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Revised 9/10/96
FADE INTO:
SEPIA-TONE FOOTAGE
them THROUGH...
MATTHEW
trigger.
away.
Gazing out the window as dawn breaks over the city below
HOLY PLACE
sweeps by...
ARCHER
kidnappings, terrorism-for-hire...
ARCHER
Intelligence?
BUZZ
ARCHER
teams?
WANDA
ARCHER
aside.
TITO
ARCHER
JANITOR
CASTOR
men's room?
JANITOR
(in Spanish)
puts a priestly arm around him -- and leads him down the
hall.
CASTOR
JANITOR
Bomb?
CASTOR
(patting his
neck)
Castor's hand.
Castor kicks the Janitor's mop and bucket down the stairs
reverently.
CASTOR
Archer.
ARCHER
(on phone)
KIM (V.O.)
S.I.S. on two...
ARCHER
TITO
ARCHER
TITO
Castor...
ARCHER
blinking.
Rover.
The men scan the airport carefully, then open the rear
POLLUX
CASTOR
Oh, God -- !
POLLUX
What!?
CASTOR
on!
POLLUX
He's kidding...
(grabs Castor
by throat)
POLLUX
cash.
CASTOR
LUNT
Anything else?
CASTOR
(turns to leave)
The twins nod... then take off. Castor heads for the
jet.
CASTOR
FLIGHT ATTENDANT
CASTOR
Hell, yes...
She smiles, not minding, until the jet suddenly slows its
COCKPIT
CASTOR
What's wrong?
AT END OF RUNWAY
BACK TO ARCHER
CASTOR
It's Archer.
(gun to Pilot's
head)
Go, dammit!
WINTERS
ARCHER
Get out.
TITO
ARCHER
Get out!
jet.
COLLISION COURSE
as two hunks of metal bear down. The machines are
swirl of dust.
tarmac.
INSIDE
away.
TARMAC
JET PILOT
CASTOR
What are you doing?
PILOT
CASTOR
ARCHER
JET
at the wings.
FBI CHOPPER
The jet hatch pops open -- Castor leaps from it, FIRING.
out.
DEEP IN HANGAR
A maze of airplane debris and heavy machinery. Led by
brothers.
POLLUX
CASTOR
TITO
floor.
(as Archer
approaches)
ARCHER
Archer moves away from the group and enters the tunnel.
dance.
draws a fresh pistol from his ankle holster and moves on.
continues --
INTERCUT as necessary:
CASTOR
fun.
ARCHER
ARCHER
silent --
CASTOR
to walk.
ARCHER
No discussion -- no deals.
CASTOR
switches.
TITO
again...
survives.
POLLUX
see my brother!
devastation.
LAZARRO
ARCHER
casualties.
LAZARRO
Classified information. No
photographs.
LAZARRO
thoughts.
ARCHER
Hi...
(no response)
on the table.
EVE
shoplifting...
ARCHER
JAMIE
happened.
Archer looks to Eve for help. Eve shakes her head --
nope.
ARCHER
JAMIE
me!
EVE
ARCHER
EVE
to speak to strangers.
(immediately
regrets it)
ARCHER
Eve...
EVE
EVE
both.
ARCHER
point.
SECURITY GUARD
Print, please.
ARCHER
WANDA
(to Buzz)
of his ass?
KIMBERLY
ARCHER
KIMBERLY
No, sir.
KIMBERLY
me 'Miss Brewster.'
Matthew.
Burying his feeling, he types "CASE CLOSED" over
comes in.
ARCHER
How's Loomis?
TITO
news...
ARCHER
Go on.
TITO
ARCHER
in.
BRODIE
ARCHER
MILLER
city blocks.
ARCHER
(to Tito)
DISSOLVE TO:
INTERROGATION FOOTAGE
POLLUX (V.O.)
(on screen)
ARCHER
He's lying.
LAZARRO
polygraph.
ARCHER
Pollux is a manipulative
blood pressure...
LAZARRO
ARCHER
LAZARRO
amounts to a hunch.
hopeless.
ARCHER
detonate...
the dead.
BRODIE
ARCHER
BRODIE
location.
ARCHER
BRODIE
that...
