MAN: Yeah, l like animals better than people sometimes.
[DOGS BARKING]
Especially dogs. Dogs are the best.
Every time you come through the door...
...they treat you as if they haven't seen you in a year.
The good thing about dogs...
...is they got different kinds of dogs for different kinds of people.
Like pit bulls.
The dog of dogs.
Pit bull can be the right man's best friend...
...and the wrong man's worst enemy.
Yeah, you gonna give me a dog, give me a pit bull. Give me...
..."Raoull." Right, Omar? Give me Raoull.
I fucking hate Raoull! Shut the fuck up, asshole!
Son of a bitch don't know when to shut up!
Hates Raoull.
Farley fucked up the list.
Yeah, l can dig it, Omar. I had a dog like that. A poodle.
She didn't bark, though. She pissed on the floor.
Hated that dog.
But if l was ever depressed...
...she'd lay her head in my lap...
...look up at me with those big old eyes...
...and even though I thought I hated that dog...
...l loved her.
It's like that, ain't it, Omar? That love-hate thing.
No more goddamned talk!
I can't wait anymore, you hear me? I want my wife!
I want her up here.
Or I'll do our daughter.
-Omar, listen to me. OMAR: No more fucking talking.
I want that bitch, or l'll do the girl.
Omar, l'm doing the best I can here, man.
OMAR: I'm not gonna hurt her.
I just want her to see me blow my brains out.
I want her to think about that...
...when she's sucking that fat prick's cock.
[lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERING OVER RADIO]
MAN: Roman's losing him.
This guy goes, he could take that girl with him. We gotta go in.
We'll give Danny another minute. Not yet. He's pulled out of worse.
BECK: Another minute, that girl will be dead.
Unit 1 , prepare entry. All units stand by for full breach.
OFFlCER: Get back! Get back!
BECK [OVER RADlO]: You lost him. Make entry.
Beck thinks you lost him. Frost gave him the go-ahead.
DANNY: That's not the play. Omar's tight.
He can get a shot off if they breach.
Look, Nate, I can still talk to him. I just need time.
-HBT 1 , negotiator requests time. -Negative. Team's in position.
Fuck it. I'm going in.
No. Don't, damn it. Don't pull this shit. You'll give him another hostage.
You know another way to get the gun off the girl's head?
-Negotiator entering kill zone. -You better keep him out.
Our men will lose objectivity if he's in there.
This is Frost. Stand down.
DANNY: Omar was a Marine, right? NATE: Yeah.
-We have a shot? -Bedroom, but he's nowhere near.
He will be. Get Eagle and Palermo to that window.
Tell them to wait for my signal and put that motherfucker on his back.
Hellman, Allen, Argento.
When l'm clear, come in there, get that girl.
Yo, Omar.
Just got word. Your wife's here.
-[WHISPERING] Wife? -[WHISPERING] Shut the fuck up.
[lN NORMAL VOICE] I've been authorized to make the trade.
I gotta come in, look around...
...make sure there's no other hostages and there's no surprises.
Fuck you!
I wanna see her first.
Omar, l gotta come look. Then l can bring in your wife, get the girl, all right?
-What if you're lying? -Then shoot me!
Okay! Fair enough!
Nice and slow!
You look around, then l get my wife, or you fucking die!
OFFlCER [OVER RADlO]: Palermo, Eagle, clear for shot.
-Okay? Here we go. -Ready.
[DOG BARKING]
Move real slow. This ain't about me or you...
...but l'm gonna take you out just the same.
He's in. We gotta play it out now.
Unit 1 , hold position.
OMAR: Lock it.
DANNY: Nice breeze.
Great day to be out, you know? Not cold. Cool, kind of brisk.
Too bad we got stuck in here.
You've seen everything. No surprise. Let's do this.
I gotta look in those rooms down there. You know, make sure nobody's there.
OMAR [ON MONlTOR]: All right, move.
DANNY: Football, huh?
Perfect day for it.
I ain't missed a Bears home game since I left the Corps.
Course, the Corps was a winning team, wasn't it?
Oh, yeah? You were in?
DANNY: Yeah. l did a tour in '73.
OMAR: Semper fi, motherfucker. I did two tours. '68 and '69.
DANNY: Well, hoo-fucking-rah, Omar.
Hoorah!
OMAR: Don't meet many Marines these days. Everybody joins the Navy.
I have a visual on the suspect.
See? Nothing here, lieutenant, so now we make the trade.
DANNY: Nuh-uh. Stay cool. -We got a one count.
[lNDlSTlNCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]
DANNY: Like l told you, gotta check out everything.
Omar. A Marine and a sailor are in the bathroom taking a piss.
The Marine goes to leave without washing up.
Sailor says:
"ln the Navy, they teach us to wash our hands."
The Marine turns to him and says:
BOTH: "ln the Marines, they teach us not to piss on our hands."
[OMAR AND DANNY LAUGH]
[GRUNTING]
OFFlCER 1 : Down! Get down! OFFlCER 2: Move! Move!
[PANTlNG]
OFFlCER 1 : HT's down! OFFlCER 3 [OVER RADIO]: Copy.
NATE: You all right, bud?
Huh? You okay?
Yeah.
-Thanks. -Sure.
[REDNEX'S "COTTON EYE JOE" PLAYING ON STEREO]
[CROWD CLAPPlNG AND CHEERlNG]
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
[CROWD LAUGHlNG]
DANNY: Yeah, boy! Come on. Get down, get funky, get loose!
Come on! Do it, do it, do it!
You're a hoedown guy.
-Now l've seen everything. Ha-ha-ha. DANNY: Whoo!
Okay, which one is the most pathetic out there?
-How you feeling, man? -Not great.
-I wanna talk to you. All right? -All right, cool.
Hey! Cut the music!
[MUSlC STOPS AND MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ON TV]
Take a wild guess who's on the news again.
After six hours, hostage negotiator Danny Roman risked his own life...
...disarming the hostage-taker to end the standoff.
[ALL CHEER]
REPORTER: Lieutenant Roman, looks like you saved the day again.
No, it was a team effort. I just talked the guy out.
REPORTER: Well, did he say anything in there?
ALLEN: He just wanted to hog the spotlight!
I just wanna tell you how close I came to busting your ass because of that shit.
But because it'll never happen again, right, I'll let it go.
TRAVlS: All right, he's all talk.
[DANCE MUSlC PLAYING ON STEREO]
Danny, off the record, that was one hell of a gutsy job, man.
Again, congratulations.
Thanks, chief. Congratulations to you.
-Thanks. -Great party.
Were you really in the Marines?
No, l was in the Army and l fucking hate dogs.
[PALERMO LAUGHING]
Despite how things worked out today, you put these guys in jeopardy.
If you were taken hostage, you would've fucked up everything.
-Everybody lived, Beck. Even you. BECK: Mm.
Twenty thousand cops in Chicago. Can't you take turns?
I was gonna let Nate go in...
...but l knew Linda would be pissed at me.
Nate's much smarter than that, right, Nate?
Yeah, l'm too smart. I'm too smart for my own good sometimes.
You got a minute? Gotta talk. It's important.
Just be a minute, l promise. Just a minute.
Go on, tell your secrets.
[SIGHS]
I was approached by someone recently.
He knows who took money from the disability fund.
What?
-Almost 2 million is missing. -Yeah, I know.
According to him, we know the guys who took it. Cops.
Guys in our own precinct. Guys we might call our friends...
...stealing our own money.
I would've told you sooner, but this is my first chance.
Who told you this?
I can't say...
...but this guy knows what he's talking about.
He's been around, working cases like this. He knows his shit.
So why didn't he go to Internal Affairs?
Because he thinks lnternal Affairs is involved.
He heard Niebaum's name mentioned. He doesn't know what to do.
They offered to buy him out.
-And? -And he said he'd think about it.
We were at the academy, worked Area 6 together, so he trusts me.
This guy, uh....
Dan, this guy is really scared.
When did you find out about all this?
Most of it last night, but l, uh....
I've been working on it for a couple of weeks now, you know?
I figured that with you on the board you might have heard something.
No.
I didn't hear a thing.
NATE: Mm.
Well, they did do an audit, but it didn't prove anything.
Yeah.
If somebody's stealing our money, we gotta find out who.
You tell this informant--
[BANGlNG ON WINDOW]
-Oh, shit. -Jesus Christ!
Officer Bald.
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Are you blowing each other?
About to, till you showed up.
I know you're all partners, but everyone's looking for you.
Don't shine the light in here, officer.
Can't a guy just hold his partner's hand?
I'll let you girls be.
-Wipe that stuff off your mouth, buddy. -Yeah. Order me a drink, big guy.
Jesus.
-We'll finish this later. -Yeah, all right.
Yeah. Don't tell Linda.
Shit.
KAREN: I don't like the thought of fixing up this house alone, Danny.
And with what you're doing....
Nuh-uh-uh. Darling, that's the job.
It's not the job.
The job l can deal with. It's how you do the job.
-Like what you did today. -I'm fine.
This time.
What l love about you is that you do these crazy things.
It's just that l wish you'd start differentiating between crazy and stupid.
I know this whole marriage thing is new to you...
...but coming home every night is a big part of it.
