 Reporter?
1956
1957Parks sits back down.
1958
1959 HILL
1960 At this time, I will be speaking
1961 with Mrs. Hawkins. Refreshments
1962 will be served in the room to my
1963 right.
1964
1965People around Parks begin to stand up and converse amongst
1966themselves. Parks makes his way over to Mark.
1967
1968He continues to move over to where Mark is. Mark jots
1969something down "unaware" in his phone next to Parks's name.
1970
1971 PARKS
1972 You better have a good reason to be
1973 here.
1974
1975Mark stands up and smiles at Parks.
1976
1977 MARK
1978 Step outside with me, I need a few
1979 words with you.
1980
1981 PARKS
1982 Like hell you do!
1983
1984People glance over at him.
1985
1986 PARKS
1987 (hushed)
1988 Like hell you do.
1989
1990 MARK
1991 See what I mean?
1992
1993Mark puts his phone in his pocket. He stands up and walks
1994with Parks.
1995
1996Mark looks forward.
1997
1998 MARK
1999 (whispering)
2000 Look, more people who have no idea
2001 what you've actually just
2002 uncovered.
2003
2004LAYLA HAWKINS, (22) suddenly holds Parks, sobbing.
2005
2006 LAYLA
2007 He's never coming back! He's never
2008 coming back.
2009
2010Parks's eyes widen as he holds her.
2011
2012A look of shock in Parks's eyes. Mark walks up behind her and
2013taps her on the shoulder.
2014
2015She turns around.
2016
2017He pulls out a handkerchief and passes it to her.
2018
2019 MARK
2020 Mrs. Hawkins, your husband was a
2021 hero who handled the situation as
2022 best he could.
2023
2024Layla takes the handkerchief and sobs into it.
2025
2026 LAYLA
2027 He was going to be a dad, Officer
2028 Parks.
2029
2030 PARKS
2031 Dave. Just, Dave.
2032
2033She sits in the pews and struggles to regain her composure.
2034
2035Layla struggles to say anything.
2036
2037Her phone rings.
2038
2039 LAYLA
2040 Hold on, I have to take this.
2041
2042She sniffles.
2043
2044 PARKS
2045 If you need anything, just ask.
2046
2047 LAYLA
2048 Thank you, Dave.
2049
2050
2051EXT. CHURCH - DAY
2052
2053The rain comes down. Mark leans against the wall with a
2054cigarette in his mouth.
2055
2056 MARK
2057 I'm surprised, newly promoted
2058 detective. You don't realize the
2059 shit you've just stepped in, do
2060 you?
2061
2062 PARKS
2063 Cut the shit, what do you know?
2064
2065 MARK
2066 Well Torres is dead. Someone did
2067 you a favor, my man. Seems like the
2068 responding officers can't seem to
2069 get their radios working, so they
2070 had to use their personal phones to
2071 call up the coroner. Better meet
2072 'em there.
2073
2074Parks's eyes widen.
2075
2076 PARKS
2077 The feds got him last night.
2078
2079 MARK
2080 (mocking)
2081 But the feds!
2082
2083He laughs at this.
2084
2085 MARK
2086 Oh, the guys in suits! Right!
2087
2088Parks's eyes widen in anger as he walks over to Mark.
2089
2090 PARKS
2091 What the fuck are you not telling
2092 me or anyone on this investigation?
2093 There's a dead cop and you want to
2094 play Frank fucking West?
2095
2096 MARK
2097 I actually look up to the guy
2098 myself, but-
2099
2100Parks gives him a death glare and gets ready to raise his arm
2101as if to strangle him.
2102
2103 MARK
2104 Okay, okay, look. I'm just on the
2105 side looking to tell the truth, the
2106 facts of the matter, you don't see
2107 that shit anymore.
2108
2109Parks motions for him to go on.
2110
2111 MARK
2112 The truth is, there's some kind of
2113 war breaking out. You happened to
2114 be a roadblock in the middle of it.
2115 The dead guy? Guy who got his
2116 brains blown out and caused you
2117 guys to go light up that car? Step
2118 away while you can, Dave.
2119
2120He shows a scar on his neck.
2121
2122 MARK
2123 Because you and I, we ain't built
2124 for this.
2125
2126Parks nods.
2127
2128 PARKS
2129 That's all I need.
2130
2131
2132INT. CHURCH - DAY
2133
2134Parks walks over to Elena.
2135
2136 PARKS
2137 I need to go.
2138
2139 ELENA
2140 Dave, his wife...
2141
2142Layla is in line to look into Lance's grave.
2143
2144Parks takes a moment to glance at her, then glances at his
2145phone.
2146
2147He turns away and walks out of the church.
2148
2149
2150EXT. CHURCH - DAY
2151
2152Nelson walks up next to Parks as he steps out.
2153
2154 NELSON
2155 Parks, I advise you be careful when
2156 you do things like that. IA's been
2157 up and down your case all day,
2158 there's a chance they found
2159 something.
2160
2161 PARKS
2162 There's always a chance.
2163
2164Parks stretches out his arm and walks over to his car.
2165
2166 NELSON
2167 What happened to your cast?
2168
2169 PARKS
2170 I was just lucky, I guess.
2171
2172Nelson just shrugs.
2173
2174 NELSON
2175 Alright then.
2176
2177He walks out and gets into his car.
2178
2179
2180INT. MORGUE - DAY
2181
2182Stanton waits for him in there.
2183
2184Parks reads off the case file then looks down at the body.
2185
2186Two gunshots to the chest and one to the head.
2187
2188 STANTON
2189 You weren't wrong.
2190
2191 PARKS
2192 About what?
2193
2194 STANTON
2195 Whatever these guys are, they got
2196 something going with 'em.
2197 Professional killing by the looks
2198 of it.
2199
2200Parks looks down at the body.
2201
2202 PARKS
2203 What do we got here, Vincent from
2204 Collateral coming to take what's
2205 his?
2206
2207 STANTON
2208 Something like that.
2209
2210He points to the glass.
2211
2212Three rounds sit in the clear sample glass.
2213
2214Parks takes a pair of forceps and looks at them.
2215
2216 PARKS
2217 That's not a handgun round.
2218
2219 STANTON
2220 Not at all, we're gonna send it up
2221 to the ME, but from the looks of
2222 it, it's probably .308.
2223
2224THOMAS SCOTT, (mid-50s) runs his scalpel down the man's
2225chest. The three watch as the incision sows itself back up
2226slowly.
2227
2228 SCOTT
2229 As you can see here, Mr. Torres has
2230 some kind of regenerative healing
2231 ability.
2232
2233 STANTON
2234 The hell kind of freaks are we
2235 dealing with?
2236
2237Parks watches as the incision closes itself.
2238
2239SCOTT
2240It's nothing I've ever seen
2241before.
2242
2243 PARKS
2244 Christ.
2245
2246 SCOTT
2247 The skull is interesting however.
2248
2249He takes out an autopsy saw.
2250
2251Stanton taps him on the shoulder and makes a motion for him
2252to put on his glasses.
2253
2254He turns on his saw and sparks begin to fly out.
2255
2256 PARKS
2257 (over saw)
2258 IS THAT NORMAL?!
2259
2260Scott turns off the saw and sets it down next to his other
2261tools.
2262
2263 SCOTT
2264 That's some kind of metal. I sent a
2265 sample up to forensics for
2266 examination, but other than tha-
2267
2268The door opens and slams shut behind them.
2269
2270A man Matthews, (late-20s) and a woman, DAWN PAULSEN (early-
227130s) walk into the room.
2272
2273 PARKS
2274 Who the hell are you?
2275
2276Matthews has a grin on his face.
2277
2278 MATTHEWS
2279 Agents Matthews Matthews and Dawn
2280 Paulsen, Department of Homeland
2281 Security, about to secure this
2282 body.
2283
2284 PARKS
2285 This body's in our custody
2286 actually.
2287
2288He bites his lip and looks over at Dawn.
2289
2290 MATTHEWS
2291 Oooohhh, well-
2292
2293Stanton watches this in confusion.
2294
2295Dawn passes a paper to Stanton.
2296
2297Stanton watches this puzzled.
2298
2299He takes a look at her for a moment and just continues to
2300watch her as he takes the paper.
2301
2302 STANTON
2303 (reading)
2304 By order of the Department of
2305 Homeland security, you are to give
2306 any details of the murder of
2307 Officer Lance Hawkins...
2308
2309His expression changes to that of anger. Stanton looks up and
2310passes the paper back to Dawn.
2311
2312Parks's eyes widen.
2313
2314 STANTON
2315 All yours then.
2316
2317 PARKS
2318 Wait, what?
2319
2320Parks stands in front of the body.
2321
2322 PARKS
2323 Abso fucking lutely not.
2324
2325 MATTHEWS
2326 You're really going to impede a
2327 federal investigation, Officer?
2328
2329 STANTON
2330 It's detective now, actually.
2331
2332 MATTHEWS
2333 Well, detective!
2334
2335Matthews glances at Parks.
2336
2337 MATTHEWS
2338 I'm ordered to secure any and all
2339 evidence by any means necessary.
2340 Even if it means Miss Dawn here
2341 knocking you out and dumping you in
2342 the desert.
2343
2344 PARKS
2345 Fuck you.
2346
2347 MATTHEWS
2348 That's no way to speak to a federal
2349 officer, detective.
2350
2351Parks glares at Matthews, then walks out of the door in
2352anger.
2353
2354
2355EXT. MORGUE - DAY
2356
2357Parks bursts out of the morgue with a pack of cigarettes.
2358
2359 PARKS
2360 FUCK!
2361
2362He lights one and puffs on it in anger.
2363
2364Diaz appears behind him.
2365
2366He steps on a leaf. The sound causes Parks to reach for his
2367weapon.
2368
2369With a glare, he looks at Diaz.
2370
2371 PARKS
2372 I take you had something to do with
2373 evidence being removed from our
2374 jurisdiction?
2375
2376Diaz goes wide eyed.
2377
2378 DIAZ
2379 Wait. Who?
2380
2381 PARKS
2382 Homeland came in with some familiar
2383 name...
2384
2385He drops his cigarette.
2386
2387 PARKS
2388 Dawn... Don... Paulsen.
2389
2390 DIAZ
2391 Doc had something to do with this?
2392
2393 PARKS
2394 That's where I've heard that
2395 fucking name.
2396
2397Parks takes out his phone and thumbs through the contacts.
2398
2399 DIAZ
2400 Hey, whatever you're doing, I want
2401 in on too.
2402
2403 PARKS
2404 No, you don't.
2405
2406 DIAZ
2407 Even if I have information relating
2408 to his death that you may very well
2409 need?
2410
2411Parks stops his thumb on James's contact.
2412
2413 DIAZ
2414 This goes both ways you know.
2415
2416Parks just looks at Diaz dead in the eyes.
2417
2418 DIAZ
2419 Give me your contact card.
2420
2421Parks puts his phone in his pocket. He takes out his wallet
2422and passes him his contact card.
2423
2424 PARKS
2425 Email me everything you have. Until
2426 then, I have to make a phone call
2427 to a friend.
2428
2429Diaz nods.
2430
2431A van pulls out of a gate at the morgue.
2432
2433Matthews sits in the driver's seat, Dawn right next to him.
2434
2435Parks goes back inside
2436
2437
2438INT. MORGUE - DAY
2439
2440Stanton stands there and massages his eyes.
2441
2442 STANTON
2443 Go home Parks, we'll figure this
2444 out next week. Rest up, get someone
2445 to take a look at you, because
2446 you're not looking too good.
2447
2448Parks just nods.
2449
2450 PARKS
2451 Yes, sir.
2452
2453Parks takes another sigh as he takes out his phone. He thumbs
2454James's contact and calls him.
2455
2456 PARKS
2457 (into phone)
2458 Yo James.
2459
2460 JAMES (O.S.)
2461 What's up?
2462
2463
2464EXT. MORGUE PARKING LOT - DAY
2465
2466He walks out the doors of the morgue.
2467
2468 PARKS
2469 (into phone)
2470 You still talking to Doc these
2471 days?
2472
2473He unlocks his car.
2474
2475 JAMES (O.S.)
2476 Yeah, kind of broke contact after
2477 the whole convoy incident though.
2478 We talk here and there.
2479
2480 PARKS
2481 (into phone)
2482 Did he ever talk about having a
2483 sister?
2484
2485 JAMES (O.S.)
2486 Nah, he was a closed box when it
2487 came to family shit. Never even
2488 talked about LA.
2489
2490Parks gets into his car.
2491
2492
2493INT. PARKS'S CAR - DAY
2494
2495Parks starts his car, his phone still up to his ear.
2496
2497 PARKS
2498 (into phone)
2499 Just call him for me, please. I
2500 really need this info in
2501 particular.
2502
2503 JAMES (O.S.)
2504 Look, I know I barely stand you
2505 when it comes to cops, but doc is a
2506 different animal entirely. Worked
2507 with him or not, he's not going to
2508 be thrilled you're calling him in
2509 that capacity.
2510
2511 PARKS
2512 (into phone)
2513 Are you okay?
2514
2515 JAMES (O.S.)
2516 What?
2517
2518 PARKS
2519 (into phone)
2520 You actually said something sane,
2521 you're right. Fuck.
2522
2523 JAMES (O.S.)
2524 I'm still looking for cat girls.
2525
2526 PARKS
2527 (into phone)
2528 Alright then, talk to you later.
2529
2530 JAMES (O.S.)
2531 Wait, Dave-
2532
2533Parks hangs up the phone, puts his car in gear and goes to
2534
2535
2536INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
2537
2538Layla and Elena sit in there.
2539
2540Layla sips some tea. Elena is in the kitchen.
2541
2542Elena looks back.
2543
2544 ELENA
2545 Hey, Dave- What happened?
2546
2547 PARKS
2548 I'm gonna rest.
2549
2550Parks walks to the couch and sits down. His eyes are ragged
2551as he takes a throw pillow next to him and holds it tight.
2552
2553Elena scoots over and watches Parks.
2554
2555 LAYLA
2556 It wasn't your fault, Dave. You're
2557 still looking for who got Lance,
2558 right?
2559
2560Parks nods. He opens his mouth to say something, but stops.
2561
2562 PARKS
2563 I can't say anything about the
2564 investigation, sorry.
2565
2566Parks carries a troubled look.
2567
2568The events of the shootout play out in his mind.
2569
2570
2571EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - NIGHT
2572
2573The world is silent.
2574
2575He sees the concussion grenade roll in front of him and go
2576off.
2577
2578Silence.
2579
2580The chaos of the world around him stops.
2581
2582Parks looks over at Hawkins. Hawkins turns his head with
2583black, darkened eyes.
2584
2585 HAWKINS
2586 You could've done something, why
2587 didn't you do anything Dave? THIS
2588 IS YOUR FAUL-
2589
2590 ELENA (O.S.)
2591 Dave!
2592
2593
2594INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
2595
2596Parks sits there and shakes. Elena holds him.
2597
2598Layla puts her hand on his shoulder.
2599
2600 LAYLA
2601 Dave-
2602
2603 PARKS
2604 Don't worry about it. I'm sorry.
2605
2606 LAYLA
2607 For what?
2608
2609 PARKS
2610 It's... I can't talk about it.
2611
2612His voice trails off.
2613
2614 PARKS
2615 I'm sorry, I don't know how to
2616 explain it. It's my fault Hawkins
2617 is dead, I should've been cover
2618 officer, maybe then-
2619
2620 ELENA
2621 Nothing would've done anything,
2622 Dave.
2623
2624 PARKS
2625 It doesn't feel that way.
2626
2627His phone vibrates.
2628
2629 ELENA
2630 Work again?
2631
2632Parks nods.
2633An e-mail appears:
2634Mark.Diaz@gmail.com - Subject: You should be dead.
2635
2636Parks opens the e-mail, stands up, and walks away from the
2637two.
2638
2639He goes into the hallway and sits down.
2640
2641 LAYLA (O.S.)
2642 He doesn't seem like he wants to
2643 talk much.
2644
2645 ELENA (O.S.)
2646 He's just processing it, give him
2647 some time.
2648
2649Parks goes into his bedroom where a desktop sits alongside a
2650small home office.
2651
2652He boots up his high-end desktop and logs in.
2653
2654Parks then opens up his department e-mail and looks at Diaz's
2655e-mail.
2656
2657A report attached to it, the file reads, "Medical report
2658David Parks .pdf".
2659
2660Parks opens up the document and begins to read it.
2661CC multistystems trauma/GSW. 27 y/o male, no prior hx. NKA.
2662pt is police officer who was shot/stabbed in shootout @ 0115
2663with EMS arrival on scene @ 0127, sts EMS.
2664-12 WHOLE MINUTES?!
2665Squad arrives @ 0142.
2666U/A pt presents as unconscious, responds to pain. GCS 8.
2667Squad has x2 14 gauge in right AC and forearm; NS wide open,
2668tourniquet on left arm superior to the elbow timed @ 0129.
2669the PT is diaphoretic, radial pulses absent but present at
2670the carotid.
2671Head is unremarkable, PERRL
2672-literally nothing
2673Neck/cpsine unremarkable, Neg tracheal deviation/distention
2674chest is negative for crepitus. significant ecchymosis to
2675left anterior breast centered around the third and fourth
2676intercostal space. Chest rise is equal without paradoxical
2677motion
2678abdomen is soft, unremarkable
2679pelvise is intact, unremarkable
2680--Nothing again, don't worry about this.
2681genitals and perineum are intact, unremarkable. rectal tone
2682present.
2683-At least you can still have kids, right?
2684right Shoulder has presence of two anterior and two
2685corresponding posterior gunshot wounds.
2686-Just keep following, you'll know why this is important in a
2687moment.
2688Significant laceration to anterior side of left arm, just
2689superior to the AC, appearing five inches across
2690-Your stab wound cut upward.
2691legs intact bilaterally
2692Back appears intact, neg for DCAPBTLS or sign of trauma to
2693spine
2694All bleeding is controlled
26950145 80/30 144 40
26960145 1 gram TXA infusion initiate
26970147 3x units of blood via rapid infuser
26980150 70/palp 156 50
26990155 66/palp 150 50
27000157 Fem art line established
27010158 3 more units of blood administered. Dr Stublett confirms
2702muffle heart tones, suspects cardiac tamponade, prepares for
2703cardiocentesis. orders chest decompression after as
2704precautionary measure.
27050159 pt enters PEA. Stublett immediately performs
2706cardiocentesis and trauma team begins resuscitation efforts.
27070203, 0205, and 0207, 1mg 1:10,000 epinephrine administered.
27083 additional units of blood started at 0204. no response
2709during CPR to treatments.
2710our hospital does not have the resources to perform
2711thoracotomy cardiac massage. Termination of resuscitative
2712efforts @ 0211.
2713-You're dead! At least, should be now.
2714By this time a large crowd of law enforcement officers and
2715other police staff have gathered outside the trauma room and
2716Dr Wilson and I attempt to find out who is in charge and who
2717should be talked to regarding pt's death.
2718-I would know, I was one of the reporters there! Well,
2719outside at least.
2720@ 0227 nurse Addison hears BP alarm from Fem art line and
2721goes to shut off both art monitoring and the blood infuser
2722which had been left on. The nurse discovers that the pt's BP
2723is now 92/60 with a pulse of 137 and checks radial pulses
2724confirming ROSC. Team is immediately called back to room and
2725begins post-arrest. care.
2726-Someone left your equipment on. I wonder why.
2727post arrest labs reveal troponin of only 0.07. PaCO2 is
2728elevated to 101 mmHG prior to ventilation, but blood pH
2729remains at 7.36. I cannot explain these findings.
2730-But I can.
2731
2732Right below, a video file is attached below the report.
2733"Security footage .mp4".
2734
2735Parks opens the file and a video plays.
2736
2737It's Dawn in a set of scrubs.
2738
2739 PARKS
2740 What the fuck...
2741
2742She looks to her left and right. Dawn approaches Parks's
2743body.
2744
2745She takes a blue syringe out of her jacket and looks on at
2746the IV line hooked up to him.
2747
2748Dawn injects it into Parks's IV line, then looks up at the
2749camera, wide eyed.
2750
2751The footage ends.
2752
2753 PARKS
2754 She's the one... Why? The
2755 investigation... Is she cartel?
2756
2757Parks looks down and shakes his head in confusion.
2758
2759Parks gets back to work after this and opens up a word
2760document, and begins to take screenshots of the IV.
2761
2762Parks does all this and puts it in a draft.
2763
2764A moment later, Elena opens the door behind him.
2765
2766 PARKS
2767 What's up?
2768
2769 ELENA
2770 Was wondering if you wanted to join
2771 us for dinner.
2772
2773Parks cracks a smile.
2774
2775 PARKS
2776 Shit, already?
2777
2778He checks the time.
2779
2780It's 7PM.
2781
2782 PARKS
2783 Oh. Shit. Already.
2784
2785Elena carries a look of annoyance.
2786
2787 ELENA
2788 Yeah. Already.
2789
2790 PARKS
2791 Sure, I'll eat.
2792
2793He grabs his phone off the table and follows her.
2794
2795
2796PARKS'S DINING ROOM
2797
2798Parks continues to look at his phone.
2799
2800A "sent" message appears to Jon.Stanton1983@PPD.gov
2801
2802 LAYLA
2803 ...He took me to New York with the
2804 money he saved up. We walked
2805 through Central Park and it was the
2806 happiest I'd been.
2807
2808Parks continues to look at his phone for updates from
2809Stanton.
2810
2811 LAYLA
2812 He wanted to be a cop after some
2813 guy tried to mug us. He stepped in
2814 after a guy walked up to me with a
2815 revolver...
2816
2817 ELENA
2818 What did he do?
2819
2820Elena taps Parks on the leg.
2821
2822Parks looks up from his phone.
2823
2824Layla notices this.
2825
2826 LAYLA
2827 He almost got shot trying to keep
2828 the gun away from me. Next thing I
2829 knew, two cops were breaking up a
2830 fight and I had to explain to them
2831 Lance wasn't the one who started
2832 anything. They let us go and enjoy
2833 the rest of our time in New York,
2834 but after he said he loved it.
2835
2836 ELENA
2837 Loved it?
2838
2839 LAYLA
2840 The danger. We've been together
2841 since freshman year of high school.
2842 Had the worst look on his face when
2843 the Army turned him down. Said he
2844 wanted to get shot at and save
2845 people kinda like your husband
2846 here.
2847
2848 PARKS
2849 Didn't do much of that.
2850
2851 LAYLA
2852 He said you were a dick, but that
2853 he respected you.
2854
2855 PARKS
2856 I couldn't save him...
2857
2858 LAYLA
2859 You were so good to him! One day,
2860 he came home and told me about when
2861 they filled his locker full of
2862 shaving cream before his shift
2863 ended.
2864
2865Parks chuckles at this.
2866
2867 PARKS
2868 I'm aware. I helped with it.
2869
2870Layla gives a chuckle at that.
2871
2872He just shrugs at this as his phone vibrates.
2873
2874The contact reads, "Stanton".
2875
2876 PARKS
2877 Hang on, I gotta take this. Sorry.
2878
2879He steps outside.
2880
2881
2882EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
2883
2884Parks picks takes the call.
2885
2886 PARKS
2887 Yeah?
2888
2889A different voice enters the speaker.
2890
2891 STEELE (O.S.)
2892 Parks, we want you down at the
2893 station, your union rep is already
2894 waiting for you.
2895
2896 PARKS
2897 (mouthing)
2898 Fuck...
2899
2900Parks rolls his eyes.
2901
2902 PARKS
2903 Yeah, I'll be on my way.
2904
2905He goes back inside.
2906
2907
2908PARKS'S DINING ROOM
2909
2910Parks comes in with a sigh as he shuts the door behind him.
2911He walks over to Elena and gives her a kiss on the cheek.
2912
2913 PARKS
2914 They need me back at the station,
2915 probably nothing.
2916
2917Elena cocks an eyebrow at this.
2918
2919 ELENA
2920 Alright love, just tell me what's
2921 going on when you get back.
2922
2923 PARKS
2924 I will.
2925
2926Parks leaves as the door closes behind him.
2927
2928
2929INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
2930
2931Parks walks inside. Steele waits for him alongside Stanton.
2932
2933Steele gives a grin to Parks.
2934
2935 STEELE
2936 How you doing Dave? Your wound heal
2937 already?
2938
2939Parks gives a look of disgust.
2940
2941 PARKS
2942 I'm great. The wound did heal.
2943
2944 STEELE
2945 Pretty good looking for someone who
2946 got shot only days ago.
2947
2948Parks gives Stanton a look. Stanton nods at him.
2949
2950 STEELE
2951 And I was really moved by what you
2952 said about your partner.
2953
2954 PARKS
2955 Th-Thanks...
2956
2957Parks carries a look of suspicion.
2958
2959 STEELE
2960 Relax, Dave-
2961
2962 PARKS
2963 Cut the shit, why am I here?
2964
2965 STEELE
2966 Let's take a walk.
2967
2968The three walk together into the
2969
2970
2971FORENSICS LAB
2972
2973Security footage of the video Parks sent to Stanton.
2974
2975 STEELE
2976 You know that lady? You can be
2977 honest with me, relax.
2978
2979Parks shakes his head.
2980
2981 PARKS
2982 Never seen her before.
2983
2984 STEELE
2985 Me neither, but I had someone run
2986 some facial recognition.
2987
2988Steele gets on the computer and pulls up a facebook profile
2989that reads, "Dawn Michelle Paulsen".
2990
2991 PARKS
2992 That's...
2993
2994 STEELE
2995 As it turns out, she was at the
2996 hospital-
2997
2998 STANTON
2999 -And posing as a federal agent.
3000
3001 STEELE
3002 So you got anything to say about
3003 that? You were one of the what?
3004 Lucky 28?
3005
3006Parks takes a deep breath and then gives a glare to Steele.
3007
3008 PARKS
3009 I don't like talking about what
3010 happened over there.
3011
3012 STEELE
3013 Funnily, she's related to a combat
3014 medic with the same name with the
3015 same name. Different spellings
3016 though.
3017
3018 PARKS
3019 What are you saying?
3020
3021 STEELE
3022 If you're on someone's payroll, you
3023 can always come clean. Nothing bad
3024 will happe-
3025
3026 PARKS
3027 I'm not.
3028
3029Then tell me about this.
