EPISODE 3/21/02
Simon and Margo Find Hal and Stenbeck
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March, 2002
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002
Scene 1:
Location: The Old Mill
SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, BARBARA RYAN, HAL
MUNSON
>> Barbara: Hal, I want you to stop and listen to me.
>> Margo: Barbara, don't do this.
>> Hal: All I have to do is raise this gun and it's over. That's all I have to --
>> Barbara: Hal --
>> Hal: What do you want, Barbara?
>> Barbara: Put the gun down.
>> Hal: I don't know if I can. Or if I want to.
>> Margo: Hal, whatever is pulling you away from yourself, You gotta fight it. You gotta remember who you are,
what you believe in. What you are trained to do. You're a police officer, Hal. You're on the side that fights for the good
people, and
nobody's better at it than you.
>> Hal: I'm a police officer. My shield. Does anyone know what happened to my badge?
>> Margo: We've got it, Hal.
>> Hal: Those words on it -- "to serve and protect." I haven't done that, have I?
>> Margo: Yeah, but you can change that.
>> Hal: It's too late!
>> Barbara: It's only too late if you hurt yourself.
>> Hal: I just want it to stop!
>> Barbara: I know. I know. I know, Hal. I know. Look at me. Look. There is nothing you're feeling that I haven't
felt -- the desperation, the hopelessness. James has pushed you beyond endurance. And then he pushed you
further. He pushed you over the edge.
>> Hal: My badge, I remember now. I lost my badge.
>> Margo: You dropped your badge, Hal. And Stenbeck knocked you out and dragged you off.
>> Hal: I've never been without it before. I don't know where to go from here. Everything's black. I can't stop falling!
>> Barbara: We can catch you, Hal. It's not too late. We can call an ambulance. We can get James to the hospital. We
can get you some
help.
>> Hal: Some shrink? Some shrink's gonna get inside my head and unravel all the knots in there? No. What's done is
done. One way or
another, I gotta cut a deal with to this devil. One way or another. It's a bullet in him, or it's a bullet in me. And he's
half-dead, so --
>> Margo: Don't do it.
>> Barbara: Don't. Let him do it. What do you say? If you want to go, Hal, then be the cop who eats the gun. But it will
be the last image
that anyone in this world sees of you. Is that what you want? Is this how you want your children to remember you?
>> Simon: I don't know about you, but I'm not sure Barbara can pull this off.
>> Margo: I think you're right. He may just call her bluff. I'm gonna circle around --
>> Simon: No, no, no. I'll do it. Keep talking.
>> Barbara: What are you waiting for, Hal?
>> Hal: I can't remember the last time I fired my weapon.
>> Barbara: That's right. Because you are your badge.
>> Hal: To protect and serve.
>> Barbara: Yes. But if that's not enough for you anymore, I can handle that. I can call Nikki and tell her that her father
won't be there
for her college graduation.I'll write to Jennifer overseas and explain why her father won't be bragging about her latest
magazine layout
at the squad room.
>> Hal: Why are you saying this to me?
>> Barbara: Because you're about to take your own life, Hal. But you see, I have to deal with the life you leave
behind. They're my children, too.
>> Margo: And mine.
>> Barbara: Margo will be there for Adam. He's in college. He can take care of himself. And Will? Will will be with
me. He'll have a picture of his father in his dress blues on his bedroom wall. Would you like them to have your
badge, something to remember you by?
>> Hal: I don't want -- I never wanted --
>> Barbara: It doesn't matter what you want anymore, Hal, because you won't be her you'll just be a memory, a
headstone. Oh, and
Parker. Parker won't have any memory of you at all.
>> Margo: If Carly doesn't make it back, I'm sure that John can adopt Parker.
>> Barbara: That's right. Parker will be calling John "Daddy" from now on. So there you go, Hal. All the loose ends are all
tied up. You can
die with a clear conscience now.
>> Hal: Do you think this is easy?!
>> Barbara: It's the easy way out, if that's what you mean.[ Barbara pulls out her wallet and shows Hal pictures of the
kids ] Aren't they
beautiful? When I was in pain, I made myself forget. I made myself forget how glorious they are. Are you going to make
the same
mistake, Hal?
>> Hal: Jennifer.
>> Barbara: In eighth grade. Look at those teeth. She thought she was the ugliest girl in the class.
>> Hal: I remember.
>> Barbara: From ugly duckling to supermodel before we knew what had happened to her. Will --
>> Hal: Hey, Will.
>> Barbara: Will. The most beautiful little baby boy. We knew he was a good person the moment he was born,
remember?
>> Hal: Yeah.
>> Barbara: And look -- all of them. All of them. Adam, on the night he discovered that you're his father. He was so
happy, Hal. Are you
going to deprive these children of a father for the rest of their lives, or are you gonna stick around to see everything yet
to come?
[ Hal finally lowers the gun and Simon takes it from him. Barbara puts her arms around Hal and comforts him ]
>>Barbara: It's gonna be all right. It's gonna be all right, Hal. You're gonna be fine.
Scene 2:
Location: The Old Mill
SIMON FRASIER, BARBARA RYAN, MARGO HUGHES, HAL MUNSON
>> Simon: Nothing. None. There's nothing there.
>> Barbara: I am not losing before he tells us where Carly and Emily are.
>> Hal: Simon, make a fist. Hit him right here, just to the left of the breastbone.
>> Simon: I know, Hal. That only works in movies.
>> Hal: You need to shock the heart! Do it. Hit him.
>> Barbara: Do it!
>> Simon: All right, all right, all right. All right. Here goes. [ Simon pounds James on his chest ] I think I cracked
something, but --
>> Margo: He's got a pulse. He's got a pulse.
>> Simon: All right, now what?
>> Margo: We wait until the paramedics show up. They'll take over. Oh, Hal. You were always better at this first
aid than I was. I really missed you, Hal. You are your grouchy, irascible self again, I am not giving up on you.
Scene 3:
Location: The Old Mill
SIMON FRASIER, MARGO HUGHES, BARBARA RYAN, HAL MUNSON
>> Paramedic: This guy's lucky to be alive.
>> Margo: Make sure he stays that way.
[ cell phone ringing ]
>> Simon: Sorry. Hello? Hey, honey, your timing's impeccable, as usual.What's up? Look, I'll do my best, but I'm kinda
tied up right now.
Okay, okay. Shh. Calm down. I'll see what I can do. Yeah, I love you. Bye.
>> Margo: Little Miss is nipping at your heels there?
>> Simon: She's got something big planned at Al's Diner. Don't know whether to go or run for the hills.
>> Margo: Okay. I'll see you soon, Simon. And, Simon? I couldn't have hoped for a better partner than I had tonight.
Thank you.
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