Every night.
Okay. l promise...
...l will come home every night.
No matter what l have to do.
Every night.
What are you trying to negotiate? You forget that l know you lie for a living.
-Not right now. -Oh!
Listen, listen.
Danny Roman is a married man now.
No more crazy shit, all right?
[DANNY MlMICS ENGINE WHlRRlNG]
See that?
That's the bus. The bus is going down the street.
Crazy is on the bus.
[PAGER BUZZING]
What's vibrating, baby?
[KAREN CHUCKLES]
DANNY: Nate is vibrating.
Go. Tell Nate I said hello.
And that I expect him to keep you out of trouble from now on.
[GRUNTS]
Hey, how you doing? Caught me. Heh, heh.
Look, Danny beeped me earlier. What's going on?
[GUNSHOT AND NATE SHOUTS]
[GRUNTS]
Nate?
Freeze!
Get your hands up!
Police officer! Officer down!
DANNY: He said he talked to his informant last night.
Some guy he was at academy with and knew from Area 6.
This guy said he knew what was going down with the pension fund.
The informant didn't come to you guys...
...because he thought someone from lnternal Affairs was involved.
One of us?
Exactly who was this informant, lieutenant?
Hey, he didn't tell me his name.
It's obvious somebody found out Nate was investigating the fund...
...off this informant's tip and they took him out.
Let's go back to the beginning and do this whole thing again.
Hey, hey, hey. l just found my partner with his head blown off.
-I don't feel like doing this! -You're gonna have to.
DANNY: Fuck this! -Back off.
Back off, Niebaum. We'll do it some other time, okay?
[MAN SHOUTlNG]
MAN: Order!
[BAND PLAYING ON BAGPIPES]
MAN: Order!
I'm so sorry. l'm sorry.
MAN: Ready. Aim. Fire.
Aim. Fire.
[GUNFlRE]
Aim. Fire.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
-Is that the door? -Mm. You get it.
Shit.
Hey, Danny, listen, they found the gun that killed Nathan.
-It's in the lake. No fingerprints. TRAVlS: Hang on. He's--
-I have a search warrant-- TRAVlS: Just hold it.
Danny, the serial number on the gun-- It was one of three stolen from a dealer.
Two of the guns were recovered by you around seven months ago.
-The third gun was not found until now. -You gotta be fucking kidding me.
-You serious? TRAVlS: Nothing we can do.
We came as soon as we heard they were issuing a warrant.
-Guys, go easy. He's one of ours. -In here. In here.
I'm sorry about this, Karen. We all know it's bullshit.
Just let them do their work and get out.
It is bullshit.
He's standing over a dead cop who was investigating the fund...
...he had access to the gun and he's on the fund's board.
-He had motive and opportunity. -Who the fuck are you, Niebaum?
It was your name Nate mentioned when he said Internal Affairs was involved.
Now it's my name, huh?
We've got an investigation too, and your name keeps coming up. Wonder why.
Maybe it's because Nathan found you stealing money from the fund.
BELL: Inspector!
I think l got something in here.
Looks like offshore accounts.
DANNY: What the--?
That shit's not mine. You planted this shit.
Put it away.
Why are you doing this to me, huh?
Chief, you don't--
REPORTER 1 : Lieutenant, do you think you'll be charged...
...with the murder of Officer Roenick?
Think you'll be charged with the murder of Officer Roenick?
Make a hole here. Come on, come on, back up.
-Hey! Give the guy a break! OFFlCER: Get back. Get back.
[REPORTERS SHOUTlNG INDISTINCTLY]
Beck.
-Thanks. -How can you show your face here?
I knew someday you'd get somebody killed.
Nobody really knows what happened, okay?
Come on, seriously.
What's going on, Danny? We're hearing a lot of shit.
DANNY: What?
Hey, Danny.
Come on inside.
All right, everybody, get back to work.
Sit down, Danny.
Danny, I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't know what to think...
...but l don't have any choice...
...until this lnternal Affairs investigation is complete.
So your gun and your badge.
Chief.
You know me.
I'm being set up.
Nate told me his informant knows who's involved.
Help me find this informant, and all this goes away.
Yeah.
[REPORTERS SHOUTlNG INDISTINCTLY]
REPORTER 1 : Lieutenant!
-Have you talked to Mrs. Roenick? PHOTOGRAPHER: One more.
REPORTER 2: Are you allowed to make any comment?
-Linda. Linda. ATTORNEY: We should keep going.
-No, Karen. -Mrs. Roenick, we should go.
Linda, l didn't do what they say I did. I--
ATTORNEY: Mrs. Roenick, we should go. -Fuck you, Danny.
Fuck Niebaum. Fuck all of you. You all killed him.
Don't you stand here. Don't you stand here in my face.
Don't say one more fucking word to me.
You took him away from me.
God help you, Danny. You took him away from Jeremy.
Now you stand here-- You stand here and you just live with that.
Mrs. Roenick. Please, let's go home.
Danny, we need to go.
We need to go. Come on, this way.
The papers found in your house:
Can you come up with an explanation as to why you had that kind of money?
You have no proof the money had to do with the fund...
...or that Mr. Roman even opened those accounts.
NlEBAUM: The money in them was well-laundered...
...but the last deposit matched the last amount stolen from the fund.
I don't have any offshore accounts.
The statements were in your home. You were standing over the body.
Are you charging my client? Because all of this is circumstantial.
We have a gun linked to you...
...and a pair of gloves that we took from the water.
Which explains why your client had no powder on his hands.
You know how this city feels about corrupt cops.
I'll get a conviction with my eyes closed.
Just tell us where the rest of the money went, who your partners were and maybe....
-Maybe-- -I need to speak to my client.
I'll give you one day to make a deal.
You hear me? One day.
After that, there'll be no deal to negotiate.
We will arrest you and you will face the maximum penalty. I'll see to it.
Be here tomorrow and have a decision made.
KAREN: Danny. Danny.
MOREWlTZ: Danny.
-Danny. -What?
Understand that they have a case that a jury will convict on.
I can't do any more for you.
Cut a deal.
[SIGHS]
Karen.
Go and wait for me in the car. Don't worry.
Everything's gonna be fine.
-Danny, please don't do anything crazy. -Crazy? Heh.
Crazy's on the bus, remember?
I love you.
I love you too.
Be right back.
RECEPTlONlST: Danny Roman -I'm going to see Niebaum.
RECEPTlONlST: Sir, could you wait just a minute? l have to buzz him, sir.
Mr. Roman, wait, sir!
You made it clear-- Make it clear again.
Come on. This is--
Hold on. Hold on. Roman. What can I do for you?
Man's got a right to face his accusers, doesn't he, inspector?
-We need to talk. -Go ahead, talk.
I wanna know what's going on.
[SCOFFS]
You killed your partner and you're about to be formally indicted for it.
You're not answering my question.
Nate told me you were involved. I wanna know how.
Look me in the eye and tell me you weren't involved.
-Look me in the eye! NlEBAUM: Look you in the eye for what?
Lookit, why don't you tell it to the judge?
All right? We're finished. Get him out of here.
-You're not doing this! -Look, you. Go!
Roman.
[GRUNTING]
No!
[GUNSHOT]
OFFlCER: Aah! Fuck.
[GUN COCKS]
Lock the door. Lock it!
Don't make things worse than they already are.
-Just put the gun down now. -You, sit your ass down.
-Sit! -Okay, man, you got it.
This is my life here, Niebaum.
-I want some answers. -I don't have any answers.
Put the gun down and leave.
You don't feel like talking? We're gonna stay here until you do.
It's your choice...
...because I'm not going to jail today.
Move!
Go! Go!
-All right. DANNY: Come on!
OFFlCER 1 : Drop your weapon.
ALL: Drop it, Danny. DANNY: Guns down.
OFFlCER 1 : Drop the weapon. OFFlCER 2: Drop it.
That wasn't an accident. And neither will the next one that goes in your head.
Now get down here, now. Come on!
All right, everybody in here march over to that desk over there.
Put your guns, cuffs, keys, everything...
...on this desk and get out of here. Let's go. Move! Move it!
-Take it easy. -Danny.
DANNY: What are you doing here? -The call's out on the city-wide.
-See what they're making me do? FROST: Danny, you just got married, man.
Think about Karen.
I am thinking about Karen.
And now that l think about it, I'm glad you're here.
You just raised the ante.
-Join the party. -God, Danny, this is crazy.
Take your guns off. Put them on this table now!
I know you heard me say both of them.
[SIRENS BLARlNG]
FROST: Danny, listen to me. It's not too late to stop this.
You trying to talk me down? That it?
FROST: Danny, this is crazy. This isn't helping you.
-Me and him have nothing to do with this. RUDY: Right.
FROST: I've known you 20 years. What are you doing?
I know l made you stay, Frost, but you cannot monopolize the conversation.
You're not the scene commander here. I am. You.
You're Niebaum's secretary, right? What's your name?
My name's Maggie, and l'm his assistant.
DANNY: Maggie, don't be scared.
I'm somewhat familiar with situations like this, all right?
I'm not scared. l've been mugged twice, once at gunpoint.
Guns are not new to me...
...but l'd rather avoid them if I get the chance.