3030
3031He pulls up another security tape.
3032
3033Parks stands in an elevator, his gun out.
3034
3035 PARKS
3036 I had a credible lead!
3037
3038 STEELE
3039 And you didn't tell us. We get it,
3040 man.
3041
3042 PARKS
3043 I had to make sure!
3044
3045Parks carries a look of realization.
3046
3047 STEELE
3048 We also have a sworn statement that
3049 says you took a bribe-
3050
3051 PARKS
3052 That's outlandish, the hell?!
3053
3054 STEELE
3055 Yup. Come on Parks, we're on your
3056 side here.
3057
3058 PARKS
3059 Where the hell is my union rep? I
3060 ain't saying shit now.
3061
3062 STEELE
3063 Well you're already too far in now.
3064 Let's get this figured out.
3065
3066
3067INTERROGATION ROOM
3068
3069Parks sits there.
3070
3071The door in front of him opens.
3072
3073Nelson walks through.
3074
3075 NELSON
3076 You're lucky to still have a job.
3077 You're free to go, all their
3078 evidence was circumstantial.
3079
3080Nelson moves his mouth next to Parks's ear.
3081
3082 NELSON
3083 (whispering)
3084 Whatever you're chasing, it better
3085 be good. These guys are fixing to
3086 bury you now.
3087
3088Parks gives a stunned look.
3089
3090 PARKS
3091 Thanks...
3092
3093 NELSON
3094 Best of luck. Your friend's outside
3095 waiting.
3096
3097Parks nods at this.
3098
3099He walks outside to
3100
3101
3102EXT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
3103
3104James sits in Parks's car and smokes a cigarette.
3105
3106He looks at Parks and motions for him.
3107
3108 JAMES
3109 Come on, I'm taking you home.
3110
3111 PARKS
3112 I'm driving, my car.
3113
3114 JAMES
3115 That wasn't part of the deal.
3116
3117 PARKS
3118 Deal?
3119
3120James rolls his eyes.
3121
3122 JAMES
3123 Don't fucking worry 'bout it.
3124
3125Parks opens his car door and gets in.
3126
3127
3128INT. PARKS'S CAR - NIGHT
3129
3130 PARKS
3131 Can you not fucking smoke in my
3132 car? Jesus, you haven't changed.
3133
3134He looks at the box of Lucky Strikes in the cupholder.
3135
3136 JAMES
3137 You have.
3138
3139Parks shakes his head.
3140
3141 PARKS
3142 Whatever, that doesn't fucking
3143 matter dude. What deal? What did
3144 they pay you for?
3145
3146 JAMES
3147 I'm just supposed to drive you
3148 home.
3149
3150Parks cocks an eyebrow.
3151
3152 PARKS
3153 What? That's it? Nelson pai-
3154
3155 JAMES
3156 Money got wired into my account.
3157 They said they'd pay for an Uber
3158 once I got you to your place.
3159
3160James merges onto a highway that reads "I-17 North, Black
3161Canyon/Flagstaff".
3162
3163His eyes constantly scan the road in front and around him.
3164
3165 JAMES
3166 What I don't know is why this group
3167 has a vested interest in you, a
3168 cop.
3169
3170 PARKS
3171 Mind if I take a look?
3172
3173James takes his phone out of his pocket and holds his free
3174hand out for Parks.
3175
3176 JAMES
3177 Knock yourself out.
3178
3179Parks takes his phone. The glow illuminates James's face as
3180Parks looks at the text.
3181
3182 TEXT
3183 5,000 dollars to get your friend
3184 home. Sincerely, an interested
3185 party.
3186
3187Parks screenshots the text and tabs out to James's home
3188screen that shows a harem of cat girls.
3189
3190His phone vibrates as he sends the screenshot to himself.
3191
3192 PARKS
3193 What made you want to help me?
3194
3195 JAMES
3196 Well, disregarding the 5k
3197 supposedly being transferred into
3198 my account, and disregarding the
3199 fact that your position as a cop
3200 violates the non aggression
3201 principle- I really want to find
3202 out whether cat girls are rea-
3203
3204 PARKS
3205 Oh my fucking god.
3206
3207 JAMES
3208 You'll know. One day, you'll see
3209 them and question everything you
3210 know. I would know, I did.
3211
3212 PARKS
3213 Look, the day cat girls are real is
3214 the day I eat my 9mm.
3215
3216Police lights flash behind them.
3217
3218JAMES
3219God fucking damn it.
3220
3221 PARKS
3222 ...Eat my gun... Damn it.
3223
3224James pulls the car onto the right shoulder of the freeway.
3225
3226Parks looks at the mirror.
3227
3228The cars are unmarked Crown Vics.
3229
3230 PARKS
3231 Wait a fucking second...
3232
3233 JAMES
3234 Problem?
3235
3236Parks reaches for his Glock.
3237
3238The officer on Parks's side steps closer and reveals himself
3239full of face tattoos.
3240
3241James looks at Parks with wide eyes as he looks to his side.
3242The officer's arm is covered with tats.
3243
3244 PARKS
3245 DRIVE!
3246
3247James puts the car in gear and slams his foot on the gas.
3248
3249 PARKS
3250 GO GO GO!
3251
3252The one approaching runs back to his car as the other two
3253cars pursue.
3254
3255James watches the rear view mirror and pulls out his phone,
3256then turns the volume knob all the way up.
3257
3258A grin materializes on James's face.
3259
3260Running in the 90s by Dave Rodgers plays on the radio.
3261
3262 JAMES
3263 Let's do this...
3264
3265The highway in front of them stands empty as two of the
3266cruisers try to catch up.
3267
3268James turns the car to the right and takes an exit.
3269
3270Parks watches behind him as the cruisers follow the two.
3271
3272James looks down at the transmission.
3273
3274 JAMES
3275 Fuckin' automatic... PIECE OF SHIT!
3276
3277The cruisers behind follow even closer.
3278
3279James slows the car down and hangs a right turn right before
3280traffic starts.
3281
3282The cruisers behind the two screech to halt.
3283
3284One makes it through and continues to tail the two.
3285
3286Parks gets his phone out and dials 911.
3287
3288He puts the phone to his ear. He looks at his phone.
3289
3290 PARKS
3291 I got no reception!
3292
3293 JAMES
3294 Got it!
3295
3296The cruiser continues to follow.
3297
3298James looks at the road around him as it tails them.
3299
3300Parks raises his handgun and raises it toward the cruiser.
3301
3302 PARKS
3303 I don't think I can do this James!
3304
3305 JAMES
3306 I DON'T THINK THEY AGREE, DAVE!
3307
3308The cruiser pulls further away from the two and then comes
3309back to ram them.
3310
3311Parks takes a breath as he watches the other guy pull out his
3312gun.
3313
3314Parks's eyes widen.
3315
3316James slams the brakes and watches the other car crash into a
3317wall.
3318
3319The two watch as both of them get out of the car dressed in
3320Phoenix Police uniforms.
3321
3322 PARKS
3323 Christ...
3324
3325James guns the engine and continues to drive forward.
3326
3327 JAMES
3328 Who did you piss off Dave?
3329
3330Parks looks behind him and holsters his handgun.
3331
3332 PARKS
3333 I don't know. I don't.
3334
3335 JAMES
3336 Christ. I might be fucking nuts for
3337 chasing cat girls, but at least
3338 people have the common decency not
3339 to shoot me over them! Then again,
3340 if they do, they probably are real
3341 and someone's covering it up.
3342
3343Parks sits back in his seat and takes a deep breath. James
3344turns off the music.
3345
3346 PARKS
3347 Do you hear yourself right now? Are
3348 you this self-aware?
3349
3350James just shrugs and makes a right turn into Parks's
3351neighborhood.
3352
3353 JAMES
3354 Whoever is chasing you, you and I
3355 both need them dead.
3356
3357 PARKS
3358 Wait, wait, wait. You're gonna
3359 fucking kill them?
3360
3361 JAMES
3362 I mean, yeah, why not?
3363
3364 PARKS
3365 We need them alive-
3366
3367 JAMES
3368 You saw what happens when you
3369 spring them in jail, some fucking
3370 fed bails them out. This is how I'm
3371 doing this. If it weren't for me,
3372 those guys would've blown your
3373 fuckin' brains out!
3374
3375Parks sits there and sighs.
3376
3377 PARKS
3378 If those were real cops...
3379
3380 JAMES
3381 They weren't. You made the right
3382 call Dave.
3383
3384James makes another turn.
3385
3386 PARKS
3387 I don't think I'm very good at
3388 that.
3389
3390 JAMES
3391 You were better than any MP
3392 stateside or in country. I mean,
3393 choice wise. You were shit at your
3394 job.
3395
3396 PARKS
3397 I didn't care. Those guys were
3398 fucking retards.
3399
3400 JAMES
3401 Thanks for giving me my pressure
3402 cooker back. We're even now and I
3403 get five grand.
3404
3405 PARKS
3406 Whatever works for you dude.
3407
3408The car makes another turn into
3409
3410
3411EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
3412
3413James's hatchback sits outside the house. The lights are on
3414inside.
3415
3416
3417INT. PARKS'S GARAGE - NIGHT
3418
3419The car pulls into the garage.
3420
3421James sighs.
3422
3423 JAMES
3424 Dave. Rest. Just do that. I get
3425 paid, you solve your case. I go
3426 find my cat girls.
3427
3428Parks just chuckles.
3429
3430 PARKS
3431 Fuck, dude.
3432
3433The two get out.
3434
3435James tosses Parks his keys.
3436
3437 JAMES
3438 Fucking rest dude. They'll still be
3439 out there trust me. The bad guys
3440 always are.
3441
3442 PARKS
3443 You are something else, you know
3444 that?
3445
3446James shrugs.
3447
3448 JAMES
3449 We're all the main characters in
3450 our own stories, Dave.
3451
3452Parks just shoots a confused look.
3453
3454 PARKS
3455 What?!
3456
3457James lights up a cigarette and gets into his car.
3458
3459
3460INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - NIGHT
3461
3462Parks comes home.
3463
3464 PARKS
3465 Hey, sweetheart.
3466
3467He passes out on the couch.
3468
3469Elena walks over with a blanket. She holds Parks and pulls
3470the blanket up.
3471
3472 PARKS
3473 (exhausted)
3474 I need to fucking rest.
3475
3476
3477INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
3478
3479
3480SUPERIMPOSE: THREE DAYS LATER
3481
3482Parks has the metal briefcase on his desk and scans different
3483documents onto it. He looks refreshed, his eyes look rested.
3484
3485Parks has a lollipop in his mouth.
3486
3487Nelson walks over to Parks's desk and watches him.
3488
3489 NELSON
3490 How was your break Parks?
3491
3492 PARKS
3493 Can't complain. It was good, yeah.
3494
3495 NELSON
3496 No trouble?
3497
3498 PARKS
3499 None at all.
3500
3501Parks gives Nelson a grin.
3502
3503 NELSON
3504 Any leads?
3505
3506 PARKS
3507 I got one. Looks like someone I
3508 think I might know. I have to make
3509 sure though.
3510
3511Nelson gives him a nod.
3512
3513 NELSON
3514 Keep at it then.
3515
3516Parks looks at a file folder.
3517
3518"Dawn Michelle Paulsen", Knight Pharmaceuticals Employee
3519#4382
3520
3521 PARKS
3522 Doc?
3523
3524Parks opens up the file.
3525
3526A mugshot of Dawn falls out of the file.
3527
3528 PARKS
3529 Arrested for selling and possession
3530 in 2010 by the Santa Barbara PD.
3531
3532Parks goes back to his computer.
3533
3534With one hand, he pulls the security footage up on his
3535computer.
3536
3537He sets the file down next to the keyboard and picks the
3538photo of Dawn up.
3539
3540Parks shakes his head.
3541
3542 PARKS
3543 Got nothing to fucking link them
3544 with...
3545
3546His eyes widen.
3547
3548Parks takes out his phone. He looks through his contacts.
3549
3550"Doc, contact in case of emergency" sits as one of the
3551contacts there.
3552
3553 PARKS
3554 Fuck, man... Worst I can be is
3555 wrong, right?
3556
3557He looks at the contact for a moment.
3558
3559Parks looks down in discomfort as he looks at the phone. He
3560puts it down and gets on his computer.
3561
3562 PARKS
3563 Maybe I can just...
3564
3565He gets on his computer and searches up her name on Facebook.
3566
3567"Dawn Michelle Paulsen" appears in the search bar.
3568
3569He sifts through the results.
3570
3571"Dawn Paulsen, Doctor at Knight Pharmaceuticals - Corporate"
3572shows up as one of the results.
3573
3574He clicks it and finds her profile is public.
3575
3576Parks scrolls through it and stops on a post.
3577
3578Dawn stands among a group of other doctors in a corporate
3579photo. Parks saves this photo and prints it out, then places
3580it on top of a scanner.
3581
3582With a deep breath, he looks up the address.
3583
3584He gets it, stands up, puts his gun on, and makes his way
3585out.
3586
3587He gets in his car and drives across a highway to
3588
3589
3590EXT. CORPORATE BUILDING - DAY
3591
3592The building bustles with activity. Delivery trucks enter as
3593people head home.
3594
3595Others head inside to start their day, as others sit outside
3596as they smoke cigarettes.
3597
3598One sits with his lunch out and watches the cars pass.
3599
3600Parks pulls up in an unmarked Crown Victoria.
3601
3602He lowers the window and flashes his badge at the security
3603guard at the door.
3604
3605 PARKS
3606 Howdy there, Detective Parks,
3607 Phoenix Police Department. I need
3608 to speak with a Dawn Paulsen.
3609
3610The security guard looks up this name.
3611
3612 SECURITY GUARD 1
3613 Paulsen, Paulsen...
3614
3615 PARKS
3616 You're looking for Doctor Paulsen,
3617 right?
3618
3619Parks nods.
3620
3621 SECURITY GUARD
3622 Got it. See the receptionist when
3623 you get inside.
3624
3625The guard lifts the gate.
3626
3627 IND SECURITY GUARD 1
3628 Go on in.
3629
3630Parks pulls inside
3631
3632 CUT TO:
3633
3634
3635INT. KNIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS ENTRANCE - DAY
3636
3637Parks flashes his badge at two security guards.
3638
3639 PARKS
3640 Detective Parks, Phoenix Police.
3641
3642They let him through.
3643
3644Parks walks over to the receptionist.
3645
3646 PARKS
3647 Looking for a Dawn-
3648
3649 DAWN
3650 Detective!
3651
3652DAWN PAULSEN, (32) walks over, a clipboard in hand.
3653
3654She sets it down.
3655
3656 PARKS
3657 Miss Paulsen? Let's just cut to the
3658 chase here.
3659
3660She stands there, attentive.
3661
3662 PARKS
3663 Where were you four nights ago?
3664
3665Dawn looks down. Her eyes widen.
3666
3667 DAWN
3668 Look, I had no other choice, I was
3669 roped in with him.
3670
3671 PARKS
3672 That's good to hear. Turn around,
3673 hands on the back of your head.
3674
3675She does what Parks says.
3676
3677 PARKS
3678 Interlace your fingers. Anything on
3679 you I should worry about?
3680
3681 DAWN
3682 No, but they're gonna kill me.
3683 Don't you realize that?
3684
3685Parks searches her.
3686
3687 PARKS
3688 Maybe you should think about these
3689 things before you get into 'em,
3690 huh?
3691
3692He places the cuffs on her.
3693
3694 DAWN
3695 This is the safest place for me to
3696 be, Parks. You're making a mistake.
3697
3698The two move towards the exit.
3699
3700 PARKS
3701 You know what was a mistake? Not
3702 bothering to let me or anyone know
3703 what the hell is going on. I don't
3704 know what's going on.
3705
3706 DAWN
3707 And that's for the best!
3708
3709 PARKS
3710 Who killed Officer Hawkins? Where's
3711 Torres's body? Work with me here.
3712
3713She goes quiet. Dawn opens her mouth.
3714
3715The two move outside.
3716
3717
3718EXT. CORPORATE BUILDING - DAY
3719
3720Parks puts her in the backseat of the cruiser.
3721
3722 DAWN
3723 You're going to get me killed,
3724 Parks. You don't know what you're
3725 up against here. This is bigger
3726 than you and my brother.
3727
3728Parks gets into the driver's seat.
3729
3730
3731INT. UNMARKED POLICE CRUISER - DAY
3732
3733Parks chuckles.
3734
3735 PARKS
3736 Really? And who is this brother of
3737 yours?
3738
3739He turns the ignition.
3740
3741 DAWN
3742 Donovan Paulsen? "The Hero of
3743 Houston". If you ask me, he's more
3744 of a war criminal for supporting
3745 the American imperialist regime-
3746
3747Parks closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.
3748
3749 PARKS
3750 Shut up.
3751
3752He goes silent. His hands clutch the steering wheel.
3753
3754 PARKS
3755 Fuck.
3756
3757Parks massages his eyes.
3758
3759 DAWN
3760 Surprised you couldn't have put two
3761 and two together there, detective.
3762
3763 PARKS
3764 Son of a bitch...
3765
3766He looks back at her and takes a deep breath.
3767
3768 PARKS
3769 Miss Paulsen, at this time you have
3770 the right to remain silent,
3771 anything you say can and will be
3772 used against you in a court of law,
3773 you have the right to an attorney,
3774 if you cannot afford one, one will
3775 be appointed to you, do you
3776 understand these rights as they've
3777 been read?
3778
3779 DAWN
3780 Yeah. Fine. You'll be talking to my
3781 lawyers soon.
3782
3783She sits back in silence.
3784
3785Parks drives forward.
3786
3787 PARKS
3788 1532, dispatch, show us en route to
3789 station, one suspect in custody.
3790
3791 DAWN
3792 You're gonna get me killed!
3793
3794Parks rolls his eyes and continues to drive forward.
3795
3796
3797EXT. CITY - DAY
3798
3799The cruiser drives through the city streets. The city around
3800them moves around, the car stops in traffic, and people go on
3801about their lives.
3802
3803The car stops at an intersection.
3804
3805
3806INT. POLICE CRUISER - DAY
3807
3808The car pulls forward. Dawn sits in the back. She looks out
3809the side of the cruiser.
3810
3811Her eyes widen.
3812
3813 DAWN
3814 DETECTIVE PARKS-
3815
3816The car gets rammed on the driver's side. Parks's airbag
3817deploys as his head slams into the steering wheel. The
3818windshield is busted.
3819
3820The cruiser goes into a spin.
3821
3822It stops in the middle of the intersection.
3823
3824Parks's head is in the airbag. Blood drips down from his
3825head.
3826
3827 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1 (O.S.)
3828 Be advised, securing the package.
3829
3830An arm reaches over and the car unlocks.
3831
3832Parks tries to take off his seatbelt.
3833
3834 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 2
3835 HE'S MOVING!
3836
3837 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
3838 Cease fi-
3839
3840Parks opens his eyes, looks forward, and watches the muzzle
3841blast of a shotgun go through the broken in windshield.
3842
3843Parks gets slammed against the seat and slumps over the
3844center console.
3845
3846A scream comes from the back.
3847
3848 DAWN (O.S.)
3849 PARKS!
3850
3851Dawn gets dragged out and a cloth sack gets put over her
3852head.
3853
3854 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
3855 Jesus fuck I just shot a cop...
3856
3857Behind the cruiser, Dawn gets thrown into the back of a
3858minivan.
3859
3860The door closes and the minivan drives off.
3861
3862
3863EXT. CITY - DAY
3864
3865Parks opens the door and falls out of the cruiser. He groans
3866in pain as he takes his gun out. A cut sits on his head.
3867
3868The minivan is long gone, what remains is Parks's smashed
3869cruiser which sits in ruin next to the pickup truck. Glass
3870and metal from both cars line the street.
3871
3872Parks tries to stand up and looks around that cityscape
3873around him.
3874
3875He coughs up once again and falls over.
3876
3877Parks unbuttons his shirt and opens it. He looks at the hole
3878made by the 12 gauge shell.
3879
3880Sirens in the distance.
3881
3882Parks crawls back into his cruiser and takes out his radio's
3883handset.
3884
3885 PARKS
3886 1532,
3887 (cough)
3888 shots fired, officer down at
3889 Central and third... Multiple armed
3890 assailants travelling north in a
3891 Ford Windstar minivan.
3892
3893He coughs into the handset. He lets go of the microphone.
3894
3895 DISPATCH
3896 (radio)
3897 10-4 1532, all units be advised
3898 officer down at Central and third.
3899 Suspects last seen fleeing north in
3900 a Ford Windstar.
3901
3902Parks lays back as the lights and sirens approach.
3903
3904 CUT TO:
3905
3906Parks is wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher.
3907
3908
3909INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY
3910
3911Parks lays down in bed and looks at the ceiling.
3912
3913The fan above him spins. Parks looks to his side. A cane sits
3914there.
3915
3916The door opens, Steele walks in, a file in hand.
3917
3918 STEELE
3919 Parks...
3920
3921He sighs and massages his eyes.
3922
3923 STEELE
3924 We talked to that reporter.
3925
3926Steele shakes his head.
3927
3928 STEELE
3929 The investigation against you has
3930 been dropped. The search for Dawn
3931 Paulsen has for all intents and
3932 purposes gone cold.
3933
3934Parks cocks an eyebrow.
3935
3936 PARKS
3937 Weren't you fixing to bury me?
3938
3939Steele shakes his head.
3940
3941 STEELE
3942 I needed to scratch out all the
3943 possibilities.
3944
3945 PARKS
3946 Yeah?
3947
3948Steele reaches into the file then passes him two stapled
3949pieces of paper.
3950
3951 STEELE
3952 Keep your friend James out of
3953 trouble.
3954
3955Steele steps out.
3956
3957Parks lays in bed and watches the ceiling fan. He looks over
3958at the bottle of painkillers next to him. Parks takes two
3959then gets out of bed and takes his IV off.
3960
3961 CUT TO:
3962
3963
3964INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
3965
3966Parks massages his eyes.
3967
3968He gets on his work computer and looks up "Dawn Paulsen" in a
3969Google search.
3970
3971"Renowned Doctor Speaks out Against her Brother's Military
3972Service"
3973
3974"People also searched for: "MSR Houston Incident"
3975
3976 PARKS
3977 The hell's this gotta do with
3978 anything?
3979
3980Parks shakes his head and scratches his chin.
3981
3982He jots a note down in his notepad:
3983
3984"MSR Houston incident, Doctor Dawn Paulsen related?"
3985
3986He opens up another tab, her Facebook page.
3987
3988"Researcher at Knight Pharmaceuticals"
3989
3990He puts another search in.
3991
3992"Doctor Dawn Paulsen research"
3993
3994No results.
3995
3996OFFICER BAYLEY TURNER, (28) comes up behind him.
3997
3998 TURNER
3999 Detective Parks?
4000
4001Parks turns around.
4002
4003 PARKS
4004 Yeah?
4005
4006 TURNER
4007 I'm being assigned with you,
4008 Detective.
4009
4010It takes Parks a second to process this. Parks turns around
4011in his chair.
4012
4013 PARKS
4014 You're kidding me right? You're
4015 patrol.
4016
4017Turner nods.
4018
4019 TURNER
4020 They made a new task force, and
4021 they wanted us on it as partners.
4022
4023Parks motions for him to continue.
4024
4025 PARKS
4026 Go on.
4027
4028 TURNER
4029 They're going to be meeting in a
4030 few minutes, they told me to come
4031 get you.
4032
4033Parks looks at his notes, then his Google search.
4034
4035 PARKS
4036 Yeah, let's do it.
4037
4038Parks brings his notepad with him.
4039
4040He flips through the pages. He stops on one page.
4041
4042"Who kidnapped Dawn Paulsen?"
4043
4044A set of leads sits in there.
4045
4046-"Matthews"?
4047
4048-"Disgruntled Pharma employee"?
4049
4050 TURNER
4051 What you looking at there?
4052
4053 PARKS
4054 Case on that chick that was in the
4055 back of my cruiser.
4056
4057Turner nods.
4058
4059 TURNER
4060 I think you'll like the task force,
4061 Detective.
4062
4063Parks stops and raises his hand. He looks burnt out.
4064
4065Turner turns around.
4066
4067 PARKS
4068 Just Dave.
4069
4070 TURNER
4071 Huh?
4072
4073 PARKS
4074 It's either Dave, or Parks- Not
4075 Detective.
4076
4077 TURNER
4078 Oh- Okay.
4079
4080The two walk down the hallway to
4081
4082
4083INT. MEETING ROOM - DAY
4084
4085A group stands around a meeting room table.
4086
4087JACQUELINE "Jackie" Jackie, (29) stands there. She's 6"0,
4088average build, and has a decent sized rack.
4089
4090She wears an open brown leather jacket with a blue shirt
4091inside with a pair of jeans. On her left she wears a Hartford
4092Police badge, on her right she wears a Glock 17.
4093
4094She has her notes spread across the meeting table. Behind
4095her, a map of the United States with red pins in it. She
4096reads from a manila file folder.
4097
4098TRAVIS RODGERS, (30) looks at this map. He's 6"1 with medium
4099length hair and brown eyes. He has a beard and wears a
4100beanie. He keeps a P320 on his right hip and an LAPD badge on
4101his left.
4102
4103Parks puts up his hand.
4104
4105 PARKS
4106 Howdy.
4107
4108The two look up.
4109
4110 JACKIE
4111 You must be the Phoenix detective.
4112
4113 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
4114 That he very much is.
4115
4116The door closes behind Parks and Turner.
4117
4118Matthews materializes behind Turner.
4119
4120The door closes behind him.
4121
4122Parks drops his notepad, then turns around.
4123
4124Matthews stands behind him. He wears a Homeland Security
4125badge on a lanyard with a blue shirt, jeans, and a clip on
4126tie. A messenger bag sits next to him,
4127
4128 JACKIE
4129 Looks like he's decently put
4130 together.
4131
4132Parks just looks at Jackie and winces.
4133
4134 MATTHEWS
4135 He is, wouldn't have him here
4136 otherwise.
4137
4138Jackie looks up at Parks.
4139
4140 JACKIE
4141 Been awhile, hasn't it Dave? Last
4142 time we spoke, me and Elena were
4143 sitting at your dinner table and
4144 Donny and I were contemplating the
4145 future.
4146
4147Parks glances behind him at Matthews.
