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The games are over. You were right. It was the fuck of
the century, Shooter.
He stares at her.
A VOICE INSIDE
Catherine?
Nick looks – Hazel Dobkins is there.
Catherine still has her eyes on him.
CATHERINE
Right there.
A beat, and then she turns to go inside. Hazel Dobkins smiles slowly at him.
EXT. THE POLICE PARKING LOT – DUSK
He sits in his Porsche, staring ahead. He is parked next to Gus' Cadillac. Gus is suddenly there, onway to his car.
GUS
(excited)
Catherine Tramell's roommate her freshman year. I got
a call from her. I've been calling people who were in her dorm all day. She
must've heard I was trying to talk to her. She says she knows all about
Catherine and Lisa Henderson. She's over in Oakland. You wanna come with me?
Nick just stares ahead.
GUS
(continuing)
You look like you seen a ghost, son?
Nick looks at him.
INT. GUS' CADILLAC – NIGHT
Gus drives.
GUS
(excited)
Johnny Boz's psychiatrist has an office on Van Ness.
Guess who he shares office space with? Dr. Elizabeth Gardner.
Nick doesn't even respond. Gus looks at him.
GUS
(continuing)
What in hell's the matter with you?
Nick doesn't say anything, stares ahead.
EXT. AN OFFICE BUILDING – OAKLAND – NIGHT
Gus gets out with Nick. It is an old building.
GUS
Where the hell you goin'?
NICK
(after a beat)
I'm going with you.
GUS
She said alone – suite 405. It ain't gonna take long.
A beat, and Nick gets back in the car.
INT. THE OFFICE BUILDING – NIGHT
Gus is on the first floor. There is no one around. He hits the elevator button. A beat, and it comes. He steps in.
INT. THE ELEVATOR – NIGHT
He hits the button for the fourth floor.
The elevator rises a floor, stops. The door opens. There is no one
there. Then it starts going up again. It rises to the third floor. It stops.
The door opens. There is no one there. Then it starts to rise again.
EXT. GUS' CADILLAC – NIGHT
Nick sits there, staring ahead.
NICK
(suddenly, screaming)
Gus!
INT. THE ELEVATOR
As it goes up. It stops. The door starts to open. As it does – a
figure in a hooded raincoat sweeps into the elevator. It happens very fast. We
see blonde hair around the face.
But we don't see the face itself – the head is down, the hood up.
There is an icepick in the figure's hand. The figure explodes into Gus. The
icepick goes into his neck.
INT. THE STAIRWAY
Nick tears desperately up the stairway – he hits the fourth floor door. It explodes open.
INT. THE FOURTH FLOOR
He stands there a beat, sees the elevator door open. He runs there, He sees Gus, crumpled into the corner of the elevator.
INT. THE ELEVATOR
He goes into the elevator – holds Gus. He is dead. A long beat. He sees the gun in Gus' hand – he takes the gun out of his hand. He runs out of the elevator.
INT. THE FOURTH FLOOR
He hears something. Gun in hand, he runs towards the SOUND. He stops, gun in hand,
listens again. He runs again, hears nothing.
Behind him, we see a figure.
He spins suddenly, gun, in hand. Beth Gardner is there. She wears a
windbreaker. She has her hands in the pockets.
BETH
What are you doing here?
NICK
(screaming)
Put your hands up!
She stares at him.
NICK
(continuing; screams)
Put your fucking hands up! Don't move.
BETH
I got a message on my machine to meet Gus here. Where
is he?
She smiles a strange smile. She takes a step toward him.101.
NICK
(screams)
Don't!
(a beat)
I know about your husband. You still like girls, Beth?
BETH
What?
She smiles strangely again, takes a step toward him.
NICK
(screams)
Take your hands out of your pockets!
BETH
What is wrong with you?
And he FIRES the gun. She is hit in the chest, goes down. A long beat, and then he
goes to her. He gets down on the ground. Her eyes are open. He empties the
pockets of the windbreaker – first one, then the other: the pockets are empty.
BETH
(continuing; in a whisper)
I loved you.
And she dies.
INT. THE FOURTH FLOOR – LATER
A lot of policemen, coroner's guys, photos being taken. Nick stands there with Lt. Walker, Harrigan, and some of the Internal Affairs guys.
LT. WALKER
(upset)
What made you think she had a gun?
Nick says nothing; he looks like a zombie.
LT. WALKER
(continuing)
What the hell was she doing here? What was Gus doing
here?
Andrews yells to them from the stairway door.
ANDREWS
Lieutenant.
INT. THE STAIRWAY
A FORENSICS MAN very carefully handles a hooded rain coat in a stair landing. He wears
gloves.
Nick is there with Lt. Walker.
The Forensics Man picks the raincoat up – a long blonde wig falls
out of it. There are flecks of blood on it.
He reaches into the pocket and pulls out an icepick. It has a thin steel handle and
is bloody. He hands the icepick to an assistant.
He looks at the raincoat. It has blood on it.
THE FORENSICS MAN
It's departmental issue.
LT. WALKER
(quietly)
Jesus.
INT. BETH GARDNER'S APARTMENT – NIGHT
Nick with Lt. Walker. Nick looks like a zombie.
Andrews comes up to them. He has a gun in his hands.
ANDREWS
Thirty-eight caliber revolver. Bottom drawer, bureau
in the bedroom.
