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100.
But we don't see the face itself -- the head is down, thehood
up. There is an icepick in the figure's hand. Thefigure explodes
into Gus. The icepick goes into his neck.
INT. THE STAIRWAY
Nick tears desperately up the stairway -- he hits thefourth floor
door. It explodes open.
INT. THE FOURTH FLOOR
He stands there a beat, sees the elevator door open. Heruns there,
He sees Gus, crumpled into the corner of theelevator.
INT. THE ELEVATOR
He goes into the elevator -- holds Gus. He is dead. Along beat.
He sees the gun in Gus' hand -- he takes thegun out of his hand.
He runs out of the elevator.
INT. THE FOURTH FLOOR
He hears something. Gun in hand, he runs towards theSOUND. He
stops, gun in hand, listens again. He runsagain, 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!
She moves a hand in a pocket and moves towards him fast --
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 theground. Her
eyes are open. He empties the pockets of thewindbreaker -- first
one, then the other: the pockets areempty.
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 ofthe 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.
102.
INT. THE STAIRWAY
A FORENSICS MAN very carefully handles a hooded rain coatin a
stair landing. He wears gloves.
Nick is there with Lt. Walker.
The Forensics Man picks the raincoat up -- a long blondewig falls
out of it. There are flecks of blood on it.
He reaches into the pocket and pulls out an icepick. Ithas a
thin steel handle and is bloody. He hands theicepick 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 draweris open.
Walker looks -- we look with him. We see a copy of Lovehurts,
Catherine's paperback book, and a stack of photos ofCatherine.
Walker picks the photos up, goes through them -- we seeshots
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 himare Lt.
Walker, Andrews, and Captain Talcott. We see otherplainclothesmen
in the b.g. -- a flurry of activity, peopleon 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.
104.
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 seehim
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.
105.
It is a whisper, almost a hiss. He spins, fast. Catherinestands
there, pressing herself against a wall. They lookat each other
a long beat. She looks like she is almost ina trance.
CATHERINE
I heard about it... on TV.
He looks at her, expressionless. A long beat, their eyesare into
each other. She looks like she is almostshivering.
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 hisarms
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 onhis
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 downsuddenly... he bucks... writhes...
then her whole bodyfalls 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:
☆☆106.
INT. HIS BEDROOM - LATER
The Stones play "Sympathy For The Devil" in the b.g.;
theMUSIC is low.
They lie next to each other on the bed. The CAMERA facesthem.
He lies, staring at the ceiling, on the left side ofthe bed, smoking
a cigarette. She is curled away from himtoward 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 thenover.
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 theright
side of the bed. Her right hand is clenched. Is sheholding 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 theCAMERA.
A beat, and he turns towards her.
They look at each other. A long beat as the SONG getslouder.
We see them in CLOSEUP. We don't see her rightarm.
CATHERINE
(in a whisper)
I love you.
107.
A beat, and he kisses her. The CAMERA BACKS AWAY from themslowly
to the right side of the bedroom as they kiss, andwe --
FADE TO BLACK:
... A long beat, as the SONG keeps playing... and we...
FADE IN:
We see them from the right side of the bedroom. And thenthe CAMERA
LOWERS SLOWLY as they kiss with more and morepassion.
It keeps going LOWER.
There is something under the bed. The CAMERA MOVES CLOSERtowards
it as "SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL" plays louder. Wesee it
now in CLOSEUP as the bed rustles above...
It is a thin, steel-handled icepick.
The SONG plays LOUDER and LOUDER, and we --
FADE OUT:
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