4148
4149 PARKS
4150 And what do you got going on here
4151 Matthews?
4152
4153Matthews shoots him a grin.
4154
4155 MATTHEWS
4156 Inter-agency cooperation. Welcome
4157 to Task Force Liberty, Detective
4158 Parks. You'll be helping the
4159 federal government arrest a
4160 trafficking ring that spans over
4161 two states.
4162
4163Parks nods.
4164
4165 PARKS
4166 Right.
4167
4168He goes to pick his notepad up and watches Matthews.
4169
4170 MATTHEWS
4171 And, guess what?
4172
4173Parks grabs his notepad and looks up at him.
4174
4175 MATTHEWS
4176 You get to ride in the same car as
4177 the wonderful, Miss Miller.
4178
4179He motions to Jackie.
4180
4181 MATTHEWS
4182 Detective Miller, could you clue
4183 the Phoenix Police Department into
4184 the operation we've got running
4185 here?
4186
4187Jackie nods and picks a remote up from the table.
4188
4189She turns on the projector.
4190
4191A map layout sits on screen. Two arrows lead through downtown
4192Phoenix.
4193
4194Arrows block off the surrounding street, as a red arrow goes
4195through a main road.
4196
4197It's a perimeter.
4198
4199 MILLER
4200 We've received a tip from an inside
4201 man, a driver of a truck carrying
4202 over 40 children in it. It comes
4203 through at 1800 hours.
4204
4205Parks opens up a new page in his notepad and sketches the
4206map. He flips to another page and continues to jot down
4207notes.
4208
4209Jackie takes a laser pointer and points at the screen.
4210
4211 MILLER
4212 The truck should be coming through
4213 here.
4214
4215She makes circles the red arrow going up the street.
4216
4217 MILLER
4218 We have two Phoenix Police
4219 Department teams that Agent
4220 Matthews and Detective Rodgers will
4221 be coordinating. Park, you and I
4222 are going to be trailing behind the
4223 truck, we're gonna see if we can
4224 get them to pull over in a marked
4225 SUV. Any questions?
4226
4227Parks raises his hand.
4228
4229 PARKS
4230 You know I just got shot, right?
4231
4232 MILLER
4233 Don't worry about it, it'll be a
4234 quick one. We get the kids, you
4235 become a hero, what's the worst
4236 that could happen?
4237
4238Parks's eyes widen.
4239
4240 PARKS
4241 A lot, actually Detective. I'm sure
4242 you know that in this line of work.
4243
4244 MILLER
4245 We have all our bases covered here,
4246 Parks.
4247
4248 PARKS
4249 Sure we do.
4250
4251Parks stands up.
4252
4253 PARKS
4254 If that's everything, I'm gonna get
4255 ready.
4256
4257
4258EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY
4259
4260Parks steps out. He wears a pair of jeans with black boots, a
4261long sleeved flannel shirt, and a black plate carrier that
4262reads "POLICE" on the front of it.
4263
4264Jackie pulls up in a marked Phoenix Police SUV.
4265
4266Parks walks over to an unmarked cruiser and takes an AR with
4267a red dot out of it.
4268
4269Jackie rolls down the window to the SUV.
4270
4271 MILLER
4272 You're not gonna need that!
4273
4274Parks starts putting magazines in his plate carrier pouches.
4275
4276 PARKS
4277 You ever watch Black Hawk Down?
4278
4279Parks holds his AR in one hand. The same rifle Hawkins held.
4280He holds it tighter and walks to the front of the SUV.
4281
4282
4283EXT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
4284
4285A police SUV sits in a dark alley. The tinted windows darken
4286the inside
4287
4288
4289INT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
4290
4291The rifle sits between his legs. The two are positioned at
4292the end of an alley.
4293
4294Parks takes a deep breath.
4295
4296 PARKS
4297 I feel alright.
4298
4299 JACKIE
4300 If you want to stay at the end of
4301 the street and take the perimeter,
4302 that's fine you know.
4303
4304Parks shakes his head.
4305
4306 PARKS
4307 I got this shit.
4308
4309He takes his rifle then checks his watch.
4310
4311The truck drives by.
4312
4313 TURNER (O.S.)
4314 (radio)
4315 Eyes on the truck. Moving at a
4316 slower rate of speed.
4317
4318Jackie grabs the handset.
4319
4320 JACKIE
4321 (radio)
4322 Copy, keep eyes on him, we're
4323 pulling out of the alley now.
4324
4325Parks keeps his rifle tucked between his legs.
4326
4327The SUV pulls out of the alley.
4328
4329
4330EXT. STREET - NIGHT
4331
4332From up above, the SUV tails the truck.
4333
4334
4335INT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
4336
4337 JACKIE
4338 Light 'em up.
4339
4340Parks hits the sound and light bar.
4341
4342The truck pulls to the side and stops.
4343
4344
4345EXT. STREET - NIGHT
4346
4347Parks gets out of the SUV, rifle pointed at the truck.
4348
4349Jackie gets on the loudspeaker and holds it with her left
4350hand. In her right, she holds a Glock.
4351
4352 JACKIE
4353 Occupants of the big rig truck,
4354 this is the police! Come out of the
4355 truck with your hands u-
4356
4357A gunshot rings out.
4358
4359Turner looks up from the front of his cruiser. He takes a
4360pump action shotgun out of the back of his cruiser.
4361
4362 TURNER
4363 They're in the offices!
4364
4365Parks takes his AR and starts scanning the rooftops. A rifle
4366sticks out of an open window. Parks lines his red dot up with
4367it and pulls the trigger. Muzzle flashes line the rooftops as
4368more rounds land on the cruiser.
4369
4370 PARKS
4371 Get down!
4372
4373The two take cover.
4374
4375Jackie drops the handset. More gun shots ring out.
4376
4377The light to the car goes out as rounds ping off the door,
4378then stop.
4379
4380 JACKIE
4381 Motherfucker, it's an ambush!
4382
4383Parks peaks over as smoke clouds appear in front of him.
4384Rounds begin to bounce off the metal of the cruiser as Parks
4385tries to peek out.
4386
4387The driver's side of the truck opens. Two figures in fatigues
4388disappear through the smoke.
4389
4390 PARKS
4391 What the hell?
4392
4393The rounds pass Parks's head.
4394
4395 JACKIE
4396 Parks, they're moving!
4397
4398 PARKS
4399 I got it!
4400
4401Parks runs forward into the smoke. He fires back at the
4402flashes through the smoke as he does so.
4403
4404 JACKIE
4405 PARKS YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
4406
4407Parks charges through the smoke. His rifle points forward. He
4408turns the light on it and spots two as they run into a
4409building. His light flashes in the darkness.
4410
4411 PARKS
4412 Motherfucker!
4413
4414He continues his charge.
4415
4416Bullets fire past him, then stop.
4417
4418 JACKIE (O.S.)
4419 (earpiece)
4420 Parks, give me your 20!
4421
4422 PARKS
4423 (radio)
4424 Parking garage in pursuit of
4425 suspects!
4426
4427Parks runs inside and follows the two.
4428
4429
4430INT. PARKING GARAGE - NIGHT
4431
4432The garage is almost empty. A few cars line the garage, but
4433other than that there's nothing to note. The two run up the
4434ramp as Parks continues to tail them. A militia soldier lays
4435dead.
4436
4437Parks makes it up the ramp as a white van starts and screams
4438past him. Parks takes cover behind a parking lot pillar.
4439
4440 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
4441 We need the two Army guys dead!
4442
4443Parks watches three of them get out of the van. The van
4444drives away and down the ramp.
4445
4446 PARKS
4447 (radio)
4448 You got a van on its way down
4449 there, stop it! White Ford van!
4450
4451Parks crouches down and peers out with his rifle. He moves to
4452cover while he does so. The militia soldiers wear all black
4453with black pants, balaclavas, and boots.
4454
4455One goes down as Parks takes aim and a round goes through his
4456skull. The other two begin to fire at Parks. One charges at
4457him while the other keeps him pinned behind the car.
4458
4459Parks waits for an opening.
4460
4461He peers out as the guy who was charging him starts to change
4462his magazine. Parks peeks out, fires two into his chest and
4463one in his skull.
4464
4465He falls down, dead.
4466
4467Parks listens for a moment.
4468
4469The sound of boots echoes through the garage. Parks peeks out
4470and watches the man's back turn.
4471
4472He pulls the trigger as blood spatter exits his neck. Parks
4473pushes up and watches his right side. He checks his left and
4474enters
4475
4476Parks goes into the office.
4477
4478INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
4479
4480More gunfire rings out
4481
4482 PARKS
4483 Shit, shit, shit-
4484
4485Parks follows the sound and continues to push.
4486
4487The office is lit. The two in fatigues look around as one
4488tries a door. Parks trains his rifle on the two.
4489
4490 PARKS
4491 POLICE, STOP!
4492
4493The two make a run toward the other end of the office and cut
4494through cubicles in the process.
4495
4496Parks moves towards the other side. He keeps his rifle
4497forward as he does so.
4498
4499More gunshots ring out nearby.
4500
4501The sound of a door opening.
4502
4503A voice lets out a groan of pain.
4504
4505A thud echoes through the office. Parks stops and makes his
4506way over.
4507
4508Parks looks into an open door with a stairwell.
4509
4510NICHOLAS "NICK" FLETCHER, (mid-30s) has someone pinned to the
4511ground.
4512
4513 NICK
4514 Stupid cunt! Imagine the pain she's
4515 going through!
4516
4517One of the other fatigues appears behind him with a fire
4518extinguisher and hits him in the back of with it.
4519
4520 CONRAD
4521 COME ON, LET'S GO DOC!
4522
4523The voice makes Parks's eye widen in disbelief.
4524
4525 PARKS
4526 No fucking way...
4527
4528The two begin to run down the stairs. Parks sees the one
4529knocked out next to him. He gets on his earpiece.
4530
4531 PARKS
4532 Be advised, two suspects wearing
4533 military fatigues running down the
4534 east stairwell of the Lifeline
4535 Insurance Agency.
4536
4537 JACKIE
4538 10-4, on our way.
4539
4540The radio squawks once again.
4541
4542 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
4543 (radio)
4544 Detective Parks and Miller, I will
4545 be taking control of this situation
4546 with Homeland Security, I am
4547 requesting you two follow the
4548 suspects, DHS will intercept.
4549
4550Parks takes the unconscious Nick's hands and cuffs them.
4551
4552Parks continues to drag Nick behind cover.
4553
4554 PARKS
4555 (radio)
4556 NOT NOW, Matthews!
4557
4558Parks reloads his rifle and keeps it trained at the door.
4559
4560More gunshots ring out. Sirens sound in the distance.
4561
4562 TURNER
4563 (radio)
4564 Parks I got eyes on the second
4565 suspect coming down the insurance
4566 staircase, OH SHIT!
4567
4568The radio goes silent as a thud echoes through the stairwell.
4569
4570 PARKS
4571 Oh, fuck.
4572
4573Parks looks at Nick and carries him on his shoulder.
4574
4575 PARKS
4576 Come on, big guy.
4577
4578Parks's rifle is slung in front of him. His handgun raised
4579forward, he makes his way down the staircase and makes his
4580way down.
4581
4582An open window sits at the bottom of the stairwell. Next to
4583it, a lone shotgun with the shells scattered around it.
4584
4585Parks looks out the window and keys his radio.
4586
4587 PARKS
4588 Turner, copy?
4589
4590A groan comes from the other end.
4591
4592 TURNER (O.S.)
4593 (radio)
4594 Bastard shoved me out of a window
4595 and grabbed my gun.
4596
4597 JACKIE (O.S.)
4598 (radio)
4599 Stay there then, we'll come down
4600 and get you.
4601
4602More shots ring out.
4603
4604 JACKIE (O.S.)
4605 (radio)
4606 Backup and SWAT arriving on scene,
4607 watch your fire gentlemen.
4608
4609Parks continues to carry Nick down the staircase as the
4610gunfire continues.
4611
4612
4613INT. RECEPTION ROOM - NIGHT
4614
4615A SWAT team stands and exchanges fire with a building across
4616the street.
4617
4618Their rifles aim toward the second floor of another building.
4619
4620 PARKS
4621 Phoenix PD coming through!
4622
4623Parks comes down the staircase and holsters his handgun. He
4624sets Nick down behind the reception counter. Parks goes over
4625to JAMESON, (mid-30s).
4626
4627Jameson talks into a radio.
4628
4629 JAMESON
4630 Negative, send units behind the
4631 building across from us and have
4632 them go around!
4633
4634He looks over at Parks.
4635
4636 PARKS
4637 You see a guy in camo running away?
4638 !
4639
4640He nods.
4641
4642 JAMESON
4643 Yeah, went down the alleyway!
4644
4645Parks peeks his head out for a moment, only to have rounds
4646nearly strike him in the face.
4647
4648He goes back to Jameson.
4649
4650 PARKS
4651 Christ. I think I'm gonna try and
4652 head him off.
4653
4654 JAMESON
4655 You going to be good?
4656
4657Parks nods.
4658
4659 PARKS
4660 I can take care of myself.
4661
4662Parks makes a run toward the back of the reception office,
4663the sound of gunfire goes off behind him.
4664
4665He goes to
4666
4667
4668EXT. ALLEYWAY - DAY
4669
4670One of the guys in fatigues peeks inside the dumpster.
4671
4672 PARKS
4673 STOP, POLICE!
4674
4675The man in fatigues gets spooked and breaks out into a
4676sprint.
4677
4678 PARKS
4679 STOP!
4680
4681Parks chases after him and looks up at the window along the
4682way.
4683
4684It's open.
4685
4686He looks back at the dumpster.
4687
4688 PARKS
4689 Turner-
4690
4691Parks looks back at the man at the end of the alley. A car
4692pulls up. The man in fatigues gets in it.
4693
4694The driver looks over. Parks raises his sidearm-
4695
4696-Then lowers it.
4697
4698The gunfire behind him stops.
4699
4700 PARKS
4701 James?
4702
4703James looks over as the other man gets in and floors it.
4704
4705 JACKIE (O.S.)
4706 (radio)
4707 We're code four here. Switch to
4708 dispatch frequency.
4709
4710Behind him, Turner jumps out of the dumpster.
4711
4712 TURNER
4713 Owww... Fuck.
4714
4715Parks makes his way over to him.
4716
4717 PARKS
4718 You okay bud, what happened?
4719
4720 TURNER
4721 Guy spooked me, tried to grab my
4722 shotgun, and then pushed me out the
4723 window.
4724
4725Parks nods.
4726
4727 PARKS
4728 Alright- Alright, you see him?
4729
4730Turner shakes his head.
4731
4732 TURNER
4733 Yeah, he was wearing a green mask-
4734 Had brown eyes, black hair,
4735 Caucasian.
4736
4737Parks nods.
4738
4739 PARKS
4740 Bodycam rolling?
4741
4742Turner nods.
4743
4744 PARKS
4745 Come on then, let's go get that
4746 truck open. See if the tip was
4747 legit.
4748
4749The two walk to
4750
4751
4752EXT. STREET - NIGHT
4753
4754The two step out of the alley. A prisoner transport sits
4755there as multiple ambulances take wounded away. The street is
4756blocked off as Homeland Security agents and uniformed Phoenix
4757officers take photos of the crime scene.
4758
4759Uniformed police officers herd
4760
4761Down the street, cameras flash as officers keep the media at
4762a distance.
4763
4764Two agents in suits, a man and a woman stand there and guard
4765the cargo of the truck.
4766
4767Parks looks over at Turner.
4768
4769 PARKS
4770 Feeling okay?
4771
4772 TURNER
4773 Yeah, I'm good man.
4774
4775The Phoenix SWAT team stands there
4776
4777 PARKS
4778 You keep a set of bolt cutters in
4779 the back of your cruiser?
4780
4781Turner nods.
4782
4783 PARKS
4784 Get 'em for me.
4785
4786 TURNER
4787 You got it, detective.
4788
4789Turner runs back to his cruiser.
4790
4791Jackie walks over.
4792
4793 JACKIE
4794 Feds are taking over Parks, we've
4795 done our job.
4796
4797Turner takes the bolt cutters out of his car. He makes his
4798way back.
4799
4800 PARKS
4801 That's bullshit and we both know
4802 it, Detective Miller. The feds from
4803 what I've been fucking seeing
4804 always fucking take over. Our
4805 fucking turn.
4806
4807Turner comes back with the bolt cutters. Parks takes the bolt
4808cutters from him. The two agents continue to guard the
4809truck's cargo hold and watch Parks.
4810
4811Parks watches them.
4812
4813 JACKIE
4814 We're here to do a job-
4815
4816 PARKS
4817 AND THAT'S TO SEE IF THIS TIP WAS
4818 BULLSHIT, IS IT FUCKING NOT?! Isn't
4819 it our job to have some level of
4820 accountability with these-
4821
4822Parks points to the two agents that guard the truck.
4823
4824 PARKS
4825 ...Pretentious...
4826
4827Parks walks forward and readies the bolt cutters.
4828
4829 PARKS
4830 ...Lying....
4831
4832He walks closer to the truck.
4833
4834 PARKS
4835 ...Shrewd...
4836
4837The two agents protect the back of the truck and stand backed
4838up against it.
4839
4840 PARKS
4841 FUCKS!
4842
4843Parks reaches between the two agents with the bolt cutters
4844and cut the lock off.
4845
4846The female punches him in the face and causes him to stagger
4847back. The male agent tackles him to the ground.
4848
4849 PARKS
4850 OPEN THE TRUCK, OPEN THE FUCKING
4851 TRUCK GOD DAMN IT!
4852
4853Jameson looks over at Parks on the ground.
4854
4855 JAMESON
4856 Get your fucking hands off him!
4857
4858Turner pulls the female back, only to take an elbow to the
4859shoulder. The woman breaks free, only for Turner to tackle
4860her down.
4861
4862Jackie pulls the male agent off of Parks, knocking him off
4863balance. She locks his arms in a hold and throws him to the
4864ground.
4865
4866Parks gets back on his feet, takes out his sidearm, then
4867takes the lock off with his free hand.
4868
4869He gets the container open.
4870
4871Darkness.
4872
4873Parks takes a light out from his pocket and turns it on.
4874
4875His jaw drops.
4876
4877Kids line the shipping container. Parks takes his light and
4878shines it up and down the crate.
4879
4880The children all carry terrified faces.
4881
4882Parks climbs up the crate and stands up.
4883
4884
4885INT. SHIPPING CONTAINER - NIGHT
4886
4887 PARKS
4888 You guys okay?
4889
4890Parks keeps the light on.
4891
4892 PARKS
4893 I'm a police officer.
4894
4895A small group has formed behind him. SWAT officers crowd
4896around, some shine lights inside the container.
4897
4898A few give terrified looks from where they are.
4899
4900 IND CHILD 1
4901 Police... Officer...?
4902
4903Parks reaches into his pocket for a wallet.
4904
4905He pulls out his badge and points to it.
4906
4907The kids recoil back in fear.
4908
4909Parks backs away and makes his way down. He looks over at
4910Jameson.
4911
4912
4913EXT. STREET - NIGHT
4914
4915 PARKS
4916 Get the fucking Red Cross out here.
4917
4918The two agents that attacked Parks are pinned to the ground.
4919
4920Matthews walks over.
4921
4922 MATTHEWS
4923 Officers, release my men.
4924
4925 TURNER
4926 Screw you, they attacked one of
4927 ours, I got it on video!
4928
4929 MATTHEWS
4930 You're right. You know what else is
4931 on video? Losing your firearm to a
4932 dangerous suspect, that's worthy of
4933 you losing your badge Officer
4934 Turner.
4935
4936 TURNER
4937 Yeah, and you're a fed the hell you
4938 gotta do with that?
4939
4940 MATTHEWS
4941 Consider yourself fired then,
4942 Officer Turner.
4943
4944Matthews turns over to Parks.
4945
4946 MATTHEWS
4947 As for you, Detective Parks.
4948
4949Matthews looks at him.
4950
4951 MATTHEWS
4952 Expect a suspension for striking
4953 one of my agents.
4954
4955 PARKS
4956 Fuck you, Matthews. Anytime I find
4957 something, Homeland always seems to
4958 suddenly be interested in it.
4959 What's so interesting about these
4960 kids?
4961
4962 MATTHEWS
4963 That's a bit above your paygrade,
4964 detective.
4965
4966 PARKS
4967 Always fucking is.
4968
4969Parks walks off in anger but stops as he watches two Homeland
4970security agents load Nick into a van.
4971
4972 PARKS
4973 Homeland...
4974
4975 FLASHBACK
4976
4977
4978EXT. STREET - NIGHT
4979
4980The black suburbans.
4981
4982"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY" jackets flash through
4983Parks's mind.
4984
4985
4986
4987 MARK (O.S.)
4988 Well Torres is dead. Someone did
4989 you a favor, my man. Seems like the
4990 responding officers can't seem to
4991 get their radios working, so they
4992 had to use their personal phones to
4993 call up the coroner. Better meet
4994 'em there.
4995
4996 END FLASHBACK.
4997
4998 PARKS
4999 Oh, no, no, no, no...
5000
5001He runs back into
5002
5003
5004INT. RECEPTION ROOM - NIGHT
5005
5006He checks behind the reception desk.
5007
5008Nick isn't there.
5009
5010 PARKS
5011 Oh, fuck.
5012
5013Parks runs out to
5014
5015
5016EXT. STREET - NIGHT
5017
5018Jackie loads Conrad into the back of the police SUV.
5019
5020 JACKIE
5021 Got anything else to say?
5022
5023 CONRAD
5024 Lawyer.
5025
5026Parks's eyes widen.
5027
5028Nick gets loaded into the back of a black van.
5029
5030 PARKS
5031 Oh, christ.
5032
5033Parks runs over to Jackie.
5034
5035 PARKS
5036 I need to talk to your suspect.
5037
5038Conrad's eyes widen in shock.
5039
5040 JACKIE
5041 Sure, but-
5042
5043 PARKS
5044 Fucking, nothing!
5045
5046Parks pushes her out of the way and looks at the black van
5047with government plates. He closes the door
5048
5049 JACKIE
5050 Hey, what the fuck Parks?
5051
5052Parks goes into
5053
5054
5055INT. POLICE SUV - NIGHT
5056
5057Parks buckles Conrad's seatbelt. He throws his rifle into the
5058seat next to him.
5059
5060Parks starts the SUV and drives forward.
5061
5062He watches the black van drive off and follows behind it.
5063
5064 CONRAD
5065 The fucking Chink, bailing my ass
5066 out. What did I do to deserve this?
5067
5068 PARKS
5069 I'm keeping you from getting your
5070 brains blown out. You still float
5071 with that reporter?
5072
5073Parks reaches over and takes the dashcam off the mount.
5074
5075 PARKS
5076 Hold that. Burn it when you get the
5077 chance.
5078
5079He continues to trail the black van.
5080
5081Parks passes the handcuff keys to Conrad.
5082
5083 PARKS
5084 There's a guy in that black van.
5085 Can you get him out?
5086
5087 CONRAD
5088 That fucking limey?
5089
5090Parks moves the rear passenger's side mirror.
5091
5092 PARKS
5093 Yes, that fucking limey.
5094
5095 CONRAD
5096 I don't fucking know him.
5097
5098 PARKS
5099 Can you cut the bullshit for once?
5100 It doesn't take a genius to figure
5101 out if you and him are there, that
5102 someone who got all of us out of
5103 hell got themselves into more
5104 trouble. As to be expected.
5105
5106Conrad looks down and sighs.
5107
5108 CONRAD
5109 Fuck, fine.
5110
5111 PARKS
5112 One more thing.
5113
5114 CONRAD
5115 Yeah?
5116
5117 PARKS
5118 The female Paulsen.
5119
5120Conrad shakes his head.
5121
5122 CONRAD
5123 Fuck if I know.
5124
5125 PARKS
5126 Damn it.
5127
5128Parks continues to follow the van.
5129
5130 PARKS
5131 Act handcuffed for a sec.
5132
5133He turns on the lights and sirens.
5134
5135The van makes a turn, then stops.
5136
5137 PARKS
5138 Act like you're handcuffed. Once I
5139 get them out of their car, grab
5140 him, grab the cruiser and go.
5141
5142 CONRAD
5143 10-4, copper.
5144
5145Parks unlocks the car doors.
5146
5147
5148EXT. STREET - NIGHT
5149
5150Parks steps out of his cruiser. He makes his way over, his
5151hand on his gun.
5152
5153He puts his fingers on the back of the tail light.
5154
5155The window to the van rolls down.
5156
5157 PARKS
5158 Howdy there sir, how you doing
5159 tonight?
5160
5161The driver flashes his Homeland Security badge.
5162
5163 IND AGENT 1
5164 Not too good now that you've pulled
5165 us over.
5166
5167Parks clicks his tongue.
5168
5169 PARKS
5170 Well damn, sorry to hear that. I'm
5171 gonna need you two to step out of
5172 the vehicle in either case. Your
5173 plates match the vehicle of a
5174 murder suspect my division's been
5175 tracking.
5176
5177 IND AGENT 1
5178 Excuse me?
5179
5180Parks sighs and gives a tired chuckle.
5181
5182 PARKS
5183 Yeah, it's been a long night for me
5184 too man.
5185
5186The agent in the passenger's seat gives a look of confusion.
5187
5188 PARKS
5189 Please exit the vehicle.
5190
5191 IND AGENT 1
5192 What the hell are you talking about
5193 I just-
5194
5195Parks's expression changes to that of sheer annoyance.
5196
5197 PARKS
5198 GET OUT OR I DRAG YOU OUT.
5199
5200The door next to him opens as the agent steps out of the van.
5201
5202 IND AGENT 1
5203 What's your name, detective? You've
5204 got no acceptable basis for this
5205 stop and we both know it! Now give
5206 me your badge number!
5207
5208 PARKS
5209 Detective Parks, Human Trafficking
5210 Division, badge 91859, 24th Street
5211 Precinct.
5212
5213 IND AGENT 1
5214 You lousy brat-
5215
5216 PARKS
5217 I'm just doing what I'm told sir.
5218
5219 IND AGENT 1
5220 What? You know what I can do to
5221 you- To your career son?
5222
5223The group are positioned in front of the van.
5224
5225Parks moves so they face away from it.
5226
5227The two begin to stand above Parks.