Well, I don't think you're gonna have that chance this time, Maggie.
And if you're Niebaum's assistant, you have everything to do with this.
But not me, bro. Okay? I don't work for this pig.
-I'm not a cop. -You're Rudy Timmons.
You're a rat for the rat squad. You don't remember me?
I arrested you in '92 for credit-card fraud.
Oh, shit. Yeah, wow. Yeah, l remember you.
I remember you. Hey, man!
Last time I saw you, you were a clean-cut boy in blue.
-What happened to you, man? -That's what we're here to find out, Rudy.
[HELICOPTER WHlRRING]
PILOT: Air 1 , realize the location.
I wonder if they're out there.
Your partners, Niebaum.
The guilty ones.
My guys.
They'll come, you know.
Scared shitless l'll get the truth out of you and try and stop them.
And if they can't get me, they'll kill you.
[SIRENS BLARlNG]
Goddamn it. Have them clear the perimeter and start evac.
I don't want anything moving on that fucking river!
Locate the phone panel. Lock down the elevator.
Have these guys clear the stairwell. Have Unit 2 hold outside lnternal Affairs.
OFFlCER: You got it. Come on.
-Chief? -Christ, they're here already.
Set up command on that barge over there so the press can't get to us.
TRAVlS: What do you got?
FARLEY: We locked down the elevators from the 20th floor down.
-Beck. MAN: Let's get the phones hooked up.
TRAVlS: I got a real concern.
He knows our tactics and we got a lot of real estate to lock down.
Do we have the manpower?
We got personnel from six different districts...
...but he's still gonna try and control the environment.
We'll just see who wins the race.
[SIRENS BLARlNG]
Perpetrator is an expert marksman.
[OVER RADlO] He's an expert in explosives and tactics.
Gentlemen, play this by the numbers.
Maintain your fields of fire.
Elevators.
Fucking Roman's up there, man.
He's got Frost inside.
See a chance to end this, we take him out.
[REPORTERS SHOUTlNG INDISTINCTLY]
We're blind and he's seeing 20-20.
-Intel? -Yeah.
I want visuals and audio set up from 1 9 and 21 .
OFFlCER: Yes, sir. -Farley, you're negotiating.
-He'll eat Farley up. -Commander, uh...
-...if you wanna talk to him.... -You can't handle it, I won't have a choice.
Get him locked down first. ln the meantime, Farley, get on the fucking phone.
-Someone locate the building engineer. OFFlCER: Right away.
Oh, boy.
[FARLEY CLEARS THROAT]
[PHONE RlNGlNG ON LINE]
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
GREY: Chief Travis.
Special Agents Grey, this is Moran.
We're the FBl negotiators.
MORAN: It's a federal building. It's our jurisdiction.
He's one of ours. We got this.
Fine with us. For now.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
Chief. We got eyes.
Son of a bitch. Go to Camera 2.
He got all six. We got nothing.
We gotta see in that room.
No eyes, no ears. Looks like we're running out of options.
-I want status reports now. BECK: Give me an update.
BECK [OVER RADlO]: Give me status.
Somebody give me status. Tell me what you see.
All shafts are locked down, sir.
PALERMO: Blinds closed.
Visibility's zero, sir.
We contained him.
We have not contained him. He's contained himself.
He's cut us off.
Try the phone again. See what he wants.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
DANNY: Talk.
Hello?
Yeah. Hello?
I'm Rudy, so don't shoot me thinking I'm him. Please.
FARLEY: Rudy, my name is Farley.
-Could you please get Danny on the line? -Farley would like to talk to you.
Tell him l only wanna talk to Chris Sabian.
He'll only talk to, uh, Chris Sabian.
Tell him if Sabian's not here in 20 minutes, you die.
I don't wanna talk to anyone else but Chris Sabian.
Okay.
We heard you.
He said they heard you.
Who's Chris Sabian?
-I heard that name before. -He's from the west side.
Once he talked 55 hours. Never forces tactical action.
I don't know how Danny knows him.
-So find Sabian. TONRAY: 91 1 Chris Sabian.
MAN: Come on.
Talk to me.
I'm right here.
I'm not going anywhere, so please come out.
WOMAN: You don't want me to come out. I wanna kill her.
I do want you to come out. Come out...
...so we can discuss this.
WOMAN: You're not even listening to me.
Yes, l am listening to you.
I just-- You promised that you'd come out, so come on out, all right?
I don't wanna do this through the door.
Look, l just wanna do something without arguing, okay?
Let's get on the road.
-Your clothes look fine. -No.
-They do. -According to some people...
...l look fat in ski clothes.
That's not the word she used. She used...
...a much worse word.
Honey, get off the phone!
-Get off the phone. -I know.
-Get off the phone. -No.
I'm your father and l'm very upset with you right now.
[WHISPERING] Try your sweater.
[WHISPERING] Honey, but get off the phone.
[lN NORMAL VOICE] I want you to apologize...
...to your mother for saying she looks...
..."wide."
[CHUCKLlNG]
[WHISPERING] That's not a good word to use, wide.
How'd you like to be called wide?
[lN NORMAL VOICE] You hear me? l'm very serious.
I'm very angry with you!
Right now. Get off the phone. Get off the phone.
-No. -Don't you make me--
Shh.
I talked a man out of blowing up the Sears Tower...
...but l can't talk my wife out of a bedroom or my kid off a phone.
LlSA: That's because no one's standing behind you with a big gun.
Yeah, well, that's debatable.
[PHONE BEEPS]
Hold on.
Hello?
Yeah. He's right here.
It's for you.
Hello?
Sabian's 20 minutes out.
And we only got 1 5.
All right, call Danny and change that deadline.
Tell him Sabian's on his way.
[PHONE RlNGlNG ON LINE]
Sabian?
No, it's, um, Farley.
Look, Farley, l told you, I don't wanna talk to anyone but Chris Sabian.
Yeah, uh, he's on his way, okay?
He's gonna be here real soon. We just need more time.
You don't have more time, Farley.
FARLEY: Danny, please, tell me.
What are you doing here, okay? This is pretty serious.
You're goddamn right! So why don't you take me seriously?
Well, we are. We are. We just, um....
-It just, um-- I just want to talk to you. DANNY: Wait, wait.
Wait, wait. You think you can talk me down, Farley?
Look, um, I need to, um....
-Tell me what you want, all right? -Heh.
Okay, Farley.
You want a shot? I'll give you a shot.
Yeah. We got some time before Sabian gets here.
Oh. What do I want? Um, let's see. How about-- Can l see a priest?
No, you can't see a priest.
DANNY: That's good, Farley. Good. You shouldn't let me see a priest.
A priest is associated with death, and you don't want me thinking about death.
No, no.
But you told me "no." You can't say "no."
Never use "no" in a hostage situation.
-Would you relax? DANNY: I'm very fucking relaxed!
But let me give you some advice:
Never say "no" to a hostage-taker. It's in the manual.
-Now, are you gonna tell me "no" again? -No, I'm not.
DANNY: Wrong answer! Eliminate "no" from your vocabulary.
Never use "no," "don't," "won't" or "can't," all right?
It eliminates options. The only option that leaves...
...is to shoot someone. Understand?
-Uh, yes. Yes, l do. DANNY: Yes! Good! See, "yes" is good.
Say "no" again, l'll kill somebody, all right? Now, let's practice.
Can l see a priest?
Uh, let's not-- You know what? Can we just talk--
You wanted to talk. We are talking. Now, can l see a priest?
FARLEY: Uh, l'll see what I can do.
DANNY: That's good, Farley. Now you're learning.
I'd like a submachine gun, so l can blow everyone away.
-I'll look into that. DANNY: Good. You're doing good, Farley.
You ever cheat on your wife?
[CHUCKLES]
-No. -Watch yourself. l'll kill someone.
You ever cheat on your wife? Answer!
I'll see what I can do.
[CHUCKLES]
FARLEY: I'll have to think about that. Um, I'll look into that.
You ever, um...
...dress up like a schoolgirl and get you ass spanked?
Danny, look, okay, all right, all l wanna do is talk to you.
I am talking! Now, did you or did you not...
...ever dress up like a schoolgirl and get your ass spanked?
-Have to look into that, Danny. DANNY: Jesus, Farley.
Nothing against you dressing up like a girl, but I didn't know that about you, Farley.
-Danny, this is really unproductive. -Unproductive?
You're right. It is.
So tell me a joke, Farley. You know any jokes?
-No. -No?
You just cost someone their life, Farley! Game over!
[GUNSHOT]
BECK [OVER RADlO]: Shot fired.
Shot fired. Shot fired. Can anyone see?
[REPORTERS CHATTERlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]
FARLEY: Uh.... Uh.... -Don't let him go.
You can't talk me down! You can't make me change the deadline!
Now get me Sabian!
You got six minutes, 42, 41 ....
-[OVER RADIO] Forty! FARLEY: Listen, Danny, is anybody hurt?
Is anybody hurt?
We're okay. Just don't be saying "no" no more, motherfucker!
Oh, fuck.
TRAVlS: Everybody calm down. -I'm so sorry. No, l'm so sorry.
I'm so fucking sorry.
BECK [OVER RADlO]: Give me status.