LT. WALKER
Have
ballistics check it for Nilsen.
Harrigan comes out.
HARRIGAN
Lieutenant, you'd better come in here.
Lt. Walker goes into the kitchen. Nick follows him.
There are several cops around a kitchen cabinet. A drawer is open.
Walker looks – we look with him. We see a copy of Love hurts,
Catherine's paperback book, and a stack of photos of Catherine.
Walker picks the photos up, goes through them – we see shots of
Catherine in college – Catherine at a fight – Catherine with Johnny Boz –
Catherine with Roxy.103.
He hands the photos to Nick.
Nick stares at them.
LT. WALKER
I guess that's it.
INT. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU – NIGHT
Nick sits, his feet up. He looks like a zombie. With him are Lt. Walker, Andrews, and Captain Talcott. We see other plainclothesmen in the background – a flurry of activity, people on phones. A long beat.
LT. WALKER
She must've heard you on the stairway and dumped the
stuff.
Nick says nothing, stares off.
A DETECTIVE comes over to them.
DETECTIVE
There was no suite 405 in that building. Catherine
Tramell's roommate in her freshman year is dead. She died of leukemia two years
ago.
An INTERNAL AFFAIRS MAN comes over to them.
INTERNAL AFFAIRS MAN
Our files on Dr. Gardner show nothing about a police report
in Berkeley – nothing related to Salinas, either.
A long beat – the phone RINGS. Andrews picks it up, listens.
ANDREWS
Thanks.
He hangs up.
ANDREWS
(continuing)
Ballistics says the .38 we found in her apartment matches
Nilsen. No registration. They're checking with Salinas. The icepick is the same
brand and model as the Boz weapon.
A long beat – Nick just stares.
Harrigan comes up to them.
HARRIGAN
We checked the tape machines at Dr. Gardner's
apartment and at her office – both here and the one on Van Ness. No message
from Gus on any of 'em. The one at her apartment was broken.
(a beat)
Johnny Boz's psychiatrist says he thinks he remembers
Dr. Gardner and Boz meeting at a Christmas party at his house a year ago.
A long beat.
LT. WALKER
(after a long beat, sadly)
You just can't tell about people, can you. Even the
ones you think you know inside-out.
He and Nick look at each other a beat.
CAPTAIN TALCOTT
Congratulations, Curran.
Nick looks at him, expressionless.
EXT. HIS APARTMENT – NIGHT
He parks his car. It is dark. Foggy.
He starts heading inside.
INT. HIS APARTMENT – NIGHT
He goes in. He starts to walk up the dark stairway, we see him walking up several flights of steps.
INT. THE CORRIDOR TO HIS APARTMENT
He opens his door with his key.
INT. HIS APARTMENT
He walks in. The apartment is dark.
A VOICE
(behind him)
Hi.
It is a whisper, almost a hiss. He spins, fast. Catherine stands there, pressing herself against a wall. They look at each other a long beat. She looks like she is almost in a trance.
CATHERINE
I heard about it... on TV.
He looks at her, expressionless. A long beat, their eyes are into each other. She looks like she is almost shivering.
CATHERINE
(continuing)
I can't allow myself to care about you – I can't allow
myself to care – I can't – I can't –
She looks very emotional. He moves towards her, puts his arms around her, holds her very close.
CATHERINE
(continuing; in a whisper)
I don't want to do this – please – I don't want to do
this – I lose everybody – I don't want to lose you – I don't want to –
He presses her closer and closer to himself, holds her.
INT. HIS BEDROOM – NIGHT
It is dark; we can't see clearly.
Atop her... he makes love to her... gently... tenderly... hardly
moving inside her... there are tears in her eyes...
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. HIS BEDROOM – LATER
Atop him... she is on her knees, straddling him... he is on his
back, his eyes are closed... her head arches back... her breasts high... he
strains toward her with his body... she holds her arms high... her right hand
is in a fist... (we only see the back of her hand and arm) ... it comes down
suddenly... he bucks... writhes... then her whole body falls on top of him.
A very long beat...
We can't see him... her body completely covers him...
And then finally he moves... turns her to the side... kisses her.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. HIS BEDROOM – LATER
The Stones play "Sympathy For The Devil" in the background; the MUSIC is low.
They lie next to each other on the bed. The CAMERA faces them. He lies,
staring at the ceiling, on the left side of the bed, smoking a cigarette. She
is curled away from him toward the right side of the bed. A long beat, then –
CATHERINE
What do we do now, Nick?
NICK
(after a long beat)
We fuck like minks. We raise rugrats. We live happily
ever after.
We see her right arm go to the side of the bed and then over. He stares at the ceiling.
CATHERINE
I hate rugrats.
NICK
(after a long beat)
We fuck like minks. We forget the rugrats. We live
happily ever after.
We see from an ANGLE to the left side of the bed now:
Her face is expressionless. Her right arm dangles over the right
side of the bed. Her right hand is clenched. Is she holding something in it
against her arm?
We see them from an ANGLE to the left side of the bed now:
He turns his body away from her to put out his cigarette.
We see her behind him slowly turning towards him and the CAMERA. A beat, and he turns
towards her.
They look at each other. A long beat as the SONG gets louder. We see them
in CLOSEUP. We don't see her right
arm.