5228
5229Parks watches the back of the van open up as Conrad carries
5230Nick outside the van.
5231
5232Conrad picks him up and carries him to the cruiser.
5233
5234 PARKS
5235 Fucking take your best shot, bitch.
5236
5237The agent gets ready to swing-
5238
5239Only for the tires to the cruiser to screech as the SUV
5240screams past the three.
5241
5242 PARKS
5243 Oh, fuck!
5244
5245He watches the SUV drive off.
5246
5247 PARKS
5248 Well-
5249
5250The two agents give him opposing glares.
5251
5252
5253INT. OFFICE - DAY
5254
5255 PARKS
5256 That was that.
5257
5258Stanton looks at Parks, jaw dropped.
5259
5260 STANTON
5261 Did you eat paint as a child Parks?
5262 He put a gun to your head so
5263 instead of crashing the car you did
5264 what he said?
5265
5266 PARKS
5267 I was scared, sir.
5268
5269 STANTON
5270 Your badge and gun, Parks.
5271
5272Parks takes them out and passes them to him.
5273
5274 STANTON
5275 A month's suspension, you're lucky
5276 to still be getting paid while we
5277 investigate this. Starting a fight
5278 with two federal agents, leaving a
5279 scene before investigators can
5280 arrive, and then proceeding to pick
5281 another fight with Homeland?
5282
5283Stanton shakes his head.
5284
5285 STANTON
5286 You are a lucky man to still be
5287 allowed to have a job here.
5288
5289Parks nods.
5290
5291 PARKS
5292 I'm sorry sir. Thank you, sir.
5293
5294 STANTON
5295 Get the hell outta my office.
5296
5297Parks nods as he walks out to
5298
5299
5300INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
5301
5302Jackie stands there and waits.
5303
5304Parks closes the door behind him.
5305
5306 PARKS
5307 The hell do you want?
5308
5309 JACKIE
5310 Interesting how two unknown
5311 suspects disappear on your watch.
5312 Nick Fletcher and Conrad Miller?
5313
5314Parks just shrugs.
5315
5316 PARKS
5317 Never actually caught their names,
5318 actually.
5319
5320Jackie scratches her chin.
5321
5322 JACKIE
5323 Mmhmm. Interesting. Strange how
5324 those names have come up after all
5325 these years, isn't it? It's like we
5326 were just having dinner as couples
5327 again.
5328
5329Parks walks over to his desk. He takes some of his notes with
5330him.
5331
5332 PARKS
5333 Turner gone?
5334
5335Jackie nods.
5336
5337 JACKIE
5338 Poor guy.
5339
5340 PARKS
5341 Real fuckin' shame.
5342
5343Parks starts to take notes out of his desk. He walks by
5344Turner's desk.
5345
5346It sits empty.
5347
5348Parks takes a moment to look at it, the notes in his hand.
5349
5350He walks over to the exit.
5351
5352 CUT TO:
5353
5354
5355INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
5356
5357Elena sleeps on the couch as Parks comes in.
5358
5359 PARKS
5360 Hi, Elena.
5361
5362Parks drops to the floor, passes out, and falls asleep.
5363
5364He wakes up at
5365
5366
5367PARKS'S BEDROOM
5368
5369Elena holds him tight.
5370
5371Parks blinks and wakes up, Elena next to him.
5372
5373 PARKS
5374 Hey, baby.
5375
5376 ELENA
5377 Why didn't you tell me Dave? And
5378 what the hell is gash on your face?
5379
5380 PARKS
5381 It's part of the job and I didn't
5382 want you to worry about me. Got
5383 into another fight while working,
5384 they got me suspended for the next
5385 month.
5386
5387 ELENA
5388 Worry? Worry is all I've been doing
5389 since Lance died! Is part of the
5390 job also being a lone wolf thinking
5391 that no one has your back?
5392
5393 PARKS
5394 How was I supposed to know that
5395 Doc's sister had people after her?
5396 Besides, PD got into a little fight
5397 with the feds after what I found.
5398
5399Parks gets up and massages his face.
5400
5401 ELENA
5402 And what would that have been?
5403
5404 PARKS
5405 Truck full of kids being shipped to
5406 god knows where.
5407
5408Parks yawns.
5409
5410 PARKS
5411 Been fuckin' awake for four days.
5412 Jesus.
5413
5414 ELENA
5415 Yeah, I can tell. When was the last
5416 time you showered?
5417
5418Parks just shakes his head.
5419
5420 PARKS
5421 Four days ago.
5422
5423She points to the shower.
5424
5425 ELENA
5426 Go.
5427
5428Parks gets up and goes into the bathroom.
5429
5430He closes the door behind him, only for Elena to follow
5431behind.
5432
5433 CUT TO:
5434
5435
5436PARKS'S KITCHEN
5437
5438Parks brews himself a cup of coffee.
5439
5440He wears a pair of shorts and a "101st Airborne" T-shirt.
5441
5442Elena wears a bathrobe and kisses him on the cheek.
5443
5444She wraps her arms around his stomach.
5445
5446 ELENA
5447 Dave?
5448
5449Parks looks at her.
5450
5451 PARKS
5452 Yeah?
5453
5454 ELENA
5455 It feels like...
5456
5457She looks down.
5458
5459 ELENA
5460 ...Feels like you're going back
5461 overseas again.
5462
5463Parks sighs.
5464
5465 PARKS
5466 I gotta do this. Elena I haven't
5467 been completely upfront with you.
5468
5469Parks turns around.
5470
5471 PARKS
5472 I'm working a case and it's Don.
5473
5474Elena looks into Parks's eyes.
5475
5476 ELENA
5477 Sweetheart, what did he do this
5478 time?
5479
5480Parks shakes his head.
5481
5482 PARKS
5483 That's the problem, I don't think
5484 he did anything. That's what
5485 worries me. Whoever-
5486
5487Parks shakes his head again.
5488
5489 PARKS
5490 Someone's fixing to bury him and
5491 they were gonna kill two of Don's
5492 friends for it to happen. I don't
5493 even know the why of it all,
5494 normally Don pisses someone off or
5495 he...
5496
5497Parks looks up.
5498
5499 PARKS
5500 ...comes across something he
5501 shouldn't have...
5502
5503Parks's eyes widen.
5504
5505 PARKS
5506 Oh my god.
5507
5508 ELENA
5509 Dave?
5510
5511 PARKS
5512 I've seen Matthews before. I've
5513 seen that rat bastard before!
5514
5515 ELENA
5516 Matthews?
5517
5518Parks lets off a nervous chuckle.
5519
5520 PARKS
5521 I've seen that fucking face before.
5522 He's not a Homeland...
5523
5524Parks goes into his bedroom.
5525
5526A file cabinet sits next to his computer.
5527
5528Right next to it, a brown office box labelled "Army".
5529
5530Parks begins to dig through it. He looks through old Army
5531photos.
5532
5533He stops on one.
5534
5535Parks gets pinned a "Staff Sergeant" rank pinned to his
5536uniform.
5537
5538Matthews stands next to him and wears a blue polo T-shirt, a
5539pair of tan cargo pants, and a pair of tan boots with a Rolex
5540watch.
5541
5542COLONEL MICHAEL WALLACE, (mid-50s) pins the rank on Parks.
5543
5544Parks takes out his notepad.
5545
5546"Colonel Wallace" and "Marcus Matthews".
5547
5548He jots one more note into it.
5549
5550"Who is Marcus Matthews?"
5551
5552 ELENA
5553 Back to work, are we?
5554
5555Parks nods.
5556
5557 PARKS
5558 Fuck yeah, we are.
5559
5560 ELENA
5561 Don't you have anyone you can call,
5562 Dave? People care about you, yet
5563 you insist on constantly trying to
5564 do things alone and your way! What
5565 if you're wrong?
5566
5567Parks cocks an eyebrow.
5568
5569 PARKS
5570 Since when have I been wrong?
5571
5572 ELENA
5573 Transporting Don's sister would be
5574 a good start.
5575
5576 PARKS
5577 That was... Yeah, that was a bad
5578 idea. How was I supposed to know
5579 that people were after her?
5580
5581Elena just shrugs.
5582
5583 ELENA
5584 Didn't they tell you to call for
5585 backup before you did stupid shit
5586 like that?
5587
5588 PARKS
5589 It's different, Elena.
5590
5591 ELENA
5592 What's different, Dave?!
5593
5594Parks looks away, then back at her.
5595
5596 PARKS
5597 I don't want the same shit that
5598 happened to Hawkins, to happen to
5599 someone else!
5600
5601 ELENA
5602 I fucking knew it!
5603
5604 PARKS
5605 Elena-
5606
5607 ELENA
5608 This is what's wrong, Dave!
5609
5610Parks stands up.
5611
5612 PARKS
5613 What's wrong, Elena? The fact I'd
5614 rather be dead rather than some
5615 poor guy with a family?!
5616
5617 ELENA
5618 Those guys signed up for a job, and
5619 they know the risks! This hero
5620 bullshit that you think is out to
5621 help those closest to you only
5622 serves to fuck you in the end! What
5623 if one day someone shoots you and
5624 leaves you out in the desert?! What
5625 then Dave?! End up like Hank from
5626 Breaking Bad, and maybe I get that
5627 phone call that no one knows where
5628 you are. You're missing while your
5629 buddy buries you under 20 feet of
5630 sand! Tell me what I'm supposed to
5631 do then!
5632
5633Parks goes quiet.
5634
5635 PARKS
5636 Elena, who am I supposed to call?
5637
5638 ELENA
5639 Baby, you know more than I do that
5640 those guys would do anything for
5641 you and that you'd do anything for
5642 them.
5643
5644 PARKS
5645 They're the reason I'm suspended,
5646 Elena.
5647
5648 ELENA
5649 Then even more reason for you to
5650 find them. Dave, I love you so god
5651 damn much but there's a point in
5652 time where it's okay to ask for
5653 help. People care about you, Dave.
5654
5655Parks nods at this.
5656
5657 PARKS
5658 Get me my shotgun.
5659
5660 ELENA
5661 What?
5662
5663 PARKS
5664 Fine, we'll do it your way, Elena.
5665
5666Elena goes into the walk in closet and comes out with a 12
5667gauge in her hand.
5668
5669 ELENA
5670 What are you doing?
5671
5672 PARKS
5673 Calling some friends.
5674
5675Parks stands up and walks over to his phone. Parks picks it
5676up and scrolls through his contacts, then scrolls past
5677"Conrad" and stops on "Don".
5678
5679 PARKS
5680 Sweetheart, are you sure this is a
5681 good idea?
5682
5683Elena nods at him.
5684
5685 ELENA
5686 Only one way to know for sure,
5687 right?
5688
5689Parks stops on Don's contact name.
5690
5691He takes a deep breath and dials the number.
5692
5693The line rings for a moment as he steps out into the living
5694room.
5695
5696Elena turns on the TV.
5697
5698
5699TV POV
5700
5701 IND REPORTER 1
5702 Police are looking for what they
5703 are dubbing "The Gentleman Car
5704 thief", the victim, 43-year old
5705 Brenda Johnson describes what she
5706 saw.
5707
5708 BRENDA
5709 He came up and pointed the gun at
5710 me and asked, "Ma'am may I take
5711 your car?" so I said to him, "Boy,
5712 you got a gun in my face, am I
5713 supposed to say no?"
5714
5715The camera cuts back to the reporter on TV.
5716
5717 IND REPORTER 1
5718 Police are looking for a white male
5719 with brown eyes wearing military
5720 camo. Police say he's related to
5721 the ambush earlier tonight and
5722 remind the public that if they see
5723 him to call police immediately.
5724
5725 BACK TO:
5726
5727 PARKS
5728 Mother of fuck.
5729
5730Parks scrolls through his phone contacts and stops on Don.
5731
5732He takes a deep breath and dials the number.
5733
5734Parks waits for a moment.
5735
5736The line connects. DON, (30) picks up the phone.
5737
5738 DON (O.S.)
5739 Dave?
5740
5741 PARKS
5742 If that was you running away from
5743 me, why'd you need to steal a car?
5744
5745 DON
5746 Checkpoint got in the way.
5747
5748 PARKS
5749 They wouldn't have gotten you.
5750
5751 DON
5752 Didn't want James going to jail.
5753
5754 PARKS
5755 Not his first time in though, is
5756 it?
5757
5758Don chuckles over the mic.
5759
5760 DON (O.S.)
5761 This your way of coaxing me to come
5762 back and turn myself in?
5763
5764 PARKS
5765 If that was the case, how'd Nick
5766 and Conrad go free?
5767
5768 DON (O.S.)
5769 (mockingly)
5770 I'm gettin' too old for this shit.
5771 That fucker still hasn't changed.
5772
5773 CONRAD (O.S.)
5774 (distant)
5775 Hey, fuck you arthritis is a
5776 serious thing!
5777
5778The three chuckle at that.
5779
5780Parks grins and sits against his couch. A sigh comes from the
5781other end of the phone.
5782
5783 DON (O.S.)
5784 How've you been man? Sorry about
5785 never having kept up with shit.
5786
5787 PARKS (O.S.)
5788 (into phone)
5789 Shit's going. Only, it's been
5790 crazy.
5791
5792 DON (O.S.)
5793 (into phone)
5794 Yeah, heard about your partner.
5795 Sorry man.
5796
5797Parks sighs and massages his head.
5798
5799 PARKS
5800 (into phone)
5801 Part of the job, man. There was a
5802 lot more to his case than I thought
5803 there was.
5804
5805Don chuckles at that.
5806
5807 DON
5808 There was a lot more to this job
5809 than I thought there was. Jackie
5810 and I ain't together.
5811
5812 PARKS (O.S.)
5813 (into phone)
5814 I could tell, she wasn't wearing
5815 her ring.
5816
5817 DON
5818 Bitch got me, that's why.
5819
5820Parks stands up and looks out his window.
5821
5822Parks gives a smile. Two men sit across the street from his
5823house in an unmarked Dodge Charger.
5824
5825One snaps a picture on his phone.
5826
5827 PARKS
5828 Hey Doc.
5829
5830 DON
5831 Yeah Dave?
5832
5833He watches two agents snap photos of his house.
5834
5835 PARKS
5836 James there?
5837
5838 DON
5839 They watching your place now?
5840
5841 PARKS
5842 Took the words outta my mouth.
5843
5844 DON
5845 He's a little busy right now. Can
5846 it wait?
5847
5848 PARKS
5849 I can take care of it.
5850
5851 DON
5852 You sure buddy?
5853
5854Parks takes a second and looks at the two.
5855
5856 PARKS
5857 You know, on second thought- You
5858 able to come by?
5859
5860 DON
5861 Yeah, I can do that. Give me an
5862 hour. James should be done too.
5863
5864A metallic thud comes from the other end of the mic.
5865
5866 PARKS
5867 The hell was that?
5868
5869 DON (O.S.)
5870 (into phone)
5871 Don't worry about it.
5872
5873 PARKS
5874 Sure, man.
5875
5876 DON (O.S.)
5877 (phone)
5878 See you on the flip side,
5879 Specialist Parks.
5880
5881 PARKS
5882 You too, Don.
5883
5884The line goes out.
5885
5886Parks sighs and massages his eyes, then buries his head in
5887his hands.
5888
5889He looks back out at the car parked near his house.
5890
5891Parks grabs his phone again. He looks outside once more.
5892
5893He scrolls over a contact that reads, "IA".
5894
5895 PARKS
5896 Fuck, here we go.
5897
5898He opens up the contact, his finger hovers over the call
5899button.
5900
5901He presses it, then puts the phone up to his ear.
5902
5903 STEELE (O.S.)
5904 Sergeant Steele, Internal Affairs.
5905
5906 PARKS
5907 This is Detective Parks.
5908
5909 STEELE (O.S.)
5910 You got a lot of nerve calling this
5911 number, Detective. Aren't you on
5912 suspension?
5913
5914Parks takes a deep breath.
5915
5916 PARKS
5917 I-I am. But I need your help.
5918
5919 STEELE
5920 What could I possibly do for you
5921 detective?
5922
5923 PARKS
5924 I have a two man team posted
5925 outside my house and I'm trying to
5926 figure out whether it's one of
5927 ours.
5928
5929 STEELE
5930 Why would there be a...
5931
5932Papers shuffle around a desk. Some typing from a keyboard can
5933be heard.
5934
5935 STEELE
5936 I'm gonna send a unit to check it
5937 out. You stay there, Parks.
5938
5939 PARKS
5940 Yes, sergeant.
5941
5942Parks sighs and looks down.
5943
5944Parks reaches into his pocket and takes a couple pain
5945killers.
5946
5947His phone vibrates.
5948
5949The contact reads, "Reporter".
5950
5951He takes a deep breath and winces.
5952
5953 REPORTER (TEXT)
5954 I got a new lead for you, come by
5955 my place and take a look.
5956
5957An address sits attached to the e-mail:
5958
5959
5960"4645 Cactus Way
5961Glendale, AZ 85306"
5962
5963Parks stands up and takes a breath.
5964
5965 PARKS (TEXT)
5966 Omw.
5967
5968Parks gets up and glances out the window. A cruiser pulls up
5969behind the Charger.
5970
5971The cruiser's lights come on as he goes into
5972
5973
5974PARKS'S BEDROOM
5975
5976Elena does her hair.
5977
5978 PARKS
5979 Elena, sweetheart, hey-
5980
5981She turns around.
5982
5983 PARKS
5984 Don and a few others are gonna be
5985 here soon, let 'em in when they
5986 come by. I gotta go meet up with a
5987 friend to see what's going on.
5988
5989She nods at him. Parks gives her a kiss on the cheek.
5990
5991 PARKS
5992 I'm doing it your way now, baby.
5993
5994Elena smiles at this and kisses him on the lips back.
5995
5996 ELENA
5997 Go get 'em, Dave.
5998
5999Parks nods and opens the safe to his Glock 17. He reaches for
6000his shotgun, checks it, then loads it.
6001
6002Parks steps away.
6003
6004 ELENA
6005 Don't forget this!
6006
6007She passes him his glass breaker knife.
6008
6009 PARKS
6010 Thanks sweetheart.
6011
6012He takes it and steps out.
6013
6014
6015EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - DAY
6016
6017A car pulls out of the garage.
6018
6019
6020INT. PARKS'S CAR - DAY
6021
6022Parks pulls out of the drive and watches two guys in khaki
6023long slacks and polo shirts argue with a patrol officer. They
6024glance over at Parks's car and give a concerned glance.
6025
6026Parks shoots a grin and drives over to
6027
6028
6029EXT. DIAZ'S HOUSE - DAY
6030
6031Parks pulls outside a one story home. The door is ajar.
6032
6033 PARKS
6034 Oh, christ.
6035
6036Parks takes his gun out and then his phone. He calls 911.
6037
6038 DISPATCHER (O.S.)
6039 (phone)
6040 911, what is your emergency?
6041
6042 PARKS
6043 (phone)
6044 My name is Detective David Parks,
6045 I've been suspended recently- I got
6046 a gun on me and I think my friend's
6047 in danger at 4645 Cactus Way in
6048 Glendale. Please send help. I'm
6049 going inside, I got a gun on me.
6050
6051 DISPATCHER (O.S.)
6052 (phone)
6053 Alright Detective, we got units on
6054 the way.
6055
6056Parks trains his weapon forward and heads inside, gun out.
6057
6058 DIAZ (O.S.)
6059 Fuck, I'm going to fuck your
6060 fucking ass Davey boy!
6061
6062Parks's eyes widen.
6063
6064 PARKS
6065 Dave, it's me!
6066
6067 DIAZ
6068 ...Fuck your faggot ass... GONNA
6069 STICK IT IN!
6070
6071Parks raises his handgun.
6072
6073 PARKS
6074 Mark, it's me!
6075
6076Parks opens the door and gets tackled by Diaz. His gun gets
6077knocked away.
6078
6079Diaz holds a knife in his hand.
6080
6081 DIAZ
6082 PIECE OF SHIT!
6083
6084Diaz tackles Parks down and knocks his handgun away. Diaz
6085stays on top of him and tries to plunge the knife into his
6086chest.
6087
6088Parks pushes the knife up and away from him. He angles the
6089knife to the side, then rolls over.
6090
6091 DIAZ
6092 (whispering)
6093 Gonna slice your fucking throat,
6094 chink...
6095
6096Parks rides his knee into Diaz's groin. Diaz rolls over in
6097pain as Parks gets back on his feet and grabs his gun.
6098
6099Diaz reaches for his kitchen knife again.
6100
6101A police cruiser rolls up behind Parks.
6102
6103Turner steps out, shotgun in hand. Jackie is in the car next
6104to him.
6105
6106The two step out, guns drawn.
6107
6108Parks runs behind the cruiser.
6109
6110 DIAZ
6111 GOING TO FUCK YOU HARD JACKIE! YOU
6112 AND HIM BOTH!
6113
6114Jackie trains her gun on Diaz.
6115
6116 JACKIE
6117 Mark, don't do this!
6118
6119Turner fires his shotgun into Diaz's chest.
6120
6121Diaz falls down.
6122
6123 TURNER
6124 You okay, Parks?!
6125
6126Parks nods at this as he stays behind the cruiser.
6127
6128The two train their guns on the body.
6129
6130Parks stands back up.
6131
6132Parks gets his gun out again.
6133
6134 JACKIE
6135 Parks, what are you doing?
6136
6137 PARKS
6138 There was something wrong with his
6139 wrists.
6140
6141Parks walks forward, his gun stays on the body.
6142
6143Parks looks at Diaz's wrists, then feels them.
6144
6145 JACKIE
6146 What the hell are you doing, Parks?
6147 !
6148
6149 PARKS
6150 Rope burn. He was tied up.
6151
6152Parks keeps his weapon up.
6153
6154 PARKS
6155 Help me clear the house!
6156
6157The three move in on the house.
6158
6159
6160INT. DIAZ'S HOUSE - DAY
6161
6162The three move in and search the house.
6163
6164Parks checks the kitchen and living room.
6165
6166 PARKS
6167 Clear!
6168
6169Turner and Jackie check the inside of the house as well.
6170
6171 TURNER
6172 Rooms are clear!
6173
6174 JACKIE
6175 Clear here!
6176
6177Parks turns on the light in the kitchen.
6178
6179Some cut rope sits on the floor in front of Parks.
6180
6181Parks takes a knee and looks at the pieces of rope. A wooden
6182chair is in the middle of the room.
6183
6184 PARKS
6185 Someone tied him down.
6186
6187Parks looks around.
6188
6189 PARKS
6190 Where's his phone?
6191
6192Parks looks at the counter. It sits on the kitchen table.
6193
6194Parks checks the kitchen.
6195
6196Jackie comes back.
6197
6198 JACKIE
6199 What have you got?
6200
6201Parks points to the door.
6202
6203 PARKS
6204 Door was ajar when I got here.
6205 Either guy was in a hurry or...
6206
6207He makes his way over to the door. A blood stain sits on the
6208front of it.
6209
6210Parks looks down at the glasses on floor, then at the blood
6211stained dent on the door.
6212
6213 PARKS
6214 He forced his way in. Bashed the
6215 guy's face with the door, then-
6216
6217He goes back to the front of the house.
6218
6219 PARKS
6220 Tied him to the chair.
6221
6222 JACKIE
6223 Doesn't explain why he attacked us.
6224
6225Parks shakes his head and looks around the house.
6226
6227 PARKS
6228 I don't know either. Check the
6229 house.
6230
6231Parks looks around the house and stops at Diaz's computer.
6232
6233 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
6234 We'll be taking over from here,
6235 gentlemen.
6236
6237Foot steps enter Diaz's home. Parks looks at the download
6238time on the flash drive.
6239
6240A flash drive sits plugged into the computer. Parks looks
6241around for a moment, then plugs the flash drive into the
6242computer.
6243
6244He starts to move folders marked "cases" into the drive.
6245Another folder sits in it marked "Knight Pharmaceuticals"
6246along with "government".
6247
6248Parks takes a nervous breath and looks out at the patio
6249behind him.
6250
6251 IND AGENT 1 (O.S.)
6252 Check this room here!
6253
6254Parks looks at the download time. He looks back at the
6255bedroom door.
6256
6257 PARKS
6258 (muttering)
6259 Shit, shit, shit...
6260
6261Parks watches the download. "90 percent downloaded".
6262
6263The footsteps come closer to the door.
6264
6265The download finishes. Parks pulls the flash drive out, puts
6266it in its case, and puts it back in his pocket.
6267
6268An agent, (mid-40s) looks at him.
6269
6270 IND AGENT 1
6271 Lemme see your hands. Who the hell
6272 are you supposed to be?
6273
6274 PARKS
6275 Detective David Parks.
6276
6277 IND AGENT 1
6278 Where's your badge?
6279
6280 PARKS
6281 I'm suspended.
6282
6283Matthews appears behind Parks.
6284
6285 MATTHEWS
6286 Davey boy, why the hell are you
6287 chasing leads without us?
6288
6289Parks shrugs and gets his hand out of his pocket.
6290
6291 PARKS
6292 Reporter's a friend of mine from-
6293
6294 MATTHEWS
6295 Helluva a nickname you got for him.
6296
6297Parks raises his arms.
6298
6299 PARKS
6300 Motherfucker tried to kill me.
6301
6302Matthews shakes his head.
6303
6304 MATTHEWS
6305 Real shame, ain't it?
6306
6307Parks nods.
6308
6309 PARKS
6310 He probably lost it working these
6311 cases I guess.
6312
6313 MATTHEWS
6314 Guy like him? Probably.
6315
6316Matthews come up and puts his hand on Parks's shoulder.
6317
6318 MATTHEWS
6319 Sorry about your friend, Dave.
6320
6321Parks nods as the two walk out to
6322
6323
6324EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY
6325
6326 MATTHEWS
6327 You okay?
6328
6329Parks nods.
6330
6331 PARKS
6332 Yeah, I'll be good- I'm gonna go
6333 home.
6334
6335Steele arrives on scene and speaks to Turner and Jackie.
6336
6337He looks at Parks and makes his way over. Steele passes Parks
6338his badge and holstered gun back.
6339
6340He gives a look of sympathy.
6341
6342 STEELE
6343 I'm sorry about your friend,
6344 Detective.
6345
6346Parks just shakes his head at this.
6347
6348Diaz's body is put on a stretcher.
6349
6350 PARKS
6351 Nothing I could've done about it.
6352
6353Steele looks at Matthews.