Somebody give me status. Tell me what you see.
PALERMO: Visibility zero, sir.
[ALL CHATTERlNG INDISTINCTLY]
Just a few moments ago...
...a single shot was fired inside the city administration building.
We, of course, could not hear it down here--
We got the whole city of Chicago watching this.
This could turn into a press nightmare.
What do we do if Sabian can't make it?
We gotta remember that that's Danny Roman upstairs.
We've worked with the guy for 1 2 years and don't really know what he's done.
We know what he's doing now.
I don't want this to get personal for us.
He's obviously over-- Hey, do you mind?
He's obviously gone over the edge.
This is not personal.
If l thought sending these guys, my team in would put more people in jeopardy...
...l wouldn't consider it.
I don't wanna go in there, but it's our best option.
He can't be talked down.
They'll get us out. Don't worry about Danny.
-He's not gonna hurt anybody. -Bullshit.
No one knows what this crazy fucker is gonna do.
This has nothing to do with me and Maggie.
You know, you're his friend. You get him to let us go.
Because once you familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage...
...you prepare your own limbs to wear them.
Fucking Abraham Lincoln said that and l believe it.
So you have gotta get me the fuck out! Now!
Do yourself a favor and keep quiet. We'll handle this.
Don't tell me to be quiet and don't tell me you can fucking handle it...
...because none of you ever been in a situation like this before.
-Just shut the fuck up. -Fuck you!
-Prick. MAGGIE: All right, that's enough.
He's gonna hear you out there, and he's got the gun, so he's in charge.
Both of you need to pipe down.
Danny. I think you should let Maggie go. She's not involved.
She's a woman, and it's only fair--
I didn't ask to be let go because I'm a woman. l hate that crap.
Me and him should be let go because we had nothing to do with this.
-It's between you cops. -We have nothing to do with this.
Danny, Danny, look, I'm not some just dirt merchant...
...loose in the street anymore.
I'm not. l got a nice new lady friend that l would like to get back to.
And she has got this kid, Albert. Ah, super kid, Dan.
-Great kid. -Dan, what do you think you can do?
Take a look at that screen.
They think you're a killer, Danny. They're gonna try to take you out.
What do you think Sabian can do? He can't do anything to stop this.
What about you, Frosty?
You think I'm a killer too, huh?
Come on.
You've known me for 20 years.
You think I killed Nate?
I don't know what to think, Danny.
I'll tell you this, Danny boy:
What you're doing is not helping.
[ALL CHATTERlNG INDISTINCTLY]
[SIRENS BLARlNG]
DANNY [OVER PHONE]: Hey, schoolgirl.
You still sweating that ugly display you gave us all a few minutes ago?
Stop kicking yourself in the ass. We all have our bad days. Beck.
Stop trying to figure out how to get in here. I'm well bunkered.
Palermo, take that toothpick out of your mouth.
Wouldn't want you to swallow it if something goes down.
That's right, sports fans...
...it's me, Danny Roman.
The man upstairs.
Just wanted to say hello before the curtain goes up on this little drama.
I guess you're all wondering why we're here.
Well, it's simple.
We're here to find out who took our money...
...and who killed Nate, because it wasn't me.
There's some bad cops among us...
...and today we're gonna find out who they are.
Now, I know how that sounds.
I know what you're thinking:
"He's gone. He's a murderer."
But l'm that same son of a bitch you trusted your lives with...
...played softball with, went drinking with.
I'm the same guy you invited to your house to celebrate your kid's baptism, Tonray.
The same guy who saved Palermo's ass...
...when that sniper had a bead on him at the stadium gig.
TONRAY [WHISPERING]: This is good, huh?
Danny's trying to get us to Stockholm so we think twice about taking him out.
Now, I want--
No, l need you guys...
...to understand that I had no choice here.
My life was being stripped away from me.
First, they kill Nate.
Then they took my badge.
Then you guys.
Next...
...they were gonna take away my wife by sending me to prison.
And that...
...l cannot take.
I can't live without--
[SIGHS]
[OVER SPEAKER] Put yourself in my position.
What else could I do?
Get word out to our team. We're switching to frequency three.
GAINES: Yes, sir. -Run.
I tried to tell everyone l was being set up, but no one wanted to listen.
Well, now you have no choice.
You got to listen, because we're not leaving here...
...until l find out who set me up.
Let me warn you:
Whoever killed Nate is frightened that Niebaum might know something.
They're going to try and end this quickly.
Another warning:
I know the rules of engagement, so don't test me.
You got four minutes to get Sabian here...
...or you'll find out just how serious l really am.
[SIREN BLARlNG]
I want you to look me in the eye, Niebaum.
Right here.
Now, tell me...
...when did you find out Nate was investigating the fund?
[SIGHS]
I first found that Nathan was conducting the investigation...
...after l spoke with you after he was killed.
You're lying. And I know you're lying.
Oh, you know it, huh? You can read my mind, Roman, is that it?
No, l'm not. l'm reading your eyes.
The eyes can't lie.
Didn't you know what I was doing?
A quick lesson in lying. See, this is what us real cops do.
We study liars.
Example:
If l ask you a question about something visual, like your favorite color...
...and your eyes go up and to the left...
...neurophysiology tells us that your eyes go that in that direction...
...because you're accessing the visual cortex.
Therefore, you're telling the truth.
If your eyes go up and right...
...you access the creative centers of the brain...
-...and we know you're full of shit. -Uh-huh.
DANNY: Now, let's try this again.
What's your favorite television show?
I'm not gonna play your stupid fucking game, okay, Roman?
Oh, why, Niebaum? You afraid we'll catch you in a lie?
When did you find out Nate was investigating the fund?
-Ahem. After I spoke with you. -That is a fucking lie if l've ever seen one!
-Fuck you! I never blinked my eyes! DANNY: You didn't have to blink.
Your body language says you're lying.
He's nervous, Danny. What do you expect?
Shut up, Frost! You know how this works!
It's not just your eyes, Niebaum. It's everything.
If you cough, sneeze, uh, cross your legs, scratch your ass...
...they're all telltale signs. You can't cheat.
You can stare at me with those dead-ass eyes of yours all you want.
You can't beat the system.
One last question:
Do you know who killed Nate?
You.
I don't know. l couldn't tell. Up, down, right, left....
So, what now? Card tricks?
Shut the fuck up, Niebaum!
You knew Nate was investigating the fund and you killed him.
You could've ended this, but I guess you don't want to.
That's too bad.
That's really too bad, Rudy...
...because Danny Roman was just starting to like you.
Well, tell Danny Roman to hold the fuck on.
FROST: Danny.
-Danny, you don't wanna do this. -How do you know?
If you think l could kill Nate, how the fuck do you know I don't wanna do this?
[PHONE RlNGS]
-Yeah? SABlAN: Danny Roman?
This is Chris Sabian here.
Ah, good timing, Chris. You made it just in time.
-Well, I got lucky. Traffic was light. DANNY: Glad you accepted my invitation.
I wouldn't have missed it for the world. What's it been, Danny? Two years?
Not since both our teams showed up for that gig on the north side.
You pulled rank and ran my boys out of there.
Two negotiators on the same site never work.
So, what's this, then? The, uh, exception that disproves the rule?
DANNY: Look, you do your job, I do mine...
...maybe we both walk out in one piece.
[PHONE BEEPlNG]
SABlAN: Here's the million-dollar question. -Why you?
SABlAN: Exactly.
I got my reasons. I don't wanna go into them now.
We'll talk about that later.
This is our first date, Chris. The courting period.
So, what do guys like you do when you're not talking guys like me down?
Well, I, uh-- I'm a homebody, Danny. I spend a lot of time with my family.
My, um, kid.
I, uh, read a lot of books.
I, um, watch a lot of old movies. AMC.
You got a satellite? They show all those old, uh, Westerns.
Westerns? Heh.
I like comedies, myself.
I did like Shane though. That's a good one.
Uh, Shane. Now, that's a good one...
...but, uh, l'd have picked one where the hero lives at the end, you know?
Like, uh, Rio Bravo or Red River.
DANNY: You're talking about the wrong movie.
Shane lives. At the end of it, he's riding off and that kid, uh, Brandon--
De Wilde.
Brandon's De Wilde's calling his name: "Shane, come back! Shane!"
I'm sorry to tell you this, but Shane died.
You never see Shane dead. That's an assumption.
It's a common mistake.
You see, in the final shot, you see him slumped over his horse.
He doesn't look back, because he's can't. Shane's dead.
He's slumped because he's shot. Slumped don't mean dead.
I guess you think that Butch and Sundance live too...
...even though you never see them dead, and they're surrounded.
So you're some kind of history buff?
Yeah, l generally read histories and biographies.
Well, don't believe everything you read.
SABlAN: Well, I didn't say l read just one book.
I try to read all the books on a subject. You know, try to get all the facts...
...and then decide for myself what really happened.
Mm-hm. Get all the facts. Yeah, that's smart.
You're much better at this than Farley.
Before we start to bore everyone, let's get back to business.
First, my list of demands.
One: l want my badge brought down here.
Two: lf l die, I want a departmental funeral.
No one's gonna die here.
Three: I want the informant found.
He's the one that can clear my name...