ARCHER
(gets no answer)
dangerous.
MILLER
ARCHER
HOAG
question.
(offers hand)
Special Ops.
ARCHER
MILLER
surgery...
BRODIE
witness.
HOAG
patient...
a --
STEREO-LITHOGRAPHIC MACHINE
suturing.
OBSERVATION BOOTH - ABOVE
HOAG
inflammatories, healing is
(a beat)
BRODIE
off.
ARCHER
HOAG
MILLER
ARCHER
guy's face?
BRODIE
completely reversible.
MILLER
Archer turns the shell over and over and over in his
hands.
BRODIE
ARCHER
MILLER
you again...
HOAG
BRODIE
MILLER
be back.
ARCHER
there --
DIETRICH
ARCHER
explosives.
DIETRICH
ARCHER
Time's up.
Archer topples the wooden table and tears a leg from the
LAZARRO
worse, Tito.
TITO
act...
DIETRICH
... Okay! Castor called me but I
ARCHER
TITO
book. This is SASHA HASSLER (30) and her son ADAM (5).
ARCHER
When was the last time you saw
Castor Troy?
SASHA
ARCHER
SASHA
now --
ARCHER
interest to cooperate.
foster home?
control.
SASHA
(unmoved)
Castor Troy?
SASHA
back.
remains.
ARCHER
BRODIE
books.
MILLER
ARCHER
I'm in.
EVE
I was dreaming...
ARCHER
Something good?
EVE
ARCHER
EVE
No.
ARCHER
How come?
EVE
I don't know...
(nuzzles him)
my help.
ARCHER
you?
EVE
(teasing)
EVE
ARCHER
still be alive.
EVE
EVE
ARCHER
Eve...
crazy?
EVE
assignment again...
ARCHER
important...
EVE
ARCHER
can do it.
EVE
faintly.
He lies down on the bed and toys with his wedding band --
DISSOLVE TO:
LIGHTS - NIGHT
down.
TITO
can't do it.
parks. The men get out and head for the lab.
TITO
you --
ARCHER
talk.
TITO
ARCHER
refers to.
HOAG
Substantial.
physical augmentations.
HOAG
inspector.
HOAG
ARCHER
Abdomino -- what?
HOAG
Do it.
TRANSFORMATION MONTAGE
reveal...
Archer fusses with his new hair, trying to cover the thin
TITO
wrong hand.
TITO
Shoot me.
(as Archer
doesn't move)
Shoot me!
me!
TITO
BOOM! The GUN goes off -- the slug tears past Tito's
still there.
Archer's scar.
HOAG
removed.
(as Archer
slowly nods)
HOAG
skull.
HOAG
Vault it.
disappeared.
away.
madness.
TITO
control.
TITO enters. Instinctively, he grabs for his holster.
ARCHER
(realizes)
me.
HOAG
larynx.
perfectly.
turns to...
Castor. Motionless, swathed, dead to the world -- but
ARCHER
Now what?
TITO
wasp.
until --
TITO
Watch this hard-case -- he'll bite
chance!
down.
LOOMIS
to contact him.
WANDA
ARCHER
meal...
unconscious.
enters.
WALTON
WALTON
collars hook over the shoe and encase the ankle. The
WALTON
can't.
ARCHER
WALTON
shut.
WALTON
day.
(into comm-link)
201 to Population.
WALTON
me.
LITTLE MAN
ARCHER
(catches himself)
(a beat)
ARCHER
Voisine shakes his head "no" -- then his eyes widen as...
GUARD
(into comm-unit)
WALTON
(into comm-unit)
uncertainly.
WALTON
INTERCUT WITH:
minimum.
reach.
ARCHER
ARCHER
WALTON
You'll what?
ARCHER
been accepted.
WALTON
(to Dubov)
dinner.
POLLUX
Hey, bro...
ARCHER
-- Pollux?
POLLUX
concerned.
stabilizes.
open.
cool.
CASTOR
(rifling desk
documents)
Lars and Lunt hustle Hoag in. The lab is on. The
Archer's surgery.
Hoag sees his terrified assistants -- bound with duct
tape.
HOAG
want?
exhales.
CASTOR
POLLUX
VOISINE
POLLUX
anyway?