6354
6355 STEELE
6356 Mind if I speak to Parks?
6357
6358Matthews nods and walks away.
6359
6360Steele pulls Parks in close.
6361
6362 STEELE
6363 (whispering)
6364 I'm glad you called me, Parks.
6365
6366Parks nods.
6367
6368 STEELE
6369 (whispering)
6370 At this time we're not aware of any
6371 federal investigations being held
6372 against you. We don't know what
6373 those two agents were up to. When
6374 we tried to question them, they
6375 told us to talk to their
6376 supervisor.
6377
6378 PARKS
6379 And who would that be?
6380
6381Steele motions to Matthews.
6382
6383Parks takes out a notepad jots down something.
6384
6385 STEELE
6386 (whispering)
6387 What are you writing?
6388
6389 PARKS
6390 There's a few things I'm missing
6391 here, but I think I have an idea on
6392 what I'm going after.
6393
6394Steele nods.
6395
6396 STEELE
6397 Well, given you never fired a shot,
6398 you don't have to deal with
6399 paperwork, but just have a report
6400 done. We clear?
6401
6402Parks nods at this.
6403
6404 PARKS
6405 Yes, sergeant.
6406
6407Steele gives Parks a pat on the back. Parks gets into his car
6408and drives off to
6409
6410
6411INT. POLICE STATION - AFTERNOON
6412
6413Parks goes into his cubicle and looks at it.
6414
6415The briefcase with all the files still sits in it. Parks
6416opens it and begins to sift through it.
6417
6418He plugs the flash drive into the computer.
6419
6420One folder reads, "The Emancipation Project".
6421
6422A video plays. Dawn is tied up.
6423
6424She looks below a camera.
6425
6426 DAWN
6427 My name is Dawn Paulsen and I am
6428 responsible for the trafficking of
6429 children from eastern Ukraine.
6430
6431She stops for a moment. A look of fear registers in her eyes.
6432
6433 DAWN
6434 I alongside Marcus Matthews have
6435 willfully trafficked children into
6436 the ports of Boston, New York, and
6437 Los Angeles.
6438
6439 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1 (O.S.)
6440 And under whose orders were you
6441 working under?
6442
6443 DAWN
6444 Matthews.
6445
6446A masked man passes her a smartphone.
6447
6448 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
6449 Can you show us a picture of this
6450 man?
6451
6452Dawn unlocks her phone.
6453
6454A picture of Matthews shows on screen.
6455
6456Matthews stands behind Parks.
6457
6458 MATTHEWS
6459 What you looking at, there
6460 Detective?
6461
6462Parks tabs out and clears his throat.
6463
6464 PARKS
6465 J-Just a case I'm following up on
6466 related to the Hawkins murder.
6467
6468Parks takes the flash drive out and puts it in his pocket.
6469
6470 MATTHEWS
6471 You think we could compare notes?
6472
6473Parks shakes his head.
6474
6475 PARKS
6476 No, I think I'll be fine.
6477
6478 MATTHEWS
6479 Keep at it, Detective.
6480
6481Matthews turns around, then stops.
6482
6483 MATTHEWS
6484 There's something that's been
6485 bothering me though. We lost three
6486 suspects last night actually during
6487 a prisoner, would you know anything
6488 about them?
6489
6490Parks shakes his head.
6491
6492 PARKS
6493 Wouldn't know. Who would they be?
6494
6495Matthews reaches into his messenger bag and pulls out a
6496picture of Nick, Conrad, and Don.
6497
6498Parks's eyes widen. Parks shakes his head.
6499
6500 PARKS
6501 Wouldn't have a clue who you're
6502 talking about.
6503
6504 MATTHEWS
6505 Damn shame. I think- I think
6506 there's a connection between the
6507 "Gentleman carjacker" and Donovan
6508 Paulsen. You knew the guy, paint me
6509 a picture.
6510
6511Parks shrugs.
6512
6513 PARKS
6514 Alcoholic, couldn't really hold
6515 down a job- Real deadbeat.
6516
6517Matthews nods.
6518
6519 MATTHEWS
6520 Shame that's what a guy like him
6521 has turned into after only four
6522 years. I'll look into the other
6523 two, but one of them has their
6524 records sealed. So either we got a
6525 guy with a really boring job or a
6526 guy with an insane one. Either way,
6527 British M.O.D. has him on lockdown.
6528
6529 PARKS
6530 Yeah- Yeah they do.
6531
6532 MATTHEWS
6533 Well, if you do find anything, let
6534 me know.
6535
6536Matthews walks off.
6537
6538Parks gets his phone out and calls Elena.
6539
6540 PARKS
6541 Elena, baby?
6542
6543 ELENA (O.S.)
6544 (phone)
6545 Dave- Dave? There's men in the
6546 house. I got a gun on me but
6547 there's four of them.
6548
6549 PARKS
6550 Oh, shit.
6551
6552Parks's eye widen.
6553
6554 PARKS
6555 Baby, I'm on my way, call 911.
6556
6557 ELENA
6558 Alright, Dave.
6559
6560Parks gets walks through the police station hallway. He looks
6561off to his side and watches Matthews text someone.
6562
6563He bumps shoulders with Jackie and Turner. He looks at both.
6564
6565 PARKS
6566 I need your help, please.
6567
6568 JACKIE
6569 Yeah?
6570
6571 PARKS
6572 I got guys breaking into my fucking
6573 house right now.
6574
6575 TURNER
6576 Say no more.
6577
6578
6579EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
6580
6581A group of officers keep their guns trained on five guys on
6582Parks's lawn.
6583
6584Elena sits inside an ambulance and breathes into an oxygen
6585mask. A puppy sits in her arms.
6586
6587A paramedic motions for her to calm down.
6588
6589The three approach the scene.
6590
6591Jackie takes her badge off her belt and flashes it at the
6592officers.
6593
6594Parks takes his badge out.
6595
6596 PARKS
6597 Coming through.
6598
6599CARLOS HERNANDEZ, (27) looks up at Dave, wide eyed. Hernandez
6600looks away.
6601
6602Parks looks at the other four IGNACIO, (24), ERNESTO, (26),
6603MARTIN, (27), and ADAM, (35).
6604
6605A patrol officer stands behind Hernandez.
6606
6607 PARKS
6608 Miller, you're with me. Turner, see
6609 what you can find out.
6610
6611 TURNER
6612 Yes, sir.
6613
6614Parks and Jackie make their way over to the ambulance.
6615
6616Elena bursts out in tears.
6617
6618 ELENA
6619 I'm sorry, Dave!
6620
6621Elena sets the puppy down behind her. She holds Parks.
6622
6623 PARKS
6624 Wait, what? Elena, are you hurt?
6625
6626Elena cries into his shirt.
6627
6628 ELENA
6629 I'm fine, but I was scared Dave- I
6630 got you a gift and those guys
6631 almost killed Samantha.
6632
6633Parks looks at the puppy.
6634
6635 PARKS
6636 I'm not worried about the puppy,
6637 Elena! What happened though?
6638
6639Parks holds her tight.
6640
6641 ELENA
6642 They broke in while I was playing
6643 on your computer- I grabbed my .38
6644 and ran into the closet, closed the
6645 door...
6646
6647 PARKS
6648 Yeah? What did you hear?
6649
6650 ELENA
6651 They were arguing about whether
6652 they should shoot Samantha.
6653
6654 PARKS
6655 Samantha?
6656
6657Elena picks up the puppy and shows her to Parks.
6658
6659 ELENA
6660 Samantha.
6661
6662Elena sets the puppy back down.
6663
6664 ELENA
6665 One of them started freaking out
6666 when he saw something and said, "We
6667 need to leave, we need to leave!"
6668
6669 JACKIE
6670 Would you be able to figure out who
6671 that might be?
6672
6673Parks looks at the five.
6674
6675 ELENA
6676 That's not it, though.
6677
6678Parks cocks an eyebrow.
6679
6680 ELENA
6681 I came out with the gun in my hand
6682 and there was a guy fighting them
6683 all-
6684
6685Elena shakes her head.
6686
6687 ELENA
6688 I don't know how he did it but he
6689 managed to get them all outside and
6690 even closed the door behind him.
6691
6692 PARKS
6693 Which one?
6694
6695She points at Adam.
6696
6697 ELENA
6698 He fought them all and then when I
6699 pointed a gun at him all he did was
6700 run outside- I locked the door,
6701 grabbed Samantha and sat there with
6702 my gun.
6703
6704Parks nods.
6705
6706 PARKS
6707 You gonna be alright, sweetheart?
6708
6709 ELENA
6710 Yeah, I'll be okay.
6711
6712 PARKS
6713 I'm gonna do my job. We'll be
6714 alright.
6715
6716Parks and Jackie go to
6717
6718
6719INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
6720
6721Parks goes inside his house and looks on the ground. A
6722lockpick kit sits on the ground.
6723
6724 PARKS
6725 Looks like they were in a hurry to
6726 get inside.
6727
6728Parks looks around his house. Some dishes on the ground are
6729strewn about the kitchen floor. Some dirty footprints on the
6730ground next to that.
6731
6732A few picture frames are knocked over.
6733
6734Parks looks around. The house looks- fine, with the exception
6735of the kitchen. Elena's revolver sits on the table.
6736
6737Parks looks around his house again.
6738
6739He goes into
6740
6741
6742PARKS'S BEDROOM
6743
6744It's in good condition, with the only thing out of place
6745being the open closet.
6746
6747He walks back out to
6748
6749
6750EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
6751
6752Parks out of his house. Hernandez gets put in the back of a
6753cruiser.
6754
6755Parks rolls his eyes and looks at him as he's put into the
6756back of a cruiser by Turner. Parks jogs over to him.
6757
6758 PARKS
6759 Turner!
6760
6761Turner puts him into the back of his cruiser.
6762
6763 PARKS
6764 I'll take him.
6765
6766Carlos's eyes widen.
6767
6768 CARLOS
6769 Hey wait, let me explain.
6770
6771Parks faces Carlos.
6772
6773 PARKS
6774 SHUT UP!
6775
6776Turner looks at Parks with a confused look.
6777
6778 TURNER
6779 You-You got it, Parks.
6780
6781Parks springs the door open and takes Carlos out of the car.
6782
6783Parks moves him into the back of an undercover cruiser.
6784
6785Jackie cocks an eyebrow and watches Parks.
6786
6787 JACKIE
6788 Parks, what the fuck are you-
6789
6790 PARKS
6791 Shut up, Jackie.
6792
6793 JACKIE
6794 Parks, we gotta do this by the
6795 book-
6796
6797Parks points at her.
6798
6799 PARKS
6800 Yeah, we fucking are gonna do it by
6801 the book, don't you worry about it.
6802
6803Parks drives off, suspect in tow.
6804
6805
6806INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
6807
6808Parks and Jackie pull Hernandez in. Steele stops Parks.
6809
6810 STEELE
6811 Go home.
6812
6813 PARKS
6814 The hell you mean?
6815
6816 STEELE
6817 You are too attached to this case,
6818 Parks.
6819
6820Steele pulls him aside. Parks looks at Jackie and waves her
6821on.
6822
6823 PARKS
6824 Go on without me.
6825
6826The two stand in a hallway. Officers walk by with paperwork
6827in their hands.
6828
6829 STEELE
6830 Go home to your wife Parks, I'm
6831 gonna put you on admin leave this
6832 time with pay.
6833
6834 PARKS
6835 What the hell? I just got my badge
6836 back, Steele.
6837
6838 STEELE
6839 Look, any half rate lawyer is a
6840 lawsuit waiting to happen. You're
6841 unfairly biased in this whole
6842 ordeal.
6843
6844 PARKS
6845 Unfairly biased? Hell yeah, I got a
6846 reason to be unfairly biased. That
6847 fuck broke into my house with my
6848 wife and almost killed her.
6849
6850 STEELE
6851 Please go home Parks, I ain't gonna
6852 ask you again. You can keep your
6853 badge and gun.
6854
6855 PARKS
6856 Can I at least sit through the
6857 interrogation?
6858
6859Steele nods.
6860
6861 STEELE
6862 Sure you can. Besides, you should
6863 see how to actual do an
6864 interrogation and not a smoking.
6865
6866 PARKS
6867 Yes, sergeant.
6868
6869Steele goes into his office and comes back out with a box of
6870doughnuts. A cup of coffee sits on top of it.
6871
6872 STEELE
6873 Watch.
6874
6875Parks watches him go into the interrogation room. He goes
6876into an observation room.
6877
6878
6879INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
6880
6881Steele sets the box down. His tone is calm, casual.
6882
6883 STEELE
6884 Hey man, how are you today?
6885
6886 HERNANDEZ
6887 I don't know, we screwed up- You
6888 got us, y'know?
6889
6890 STEELE
6891 Well, all good things must come to
6892 an end eventually, right?
6893
6894
6895INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
6896
6897Jackie sits next to Parks. They watch the interrogation
6898through the double sided mirror.
6899
6900 HERNANDEZ
6901 Look, I'll keep it simple. I don't
6902 say anything until I talk to a
6903 lawyer.
6904
6905 STEELE
6906 Suit yourself.
6907
6908 JACKIE
6909 What you working on?
6910
6911 PARKS
6912 Wouldn't believe me if I told you.
6913
6914 JACKIE
6915 I was married to Donovan Paulsen,
6916 trust me, nothing fazes me anymore.
6917
6918 PARKS
6919 You say that. But here's the thing.
6920 I know this guy. I busted him a few
6921 times when I was still a Guardsman.
6922
6923Parks looks through his notes.
6924
6925 PARKS
6926 Suddenly, he comes back into my
6927 life and he's breaking into my
6928 fucking house? I'm supposed to take
6929 that at face value?
6930
6931Parks jots another note down.
6932
6933Steele comes in.
6934
6935 STEELE
6936 Well, that was woefully
6937 unproductive.
6938
6939Parks continues to sit there. He flips through his notes.
6940
6941Parks looks at the two officers.
6942
6943 STEELE
6944 You got something?
6945
6946Parks shakes his head.
6947
6948 PARKS
6949 Nothing that'll help us- Maybe
6950 it'll help the Paulsen kidnapping
6951 case, but past that it's nothing.
6952
6953 STEELE
6954 What do you got?
6955
6956Parks sighs.
6957
6958 PARKS
6959 Something called The Emancipation
6960 Project.
6961
6962Parks takes his phone out and looks it up.
6963
6964 PARKS
6965 They're some kind of non-profit
6966 against human trafficking. I don't
6967 really have anything to go off of,
6968 or any suspects to follow.
6969
6970 STEELE
6971 Well, let's try shaking the tree
6972 then and see what comes out.
6973
6974A knock at the door.
6975
6976Steele opens it up.
6977
6978He looks back-
6979
6980 STEELE
6981 It's the attorney.
6982
6983MICHAEL RAMSEY, (early-50s) looks in.
6984
6985 RAMSEY
6986 A moment of privacy gentlemen?
6987
6988The three step out of the interrogation room into
6989
6990
6991POLICE STATION HALLWAY
6992
6993Parks keeps his hands in his pockets. Ramsey comes out.
6994
6995 RAMSEY
6996 My client would like to assist with
6997 the investigation in exchange for
6998 immunity.
6999
7000Parks and Jackie look at each other and nod.
7001
7002 STEELE
7003 We'll take it.
7004
7005Steele goes back into the interrogation room.
7006
7007Parks and Jackie go into the observation room.
7008
7009
7010INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
7011
7012Hernandez sips a cup of coffee. Hernandez takes out his
7013phone.
7014
7015 HERNANDEZ
7016 So, my buddy Ernesto called me up,
7017 right? Said he had a job for me.
7018 And I was like- Nah man, I'm on
7019 parole.
7020
7021
7022INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
7023
7024Parks opens Hernandez's file. He starts to put the burglary
7025into his mind.
7026
7027
7028INT. HERNANDEZ'S APARTMENT - DAY
7029
7030Hernandez talks to someone on a phone.
7031
7032 HERNANDEZ (O.S.)
7033 And I was like, "I don't want to
7034 spend another six months for stupid
7035 shit like that." And then he was
7036 like, "Man, you being a bitch, so
7037 then I was like, nah man you try
7038 spending time in prison with dudes
7039 bigger than you trying to rape you
7040 and shit."
7041
7042
7043INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
7044
7045Steele shrugs at this.
7046
7047 STEELE
7048 Let's get back on topic here,
7049 Carlos- Can I call you Carlos So,
7050 you're telling me that Ernesto put
7051 you up to this?
7052
7053Hernandez sips some coffee.
7054
7055 HERNANDEZ
7056 Nah, nah- What happened was he said
7057 there was some crazy, creepy cat
7058 that was gonna give us some cash if
7059 we scared a guy. And I was like,
7060 "Sure."
7061
7062 STEELE
7063 There wasn't much damage at the
7064 Parks apartment. What happened?
7065
7066Hernandez smiles at this.
7067
7068
7069
7070 HERNANDEZ
7071 Well, that's funny, you know? You
7072 know that movie about that guy
7073 whose wife dies and the dog his
7074 wife gets him gets killed and he
7075 straight ganks all them other
7076 motherfuckers? Well, I was watching
7077 that with mi chica and I got really
7078 scared of being an actual criminal
7079 because of that. She had an amazing
7080 rack, y'know and it was the set of-
7081
7082 STEELE
7083 Alright, look. I like a good story
7084 as much as the next guy, but can we
7085 cut to the chase here?
7086
7087 HERNANDEZ
7088 Sorry, sorry.
7089
7090
7091INT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
7092
7093The four of them go into Parks's house.
7094
7095They all hold baseball bats and wear hoodies. Carlos is at
7096the front of the group and walks into the kitchen.
7097
7098 CARLOS (O.S.)
7099 We decided to start fucking shit
7100 up, one room at a time, y'know?
7101
7102They start to destroy dishes in the kitchen.
7103
7104 CARLOS (O.S.)
7105 Then I saw the fridge.
7106
7107Carlos stops at the fridge and looks at the picture of Parks
7108in an Army uniform and Elena with her arms around him.
7109
7110 CARLOS (O.S.)
7111 "Oh shit," right?
7112
7113 STEELE (O.S.)
7114 You know Detective Parks?
7115
7116 CARLOS (O.S.)
7117 Met him a few times. But he had an
7118 old unit picture on the fridge.
7119
7120Behind him, a puppy walks runs out to the hallway.
7121
7122Carlos looks behind him.
7123
7124 CARLOS (O.S.)
7125 Ignacio grabbed the dog and there
7126 was a whole argument. I didn't want
7127 Parks going John Wick on all of us
7128 if we did kill his dog. Ignacio and
7129 Ernesto kept yelling at me that I
7130 was being a bitch about the whole
7131 thing. Before we could do anything
7132 else, some guy busted down the
7133 front door.
7134
7135The group looks back at a man in a motorcycle helmet, jeans,
7136and combat boots.
7137
7138The man stands there.
7139
7140In one hand, he holds a handgun and in the other holds a
7141collapsible baton.
7142
7143He raises the gun and pulls the trigger.
7144
7145The gun goes click.
7146
7147 CARLOS (O.S.)
7148 We thought he didn't load his gun
7149 so we started rushing him. Ignacio
7150 pulled out a revolver and started
7151 to shoot into him.
7152
7153The group charges him and goes out to
7154
7155
7156EXT. PARKS'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
7157
7158The group ends up outside on Parks's driveway.
7159
7160Ernesto charges the man with a knife. The man grabs the knife
7161and bashes him in the head with his helmet.
7162
7163 CARLOS (O.S.)
7164 That's when I realized I needed to
7165 split before someone called the
7166 cops.
7167
7168Carlos tries to put the man in a head lock only to get
7169elbowed in the face.
7170
7171Carlos heads to his car and gets inside of it.
7172
7173 CARLOS (O.S.)
7174 I tried to start it- Thing wasn't
7175 working.
7176
7177 STEELE (O.S.)
7178 Yeah, dead battery.
7179
7180 CARLOS (O.S.)
7181 Fuck is that what it was? Anyway.
7182 He was fighting us until the cops
7183 showed up.
7184
7185
7186INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
7187
7188 PARKS
7189 I'm gonna go check on one more
7190 thing and follow up on this in the
7191 morning.
7192
7193Parks gets his files, gets up, and heads off.
7194
7195
7196INT. JAIL INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
7197
7198Adam sits in the room. He looks down at the table in front of
7199him.
7200
7201The jail door slides open.
7202
7203Steele and Parks come in. Parks carries a clear shoebox.
7204
7205The two seat themselves across from Adam.
7206
7207 STEELE
7208 I need you to draw me a picture. We
7209 tried your prints, nothing. Looked
7210 you up in every database we have.
7211 Nada. So, what I want to ask is.
7212 You got a name?
7213
7214Adam looks up.
7215
7216 ADAM
7217 Depends which one you're looking
7218 for.
7219
7220 STEELE
7221 What exactly do you mean by that?
7222
7223Parks looks up at Adam, then opens the shoebox. He takes out
7224a set of dog tags that read "4/15/2015" and above it reads
7225"Numquam Obliviscar".
7226
7227 PARKS
7228 These tags. MSR Houston. You were
7229 there?
7230
7231Adam nods.
7232
7233 ADAM
7234 42nd Artillery. You?
7235
7236Parks looks at the tags.
7237
7238 PARKS
7239 16th MP.
7240
7241 ADAM
7242 Snitch.
7243
7244Parks grins at that.
7245
7246 PARKS
7247 Yeah, you guys were trouble.
7248
7249A knock at the jail door.
7250
7251Matthews stands there. Adam looks over at Matthews with fear
7252in his eyes. Parks looks at Adam and nods at him.
7253
7254 PARKS
7255 There something you need here,
7256 agent?
7257
7258Matthews points at Adam.
7259
7260 MATTHEWS
7261 Need to speak to your suspect.
7262
7263 PARKS
7264 Sorry, his lawyer said he wanted to
7265 speak to me specifically.
7266
7267Matthews scoffs at this.
7268
7269 MATTHEWS
7270 Real shame. So much for inter-
7271 agency cooperation, right?
7272
7273Matthews steps out.
7274
7275Adam sits watches Matthews leave and takes a sigh.
7276
7277 PARKS
7278 You know that guy?
7279
7280 ADAM
7281 I don't trust him, man. He was CID
7282 out at Leatherneck.
7283
7284Parks looks down. His eyes widen.
7285
7286 PARKS
7287 We're done here, thank you for your
7288 time.
7289
7290Parks steps out to
7291
7292
7293INT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT
7294
7295 MATTHEWS
7296 Hey Parks, where you-
7297
7298Matthews's eyes widen.
7299
7300Parks shoves past him and walks over to his desk. He reaches
7301into it and takes out a disorganized group of files.
7302
7303He grabs them and walks into
7304
7305
7306INT. STEELE'S OFFICE - NIGHT
7307
7308Steele is about to make his way out the door. Parks comes in
7309and closes the door behind him.
7310
7311 PARKS
7312 We can't trust Matthews.
7313
7314Matthews gives him a tired look.
7315
7316 STEELE
7317 Parks?
7318
7319 PARKS
7320 We cannot fucking trust Matthews.
7321
7322 STEELE
7323 Parks, you're-
7324
7325Parks starts to flip through his notepad.
7326
7327 PARKS
7328 You saw what happened at the truck,
7329 Steele. He's impeding our
7330 investigations, constantly
7331 obstructing what we do. Steele, one
7332 of our guys was killed and all
7333 we've been able to do is pick
7334 pieces up thanks to that prick.
7335
7336Steele looks at Parks and sighs.
7337
7338Parks walks over to a corkboard and turns it over.
7339
7340Behind him, Steele watches him.
7341
7342 STEELE
7343 Let's talk outside, alright?
7344
7345Parks puts notes up on the corkboard.
7346
7347 PARKS
7348 Fine, fine-
7349
7350Parks steps back and starts to connect the dots.
7351
7352 PARKS
7353 It's all connected- the cartel, the
7354 Emancipation Project.
7355
7356Steele nods at this and sets his coat on the chair next to
7357him. He watches Parks put his notes up.
7358
7359 PARKS
7360 Sir, we gotta keep eyes on
7361 Matthews. Whatever he does, I want
7362 to be on it like white on rice.
7363
7364Parks finishes putting his notes up.
7365
7366 STEELE
7367 Whatever you need, Parks. You tell
7368 anyone else?
7369
7370 PARKS
7371 I'll tell Miller, but I don't know
7372 who else on that team I can trust.
7373
7374 STEELE
7375 I'll keep you in the know. They got
7376 something planned for tomorrow.
7377 Some kind of raid on a suspected
7378 terrorist at Phoenix Community
7379 college. That's all I know.
7380
7381Parks nods.
7382
7383 PARKS
7384 Thanks.
7385
7386Parks steps out.
7387
7388 STEELE
7389 No problem.
7390
7391As Parks steps out of Steele's office, Steele gets his phone
7392out.
7393
7394 STEELE
7395 Hey, it's me. We may have a
7396 problem.
7397
7398
7399EXT. COMMUNITY COLLEGE - DAY
7400
7401Parks sits in his Toyota across the street from two agents.
7402The college bustles with activity as college students go from
7403class to class or back to their cars.
7404
7405 PARKS
7406 What on earth are they looking
7407 for...?
7408
7409The two agents get on their radio.
7410
7411Parks watches them. The two step out of their cars.
7412
7413 PARKS
7414 Alright then...
7415
7416Parks reaches into his glove box and takes out a pack of
7417Lucky Strikes. He passes the two agents and looks off to the
7418side. One agent stands alone behind a blue Toyota further
7419down the road. He looks off to the side as Parks takes cover
7420behind a sedan next to him.
7421
7422 IND AGENT 1 (O.S.)
7423 Stay the fuck outta the way kid,
7424 police business!
7425
7426Eli puts his hands up and gets behind a car. Parks looks left
7427and right. The area looks clear.
7428
7429Parks comes up behind the agent. The agent reaches for his
7430gun-
7431
7432Parks puts the agent in a chokehold. The agent struggles.
7433Parks pulls him behind a van and continues to choke him out.
7434
7435 PARKS
7436 Gotosleep, gosleepgotosleep...
7437
7438Parks looks off to his side.
7439
7440Eli takes out a 1911. The man goes unconscious as Parks takes
7441out his badge and flashes it. He puts one finger between his
7442lips and motions for Eli to be quiet.