...and he's the one who knows who's running this conspiracy.
Four: I wanna know who killed my partner.
Now, if neither the informant or killer is found in eight hours...
...l will kill one hostage an hour until they're all dead.
Five:
I wanna talk to you face to face now.
-Commander's upstairs? -Yeah, but you can talk to me.
-You're the chief? -Yes. Travis.
Nice to meet you. You're Beck?
SABlAN: You're...? -Farley.
SABlAN: Farley.
All right. Vest.
-You're going up there? SABlAN: Yes.
-Why didn't you talk him down? -He would have expected it.
His sheet, please.
-Know why he asked for me? -We were hoping you could answer that.
I can't. Psych evaluation? Who's on it?
-That's Tonray. -He may actually think he's innocent.
We're probably gonna have to go tactical. We've put a plan together.
If we distract him long enough, we can send in an infiltration team.
-Let's wait on that. OFFlCER: The wife's here.
Oh, God. How is he? Has he hurt anyone? Who's talking to him?
Karen, he's okay. He asked for Chris Sabian.
-Chris Sabian. -I'm Chris Sabian.
-Do you know Danny? -No.
Doesn't matter to you, but he didn't do those things. You have to help him.
I have no idea about Danny's guilt or innocence.
I'm here to get him out safely. So if you wanna help...
...go with Tonray, answer his questions, and we'll drive you home.
No. No, l'm not going home.
Mrs. Roman...
...you bring tension and emotion to a scene that already has too much of both.
I am not leaving my husband.
All right, fine, but if you wanna help him, help me.
I have to get up there. He wants to talk to me.
Go with Tonray, answer his questions and then stay in case we need you.
-That's the best I can do. -Karen, come with me and talk, okay?
It's gonna be all right.
SABlAN: How do l get up?
TRAVlS: Take the freight elevator to 1 8. Walk the rest of the way.
SABlAN: I assume you've got all these covered.
This is a shaft off lnternal Affairs?
That's access to the steam pipes. It's unusable.
All right. First, get his badge down there. Second, shut off the heat.
He might deal a hostage to get it back. What channel we on?
Three. Chief, l wanna show you something.
FROST: Danny, take me. -Yeah. Yeah. Take him. Come on.
I got the asthma. You know?
[COUGHING]
You can't put me in bad situations, man.
For chrissakes. Why you always pick on me?
I mean, who am l? Charlie Brown?
You know what Nietzsche says:
Even the strongest have their moments of fatigue.
And I'm fatigued, Danny.
I'm fucking fatigued.
-You okay? -Do I look okay?
I got a gun pointed at the back of my head.
Nice fucking pants.
Shut up, Mr. Blackwell. Get over here.
-You working? -Sort of.
I was negotiating a truce between my wife and daughter.
That might prove to be easy by comparison.
It wouldn't surprise me in the least.
-So you shut off the heat already. -You know how this works, Danny.
Yeah, l do.
Next time you try and bluff, make sure you charge your cell phone.
All right, now, you wanna tell me what l'm doing up here?
DANNY: l wanted to tell you face to face I'm not crazy.
I'm just doing this to prove my innocence.
I believe you. Anything l can do to help you get out--
Don't fucking patronize me, man.
You don't think I'm innocent, so don't tell me:
"l wanna do everything I can to help you get out."
Don't talk to me like l'm some second-rate HT.
All right, you're right. I'm sorry. My mistake.
Yeah, you are sorry. Get out of here. Lock the door.
-Call when you wanna talk. -Danny, l'm ready to talk.
You're right. You're right.
I don't know if you're innocent or not.
You could've done everything they say.
You could have killed that cop. I don't know and l don't care.
There are ways to prove your innocence. This is hardly one of them.
And now you got hostages...
...so let me tell you this:
You hurt one of them, you burn up whatever currency you got to deal with me.
They're all I care about. You leaving here walking is a distant second.
-Now, do l make myself clear? -Good.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Good, now answer my question. What am doing I up here?
Before Nate was killed, he told me the men involved in the fraud...
...are from my precinct. Guys l know.
-Guys I might call friends. -And?
And you're not.
When your friends betray you...
...sometimes the only people you can trust are strangers.
[WHIRRING NEARBY]
Lock the door! Get out! Get out!
Come on! Hurry up. Lock it! Hurry up! Come on!
Hold it right there.
Beck. Beck, what happened? l've lost him! He's gone back in!
Come on! Go, go, go!
Get up! Get up!
[DANNY SHOUTS]
DANNY: Drop the guns! Drop them!
OFFlCERS: Put it down!
You are jeopardizing the life of this hostage!
-Drop your gun! OFFlCER: Drop your weapon!
BECK [OVER RADlO]: Sniper team, can anyone see Roman?
Look for the one-shot.
We have the target acquired.
OFFlCER 1 : Put it down! OFFlCER 2: Drop the weapon!
OFFlCER 1 : Drop your weapon now! OFFlCER 2: Drop it now, Danny!
Drop the gun! Drop it!
Put it down! Now!
OFFlCER 1 : Put it down, Danny.
-Drop it! DANNY: You're gonna get this man killed!
Drop your weapon!
Put your gun down!
Tell him! Tell him, Frost!
Put the gun down now!
DANNY: Drop your weapon!
Green light. Take the subject out.
I can't believe this.
BECK [OVER RADlO]: Palermo, take the subject out.
Palermo, take the subject out!
-Copy. -Don't tell me fucking "copy"!
-Pull the fucking trigger! -Copy.
I cannot take the shot.
Pull the fucking trigger.
-Negative, sir, I cannot take this shot. -Have a heart!
Fuck!
Palermo, bring it in. You're relieved.
Kick it!
-Looks like the HT's speech worked. -Stand back.
We have this.
Is this your command or is it his?
You had him distracted. We saw an opportunity to end this.
-We had to take it. -You put me and those hostages at risk.
That's what you did, and that's not how l work. First, we talk.
It was my call.
We don't feel this man can be talked down.
Oh, really? I've been here a half-hour! How do you know that?
With all due respect, sir...
...l have kept a zero casualty rate for five years...
...because this kind of action is a last resort.
This is not your command, Sabian.
[PHONE RlNGlNG ON LINE]
Yeah, that's right. My command is to get those people out safely.
-That's my command! -You don't know this man, lieutenant!
He's manipulating this situation. Look what he did to Palermo.
He's gonna fuck with every single fucking one of you...
...if we give him enough time, and he knows you'll do it.
-He knows how you fucking work. TRAVlS: He's got a point, Sabian.
We do have a chain of command.
Your chain of command has just given Danny two more hostages.
Officers. You gonna take responsibility if he takes one of them out? Because I don't!
They're just waiting to take this over. You want that to happen?
This is gonna be very easy for you.
Roman asked for me and he's gonna get me.
We're gonna do it my way or I walk.
I got no truck with leaving you with this responsibility.
Now, it's your decision, or they're gonna fucking take it over.
You have command for now.
But l'm still the ranking officer on the scene...
...and I will be watching.
Good. You watch. Now do me a favor.
Please introduce me to our team.
Attention...
...this is your chief, Al Travis.
I would like to introduce you to the negotiator, Chris Sabian...
...who, as of now, has full command.
My name is Chris Sabian, and as of right now, all decisions go through me.
[OVER RADlO] No order is valid unless I give it.
No action is taken unless prior approved by me.
I know we understand each other and that we'll work together...
...to try to end this safely and quickly.
It didn't work, Beck! I'm still alive, motherfucker!
Danny, it's Chris.
Danny, Danny, listen to me. Pick up the radio and talk to me, man.
OFFlCER: Stand back. Back. Back. Move back.
Nothing! Look!
You guys with the cameras, you get that?
All I asked for was more time, and they tried to take me out!
It is the policy of the Chicago police to resolve all hostage situations...
...with the utmost regard for the preservation of life!
Get his wife. We might need her.
You want my blood? Take my blood! Come on!
Here it is! Take it!
Chief, they have a shot. We can end it here.
No one takes that shot. You wanna shoot him on television?
Move the crowd. I want the area clear.
DANNY: Go ahead, take my blood!
Go ahead, take the shot!
Danny!
I'm getting too close to the truth and they wanna kill me...
...just like they killed Nate!
Chief, give me the order. Give the fucking order!
-Wait. SABlAN: Do not take the shot!
What am l gonna have to do to be heard, huh?
Am I gonna have to hurt somebody to get respect?
Well, all right! All right, I will!
Danny, listen to me. Don't do that. Don't take this to the next level.
[OVER RADlO] Can he fucking hear me?
Does he have a radio?
DANNY: Think you can come in here and just shoot me, huh?
They send you to kill me and you just do it? You just think you can get away with it?
I know you're one of them. I know you are.
Now you're gonna fucking pay for doing that!
Danny. Danny, do not hurt anyone. Do not do that, all right?
I am in command here.
[OVER RADlO] No one is gonna breach. No one is gonna come in.
No one is gonna do anything without my authority. l'm in control here.
You are not in control! They are! They're not listening to you, Chris.
So I'm gonna show them why they should!
One of the son-of-a-bitches you sent in is about to die!
And every time you try to come in, this will happen!
Now move! Move!