Gotta go...
POLLUX
ARCHER
Why?
POLLUX
(notices)
your finger?
Pollux's face.
ARCHER
I was in a coma...
off.
ARCHER
My reflexes, my senses, my
jumped me yesterday.
POLLUX
that?
ARCHER
lost it?
ARCHER
that?
ARCHER
POLLUX
our lives!
ARCHER
General.
POLLUX
(a beat)
the funeral?
ARCHER
POLLUX
ARCHER
POLLUX
trap.
ARCHER
(a beat)
POLLUX
ARCHER
POLLUX
ARCHER
Smithsonian.
POLLUX
do...
ARCHER
Thanks, Pollux.
POLLUX
WALTON
timeliness.
Jon Archer. This man has Archer's face -- his real face.
IMPOSTOR
cannot say...
ARCHER
-- Castor...?
CASTOR
Not anymore.
ARCHER
CASTOR
after all.
(starts pacing)
CASTOR
Terrible tragedy.
ARCHER
CASTOR
CASTOR
wreck.
CASTOR
Tito.
ARCHER
this!
CASTOR
Come on, Jon. I think I know you
on Castor's finger.
CASTOR
there.
(a beat)
life.
ARCHER
love to.'
WALTON
Sorry, sir.
CASTOR
psychopathic criminal...
WALTON
ARCHER
Pollux is -- what?
WALTON
released...
ARCHER
-- right now!
WALTON
(pushes a button)
otherwise...
voice.
(sickened)
ARCHER'S HOUSE
Dressed for work, Eve watches blandly as the car goes by.
EVE
lived.
CASTOR
lately.
expected.
EVE
'important' assignment?
CASTOR
EVE
CASTOR
EVE
CASTOR
EVE
fridge.
CASTOR
EVE
CASTOR
EVE
No.
CASTOR
What a dump.
etc.
he reads:
CASTOR
sees...
GLIMPSES OF JAMIE
CASTOR
JAMIE
(spots Castor
at door)
Hang on a sec...
JAMIE
(to Castor)
boundaries.
CASTOR
JAMIE
'Janie'?
Castor spots her correct name embroidered on a pillow.
toward her.
CASTOR
want ...
JAMIE
CASTOR
(shrugs and
lights up)
JAMIE
CASTOR
around here --
(blows a perfect
smoke ring)
Daddy's a new man.
BUZZ
know...
WANDA
Tito...
CASTOR
CASTOR
BUZZ
WANDA
LAZARRO (O.S.)
Archer!
CASTOR
LAZARRO
Understand?
turning.
blinds.
CASTOR
'Look good'?
(drops food in
disgust)
vomit.
CASTOR
(considers his
reflection)
POLLUX
too?
CASTOR
could sell...
Pollux listens carefully -- mind clicking like an abacus.
POLLUX
blackmail!
CASTOR
POLLUX
be pretty pissed-off.
CASTOR
name.
CASTOR
league.
BOMB LEADER
Jesus... Any suggestions?
TECHNICIAN
Yeah... run
BOMB LEADER
CASTOR
BOMB LEADER
CASTOR
Just go!
Castor pulls a radio device from his pocket and hits its
stops at 26 seconds.
BACK TO SCENE
WALTON
the F.B.I...
Jeers from the inmates as the big screen changes from the
bomb.
ANCHORMAN (V.O.)
That was the scene at the L.A.
REPORTER RICE
(thrusting microphone)
CASTOR
him:
(directly into
camera)
pad.
CASTOR
the parade?
applause.
CASTOR
consider me reborn.
WANDA
found a personality...
KIM
CASTOR
(picks up phone)
CASTOR
CASTOR
JAMIE
developing psyche.
CASTOR
CASTOR
'H.'
CASTOR
to the basket.
JAMIE
MATCH
confusion.
CASTOR
EVE
date?
CASTOR
unpredictable.
Eve studies him as he pours her more wine. Her smile
EVE
(detached)
this time?
CASTOR
Gone?
EVE
CASTOR
EVE
leave.
CASTOR
EVE
CASTOR
CASTOR
-- brown eyes.
CASTOR
promotion.
EVE
Your what?
CASTOR
EVE
CASTOR
with you...
water.
whispers...