7443
7444Eli nods.
7445
7446 ELI
7447 No, I didn't see shit.
7448
7449Eli moves over and sits behind the wheelwell of his car.
7450
7451Parks takes the agent's radio and puts it on, then takes his
7452wallet.
7453
7454 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
7455 (radio)
7456 Anyone got eyes on the Paulsen
7457 girl?
7458
7459Parks takes cover behind the van and peers behind him.
7460
7461A gunshot rings out.
7462
7463 WALSH (O.S.)
7464 (radio)
7465 The bitch just shot me!
7466
7467 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
7468 (radio)
7469 Get her! We're about to have local
7470 PD on us in a second!
7471
7472Parks walks back and forth and watches the agents' movements.
7473They're organized and communicate among one another. He
7474watches two of them talk amongst themselves, then move.
7475
7476Parks sees Ash get out. The two continue to walk as she
7477starts to skirt behind the cars. Parks gets behind the van
7478and waits.
7479
7480 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
7481 (radio)
7482 Anyone got eyes on?
7483
7484 IND AGENT 1
7485 Negative. We got one, we'll be
7486 taking her to site one. No eyes on
7487 Paulsen.
7488
7489 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
7490 (radio)
7491 Copy, keep looking, lemme know if
7492 you find something. You got three
7493 minutes, first shots fired call
7494 just went out.
7495
7496 IND AGENT 1 (O.S.)
7497 Copy, we'll look.
7498
7499Parks looks over where Eli is.
7500
7501Sirens ring out in the distance.
7502
7503Ash and Eli argue for a moment, then get in the car. The car
7504speeds off as Parks watches for a moment,
7505
7506 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
7507 (radio)
7508 Be advised, got eyes on a moving
7509 vehicle, moving to intercept.
7510
7511The two drive off and make it halfway across the parking lot.
7512Parks makes a run forward towards the two and takes his gun
7513out.
7514
7515The scream of tires fills the air.
7516
7517Then a crash.
7518
7519Parks puts his gun in its holster. Three agents drag Ash out
7520of a cruiser as Eli falls out of the car in his daze.
7521
7522Matthews stands over him. Parks wraps the radio around
7523
7524Eli backs up and reaches behind him for his 1911 on the
7525floor. Eli grabs it, only to get dragged back. An agent steps
7526on his wrist which causes him to cry out in pain.
7527
7528An agent flips him on his back and launches a punch into his
7529face.
7530
7531The agent starts to beat him down. Two others kick into his
7532back and side
7533
7534Parks runs over. He flashes his badge as the two agents turn
7535Eli over and handcuff him.
7536
7537 PARKS
7538 What the fuck are you doing?!
7539
7540The agents stop beating Eli.
7541
7542 IND AGENT 1
7543 He was resisting, he pulled a
7544 fucking gun on us!
7545
7546Parks walks over and looks at Eli.
7547
7548 PARKS
7549 Then call an ambulance, you prick!
7550 He's subdued!
7551
7552Eli lets out a groan of pain as he rolls over. A black bag
7553sits over Ash's head. Her hands are ziptied as she's thrown
7554into a van.
7555
7556 PARKS
7557 WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS, MATTHEWS?!
7558
7559 MATTHEWS
7560 A matter of national security,
7561 detective! Now stand back!
7562
7563Matthews gets into the van as the other agents pack up and
7564move out. The knocked out agent is carried away by Walsh.
7565
7566 PARKS
7567 What the fuck...
7568
7569Other cruisers arrive on scene as the others leaves.
7570
7571Turner runs over to Parks.
7572
7573 TURNER
7574 You okay?!
7575
7576Parks nods.
7577
7578 PARKS
7579 I'll ride with you.
7580
7581
7582INT. POLICE SUV - AFTERNOON
7583
7584Parks takes out the agent's wallet and looks at his
7585credentials. Jackie sits in the back.
7586
7587Parks looks at Jackie. He takes out his notepad and looks
7588over at the Emancipation Project page related to it.
7589
7590Parks takes out his phone. He dials a number.
7591
7592The line rings.
7593
7594MICHAEL SHAW, (early-50s) picks up the phone.
7595
7596 SHAW (O.S.)
7597 (phone)
7598 Shaw speaking.
7599
7600 PARKS (O.S.)
7601 (phone)
7602 Hi there, Mr. Shaw? I'm Detective
7603 David Parks-
7604
7605Shaw chuckles.
7606
7607 SHAW (O.S.)
7608 (phone)
7609 Heard your name before. Sorry about
7610 your partner.
7611
7612 PARKS (O.S.)
7613 (phone)
7614 Thanks. I got some questions I
7615 wanted to ask you in person, you
7616 wouldn't mind meeting up would you?
7617
7618 SHAW (O.S.)
7619 (phone)
7620 That's just fine, I'm more than
7621 happy to support law enforcement in
7622 their fight against crime! Meet me
7623 at my office, I'll text you in
7624 address.
7625
7626
7627INT. OFFICE - AFTERNOON
7628
7629Two cartel members stand in the office. The phone is on
7630speaker. They both stand with guns out.
7631
7632 PARKS (O.S.)
7633 (phone)
7634 Yeah, I'll be there in the next
7635 hour.
7636
7637Shaw smiles at this.
7638
7639 SHAW
7640 You got it detective! Have a good
7641 one!
7642
7643Shaw hangs up the call.
7644
7645He nods at the two in front of him.
7646
7647 CUT TO:
7648
7649Parks walks into the room and takes out his notepad.
7650
7651 PARKS
7652 Mr. Shaw-
7653
7654Both gang bangers put guns to his head.
7655
7656 PARKS
7657 Are you fucking with me?
7658
7659Shaw shakes his head.
7660
7661 SHAW
7662 'fraid not, son. Have a seat.
7663
7664Parks takes a seat and sighs.
7665
7666 SHAW
7667 Now, I don't want to hurt you son.
7668 But you've gone down this rabbit
7669 hole and I think you deserve the
7670 truth.
7671
7672Parks cocks an eyebrow at him.
7673
7674 PARKS
7675 That's all I've been looking for.
7676
7677 SHAW
7678 You were an MP in Afghanistan.
7679
7680Parks nods.
7681
7682 PARKS
7683 That's correct.
7684
7685 SHAW
7686 And you were in the MSR Houston
7687 incident, correct?
7688
7689Parks nods but looks around even more confused.
7690
7691 PARKS
7692 Yeah, but what the hell's that
7693 gotta do with all this?
7694
7695 SHAW
7696 You work under acting special
7697 agent, Matthews too, correct?
7698
7699 PARKS
7700 How do you know all this?
7701
7702Shaw sighs.
7703
7704 SHAW
7705 Son, I don't know how to break this
7706 to you, but at MSR Houston you were
7707 attacked by government agents.
7708
7709 PARKS
7710 Did they attack us with the girls
7711 from Sailor Moon too?
7712
7713Shaw chuckles at that.
7714
7715 SHAW
7716 Good sense of humor you got on you.
7717
7718Shaw reaches into his desk. Parks watches.
7719
7720He takes out a flash drive and plugs it into his computer in
7721front of him. Shaw angles the monitor to face Parks.
7722
7723 PARKS
7724 Holy fuck.
7725
7726
7727EXT. MOUNTAIN - DAY
7728
7729On screen, "insurgents" fire at a convoy below the mountain.
7730
7731 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
7732 Like fish in a fuckin' barrel!
7733
7734The group fire on the convoy below. A figure darts back and
7735forth between stopped vehicles.
7736
7737 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
7738 Can someone fucking kill that dude
7739 down there?!
7740
7741Two pickup trucks roll speed behind the convoy and fire DSHK
7742machine guns at the group. Don can be seen between moving
7743between vehicles. At times, he stops to fire at a nearby
7744mountain.
7745
7746The crack of gunfire as the group get down and shoot back.
7747
7748Parks sees himself on an M240 SAW as he fires at targets
7749below. Another agent dressed in insurgent garb has an RPG
7750out.
7751
7752 IND AGENT 1
7753 CLEAR BACKBLAST, 400! ROCKET!
7754
7755The rocket flies into two soldiers. One has a cloth over his
7756face and carries another.
7757
7758 MATTHEWS
7759 We gotta move let's go!
7760
7761 BACK TO:
7762
7763
7764INT. OFFICE - AFTERNOON
7765
7766Shaw reaches his hand out. His eyes show genuine concern.
7767
7768 SHAW
7769 Now, son...
7770
7771Parks stands up and screams in terror.
7772
7773 PARKS
7774 That's doctored footage! You
7775 fucking liar!
7776
7777The two gang members walk over to try and do something-
7778
7779Shaw waves them away and shakes his head.
7780
7781Parks at Shaw, his face red with anger.
7782
7783 PARKS
7784 DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO
7785 GET THOSE MEMORIES AWAY FROM ME?!
7786 DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE HAD TO DO
7787 OVER THE YEARS TO KEEP MYSELF FROM
7788 EXPERIENCING THAT SHIT AGAIN?! And
7789 you show me that!
7790
7791Shaw stands up. He looks at Parks and walks to him.
7792
7793 SHAW
7794 It's real, it's real... But son.
7795
7796Parks walks to the back of the room and grabs a trash can. He
7797vomits into it. The two gang members look clearly disgusted
7798at this.
7799
7800 PARKS
7801 Do you know what that incident did
7802 to us?! To all of us?! Some of the
7803 guys still wear fucking diapers
7804 from the shit! Some of us are stuck
7805 trying to forget the past while
7806 fucks like you keep trying to
7807 resurrect it! Then you shoot at
7808 fucking cops thinking you're all
7809 that!
7810
7811 SHAW
7812 All I ever wanted was justice for
7813 all this.
7814
7815 PARKS
7816 Where'd you get it? Who's your
7817 source?
7818
7819Parks's hands shake.
7820
7821 SHAW
7822 Reporter. Mark Diaz.
7823
7824 PARKS
7825 He went crazy and tried to kill me.
7826
7827Shaw shakes his head.
7828
7829 SHAW
7830 Experimental psychoactive drug.
7831
7832Parks sits back down and buries his head in his hands.
7833
7834 PARKS
7835 What?
7836
7837Shaw takes out a manila folder.
7838
7839Parks reads through it.
7840
7841 SHAW
7842 Go to the toxicology report.
7843
7844 PARKS
7845 Methamphetamines.
7846
7847Shaw shakes his head.
7848
7849 SHAW
7850 Matthews has been fucking around
7851 with psychoactive drugs, Parks.
7852 Experimental shit. The only guys
7853 who know about it being...
7854
7855 PARKS
7856 Dawn Paulsen of Knight
7857 Pharmaceuticals.
7858
7859Shaw nods at Parks.
7860
7861 SHAW
7862 Now you're getting it.
7863
7864 PARKS
7865 Then you're the assholes who took
7866 kidnapped them.
7867
7868Shaw nods at this.
7869
7870 PARKS
7871 She still alive?
7872
7873 SHAW
7874 Non-compliant, but alive, yes.
7875
7876Parks looks down.
7877
7878 PARKS
7879 What's your stake in all this?
7880
7881He motions to the guys behind him.
7882
7883 PARKS
7884 And theirs too. They're cartel.
7885
7886 SHAW
7887 I lost my kid after I got back from
7888 the sandbox in '91. It was the
7889 worst feeling in the world. They
7890 found her a few years later. Dead
7891 in the forest. Some hikers came
7892 across the body. They told me to
7893 come in and ID the thing. She had
7894 scars everywhere like you wouldn't
7895 believe.
7896
7897Shaw looks down.
7898
7899 SHAW
7900 It ate at me. I left my wife,
7901 reenlisted. I needed to distract
7902 myself from Christina's death. I
7903 was working in Bosnia when I came
7904 across something similar. A group
7905 of militia guys showed me some of
7906 the guys they had captured. They
7907 told me they were mobsters. I asked
7908 'em, "Why the hell should I be
7909 worried about some damn criminals?"
7910 Then this one lady walks out of a
7911 room, and she has this look like
7912 she's just walked into the gates of
7913 hell itself. She points me to it. I
7914 go in there. There's girls that
7915 were my daughter's age. We let the
7916 girls go. Killed the criminals. I
7917 saved the leader for myself. Kept
7918 him alive for a week. By the time
7919 some proper investigator got to
7920 him, he'd died of a sucking chest
7921 wound. I promised myself... I
7922 promised myself that when I got out
7923 I wouldn't let that shit ever
7924 happen again. Worked a few
7925 construction jobs to get my fix.
7926
7927 PARKS
7928 So you made the Emancipation
7929 Project.
7930
7931 SHAW
7932 Worked a few jobs to support myself
7933 to do so, but yeah. They were
7934 people, good, normal, and sensible
7935 people who wanted things done the
7936 right way.
7937
7938 PARKS
7939 Why didn't you want it done the
7940 right way through guys like me?
7941
7942Shaw scoffs at this.
7943
7944 SHAW
7945 Guys like you? Who send them to
7946 jail where they get a lengthy
7947 trial, get the power of the
7948 completely infallible appeals
7949 process and if they're lucky get a
7950 lighter sentence for flipping on
7951 their own boys? Oh, I've tried that
7952 Detective. Believe me, it was the
7953 first thing I did. The system is
7954 too crooked for that. What would
7955 you do? What if it was that Elena
7956 girl of yours?
7957
7958Parks sighs.
7959
7960 PARKS
7961 You're right.
7962
7963 SHAW
7964 The cartel, they want some of their
7965 boys freed. You killed one of their
7966 lieutenants and as much as they
7967 want revenge they've agreed that
7968 you're off limits. Blood for blood
7969 in their eyes.
7970
7971 PARKS
7972 And what do you need me to do?
7973
7974 SHAW
7975 Join us, detective. We'll take you
7976 to our base of operations and you
7977 can be the man on the inside that
7978 we need.
7979
7980Parks shakes his head.
7981
7982 PARKS
7983 I can't. I'm sorry. If I walk out
7984 with you, right now, my guys are
7985 gonna think something's up. Let me
7986 meet you on my terms. Tonight.
7987
7988Parks stands up. Parks reaches out for a handshake.
7989
7990 SHAW
7991 You got it.
7992
7993The two shake hands. Parks steps out.
7994
7995
7996INT. POLICE SUV - AFTERNOON
7997
7998Parks gets into the car.
7999
8000 JACKIE
8001 How'd it go?
8002
8003Parks shakes his head.
8004
8005 PARKS
8006 You're not gonna believe what I've
8007 found. How much do you trust
8008 Matthews?
8009
8010 JACKIE
8011 Go on.
8012
8013 CUT TO:
8014
8015The group sit in the SUV outside the station.
8016
8017 PARKS
8018 Jackie, you stay with Matthews. See
8019 if you can shadow him. Turner,
8020 you're with me while I go meet up
8021 with the Emancipation Project. If
8022 this works, we can take Matthews
8023 down the right way.
8024
8025Parks's phone rings.
8026
8027Steele's name comes up in the contact.
8028
8029Parks pick it up.
8030
8031 STEELE (O.S.)
8032 We got a Donovan Paulsen who says
8033 he got stuck in a storage unit and
8034 that his daughter's been kidnapped
8035 by a Marcus Matthews.
8036
8037Parks sighs.
8038
8039 PARKS
8040 Give us a location, we're on our
8041 way.
8042
8043
8044EXT. POLICE SUV - AFTERNOON
8045
8046The SUV speeds off.
8047
8048
8049EXT. SELF-STORAGE BUILDING - AFTERNOON
8050
8051The SUV drives past two officers.
8052
8053Parks walks over to Don. Don sits next to James
8054
8055 PARKS
8056 Whatever it is you're chasing. You
8057 need to leave it to us, Doc.
8058
8059 DON
8060 My daughter is missing, and you
8061 people have done nothing but sit on
8062 your asses and twiddle your thumbs.
8063
8064 PARKS
8065 Who kidnapped your daughter Don?
8066
8067Don sighs.
8068
8069 DON
8070 My boss, Marcus Matthews.
8071
8072Parks massages his eyes.
8073
8074 PARKS
8075 Ohhh, shit.
8076
8077 DON
8078 You know him?
8079
8080Parks scratches his head.
8081
8082 PARKS
8083 Go home. Stay outta this.
8084
8085 DON
8086 It's my daugh-
8087
8088 PARKS
8089 I KNOW!
8090
8091Jackie stands there.
8092
8093 JACKIE
8094 Donny, please.
8095
8096 DON
8097 DON'T FUCKING CALL ME THAT! You
8098 don't got a god damn right!
8099
8100James pulls Don back as the three get back in the SUV.
8101
8102Parks closes his eyes and sighs.
8103
8104 CUT TO:
8105
8106
8107EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT
8108
8109An SUV sits parked by an empty highway in the woods.
8110
8111Parks looks at Turner.
8112
8113 PARKS
8114 If I'm not back in 12 hours, call
8115 everyone. You get the National
8116 Guard out here and you wipe whoever
8117 it is working here off the face of
8118 the fucking Earth. Are we clear?
8119
8120Turner nods.
8121
8122 PARKS
8123 Good.
8124
8125Parks makes his way into
8126
8127
8128EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
8129
8130Parks holds out a flashlight and his phone. He copies a set
8131of coordinates in a text message from a contact that reads
8132"unknown" and puts into Google maps.
8133
8134Parks looks down at his phone. It reads "Distance: 10 miles
8135away".
8136
8137He cocks an eyebrow. Parks starts to walk and shines the
8138light forward.
8139
8140Parks continues to walk.
8141
8142Parks raises an eyebrow as he looks up. Two lights shine on
8143him.
8144
8145 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8146 HALT! WHO GOES THERE?!
8147
8148 PARKS
8149 Santa fucking Claus!
8150
8151One of the lights shines brighter as a militia soldier walks
8152closer to Parks.
8153
8154Parks puts his hand out in front of his face.
8155
8156 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8157 Post, we got one outside the
8158 perimeter.
8159
8160The soldier walks toward Parks. He wears jeans and a flannel
8161shirt with a tan plate carrier.
8162
8163 PARKS
8164 I'm looking for Shaw.
8165
8166 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8167 Phoenix PD?
8168
8169 PARKS
8170 Yeah, of course.
8171
8172The soldier walks up to Parks.
8173
8174 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8175 Keep your hands up. You carrying?
8176
8177 PARKS
8178 That's kind of my job there,
8179 detective.
8180
8181 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8182 It's always a fucking smartass.
8183
8184He walks over and searches Parks. He grabs Parks's wallet. A
8185picture of Elena falls out.
8186
8187 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8188 Badge is good- What do we got here?
8189
8190He looks at the picture on the ground. Parks tries to reach
8191for it.
8192
8193 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8194 Ah, ah, ahh. Nope.
8195
8196He grabs the picture off the ground and looks at the back of
8197it.
8198
8199 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8200 Taken in 2016, huh? Fuck that was a
8201 time ago. I'll be keeping this.
8202
8203He puts the picture in the pocket of his jeans.
8204
8205 PARKS
8206 Fuck no you won't.
8207
8208The soldier motions to his rifle.
8209
8210 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8211 How about you drew down on me and I
8212 had to put two in you?
8213
8214 PARKS
8215 Fuck, fine it's just a picture.
8216
8217Parks sighs.
8218
8219 IND MILITIA SOLDIER 1
8220 Shaw's gonna see you inside.
8221
8222 PARKS
8223 There's an inside.
8224
8225The soldier points toward the interior perimeter.
8226
8227Parks sighs and looks around. The other militia soldiers are
8228dressed the similar. Some wear assorted camouflage while
8229others wear plain T-shirts and plate carriers. The look is
8230the same.
8231
8232Paramilitary.
8233
8234 PARKS
8235 They got better fucking gear than
8236 the local SWAT team. I wonder how
8237 well they train.
8238
8239He walks up to a concrete building in the side of a mountain.
8240
8241 PARKS
8242 A fucking bunker, jesus fuck.
8243
8244A camera at the end of it looks at Parks. He walks forward
8245towards it. A light shines and causes him to put his hand up
8246once more.
8247
8248 SHAW (O.S.)
8249 (loudspeaker)
8250 Parks?
8251
8252 PARKS
8253 Yeah, it's me.
8254
8255The doors open. Parks walks forward.
8256
8257
8258INT. MISSILE SILO - NIGHT
8259
8260The silo is well lit.
8261
8262 PARKS
8263 What the hell...
8264
8265Shaw stands in the middle to greet Parks.
8266
8267 SHAW
8268 Detective!
8269
8270 PARKS
8271 You got all this? How the hell did
8272 you manage to stay under the radar?
8273
8274 SHAW
8275 We only show this place to people
8276 who prove themselves to us.
8277 Normally, that applies to members
8278 and the absolutely loyal.
8279
8280 PARKS
8281 And no three letter agency has
8282 happened catch you in the process-
8283 (chuckles)
8284 You know militias stop being cool
8285 in the nineties right?
8286
8287 SHAW
8288 We have people actually as members
8289 of said three letters. Come on.
8290
8291 PARKS
8292 That's... concerning.
8293
8294The two walk together.
8295
8296 SHAW
8297 It's what happens when you got
8298 three decades worth of help.
8299 Internet connection's good too. We
8300 got a few guys who work with fiber
8301 optics.
8302
8303They pass by more soldiers. Parks passes by a sign that reads
8304"Cafeteria". Other militia members sit inside, laugh, and eat
8305together.
8306
8307 PARKS
8308 And these are all volunteers?
8309
8310 SHAW
8311 Good majority of them are, yeah.
8312 We're all together today- Well,
8313 most of us at least. We all work
8314 odd jobs when we're not taking care
8315 of this place, but there's always
8316 someone here.
8317
8318 PARKS
8319 Then what do you need me for?
8320
8321 SHAW
8322 The Paulsen girl. She's yours.
8323
8324 PARKS
8325 What?
8326
8327 SHAW
8328 We got what we needed. We just need
8329 you to take her.
8330
8331 PARKS
8332 You just showed me your entire base
8333 of operations. For one person.
8334
8335 SHAW
8336 Yeah.
8337
8338Parks just looks at this dumbfounded.
8339
8340 SHAW
8341 Well you've come this far.
8342
8343 PARKS
8344 You're quick to trust. That's...
8345 dangerous. Take me to her.
8346
8347The two go into
8348
8349
8350INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT
8351
8352Dawn sits there and eats a meal.
8353
8354 SHAW
8355 All the questions you got for her,
8356 she'll answer.
8357
8358 PARKS
8359 You know she's fucking worthless
8360 now, right?
8361
8362Shaw cocks an eyebrow.
8363
8364 PARKS
8365 They'll throw everything about my
8366 case out because you guys coerced a
8367 confession out of her!
8368
8369Shaw shakes his head and places his hand on Parks's shoulder.
8370
8371 DAWN
8372 I can show you where we kept the
8373 samples.
8374
8375 PARKS
8376 What's your stake in all this? The
8377 kids?
8378
8379 DAWN
8380 Get me out of here and I'll answer
8381 everything.
8382
8383She finishes her food. She looks fine, as if she wasn't
8384harmed.
8385
8386 PARKS
8387 What happened anyway?
8388
8389 SHAW
8390 After we nabbed her, we roughed her
8391 up a little bit, but we got the
8392 flash drive off her.
8393
8394Shaw passes Parks the flashdrive.
8395
8396 SHAW
8397 It's the video I showed you
8398 earlier.
8399
8400 PARKS
8401 Why don't you just tip off the
8402 right people?
8403
8404 SHAW
8405 We have. They always end up dead,
8406 reassigned, or replaced.
8407
8408 PARKS
8409 Oh, and you expect me not to end up
8410 the same way. You're fuckin'
8411 stupid.
8412
8413 SHAW
8414 Be that as it may, you are the last
8415 hope we have Parks. Even if we go
8416 down, you're the one who needs to
8417 expose all of this.
8418
8419 PARKS
8420 The FBI? Some senator- Could've
8421 leaked it online-
8422
8423 SHAW
8424 Easily debunked as conspiracy
8425 drivel, Detective.
8426
8427Parks looks off at Dawn.
8428
8429 PARKS
8430 Miss Paulsen. Let's go.
8431
8432Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" plays over loudspeakers.
8433
8434 SHAW
8435 What the hell?
8436
8437Shaw gets on a walkie talkie. Gunfire rings out in the halls.
8438
8439 SHAW
8440 (into radio)
8441 Power team, report.
8442
8443Silence.
8444
8445 SHAW
8446 Fuck.
8447 (points to Dawn)
8448 You need to get her out.
8449
8450Parks takes out his Glock.
8451
8452Shaw reaches into a cabinet and takes out a shotgun. He racks
8453it.
8454
8455 PARKS
8456 Way ahead of you!
8457
8458A militia soldier comes in. A hole is in his chest.
8459
8460 SHAW
8461 Mr. Shaw?
8462
8463Gunfire rings out in the halls. The power goes out. The room
8464goes black. The backup power kicks back on as an alarm rings
8465out through the bunker.
8466
8467 PARKS
8468 Paulsen, get behind me!
8469
8470Dawn gets behind him as Shaw opens the door.
8471
8472Gunfire continues to echo down the hallway.
8473
8474The three stack up on the door.
8475
8476Parks looks behind him.
8477
8478 PARKS
8479 No matter what happens, you find
8480 your way outta here. We clear?
8481
8482Dawn nods at him.
8483
8484Shaw peers out with a shotgun.
8485
8486 SHAW
8487 We're good, come on.
8488
8489
8490INT. MISSILE SILO - NIGHT
8491
8492The other soldiers shoot it out with an unknown enemy. They
8493fall, one by one as the three continue to move toward the
8494exit of the bunker.
8495
8496The group pass by another group of dead militiamen.
8497
8498 DAWN
8499 Oh, shit...
8500
8501Parks stops for a moment and unslings one of the rifles off a
8502dead guy. He reaches into the militiaman's chest carrier and
8503takes the magazines out of it.
8504
8505 SHAW
8506 Come on, Parks!
8507
8508Parks nods as he continues to move with Shaw.
8509
8510 PARKS
8511 Keeping up there, Paulsen?
8512
8513 DAWN
8514 Yeah, trying.
8515
8516The group continues to move through the silo.
8517
8518Shaw stops.
8519
8520A group of dark silhouettes stands there. They look to speak
8521amongst themselves.
8522
8523Shaw pops out, shotgun in hand.