Get in there. Get in there!
Down! Down!
Are you one of them, Scott? One of the men that set me up?
Is that why you want me dead?
KAREN [OVER RADIO]: It's me, Karen.
Danny, please talk to me.
[STATIC BUZZES ON RADlO]
Oh, my God.
Do not come in here again.
Karen, I'm sorry.
Cut the electric. Cut it now.
After hours of little action, we've witnessed a flurry of activity...
...on the 20th floor of the Chicago administration building.
And it looks like there's a little more action going on now.
They've cleared the barricades.
Looks like plainclothes-- Actually, those are federal sedans...
...FBI agents, in fact, arriving on the scene.
This is a major development for this story, because up until now...
...this negotiation has been handled by the Chicago police department.
With the arrival of the feds, they are either coming to aid in the negotiation...
...or perhaps, more likely, to take over the negotiations.
But that is all speculation. All we know is that they are now on the scene...
...and we'll have to wait and see....
FROST: What have you done, Danny?
Danny, you just fucked yourself completely. You killed a cop!
You killed an innocent man!
DANNY: He wasn't innocent.
He's one of them. He tried to kill me.
I told you all when I came in here I wasn't leaving till I got the truth.
I don't care how long it takes.
You could've prevented this.
RUDY: Why don't you just tell him something, Niebaum?
Why don't you just fucking tell him anything?
Inspector?
DANNY: Five years, Maggie.
You must know something.
-Please, inspector. DANNY: Maggie.
He already lied when he knew it would cost someone their life.
Now, if you know something, anything, you tell me now.
He keeps all his personal files on the computer.
I'm not supposed to know about them, but I do.
There's a lot of stuff on there. Probably could help you.
DANNY: Frost.
Unlock yourself. Get the computer.
I just saw your troops moving in.
I don't want a situation where you and the ATF take over the situation...
...without any fucking evidence whatsoever. I don't want you going in.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
I want a guarantee before the press starts that l have an hour.
-Phone's ringing. -I know.
-Another hour. l want a guarantee. -You gonna answer the phone?
-Yes. Thank you. -You have one shot.
Are you gonna get that or what?
-Yes. -Sorry to interrupt. What took you so long?
-I'm busy. DANNY: Busy?
A piece of advice: Never keep a hostage-taker waiting. It pisses him off.
[DIAL TONE HUMMlNG]
Relax. He'll call back.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
Who the fuck you think you're dealing with--?
[DIAL TONE HUMMlNG]
If you have a problem, lieutenant, maybe you wanna let us handle this.
SABlAN: Tell him l'm on my way up. Please, tell him.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
-Farley, get the phone. -Yeah.
-Sabian-- FARLEY: No, it's Far--
Danny, Chris is on his way up.
We need to reopen negotiations.
-I'm sorry. You want something from me? -I want the electricity turned back on.
You want something...
...from me?
You think killing a man gives you the power to negotiate?
Why is that, Danny Roman? Because you think you know me?
Because you think you can trust me?
You think you know what l'm gonna do, that l'm gonna give you time?
Don't you fucking count on it.
Right now, l'm the only thing between you...
...and an army that's just itching to walk in here and take you out.
So you tell me something, Danny. Why should l get in their way, huh?
Make me believe why I should deal with you...
...ever again.
I still have hostages.
They can still be punished for your mistakes.
What was that, a threat? Did you just threaten me?
That's all I need to walk out.
The rules of engagement state...
...you don't risk a breach if the hostage-taker is willing to kill in retaliation.
And I think l've proved I'm willing to do that.
Things are not what they seem, Chris.
You saw what they did.
They didn't tell you they were coming in, because they want me dead.
One more gun goes off...
...and I'm gonna give the order to move in myself. You understand?
Don't think you've bought anything by asking me to come here.
Because you need to remember I am a stranger to you.
You have no idea what l'm capable of.
I need the electricity...
...so I can turn on that computer and get a look at Niebaum's files.
I also want food and blankets for the hostages.
I'll need a hostage. Nothing less.
Take Frost.
SABlAN: Turn the electricity back on. BECK: Could you repeat that, Sabian?
I'm about to walk out with a hostage. Do what l say.
Turn the electricity back on.
[CROWD APPLAUDING AND CHEERlNG]
Credit-card fraud and electronic theft. That's you, right, Rudy?
Well, I got caught for credit-card fraud and electronic theft...
...but the list goes on, you know. Heh.
Look, l could sit here all night and get nothing.
You know? What kind of security has this thing got?
F1 , enter.
C...
...dash l dash COM.
G-9.
-Run a search. -Well--
DANNY: Look for anything that has to do with the disability fund.
RUDY: There's a lot of added security here.
It's not bad. It's just outdated by six months.
Mm. Fucking cops. Always two steps behind.
He's looking for people to believe in him.
I don't think l helped the situation.
Then he shoots Scott.
[SIGHS]
Christ. l couldn't do anything.
Frost.
It would be helpful if you could tell me...
...about Danny's relationship to the fund, his case and specifically, this informant.
Anything you might have overheard or know...
...that might be of use to me, that you think is pertinent.
Sure.
"Disability fund.
Subdirectories: Wires and taps."
-Click on wires. -Okay.
RUDY: Oh, man, there's a lot of wires.
-What are these numbers? -Cops' badge numbers.
Okay, now scroll down.
Stop, stop, stop. Back up one.
That's Nate's badge. Okay.
Click that.
DANNY [ON RECORDING]: Well, they did do an audit...
...but they didn't prove anything.
Hey, that's my voice--
Somebody's taking our money. We gotta find out who it is.
[BANGlNG ON RECORDING]
Oh, shit!
You son of a bitch.
You were tapping Nate.
You knew he was investigating the fraud.
-You lied. -Fuck you!
And then you killed him because he was getting too close.
Tap a lot of cops. There's only one killer in this room.
I'm not the killer here, you are.
Scroll back to October 1 2th, the night before Nate was killed.
-There's only one recording. -Click on it!
RUDY: All right, all right.
LlNDA [ON RECORDlNG]: Are you gonna talk to me?
NATE: It's that case I'm working on. It's, uh....
Look, I'll just be a minute. Sorry, honey. I won't be long.
I just wanna see if he's here, you know?
I don't wanna talk to him on the phone. It's just not....
I'll see you soon, okay? I'll just be a minute.
LlNDA: Okay. NATE: Okay?
-I love you. LINDA: Mm-hm. I love you too.
He was going to see his informant, wasn't he?
Ha-ha-ha. You don't know what you're talking about.
The night before Nate was killed he told me he had just talked to his informant.
Yeah, yeah.
You knew that too.
What's going on here, Niebaum?
Why can't you find this guy, huh?
You gotta be looking for him so you can shut him up too!
You don't know who he is, do you?
Linda wouldn't tell you where they went that night, would she?
Because she thinks you're as guilty as l am.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
-Go ahead. DANNY: Is this a private line?
-You need it to be? DANNY: Yeah.
Sorry.
Go ahead.
I need you to talk to Linda Roenick, Nate's wife.
SABlAN: About what?
I found some taps that prove Niebaum's been lying all along.
I heard something on one of them. I need you to ask Linda about it.
You and only you.
What do you want me to ask her?
Ask her where she and Nate went on October 1 2th, the night before he died.
Who he talked to.
If she tells you who he saw, I'll give you another hostage.
If she tells you nothing, you get nothing.
Have my hostage ready.
SABlAN: Yes.
Great. All right.
TRAVlS: Excuse me. SABlAN: I gotta go.
-Can we have a word? -Yes.
Hellman's been studying the blueprints with Beck. They have a suggestion.
You do take suggestions?
Hellman thinks we can get a team in the vent system right above Roman.
What we're suggesting is getting men in place for a crisis entry. Just one unit.
Only as a precaution.
With this type of entry, we can control him in case he starts shooting hostages.
We can go in there strong, two, three seconds from bang to bullets.
Sabian, we're not asking for a full breach.
We have a real concern he may kill one of our men.
That may not mean much to you, but it means a hell of a lot to us.
Beck, please.
Chris, l just wanna be ready to go if we need to.
I agree with the commander's assessment, and l do care if our team is injured...
...but they don't move an inch, no mater what Danny does...
...without my authorization.
-Gentlemen? -Without a doubt.
Sabian.
Allen, we're gonna make an opportunity. We'll take him out if we get the shot.
Right.
How you holding up?
Good.
Why don't you take a little break?
I'm gonna get us inside. We're gonna end this thing.
Let's do it.
-Anybody gotta use the bathroom? MAGGIE: Yes, l do.
MARKUS: Me too.
DANNY: Where is it, Maggie?
There's one across the street in a nice restaurant...
...but l'm sure that's probably out of the question.
You can use that one if you can hold it till we get out of here.
There's one down the hall.
Thank you.
When she's gone, use this.
[SIRENS BLARlNG]
MORAN: You bet, we need to contain the building. I need teams on 1 9...
...20 and 21 .
OFFlCER: Yes, sir. -And secure the lobby.
Yes, sir.
-What the hell is Sabian doing up there? FARLEY: No idea.
Guy came in about an hour ago. They've been talking ever since.
Why the hell is this taking so long?
They're trying to wear down Danny so he gets tired.