8524
8525 SHAW
8526 Who's there?! identify yourselves!
8527
8528 IND GANG MEMBER 1
8529 Cartel, homie, who are you?
8530
8531Parks gets on his stomach and trains his rifle on one of
8532them.
8533
8534One of the gang members starts to reach for his handgun.
8535
8536 PARKS
8537 Gun left!
8538
8539Parks takes aim with his rifle and pulls the trigger.
8540
8541The other gang members start to shoot back as one drops.
8542Parks continues to fire his rifle at the second one.
8543
8544The third gang member takes cover behind a wooden crate.
8545
8546Shaw fires his shotgun into it, the crate starts to show
8547damage.
8548
8549The gang member pops out of cover with an AK. Parks and Shaw
8550light him up as he's riddled with shotgun shells and bullets.
8551
8552Parks stands up and cuts around Shaw.
8553
8554 SHAW
8555 We gotta move, Parks!
8556
8557The three continue to run as Parks looks at a body on the
8558ground. It's Walsh.
8559
8560 PARKS
8561 Oh fuck, I know who these guys are.
8562
8563Parks reaches into his pocket and reaches for a radio with an
8564earpiece.
8565
8566 MATTHEWS
8567 -Give me a status, do we have an
8568 eyes on Parks, the kid, or the
8569 doctor?
8570
8571 IND AGENT (O.S.)
8572 (radio)
8573 Negative, no eyes on here, just
8574 bodies.
8575
8576 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
8577 (radio)
8578 Make sure you get them, it was hard
8579 enough to flip the cartel to us.
8580
8581 PARKS
8582 Oh, fuck.
8583
8584Parks looks at Shaw.
8585
8586 PARKS
8587 New plan, everyone is hostile. He's
8588 turned your bullshit alliance
8589 around.
8590
8591 SHAW
8592 SHIT!
8593
8594 IND AGENT (O.S.)
8595 (radio)
8596 Be advised, I got gunfire near the
8597 exit of the bunker!
8598
8599 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
8600 (radio)
8601 I'll be there to intercept!
8602
8603 PARKS
8604 We got a fight coming to us, Shaw!
8605
8606Shaw reloads his shotgun while the group continues to move
8607toward the front of the silo.
8608
8609Gunfire rings out behind them.
8610
8611Parks takes cover behind a forklift, stops, and fires behind
8612him.
8613
8614 PARKS
8615 Contact, six o'clock!
8616
8617Parks begins to fire at the direction of the muzzle flashes.
8618Shaw gets behind a concrete wall.
8619
8620 SHAW
8621 Parks, move!
8622
8623Parks moves back as Shaw covers him with a shotgun. Dawn gets
8624low to the ground.
8625
8626 PARKS
8627 We gotta run!
8628
8629 IND AGENT (O.S.)
8630 (radio)
8631 Got eyes on three assailants,
8632 moving to engage!
8633
8634Parks grabs Dawn's arm and the two start to run. Rounds fly
8635past the two as Parks takes cover behind a wall across from
8636Shaw.
8637
8638 SHAW
8639 Loading!
8640
8641Shaw reloads his shotgun as Parks peers out. Matthews's
8642agents run out. Parks starts to light them up. Behind him,
8643Dawn covers her ears.
8644
8645 PARKS
8646 Shaw, loading!
8647
8648Parks changes his rifle's magazine out for a fresh one.
8649
8650 PARKS
8651 Loaded, move!
8652
8653Parks fires his rifle at more advancing silhouettes of
8654agents.
8655
8656 SHAW
8657 Parks, move!
8658
8659Parks grabs Dawn and they move to the silo's exit.
8660
8661 PARKS
8662 Set!
8663
8664Parks peers out again.
8665
8666 DAWN
8667 Parks behind you!
8668
8669Parks looks behind him. Agents pop out from the outside of
8670the site.
8671
8672 PARKS
8673 Shit! Shaw, we have to move
8674 together!
8675
8676Shaw looks behind him as rounds continue to ping off the
8677concrete wall next to him.
8678
8679Shaw looks behind him-
8680
8681A spatter of blood and brain matter comes out of his head.
8682
8683Parks looks over at this. His eyes widen.
8684
8685He takes a deep breath.
8686
8687 PARKS
8688 Once more unto the breach, dear
8689 friends, once more...
8690
8691Parks pulls his magazine out and stays low.
8692
8693 PARKS
8694 ...Or close the wall up with our
8695 English dead.
8696
8697Dawn's eyes widen.
8698
8699 DAWN
8700 Mikee used to say that before
8701 deployment...
8702
8703 PARKS
8704 Whatever happens, Dawn. Get outta
8705 here. Do whatever you want. But I'm
8706 getting you out.
8707
8708Parks lets out a scream as he charges out with his AR. A
8709round flies into his back as he continues to charge forward.
8710
8711 AGENT (O.S.)
8712 (radio)
8713 Two contacts outside, take 'em
8714 down!
8715
8716Parks screams with all his might as he runs out to
8717
8718
8719EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
8720
8721Parks fires his rifle where he saw the agents firing at him.
8722Another pops out and tries to take a shot at him.
8723
8724Parks crouches down, takes a round in the abdomen, and fires
8725into the man's body. He falls backwards as Dawn runs into the
8726forest to the side of Parks.
8727
8728Parks gets back up, his face red, with anger in his eyes.
8729
8730 DAWN
8731 Detective, come on!
8732
8733Parks follows her and provides covering fire, with rounds
8734continuing to hit him.
8735
8736He becomes riddled with holes, front and back.
8737
8738Dawn continues to run. Flashlights follow behind them.
8739
8740Parks makes his way forward. His vision to start to go in and
8741out. Blood comes out of his mouth as he uses the trees around
8742him as a way to keep balanced.
8743
8744Parks takes off the rifle and throws it to the ground.
8745
8746Dawn runs back to him.
8747
8748 DAWN
8749 How far is it?!
8750
8751Parks points forward.
8752
8753 PARKS
8754 ...Close...
8755
8756Dawn carries him.
8757
8758 DAWN
8759 Come on, come on...
8760
8761Parks continues to black out as the SUV can be seen.
8762
8763 DAWN
8764 HEY! HEYYY!
8765
8766She stops and looks in the SUV. Turner sits in the SUV with a
8767bullet in the side of his head.
8768
8769 DAWN
8770 Oh shit, he's dead!
8771
8772She drags him out of the SUV and throws him to the side.
8773
8774Parks struggles to stay conscious.
8775
8776Parks fades in and out as she sets him down in the
8777passenger's seat.
8778
8779 DAWN
8780 I'll get you out of here, Parks.
8781
8782The sound of tires revving.
8783
8784 PARKS
8785 Elena...
8786
8787 DAWN
8788 You'll get to see Elena, it's okay,
8789 come on, come on come on...
8790
8791Parks looks at Dawn again.
8792
8793 DAWN (O.S.)
8794 I need to treat you, fuck.
8795
8796Parks lets out a pained groan.
8797
8798 PARKS
8799 Elena!
8800
8801 DAWN (O.S.)
8802 Fuck!
8803
8804Dawn pulls off to the side of the road.
8805
8806 FADE TO WHITE.
8807
8808
8809INT. KNIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS LAB - DAY
8810
8811A light appears above Parks. He lays on an operating table.
8812
8813Dawn appears above him. She wears scrubs and injects Parks
8814with a larger, blue syringe.
8815
8816Parks takes a breath of air and looks down. He screams in
8817pain as he watches the holes in him close themselves. The
8818skin and muscle reconstruct as Parks takes another gasp for
8819air.
8820
8821The pain subsides. Parks takes another deep breath.
8822
8823 DAWN
8824 You feeling better?
8825
8826 PARKS
8827 Where's Turner?
8828
8829Dawn shakes her head.
8830
8831 DAWN
8832 I'm sorry.
8833
8834Parks buries his head in his hands.
8835
8836He tries to stand up, only to fall down.
8837
8838 PARKS
8839 FUCK! Where am I?
8840
8841 DAWN
8842 Considered missing, no one knows
8843 where you are. My brother
8844 apparently killed his wife then got
8845 out of jail.
8846
8847 PARKS
8848 Wonderful.
8849
8850Parks struggles to stand up.
8851
8852 DAWN
8853 Give it a moment, the nanites are
8854 still trying to reconstruct your
8855 muscles and ribs.
8856
8857Parks puts up one finger and takes a breath.
8858
8859 PARKS
8860 Feels fine to me. Nanites?
8861
8862Dawn shrugs.
8863
8864Parks puts a shirt on and stands up.
8865
8866 DAWN
8867 We've been working on nanites that
8868 can reconstruct parts of a person.
8869
8870Parks manages to stand up now.
8871
8872 PARKS
8873 That aside. Seriously. Where am I?
8874
8875 DAWN
8876 Knight Pharma, Scottsdale.
8877
8878 PARKS
8879 Fuck, we shouldn't be here!
8880
8881 DAWN
8882 Relax, it's Sunday. Medical wing's
8883 off today.
8884
8885 PARKS
8886 And you know this-
8887
8888 DAWN
8889 I've worked here for a near decade
8890 I should know this, Parks.
8891
8892Dawn throws him a pair of jeans. AMBER, (mid-20s) with red
8893hair, fox ears, and a tail stands there and holds a tray of
8894food.
8895
8896 DAWN
8897 You're gonna need these.
8898
8899 PARKS
8900 What the fuck?
8901
8902Amber stands there in confusion. She looks down.
8903
8904 PARKS
8905 I've lost it. Miss Paulsen, if you
8906 could kindly give me my nine
8907 milimeter, I will gladly make my
8908 exit from this world.
8909
8910 DAWN
8911 It's been hard keeping your friend
8912 from the truth.
8913
8914 PARKS
8915 Maybe you should tell him. I'm sure
8916 he could use some more new hobbies.
8917
8918Parks continues to stare at Amber with confusion in his eyes.
8919
8920Amber looks down. Parks looks at Dawn.
8921
8922 PARKS
8923 What else do you have cooked up in
8924 this house of horrors, Paulsen?
8925
8926 DAWN
8927 The guys who killed your partner.
8928
8929Amber sets the tray down.
8930
8931 AMBER
8932 It's for you!
8933
8934Parks reaches his hand out and pats her ears.
8935
8936 PARKS
8937 My god, I've gone and lost my mind.
8938
8939 AMBER
8940 Is he okay Miss Paulsen?
8941
8942 DAWN
8943 He just needs some getting used to
8944 all of this.
8945
8946Parks sighs and looks at the plate of food. It's some chicken
8947alfredo pasta.
8948
8949 PARKS
8950 Thanks.
8951
8952He takes the tray from her.
8953
8954She smiles at him and walks off. Parks takes a plastic fork
8955
8956 PARKS
8957 Autistic?
8958
8959Dawn cocks an eyebrow at Parks.
8960
8961 DAWN
8962 You can tell?
8963
8964 PARKS
8965 Yeah, I used to volunteer at a
8966 children's hospital.
8967
8968 DAWN
8969 You must have had an interesting
8970 childhood, Parks. Now that's
8971 something I would've paid to see.
8972 The big badass detective helping
8973 kids in a hospital.
8974
8975 PARKS
8976 I was doing it for the college
8977 credit. Anyway.
8978
8979Parks moves over to a counter and eats his food. Dawn slides
8980him a keycard, his badge, and his gun across the counter.
8981
8982 DAWN
8983 End this Parks. All of it.
8984
8985Parks chuckles.
8986
8987 PARKS
8988 You want me to kill you after all
8989 this, Dawn? Starting to sound like
8990 your brother.
8991
8992 DAWN
8993 That keycard goes to sublevel one.
8994 There's a vault down there. All the
8995 evidence you need to take Matthews
8996 down with it.
8997
8998Parks finishes his food and looks at the two cards.
8999
9000 DAWN
9001 You're gonna want to call for
9002 backup, you know.
9003
9004Parks shakes his head.
9005
9006 PARKS
9007 I'm gonna solve this case myself.
9008 I've gone this far.
9009
9010 DAWN
9011 You what?
9012
9013Parks pushes the tray forward.
9014
9015 PARKS
9016 I'm gonna take 'em in alone.
9017
9018 DAWN
9019 Oh, no. You've lost it.
9020
9021 PARKS
9022 This was my goal from the start!
9023
9024 DAWN
9025 What? Screw over everyone else's
9026 plans?
9027
9028 PARKS
9029 What do you mean?
9030
9031 DAWN
9032 Oh, I don't know. Everything that I
9033 did and your department did to keep
9034 you from losing your job, dying,
9035 y'know all of the important stuff.
9036 And you're gonna throw it away.
9037
9038 PARKS
9039 Sorry to have disappointed you
9040 then.
9041
9042Parks grabs his things and steps out of the room. He steps
9043into an elevator.
9044
9045
9046INT. UNDERGROUND HALLWAY - DAY
9047
9048Parks turns on a light switch to an empty lab. Nothing truly
9049stands out as he walks through it.
9050
9051The hallway itself sits empty. Parks walks through it. It's
9052well lit, well-maintained, and clean.
9053
9054Parks walks through it. He hears a thud.
9055
9056 PARKS
9057 (echoing)
9058 Hello?
9059
9060He looks behind him.
9061
9062Nothing.
9063
9064 PARKS
9065 Losing my fucking mind here.
9066
9067Parks walks through the halls.
9068
9069He puts his hands in his pockets. A decontamination section
9070sits in front of him. A card reader sits next to some
9071automatic doors.
9072
9073Parks scans the badge.
9074
9075 FEMALE ANNOUNCER (O.S.)
9076 Welcome Doctor Paulsen.
9077
9078Parks walks into
9079
9080
9081INT. LABORATORY - DAY
9082
9083The lights around come on. Against the wall list the faces of
9084doctors. Dawn is on one of them.
9085
9086Parks looks at it and sighs.
9087
9088He looks down at the keycard. Dawn's face is on it and she
9089looks younger.
9090
9091In black sharpie reads, "My office: Office 12".
9092
9093Parks walks through the lab.
9094
9095He passes through windowed offices attatched to the inside
9096and follows the numbers.
9097
9098He walks through other labs and stops at an office with a
9099"12" above its windowed sliding door. Another card reader
9100sits in front of it.
9101
9102 PARKS
9103 Would ye kindly?
9104
9105Parks puts the card up to the door. It slides open.
9106
9107
9108DAWN'S OFFICE
9109
9110 PARKS
9111 Fucking Umbrella Corporation guys,
9112 I swear to god...
9113
9114Parks looks around a small office. It's surrounded by stuffed
9115animals and almost looks like an office meant for children.
9116
9117Parks looks around it. On a desk sits a picture of Don and
9118Dawn, the two are kids in the picture. Don wears a birthday
9119hat, the date below it reads March 23rd, 1997. Behind them
9120are their parents. Don wears a birthday hat and gives an
9121eccstatic smile to a camera.
9122
9123He holds a Pikachu plush. His sister hugs him.
9124
9125 PARKS
9126 He never talked about his
9127 childhood...
9128
9129Parks looks at the desk. On the desk a sticky note that
9130reads: "Password: oct181998".
9131
9132Parks turns on the desktop. He puts the password in and opens
9133up Dawn's e-mails. He creates a new message.
9134
9135Parks sifts through Dawn's emails and opens up a video
9136message that reads "Test subject: #94".
9137
9138The tab opens to
9139
9140
9141INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
9142
9143A little girl's screams break out and echo. A camera pans on
9144Sarah. She sits in a chair with an IV in her arm.
9145
9146 IND RESEARCHER 1
9147 What's your name little girl?
9148
9149 SARAH
9150 My name's Sarah Flynn.
9151
9152 IND RESEARCHER 1
9153 And where's your family from?
9154
9155 SARAH
9156 Ireland...
9157
9158 IND RESEARCHER 1
9159 Run it again.
9160
9161More screams break out.
9162
9163
9164DAWN'S OFFICE
9165
9166 PARKS
9167 Oh, fuck...
9168
9169Scream after scream breaks out as Parks goes through each of
9170the emails. He sends one after another.
9171
9172Parks stops at another e-mail that reads simply, "intent to
9173resign".
9174
9175The message reads:
9176"Marcus,
9177This is the last straw. If I see another incident like the
9178one on April 15th, I am leaving this post. That's my
9179brother!"
9180
9181Parks takes out his wallet. He takes out the dog tags that he
9182showed Adam.
9183
9184 PARKS
9185 April 15th, 2015... He really did
9186 it.
9187
9188Another reply to it:
9189"My goal is to increase the security apparatus of the United
9190States Armed Forces through any means necessary or required.
9191The people of this country are more divided than ever before.
9192As it was in 1941, the United States needs to find a reason
9193to come together."
9194
9195Dawn replies.
9196"My *brother* was in that convoy! The Hero of Houston? That
9197was *MY* brother, Marc. We're done! Anymore favors I gotta do
9198for you better have a good god damn reason behind them!"
9199
9200Parks looks down.
9201
9202He continues to send more emails over to another recipient.
9203
9204Parks looks at the drawers around the desk.
9205
9206One opens up.
9207
9208A red Gameboy sits in it.
9209
9210Parks takes it out and turns it over.
9211
9212It reads, "To the best sister in the world. 10/22/2004"
9213
9214Parks looks down and sighs.
9215
9216 PARKS
9217 Better than what I had.
9218
9219Parks gets back on the computer. He looks through more
9220emails.
9221
9222He stops at another. The office phone on the table rings.
9223
9224Parks picks up the receiver.
9225
9226 DAWN(O.S.)
9227 (phone)
9228 What do you think?
9229
9230 PARKS
9231 I'm trying to figure out
9232 specifically what I'm supposed to
9233 be looking at here. It doesn't
9234 answer why you pretended to be a
9235 fed or even why you've been helping
9236 the militia.
9237
9238 DAWN
9239 Marcus was gonna promote me if I
9240 helped him... We were a thing for a
9241 bit but after I found out what he
9242 did to my brother and the people
9243 around him-
9244
9245 PARKS
9246 You cut him off.
9247
9248 DAWN
9249 He dragged me into things. Told me
9250 that if I didn't play ball with him
9251 that he'd hurt my brother.
9252
9253Parks laughs.
9254
9255 PARKS
9256 Are you fucking crazy? We-
9257
9258 DAWN
9259 Before you go any further and if
9260 you haven't seen already, we've
9261 been working on a project.
9262
9263Parks searches for "projects" in her search bar.
9264
9265 PARKS
9266 I'm looking through your email,
9267 what do you want me looking at
9268 specifically?
9269
9270 DAWN
9271 Phoenix Weapons Program, related to
9272 the PMC my brother's in.
9273
9274Parks searches that up.
9275
9276A string of emails shows up.
9277
9278Parks opens up one.
9279
9280
9281INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY
9282
9283A subject strapped to a chair sits in it.
9284
9285 IND DOCTOR
9286 Test subject 22, Jonathan Willis,
9287 early-30s, no prior history of
9288 violence.
9289
9290WILLIS
9291Hey man, I just want to go
9292home!
9293
9294 IND DOCTOR
9295 As we've found with previous
9296 subjects, the Darkheart serum
9297 causes those with no
9298 aggressive tendencies for
9299 five minutes.
9300
9301A doctor comes up behind him and injects Willis with a
9302syringe.
9303
9304Willis starts to fight in his restraints.
9305
9306 WILLIS
9307 I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL ALL OF YOU!
9308
9309A clock behind him counts down the minutes. The video speeds
9310up to three minutes. He still fights in his restraints.
9311
9312The video goes back to normal speed.
9313
9314Willis continues to fight in his restraints.
9315
9316 WILLIS
9317 GONNA KILL ALL OF YOU! I AM GOING
9318 TO FIND A WAY!
9319
9320Another subject is pushed into the room. He wears an orange
9321jumpsuit. He look around in confusion.
9322
9323Willis's restraints come off. A scalpel sits on the table.
9324
9325Willis falls forward, then stands back up. The other test
9326subject looks behind him.
9327
9328 IND TEST SUBJECT
9329 Willis, it's me man! It's me!
9330
9331Willis tackles him to the ground and slices his throat open,
9332then continues to stab into him.
9333
9334The video speeds up and stops.
9335
9336Willis stands up.
9337
9338 WILLIS
9339 Oh god, what have I done?
9340
9341The doors open. Two Sentinel Securities PMCs shoot him dead.
9342
9343 BACK TO:
9344
9345
9346DAWN'S OFFICE
9347
9348 PARKS
9349 Diaz... I shot reporter. Matthews
9350 was in there with him.
9351
9352Parks puts the phone on speaker.
9353
9354 DAWN (O.S.)
9355 (phone)
9356 Who?
9357
9358He look at different emails.
9359
9360 PARKS
9361 He was with us at Houston. I shot
9362 him after he bum rushed me with a
9363 knife, but he was tied down.
9364 Someone cut the rope.
9365
9366Parks scrolls through different pictures and stops at one. He
9367taps a pen on the desk and puts on his lip.
9368
9369 DAWN (O.S.)
9370 (phone)
9371 Yeah... Darkheart. I'm sorry,
9372 Parks.
9373
9374It's a picture of him. He shakes hands with a military
9375Colonel. Matthews stands behind the Colonel.
9376
9377 PARKS
9378 That's Colonel Tyler Wallace. How's
9379 he connected to all this?
9380
9381Parks takes out his notepad. He jots down, "Tyler a part of
9382the Phoenix Weapons Program".
9383
9384 DAWN (O.S.)
9385 (phone)
9386 I've never heard that name before.
9387
9388 PARKS
9389 I'll figure it out later.
9390
9391Parks looks at the first email. A set of coordinates. Parks
9392jots them down and sends them to another address.
9393
9394 PARKS
9395 What's Matthews's endgame?
9396
9397 DAWN (O.S.)
9398 (phone)
9399 He never said anything about it. He
9400 keeps the people he knows in the
9401 dark.
9402
9403Parks shakes his head and massages his eyes.
9404
9405He tabs out.
9406
9407The doors that lead to the hallway open. Elena walks forward,
9408two armed guards behind her.
9409
9410 DAWN (O.S.)
9411 Parks, you have company. Matthews
9412 has a woman, red hair, blue eyes,
9413 freckles. He's got a few security
9414 guys with him.
9415
9416Parks's eyes widen. Matthews holds a .22 Ruger to the back of
9417his skull.
9418
9419 PARKS
9420 Oh, no... Elena.
9421
9422 DAWN (O.S.)
9423 (phone)
9424 Parks?
9425
9426 PARKS
9427 I gotta go. Which way out?
9428
9429 DAWN
9430 Only one and that's through four
9431 guys. I'll help you out where I
9432 can, I'll get to engineering and
9433 try to get you out that way.
9434
9435A flash drive sits plugged into a computer. Parks takes it
9436out and ducks under a table. He grabs his keycard and starts
9437to move.
9438
9439 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
9440 PARKS! I know you're in here! Come
9441 out and your wife doesn't take a
9442 bullet!
9443
9444He steps out to
9445
9446
9447INT. LABORATORY - DAY
9448
9449Parks crouches down behind a desk. He gets his gun out and
9450checks his ammo.
9451
9452 PARKS
9453 Fuck.
9454
9455Parks stays down.
9456
9457 MATTHEWS
9458 Search the area! Find him!
9459
9460Parks puts his gun away and stays behind a desk. He moves to
9461another one as they enter his room. Elena still has a gun to
9462her head as she walks forward. Tears roll down her eyes.
9463
9464Parks stays down and gets his gun back out as the group moves
9465through.
9466
9467 PARKS
9468 (whispering)
9469 Stick to the shadows...
9470
9471The room goes black.
9472
9473Gunshots ring out as the power begins to flicker.
9474
9475 IND AGENT
9476 The hell was that?!
9477
9478An agent lays dead on the floor as Parks makes a break for
9479the hallway. The three agents open fire on Parks.
9480
9481 MATTHEWS (O.S.)
9482 STOP FUCKING SHOOTING YOU PRICKS!
9483 GET HIM! BRING HIM BACK TO ME!
9484
9485Parks continues to run. He holds a keycard as he does.
9486
9487The agents give chase behind him. Parks scans the card and
9488goes to
9489
9490
9491INT. UNDERGROUND HALLWAY - DAY
9492
9493Parks sprints through the hallway and holds his gun out
9494behind him.
9495
9496The elevator opens up. Parks dives into it.
9497
9498
9499ELEVATOR
9500
9501He slams his hand into the ground floor button.
9502
9503He keeps his weapon outside the elevator doors. They close as
9504the three agents open fire on Parks.
9505
9506Parks sits there for a moment and catches his breath.
9507
9508The elevator doors open. He takes a deep breath.
9509
9510Parks steps out of the elevator.
9511
9512He gets out his phone and calls an uber.
9513
9514 CUT TO:
9515
9516
9517INT. POLICE STATION - DAY
9518
9519Parks bursts into Steele's office sits on the door.
9520
9521A wanted poster of Don
9522
9523He holds a flash drive. Parks holds a fearful look.
9524
9525 PARKS
9526 Tell me you got my email, TELL ME
9527 YOU GOT WHAT I SENT YOU!
9528
9529Steele cocks an eyebrow.
9530
9531 STEELE
9532 You've been blowing up my email all
9533 day Parks, why don't you just wait
9534 and-
9535
9536 PARKS
9537 MATTHEWS HAS MY WIFE! I sent you
9538 all the evidence I have, now tell
9539 me we can put a stop to this
9540 insanity! Hawkins is dead and so is
9541 anyone able to testify against all
9542 of this! I got nothing left! This
9543 case took everything that I have. I
9544 can't do anything anymore.
9545
9546 STEELE
9547 See Stanton.
9548
9549Parks looks exhausted.
9550
9551 PARKS
9552 Fine.
9553
9554He steps out to
9555
9556
9557STANTON'S OFFICE
9558
9559Parks takes a seat.
9560
9561 STANTON
9562 What's the problem now Parks?
9563
9564 PARKS
9565 You fuckin' crazy? What's the
9566 problem now? The problem is that
9567 the guy that's supposed to be
9568 Homeland Security is a Special
9569 Activities, spook, Stanton. The
9570 problem is he's holding my wife
9571 hostage. The problem is that
9572 Officer Turner is dead and I
9573 haven't heard from Detective
9574 Paulsen.
9575
9576 STANTON
9577 Son... She's dead. Her husband shot
9578 her in the heat of the moment. And
9579 he was broken out of county. We're
9580 still looking for him.
9581
9582Parks cocks his head at that.
9583
9584 PARKS
9585 Why would he do that?
9586
9587 STANTON
9588 Years in the sandbox finally got to
9589 him. We think some of his
9590 connections in the military helped
9591 him out, but we don't have any
9592 names for sure.
9593
9594 PARKS
9595 That makes literally no sense at
9596 all.
9597
9598 STANTON
9599 I'll put it to you straight. You're
9600 officially on suspension with pay,
9601 pending an investigation regarding
9602 the group.
9603
9604 PARKS
9605 That's nonsensical. You and I both
9606 know that.
9607
9608 STANTON
9609 You know the drill, Parks. I'm
9610 disappointed in what you've shown
9611 me. Two weeks.
9612
9613Parks passes him his badge and service weapon.
9614
9615 STANTON
9616 We'll be looking for Elena.
9617
9618 PARKS
9619 MATTHEWS HAS HER!
9620
9621 STANTON
9622 GET OUT OF MY OFFICE, PARKS. We.
9623 Will. Find her.
9624
9625Parks gets out.
9626
9627
9628INT. MICK'S BAR - DAY
9629
9630Parks walks inside with a defeated look.
9631
9632Don sits in there. Conrad and Kobel look at him, both with
9633confused and shocked looks.
9634
9635Parks looks at the bartender.
9636
9637 PARKS
9638 Irish coffee.
9639
9640He sits down between Don and Conrad. Conrad starts to reach
9641for a handgun.
9642
9643Don looks down in fear.
9644
9645Parks looks at the two of them and sighs.
9646
9647 PARKS
9648 Please fuck off. I've had a long
9649 day and managed to get myself
9650 suspended again.
9651
9652Conrad cocks an eyebrow.
9653
9654 DON
9655 Dave?
9656
9657 PARKS
9658 You got my e-mail, right?
9659
9660 DON
9661 Yeah, and I gotta get my daughter.
9662
9663 PARKS
9664 I gotta get my wife. You get those
9665 coordinates?
9666
9667 DON
9668 Had 'em already.
9669
9670 PARKS
9671 Good, because I'm solving this case
9672 alone.
9673
9674Kobel, Don, and Conrad look at Parks with a stunned look in
9675their eyes.
9676
9677 DON
9678 You're gonna end up dead, wife
9679 ain't going to have anyone to come
9680 home to.
9681
9682 PARKS
9683 The only person that can save her
9684 is me, Paulsen.
9685
9686 DON
9687 Let us help you!
9688
9689Parks downs a shot of whiskey.
9690
9691 PARKS
9692 I know what I'm doing. If I don't
9693 come back, leak everything I sent
9694 you online. The coordinates are
9695 where they're most likely keeping
9696 your daughter. Experiments,
9697 Matthews, your daughter-
9698
9699 DON
9700 Slow the fuck down, Parks.
9701
9702Don takes out his phone and scrolls through his emails.
9703
9704 PARKS
9705 If you don't hear from me tomorrow,
9706 leak everything.
9707
9708Parks takes another shot and steps out of the bar.
9709
9710 DON
9711 Parks, wait!
9712
9713The door closes behind Parks.
9714
9715
9716EXT. GUN STORE - DAY
9717
9718Parks goes inside of a gun store.
9719
9720
9721INT. GUN STORE - DAY
9722
9723Parks sights in an AR, a look of solid determination in his
9724eyes.
9725
9726He loads a magazine, puts it in a bag and looks at all the
9727others.
9728
9729He steps out to
9730
9731
9732INT. PARKS'S CAR - DAY
9733
9734Parks looks exhausted all the same.
9735
9736Parks looks at the AR in the rear passenger seat of his
9737Toyota.
9738
9739He pulls into a parking lot and falls asleep. The car idles.
9740
9741 GO TO:
9742
9743
9744EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
9745
9746Parks's Toyota sits outside an office. The front of it reads,
9747"Department of Homeland Security - Phoenix".
9748
9749The door swings wide open as Parks watches the last agent
9750step out.
9751
9752He stands against the wall. Parks holds his shoes while he
9753walks into
9754
9755
9756INT. HOMELAND SECURITY BUILDING - NIGHT
9757
9758Parks takes out a flashlight and makes his way through the
9759building.
9760
9761Parks walks by different individual offices and stops at an
9762office that reads "ASAC Matthews".
9763
9764Parks takes a sigh and checks his pockets.
9765
9766 PARKS
9767 Now would be a great time to know
9768 how to pick a lock.
9769
9770Parks kicks the door open and makes his way into
9771
9772
9773MATTHEWS'S OFFICE
9774
9775Parks looks around. Nothing stands out with the exception of
9776some files on the table.
9777
9778Parks shines a light around the room.
9779
9780Nothing really stands out. Some awards on a wall. Parks looks
9781at some picture frames.
9782
9783Matthews sits there with a wife, a dog, and a child. They
9784look happy.
9785
9786 PARKS
9787 ...Even evil has family, doesn't
9788 it, Dave?
9789
9790He sets the picture frame back down.
9791
9792Parks continues to walk through the office and stops at a
9793desk. Its nice wood glistens as Parks shines his light on it.
9794
9795 PARKS
9796 Fancy wood.
9797
9798Parks looks at the drawers below it.
9799
9800He opens a bottom one.
9801
9802 PARKS
9803 What the hell...
9804
9805Parks takes out his light. Different identities sit in his
9806drawer. He puts the flashlight in his mouth as he sorts
9807through a small group of passports and different law
9808enforcement IDs.
9809
9810 PARKS
9811 Okay then.
9812
9813Stacks of money sit below the IDs.
9814
9815 PARKS
9816 Who the fuck is this guy...?
9817
9818The door opens.
9819
9820A JANITOR, (late-50s) walks in.
9821
9822The janitor lugs a vacuum cleaner behind him.
9823
9824 PARKS
9825 Oh, fuck.
9826
9827The janitor flicks a light switch.
9828
9829 JANITOR
9830 Getting some extra work done there?
9831
9832Parks nods.
9833
9834 JANITOR
9835 Well leave a light on then so I
9836 know which room to clean next! You
9837 need me to do a work order on the
9838 door?
9839
9840Parks nods again.
9841
9842 JANITOR
9843 You're the boss!
9844
9845He walks out. Parks closes his eyes and sighs. He continues
9846to look through Matthews's things.
9847
9848Parks looks at the door.
9849
9850 PARKS
9851 Hey buddy hold up!
9852
9853The janitor comes back in.
9854
9855 PARKS
9856 Can I borrow a screwdriver? I'm the
9857 IT guy.
9858
9859 JANITOR
9860 Asian dude- IT guy. Of course.
9861
9862The janitor fishes around his pockets.
9863
9864 PARKS
9865 I'll give it back, don't worry.
9866
9867 JANITOR
9868 Alright, man.
9869
9870Parks takes a flathead screwdriver from him. The janitor
9871steps back out.
9872
9873Parks goes back to the lock on the desk. He checks the door,
9874then behind him.
9875
9876He jams the screwdriver into the lock and slams it in with
9877his hand. The screwdriver pushes itself into the lock.
9878
9879Parks turns it.
9880
9881Parks pulls against the drawer. It doesn't open at first, but
9882with some effort he pulls the drawer open. On top sits the
9883cover for a badge wallet. Parks opens it.
9884
9885 PARKS
9886 Oh, boy. I've done it now.
9887
9888Parks opens it. A CIA badge reveals itself next to CIA
9889credentials "Michael Mayberry". Matthews's photo sits in it.
9890
9891 PARKS
9892 Oh fuck me, this is bad.
9893
9894Parks looks at a sealed envelope inside the desk. He sets the
9895badge down on the desk.
9896
9897Parks opens up the envelope.
9898
9899A dossier.
9900
9901 PARKS
9902 What the hell is this...
9903
9904Parks opens it up.
9905
9906 PARKS
9907 Following the failed actions at MSR
9908 Houston, the agency looks to use
9909 enhanced humans in order to secure
9910 an American future in Afghanistan.
9911 The Phoenix Weapons Program will
9912 allow the-
9913
9914Parks's eyes widen.
9915
9916 PARKS
9917 The nanites make them stronger.
9918 They're a force that can take
9919 bullets and explosions better than
9920 the average person.
9921
9922Parks looks through the documents in the envelope.
9923
9924 PARKS
9925 Matthews sent soldiers to take guys
9926 out.
9927
9928He looks at one part of the text.
9929
9930"in order to secure an American future in Afghanistan"
9931
9932Parks shuffles through the envelope.
9933
9934A map sits between the papers.
9935
9936Parks looks at it and opens it up.
9937
9938Highways are highlit along with red circles.
9939
9940Above the police stations are times with assorted numbers.
9941
9942A date sits on top of the map. December 29th, 2020.
9943
9944Parks checks his phone. It's December 19th.
9945
9946 PARKS
9947 What the fuck?
9948
9949Parks starts to put it together in his mind.
9950
9951 PARKS
9952 The Phoenix Weapons program...
9953
9954His mind turns to that of the desert.
9955
9956
9957EXT. DESERT MOUNTAINSIDE - DAY
9958
9959The insurgents fire down into the convoy below.
9960
9961His mind goes back to the
9962
9963
9964EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - NIGHT
9965
9966Parks fires his 12 gauge into the gang member.
9967
9968He continues to charge Parks.
9969
9970 BACK TO:
9971
9972
9973MATTHEWS'S OFFICE
9974
9975 PARKS
9976 Fuck this is bad.
9977
9978Parks grabs the documents off the table and makes a run for
9979it.
9980
9981
9982EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
9983
9984Parks runs outside. Black suburbans pull into the lot.
9985
9986Parks makes a break for his sedan and gets to the rear
9987passenger door.
9988
9989He throws the documents into the back of it. He goes to the
9990driver's seat of his car and pops the trunk.
9991
9992Parks puts on his AR. The suburbans stop. Agents step outside
9993and raise weapons at him.
9994
9995Matthews steps around.
9996
9997 MATTHEWS
9998 Detective!
9999
10000Parks raises his rifle at him.
10001
10002 PARKS
10003 You gonna appeal to my sense of
10004 reason, Matthews? Huh? Do you
10005 prefer Mayberry?
10006
10007Matthews's expression changes to that of sheer horror.
10008
10009Parks gives a grin.
10010
10011 PARKS
10012 How long have you been turning kids
10013 into weapons? Injecting them with
10014 nanites and god knows what.
10015 Stopping anyone that gets in your
10016 way.
10017
10018Parks carries a crazed look in his eyes.
10019
10020 MATTHEWS
10021 Parks, think of Ele-
10022
10023Parks fires two rounds into Matthews's chest. He raises his
10024rifle, only to have something hit him in the neck.
10025
10026Parks falls down.
10027
10028 MATTHEWS
10029 Get him to Warehouse Sierra, we're
10030 out of here before the locals start
10031 asking questions.
10032
10033Steele stands next to him.
10034
10035 STEELE
10036 We out of the woods yet?
10037
10038 MATTHEWS
10039 Get the car and shell casings out
10040 of here, then meet me at the
10041 warehouse.
10042
10043
10044INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY
10045
10046Parks sits in a cold freezer. A dim light shines above him.
10047
10048Another light across the room shines over a tied up Elena.
10049Parks's hair is wet, his face covered in scratches. He has a
10050black eye.
10051
10052Blood runs down her legs.
10053
10054 ELENA
10055 Dave... Make them stop, please...
10056
10057 PARKS
10058 I've told them everything, baby. I
10059 told 'em all about the case.
10060
10061Matthews appears out of the shadows and hits slams a pipe
10062wrench into Parks's leg.
10063
10064 MATTHEWS
10065 Evidently, not fucking enough
10066 Davey!
10067
10068Matthews takes out his Ruger .22 and walks over to Elena.
10069
10070He sticks the barrel of the gun to her leg.
10071
10072 PARKS
10073 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE,
10074 MATTHEWS!
10075
10076 MATTHEWS
10077 Lies and excuses, Davey.
10078
10079Matthews fires the Ruger into Elena's leg. Elena lets off a
10080scream of pain.
10081
10082 ELENA
10083 DAVEY, WHY?!
10084
10085Elena cries out in pain as two more men step out of the
10086shadows.
10087
10088 MATTHEWS
10089 Now while I wait for you to make up
10090 your mind, my partners are going to
10091 have some fun with your wife.
10092
10093Parks's eyes widen as he struggles in his binds.
10094
10095 ELENA
10096 Dave?
10097
10098Parks's eyes widen as Matthews pulls up a chair with a grin.
10099
10100Three men appear behind Parks and drag Elena in her chair
10101into another room.
10102
10103 PARKS
10104 No, no! I told you everything god
10105 damn it!
10106
10107Elena's screams echo through the warehouse.
10108
10109Parks sits there. Tears roll down Parks's eyes as more
10110screams ring out.
10111
10112Matthews sits there and checks his watch.
10113
10114Time passes as more bags build in Parks's eyes. The screams
10115are loud at first and sound more hoarse-
10116
10117-Then they stop.
10118
10119Elena crawls out of the room. Parks's eyes carry a thousand
10120yard stare.
10121
10122 MATTHEWS
10123 Ready to talk yet, Dave?
10124
10125 PARKS
10126 Just let me die.
10127
10128Matthews comes closer to Parks.
10129
10130 MATTHEWS
10131 Her first.
10132
10133Matthews turns his Ruger to face Elena and pulls the trigger.
10134
10135Elena falls down, dead.
10136
10137The room goes silent.
10138
10139Parks lets off a slow and quiet laugh.
10140
10141It increases. Parks starts to get louder and faster with it.
10142
10143Parks lets off a weak smile.
10144
10145 PARKS
10146 You're a stupid fuck, you know
10147 that?
10148
10149Matthews looks at Elena, then at Parks.
10150
10151 MATTHEWS
10152 Yeah?
10153
10154 PARKS
10155 Well, you planned out the whole
10156 whack everyone that gets in your
10157 way part down. Good job.
10158
10159Parks gives a smile.
10160
10161 PARKS
10162 But you. Fucked. Up, Matthews,
10163 Mayberry- Whatever the hell your
10164 name is.
10165
10166Matthews watches him.
10167
10168 PARKS
10169 If you're really trying to play the
10170 federal agent, a law enforcement
10171 guy, you of all people should know
10172 that killing one tends to the bring
10173 some ungodly heat. This ain't
10174 Mexico, Marcus.
10175
10176 MATTHEWS
10177 I can take it.
10178
10179 PARKS
10180 So did the Guadalajara Cartel back
10181 in the 1980's.
10182
10183 MATTHEWS
10184 You seem to know your history.
10185
10186 PARKS
10187 I spent a lot of time reading on
10188 deployment. Crime novels- The shit
10189 that made me want to get back on
10190 the road. But partner, I don't
10191 think you know, get, or even have
10192 the faintest idea of what's coming.
10193
10194Parks spits some blood out on the floor next to him.
10195
10196 PARKS
10197 Double homicide? Suspended cop gets
10198 too close to a case and then
10199 murdered? People are gonna ask
10200 questions.
10201
10202 MATTHEWS
10203 I got people handling that-
10204
10205 PARKS
10206 Yeah, on the law enforcement end of
10207 the stick.
10208
10209Matthews's eyes widen.
10210
10211 MATTHEWS
10212 What the hell are you talking
10213 about?
10214
10215 PARKS
10216 Diaz, he left a flash drive on the
10217 table- Had everything on it.
10218 Everything he'd been watching and
10219 waiting for. All on that drive.
10220
10221 CUT TO:
10222
10223
10224EXT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
10225
10226A SWAT team stacks on the warehouse.
10227
10228They breach and push into the warehouse. Patrol officers
10229stand behind them.
10230
10231Explosives blow open the doors as the police units push in.
10232
10233 PARKS (O.S.)
10234 Locations.
10235
10236Matthews's agents turn around and start to shoot back at the
10237SWAT officers.
10238
10239They fall, one by one as the teams push in.
10240
10241 PARKS (O.S.)
10242 Names.
10243
10244Both sides take losses from the firefight.
10245
10246 CUT TO:
10247
10248
10249INT. OFFICE BUILDING - AFTERNOON
10250
10251A small army of FBI and local police units move into the
10252building. An FBI agent raises a search warrant in another
10253agent's face.
10254
10255 PARKS (O.S.)
10256 Addresses.
10257
10258The army of local and federal officers start to move in on
10259the building.
10260
10261They walk through and stop at an office that reads, "SAC
10262Marcus Matthews - Human Trafficking".
10263
10264An agent tries to throw a punch at Stanton.
10265
10266Two FBI agents tackle them to the ground.
10267
10268 PARKS (O.S.)
10269 Even your airtight covers.
10270
10271 CUT TO:
10272
10273A drawer opens with multiple IDs and stacks of cash.
10274
10275A gloved hand picks up a bundle of passports.
10276
10277
10278INT. KNIGHT PHARMACEUTICALS UNDERGROUND - AFTERNOON
10279
10280 PARKS (O.S.)
10281 The game's already over, Matthews.
10282
10283A security team stacks up on a vault door. Eli stands in the
10284stack.
10285
10286Kobel walks in the middle of the group, James next to him.
10287
10288A guard opens up the vault. The security team makes their way
10289down the staircase. Flashlights shine down a staircase as the
10290lights inside turn on.
10291
10292An MP turns around in surprise. He sees the security unit
10293push toward him and puts his hands up.
10294
10295
10296LABORATORY
10297
10298Scientists keep their hands up as the security team pushes
10299through the lab.
10300
10301Some of the former subjects pick up guns and begin to shoot
10302back at the advancing security team, only to get rounds
10303through the skull cavity.
10304
10305
10306EXT. BAR - DAY
10307
10308Don walks in. He says something.
10309
10310 PARKS (O.S.)
10311 Even the associates you tried to
10312 keep on lockdown.
10313
10314A man breaks a beer bottle and tries to shank him with it.
10315
10316Don steps out of the way and trips him. The man falls on his
10317face.
10318
10319Don steps on his neck and takes his gun out. He points it
10320behind him and looks on at the group who keep their hands up.
10321
10322 DON
10323 Colonel Wallace?!
10324
10325
10326INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
10327
10328 PARKS
10329 Whatever happens next. I can only
10330 hope you brought lube.
10331
10332Parks smiles.
10333
10334Matthews raises the gun to Parks's head.
10335
10336 PARKS
10337 It was all worth it in the end. Do
10338 what you have to.
10339
10340 FADE TO BLACK.
10341
10342A lone, suppressed gunshot.
10343
10344Parks smiles and closes his eyes.
10345
10346
10347INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
10348
10349SUPERIMPOSE: "One month before the MSR Houston incident"
10350
10351Parks shuffles some paperwork and types on a computer.
10352
10353A desk drawer sits open with different doujins.
10354
10355A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LARSON, (19) comes into Parks's office.
10356
10357 PARKS
10358 What can I help you with?
10359
10360Larson looks around, his eyes show that of paranoia.
10361
10362 LARSON
10363 Can I trust you Staff Sergeant?
10364
10365Parks cocks an eyebrow at Larson.
10366
10367 PARKS
10368 Yeah, I don't see why not.
10369
10370Larson adjusts his glasses and leans in.
10371
10372 LARSON
10373 You know that base wide ban on
10374 porn?
10375
10376 PARKS
10377 Of course, of course.
10378
10379 LARSON
10380 Well I got information on a
10381 smuggling ring on post. It's a bomb
10382 shell.
10383
10384Parks closes the drawer with the various doujin covers.
10385
10386 PARKS
10387 Really now? That's really
10388 something.
10389
10390Parks's hand shifts to a red panic button under the table.
10391
10392 LARSON
10393 It's absolutely something, Staff
10394 Sergeant. You wouldn't believe it.
10395 I've got names, faces, and even the
10396 dates and times of meetings.
10397
10398 PARKS
10399 Really, now? Alright, go on.
10400
10401
10402EXT. AIRCRAFT HANGAR - DAY
10403
10404 LARSON (O.S.)
10405 It comes off Hangar Alpha Three.
10406
10407An Air Force loadmaster, KEANE, (mid-20s) watches a mail
10408pallet come off a C-130.
10409
10410James stands there, a cigar in his mouth.
10411
10412 LARSON (O.S.)
10413 There's a guy that watches the
10414 thing, always smokes a cigar. Red
10415 hair. Hair's all types out of regs.
10416 He never wears a nametape, but he's
10417 constantly watching it.
10418
10419 PARKS (O.S.)
10420 How do you know he's a part of it?
10421
10422
10423EXT. MILITARY FIELD HOSPITAL - DAY
10424
10425 LARSON (O.S.)
10426 I've been trailing him of course,
10427 but he meets with this combat
10428 medic.
10429
10430Don and James high five each other.
10431
10432James passes Don a box, while Don passes James some money.
10433
10434 DON
10435 Hey, buddy. Here's your cut.
10436
10437Larson takes cover behind a wall and listens to this.
10438
10439 JAMES
10440 How've you been, man?
10441
10442 DON
10443 Ah, usual shit dude. The guys in
10444 the hospital love this stuff. Been
10445 selling it to 'em half off if
10446 they're fucked up enough. You want
10447 me to cover the other half?
10448
10449 JAMES
10450 Nah, if they're fucked up and
10451 getting medical, that's fine. Any
10452 special orders?
10453
10454 DON
10455 They're getting crazy with what
10456 they want. Here's the list.
10457
10458Don passes James a piece of note paper.
10459
10460 JAMES
10461 This is fine. You didn't discount
10462 them for the special orders, did
10463 you?
10464
10465 DON
10466 10 percent.
10467
10468 JAMES
10469 That's reasonable. So far, we're
10470 doing good on making sure Johnny
10471 Law isn't on our ass. Our man on
10472 the inside knows his shit.
10473
10474 DON
10475 Praise the lord for that. Most of
10476 the MPs couldn't find their head
10477 from their ass if their life
10478 depended on it.
10479
10480 JAMES
10481 You need anything, doc?
10482
10483 DON
10484 Nah, I'll be alright. More Lucky
10485 Strikes would be nice.
10486
10487 JAMES
10488 You got it.
10489
10490Don walks off with the box and pockets his share of the
10491money.
10492
10493 LARSON (O.S.)
10494 They trade the money and this
10495 Paulsen goes into the hospital and
10496 sells the magazines.
10497
10498
10499INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
10500
10501Soldiers give Don money as they hold doujins in their hands.
10502
10503They carry smiles and pat Don on the back.
10504
10505
10506INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
10507
10508Parks jots this down.
10509
10510A closer look reveals him to be scribbling dicks.
10511
10512 PARKS
10513 What else you got?
10514
10515 LARSON
10516 Well that's just the tip of it.
10517
10518
10519EXT. MILITARY BARRACKS - DAY
10520
10521Two Marines stand outside a barracks.
10522
10523They eye Don with suspicion.
10524
10525 IND MARINE 1
10526 Go back to your hole you over
10527 equipped wigger shit licker.
10528
10529Don holds a box in his hand.
10530
10531 DON
10532 Not until you hear about what I got
10533 for you. Besides, I got a medical
10534 call out here.
10535
10536 IND MARINE 1
10537 And what would you have that we
10538 would be interested in?
10539
10540Don reaches into the box and takes out a hentai doujin.
10541
10542The two look at each other.
10543
10544 IND MARINE 1
10545 How do we know you're not an
10546 undercover? We had one guy-
10547
10548 DON
10549 Your one guy was fucking stupid and
10550 didn't have a man on the inside and
10551 with the sufficient rank to get
10552 away with it. Do business with me
10553 and my associates will continue
10554 their supply. Don't and you can
10555 keep doing No Fap for the rest of
10556 your deployment. Tell your guys if
10557 they get seriously wounded they get
10558 half off whatever I might have in
10559 stock and 10 percent off special
10560 orders.
10561
10562They ponder this for a moment.
10563
10564 IND MARINE 2
10565 Spread your arms out.
10566
10567Don sets the box down and spreads his arms out.
10568
10569The second Marine searches him.
10570
10571The first Marine opens the box and looks through it.
10572
10573 IND MARINE 1
10574 You said you did special orders
10575 right?
10576
10577 DON
10578 We have that ability, yes.
10579
10580 IND MARINE 1
10581 So not just anime porn.
10582
10583The Marine takes a picture of Don, Jackie, and Ash out of
10584Don's jacket pocket. He looks at it.
10585
10586 IND MARINE 1
10587 Wife?
10588
10589 DON
10590 Yup.
10591
10592 IND MARINE 1
10593 She single?
10594
10595 DON
10596 Not yet.
10597
10598He puts the picture back.
10599
10600 IND MARINE 1
10601 You're good.
10602
10603The three walk into
10604
10605
10606INT. BARRACKS - DAY
10607
10608Don holds the box in his hand.
10609
10610Marines fight each other, some wrestle on the ground.
10611
10612Don walks past all this, then dodges a can of beer.
10613
10614 IND MARINE 3
10615 POG!
10616
10617He continues to walk, then stops.
10618
10619Both Marines stop at a door marked, "CAPTAIN FOSTER".
10620
10621One knocks on the door.
10622
10623 FOSTER (O.S.)
10624 Get the fuck in here.
10625
10626The group enters
10627
10628
10629FOSTER'S OFFICE
10630
10631 FOSTER
10632 What the fuck's he here for? What,
10633 the Army wasn't gay enough for you?
10634
10635Don takes out a doujin.
10636
10637 DON
10638 I have a business proposition for
10639 you, one that might help increase
10640 morale around here.
10641
10642 FOSTER
10643 I'm listening.
10644
10645
10646EXT. BARRACKS - DAY
10647
10648Don smiles as he walks out of the Marine barracks. He holds a
10649stack of money.
10650
10651
10652INT. ARMY BARRACKS - DAY
10653
10654Parks, James, and Don count their money.
10655
10656
10657INT. MILITARY OFFICE - DAY
10658
10659 PARKS
10660 That's crazy, man.
10661
10662 LARSON
10663 I know, right?
10664
10665James stands outside the door.
10666
10667 PARKS
10668 Stay here, alright? I'll go get
10669 someone.
10670
10671Larson sits there as Parks steps out to
10672
10673
10674INT. HALLWAY - DAY
10675
10676James stands there with a wiffle ball bat covered in ice.
10677
10678Parks steps out with a grin and smokes a cigarette as James
10679enters the room, bat behind him.