Why the hell do you have all these cops and their accounts in here, Niebaum?
Why are you investigating a fraud that you're part of?
I'm not part of any fraud.
Did you out find these cops were skimming from the fund and you blackmailed them?
Is that how it works?
Why these cops? These guys don't have access to the money.
Well, it's basically insurance fraud, right?
-What? -It's--
Somebody--
Some of these guys on this list submit false claims.
It's like this auto-body thing I pulled-- I mean, some guy I know....
He would tell the insurance company his car had been wrecked, right?
-It's very simple. -And then?
Well, he'd never get paid if the claims agent wasn't in on it.
So you need somebody with access to put the paperwork through, then cover it up.
Bingo.
[NIEBAUM CHUCKLES]
That's where you come in.
Isn't it, Roman?
All right, what is this, Sabian? Who is this?
You're about to find out.
[PHONE RlNGS]
-Danny? -You talk to Linda?
I've done one better. I found your informant.
You're gonna end up giving me all my hostages.
Sergeant Cale Wangro.
He knows who's involved.
He was afraid to come forward after Nathan was killed...
...and he wasn't sure whether you were involved.
Well, who was it?
Listen, Danny. This is gonna implicate too many people.
So the FBl is here. They're ready to take his statement to ensure impartiality.
But l cannot have this go over the air, all right, so it's over, Danny.
It's done. Come on out.
-Get my wife in there. -Get his wife.
-They found the informant. RUDY: Oh, thank God!
Yes! Thank God!
Congratulations, Maggie. You are free to go.
Inspector, fuck you very much. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Let my people go, man! Come on, man. Give it up.
DANNY: Chris, hold on a second.
NATE [ON RECORDING]: We were at the academy. We worked at Area 6 together.
Chris, put Nate's informant on.
Danny, I don't want this broadcast.
Look, if he can clear my name, I wanna talk to him, now.
Danny, this is Cale.
Hi, Cale. Very brave of you to come down like this.
You know I have a lot of questions.
Let's just start with, uh, who was involved...
...in this conspiracy, for 500, Cale.
CALE: I can't name names, not in front of everyone here.
-Wouldn't be, uh, appropriate. -I don't wanna hear about appropriate.
Just tell me who was involved. Now, who was it?
CALE: Men you know, Danny.
There may be others...
...but l only know the names of the key players.
Don't make me say their names.
Why didn't you go see Niebaum?
I didn't know if Niebaum was getting paid off to be quiet or not.
I couldn't trust him or Internal Affairs.
-I did hear his name mentioned. -So Niebaum was definitely involved.
Thanks, Cale.
Now, how did you know Nate?
CALE: From the academy.
How long you been on the job?
-Since '74. Why? -When's the last time you met with Nate?
The night before he died.
Good.
Now we're getting somewhere.
RUDY: Dan.
Hold on, Cale.
Sorry, um....
So Nate tells me, uh, you played ball with him at Colorado State, that right?
Yeah, but what's this have to do with anything?
Well, he went to Arizona State, Cale.
Put Chris on the phone.
Nice try, Sabian. Your little bluff didn't work.
Niebaum told me Nate was his informant. See, he worked for lAD.
Worked for Niebaum all along. He was describing himself.
Just didn't want me to know.
Now, Niebaum says he was not part of the murder.
What's going on here, Sabian?
-He's using our bluff against Niebaum. DANNY: He's willing to testify.
He'll name names if you grant him immunity on the murder charge.
[OVER RADlO] You call me back if we have a deal.
Danny, talk--
[DIAL TONE HUMMlNG]
We've been made.
What are you doing? l didn't make a deal. What the fuck are you doing?
They think you did, Niebaum.
But there is no "they," right? So you don't shit have to worry about.
This was a bluff?
-That all depends on your position. -Did you know about this, Frost?
No. No, l didn't.
I told him what I knew about Nathan's informant.
This is how you use that information?
Making us think he's innocent after all those--
Who the fuck do you think you are?
I can use information any way I want to try to end this.
I don't know who's innocent. That's what I'm trying to find out.
Don't call me in here to be part of your charades again.
Karen, you--
Get him back.
Karen.
Karen, right now, understand I don't know who to trust.
Up there or in there.
The bluff wasn't just for Danny.
Move, Rudy.
Move!
Who killed Nate?
They killed Nate, Niebaum. Think they won't kill you?
Fuck it.
Fuck are you doing?
Where are you taking me? No!
I know nothing!
They're gonna take me out because you set me up!
You'll get another innocent man killed! I know nothing!
Don't put me in that fucking room!
Okay, okay!
Don't put me in that room!
Nate. Nate came to me with taps.
I went to the guys who were implicated in the taps.
They offered me money to lose the evidence. l did it.
Okay? It was a one-time deal!
They offered the same thing to Nate. They killed him.
-Who's on the taps? -Get me out of this fucking--
-Who's on the fucking taps? -All your friends!
Who?
NlEBAUM: Argento...
...Hellman, Allen. Yeah.
DANNY: That's bullshit! NlEBAUM: No.
I have proof! I have them on taps...
...talking about how they took money out of the fund.
They couldn't do that themselves. Who's in charge?
I don't know.
-Are those taps on this computer? -No.
Where are they?
I have them somewhere safe!
DlSPATCH [OVER RADlO]: Air Tac 1, civilian unit approaching. Peel away.
[OVER LOUDSPEAKER] You are flying in a government crime-scene airspace.
It is imperative you respect the two-mile boundary law.
Turn away from the building.
I repeat, turn away from the building.
SABlAN [OVER RADlO]: Who's firing? MAGGIE: Down! Down! Everyone down!
SABlAN: Who the hell just fired?
TRAVlS [OVER RADlO]: Initiate breach. -No, no, no! Do not breach!
Let me through! Let me through!
Team's position has been compromised. Unit 1 , status?
TRAVlS: Send in Unit 1 . BECK: Kill the lights, Unit 1 .
BECK [OVER RADlO]: Unit 1 , give me status.
OFFlCER 1 : Unit 1 , we're coming in.
HELLMAN: Fuck!
OFFlCER 1 [OVER RADIO]: Move!
OFFlCER 2: He's got flashbangs!
Move! Move!
[lNDlSTlNCT CHATTERING OVER RADIO]
HELLMAN: Fuck!
OFFlCER 2: Get down!
BECK [OVER RADlO]: Take him out.
Take the subject out.
SABlAN: Do not fire!
Do not! l did not give the order! Do not!
Terminate this breach.
[CROWD MURMURING lNDlSTlNCTLY]
Danny, can you hear me?
DANNY: Maggie, you okay?
Rudy? Markus?
Oh, shit. Shit!
They shot him.
Hold on, inspector. Just hold on.
I'll get somebody up here to help you.
Come on.
Danny, can you hear me?
Danny, is anyone else hurt up there?
Come on, come on. Down.
Danny, is anyone hurt up there?
Come on. Hold on.
I'm gonna get somebody. Come on.
Get somebody up here! Niebaum's been--
Oh, God.
He's dead!
[OVER RADlO] You hear that, Chris? They killed him.
Holy Jesus.
Danny, are you shot?
[OVER RADlO] Danny, is anyone hurt up there?
Anyone else hurt up there?
What the hell happened? I step out of this room and someone gets killed?
It was an accident. What did you expect my men to do?
A gun went off. Any idea who shot first?
What the fuck are you accusing us of? My men responded to a situation!
SABlAN: If a firecracker goes off, you respond the same way?
We don't know what happened. What did we agree to?
That no matter what, no one goes in without my authority.
That's what we agreed on.
You got no eyes, you got no ears, you got nothing but assumptions!
I called for the breach. lt was conducted with my authority.
Not anymore.
We're taking over. FBl cannot stand by and let this situation continue.
-Don't take me off. Listen to me. -We're asking you to leave, lieutenant.
All right, l bluffed him, but he knows what l was doing.
We need to rotate your men--
He thinks someone just tried to kill him!
We're going in. Full breach.
SABlAN: Don't do it. Listen. You breach, everyone's gonna die.
Understand that? Everyone's gonna die.
Maybe that's what some of you wanna have happen, but I don't!
I was brought here to save this man's life and bring him out, all right?
There's no reason to jeopardize hostages.
Shut up!
Agent Moran, this is a mistake. You wanna change negotiators, fine.
But you give Roman a 30-second window of opportunity...
...he'll exploit it.
We gotta keep him locked down. My men can handle it.
We've seen what your men can handle.
Please.
Your men stay in place. Our men will support yours...
-...but you'll execute orders that we give. -You're off, Sabian.
I can't believe this. I'm just surrounded by people who wanna go in and kill him.
This is the guy you called your friend. I got nothing invested in this!
I wonder why that is!
Maybe someday we'll find out.
No more negotiating.
Would you please escort Mr. Sabian to his car?
OFFlCER: Lieutenant.
This way, sir.
SABlAN: Dying to go up. You call yourselves his friends.
GREY: Danny Roman, this is Agent Grey of the FBl.
Chris Sabian has been relieved of his command and I'm in charge.
[OVER RADlO] As ofthis moment, all negotiations are suspended.
You have five minutes to surrender...
...or we're coming in after you.
Oh, Christ. Sabian's going in.
Danny, it's me. I'm on my way up.
Danny, this wasn't your fault. We all heard him confess. He was guilty.
Yeah.
Well, what's it matter, Maggie?
Nate's dead. Niebaum's dead.
Computer's dead.
And, look, Sabian is coming upstairs now.
You have to tell him what Niebaum said.
What, you gonna give up now? Come on, that'd be a crime, man.
[PHONE RlNGlNG]
Listen, all of you...
...l'm sorry l got you into this.
This'll all be over soon.
GREY [OVER RADlO]: Danny, pick up the phone or we will be forced to come in.
Maggie, would you tell my wife something for me?
Just tell her l was trying to keep my promise.
MAGGIE: Hey, Danny.
You know, Niebaum worked at home just about as much as he worked here.
He could've kept Nathan's taps there.
You alone?
You gotta surrender now. I can't hold them back. They're coming up.
I'm getting too close, Chris. I know what went down now.
Niebaum told me Hellman, Allen and Argento are involved.
-You got no proof. -He does. Niebaum confessed. We all heard.
They're shooting us one by one and you fuckers aren't helping us.
-Are you gonna help us or what? -Who called for the breach? Beck?
Yeah, but he says you fired first and Niebaum was an accident.
Niebaum was no accident. He was assassinated.
He's got three bullets, center mass. Look.
Come on, Chris. You gotta admit something's going on.
It doesn't matter. Two cops are dead and you killed one.
I need to get you and these hostages out of here before they come in.
Let's end this, Danny!
[SABlAN AND DANNY GRUNTING]
They had to believe l was capable of that.
There's only one dead cop up here, killed by the men who tried to set me up.
Now, I know Nate tapped Hellman and the others.
I think those taps are at Niebaum's. If l get there, I can end this.
They're gonna kill you. Understand? You got no way out unless you surrender.
You gave me a way out when you shut the heat off.
Now, you know there's another way you can help me.
You were wrong about me.
What if I'm right about them?
But what if you're wrong about me?
Maggie. Uncuff yourself. Get in the conference room.
MAGGIE: Shit.
Initiate full breach. Shoot on sight.
DANNY: Come on, Rudy. Move, move!
DANNY: Here, Maggie, use this.
Markus, split this between you and Rudy. Wet it.
You know the drill. There's gonna be a lot of gas and smoke.
Let me have those keys.
Don't be scared. They're coming to save you in a minute.
Close the door.
MARKUS: Down, down, down. On the ground, now.
[GRENADE LAUNCHER FIRES]
OFFlCER 1 : Move. OFFlCER 2: Move now.
OFFlCER 1 : Look out!
Double up, now! Now, now, now!
[OFFlCERS SHOUTlNG INDlSTlNCTLY]
Found the hostages. No sign of Roman.
Check the elevator shaft, check every vent, check the basement.
OFFlCER 1 : Come on, get up. Let's go. Let's go!
OFFlCER 2: We found Scott.
He's alive.
You wanna prove your innocence, here's your chance.
But you make one wrong move...
...and I'm gonna take you down myself. Understand?
All right, you wanna get out of here? Follow me.
MORAN: If he's in here, we'll find him.
BECK: He's not.
He's gone mobile.
This is Commander Beck. I am now back in charge of this operation.
What are you doing?
If he's out of the building, he's no longer in your jurisdiction.
Dispatch.
Suspect may have left the scene, possibly on foot. Alert all units.
DlSPATCH [OVER RADlO]: Alerting all units.
Sorry, lieutenant. Can we check the trunk?
[EXPLOSION BOOMS]
OFFlCER: Just keep them back there!
I don't know what the fuck was going on. A lot of shit happened out there.
You must have some idea.
You know something? I would really like to help, but my lips are sealed.
Frankly, I don't trust any of you fucking guys.
-I'm very disappointed in all of you. TRAVlS: Maggie.
You gotta help us out here. I know what you're feeling.
I know you sympathize with Danny...
...but we need to stop him before he does something dangerous.
You don't want anyone else hurt, do you?
You know something, you don't tell us, that's obstruction ofjustice.
Wanna go to jail?
He went to Niebaum's house.
TRAVlS: Why did he go there?
Maggie?
Why did he go there?
There's nothing here.
Chris. Who did Nate see the night before he was killed? Did Linda tell you?
Yeah. He went to see you, but you weren't at the precinct.
You're running out of time, Danny.
-Dispatch, this is Commander Beck. DlSPATCH: Go ahead.
I need an air unit deployed to the 1 300 block of Addison.
Have available HBT units meet me at the corner of Addison and Iroquois.
I also need an HPT supervisor to clear the building.
DlSPATCH: Copy. Will relay.
[SIRENS BLARlNG]
Come on, Danny, there's nothing here. It's over.
[CARS APPROACHING]
That's it, I'm taking you in, man. You had your chance.
Look, look. Don't screw me now. You said you were gonna give me time.
Now, look. I know these are the bastards that killed Nate.
Now, all l need...
...is two minutes. Just two minutes and your radio, all right?
I can make this work. Come on!
Hold it right there, Hellman.
You come down this hallway, I'll shoot you one by one.
HELLMAN: Danny. Danny Roman.
Come on, it's all over, huh?
You'll do a little time.
Karen will be taken care of, okay?
Nobody gets hurt.
All right? Come on. Surrender.
DANNY: Surrender, my ass.
I've got two disks with your voices on them. Nate's taps.
Come on down the hall!
I got 1 5 shots here. That's five apiece.
[GLASS SHATTERS]
HELLMAN: Whatever you're trying to pull, Roman, it's not gonna work.
Stop this shit and come out before someone gets killed.
Look, l know somebody else was in charge. You couldn't have pulled this off yourself.
Danny, man, you got this all wrong.
No, l got it right. Is that why you sound so nervous, Argento?
-You killed Niebaum and Nate? -Danny, that's absurd!
Come on. You know your guys out there...
...gonna leave you hanging for murder one while they plea down.
Make a deal for yourself while you still can, Argento.
ARGENTO: Danny, I swear to you we don't know what you're talking about.
All right, play dumb.
How could you dumb fucks let somebody get you on tape?
Come on. Listen to you. Why don't you stop this shit and come out?
All right, keep talking, asshole. You've already done everything wrong.
You left me alive, me against you, and l won.
Hey, fuck you, huh? Fuck you!
Let me tell you: I don't give a fuck what kind of evidence you got. Know why?
Because you're not gonna make it out of here alive, motherfucker!
FROST: Stand down.
Put your weapons down and move your asses out of here now.
-Frost? FROST: Yeah. Danny, it's me, Frost.
Yeah, Danny, I'm ordering them off. I'm locking them out now.
It's just you and me, buddy.
You hear that, Danny?
They're gone.
Listen, Danny...
...l know you're scared.
I know you don't trust anyone.
A lot of shit went down.
I don't even understand some of it myself.
Come on out, Danny. You have my support.
Any evidence you have, let's just bring it out there.
Hey, Frost. Come on.
What the hell are you doing here, Sabian?
-Finishing what you started. -What are you talking about?
Roman is going out with me.
No one else. Alone. We can't trust anyone else.
SABlAN: Yeah, that's right.
We don't know who to trust, do we?
Do you like Westerns, Frost?
What's the fuck is that supposed to mean?
I like Westerns. I can't get enough of them.
Watch them all the time.
My favorites have always been where the hero dies at the end.
-You remember Shane, Danny? -What?
I think you're right. Shane died at the end.
[DANNY GROANlNG]
So you killed Nathan, I killed Danny...
...and now my hands are just as dirty as yours...
...only l still have the evidence...
...so I'd say I'm in a very good position to negotiate.
So you wanna deal?
You deal with me.
There's a time limit on these negotiations because we're about to be interrupted...
...so let's do this quickly. I want in.
Sixty percent of everything you've taken.
I can't give you what I don't have.
You see, l spent a lot of my take.
I don't know how much Allen, Hellman and Argento have.
We used a lot of it to set Roman up.
All right. Fifty percent of what you don't have.
-Thirty percent. -Forty-five.
Thirty-five.
You should've been a negotiator.
FROST: Right.
I want all the evidence destroyed.
Deal.
This is everything, huh?
SABlAN: Hmm.
What do you think?
[CHUCKLES]
Danny Roman's been shot.
He's dead.
SABlAN [OVER RADlO]: Let's get you some help.
Come on. Here we go.
That's it. Come on.
There you go.
We got an officer down in here!
BECK: You have the right to remain silent.
If you give up the right to remain silent...
...anything you say can be used against you--
No, no, no--
You're not gonna get off that easy.
Karen, wait.
-Get some help here. -We got an injured cop here.
[FROST PANTING]
Give me your hand.
[GROANlNG]
Danny, you know what l thought.
I'm sorry.
Sorry about that.
Nice bluff, Chris.
Well, it worked.
Anyway, I figured you'd rather be shot by me than by him.
Yeah.
Here's the one demand l didn't meet yet.
Nice talking to you, lieutenant.
Thanks.
Let's get him out of here.
BECK: Eagle, make sure this location is secured.
I want this street cleared, right now! Got an ambulance coming through here.
Move it!