CASTOR
ARCHER
these boots?
VOISINE
'Clinic.'
ARCHER
VOISINE
Wainwright --
Voisine gestures to a dazed inmate nearby -- WAINWRIGHT
VOISINE
ARCHER
VOISINE
He hit a guard.
him.
WALTON
ARCHER
MED-TECH
the place.
MED-TECH
(mopping up)
dinner...
out.
BACK TO SCENE
smirks.
MED-TECH
WALTON
out.
MED-TECH
poised.
and puts his massive weight into it -- and slams the door
shut.
ARCHER
FIRE.
catwalk door.
surge.
AROUND PRISON
magnetic domes.
SECURITY CENTRAL
STORAGE/MAINTENANCE AREA
Archer gets an idea -- and looks back the way they came.
SMASH CUT:
SHEER WALL
Archer and Dubov scale the face -- using the old metal
WALTON
There!
way.
range.
disintegrating.
ARCHER
Let's go!
guards.
through --
SMASH CUT:
bird...
INSIDE COCKPIT
platform's --
LOWER LEVEL
close in.
Archer BLASTS the guards with the WATER CANNON --
Archer spots:
TUGBOAT
FIRE -- Archer frees the hook, which swings away from the
platform.
CHOPPY SEA
ARCHER
pelican.
idea.
WIDE SHOT
CHOPPER
Walton, drenched but obviously rescued, has archer in his
ZODIAC
INSIDE CHOPPER
UNDER BUOY
air.
power.
EVE
isn't my husband.
EVE
CASTOR
around a lot.
EVE
CASTOR
know.
EVE
going.
CASTOR
drive.
CASTOR
EVE
I don't know... they're about the
(smiles)
CASTOR
(changes subject)
EVE
He turns his beeper off, then touches her lips with his
EVE
place.
driving into --
EVE
EVE
He took our baby, Jon. He took
victim's pain.
CASTOR
stop ...
WANDA
CASTOR
What happened?
WANDA
Castor's dead!
CASTOR
He's -- what?
BUZZ
CASTOR
WANDA
CASTOR
dealing with!
(beat)
CASTOR
here. Move!
ARCHER
emergency.
(listens)
-- Her husband.
garbled static.
ARCHER
crazy, but --
(reverting back)
Dammit.
eye.
EVE
How did this happen, sweetie?
IRIS'S DAD
NURSE
three.
EVE
(goes to wall-phone)
Jon? Hello?
ARCHER
isn't.
EVE
Who is this?
ARCHER
EVE
again...
to reality.
ARCHER
INTERCUT WITH:
INT. FBI OFFICE
CASTOR
calling?
ARCHER
CASTOR
ARCHER
CHOLO # 1
CHOLO #2
Tito!
CHOLO #1
cruises by.
ARCHER
Tito's Buick.
DIETRICH
in big trouble.
ARCHER
Yeah -- me.
ARCHER
some calls.
DIETRICH
ARCHER
Dietrich snakes the car past the crime scene and speeds
off.
DIETRICH
no to a friend.
ARCHER
rent streets.
ARCHER
answer...
ALDO
FITCH
ARCHER
ALDO
radioactive.
him into the wall. Aldo goes for his gun, but Archer's
ARCHER
ARCHER
enemy is.
(to Aldo)
ARCHER
DIETRICH
dead --
ARCHER
he's not.
considering.
DIETRICH
ARCHER
surgery.
FITCH
Surgery?
ARCHER
ALDO
Count us in.
DIETRICH
DIETRICH
toasts, Caz?
ARCHER
to puke.
LIVIA
dance.
ARCHER
Sorry... I don't...
She drags him onto the glass floor. Cindee puts on some
LIVIA
times.
ARCHER
right?
LIVIA
kitchen.
DIETRICH
a tab of Quantrex...
ARCHER
(catches himself)
SASHA
DOWN STREET
JAMIE
JAMIE
he'll -- he'll --
KARL
CASTOR
wimp?
it. Somehow the kid finds his feet and stumbles behind
CASTOR
JAMIE
with him.
CASTOR
JAMIE
CASTOR
JAMIE
For me?
CASTOR
close.
CASTOR
gone...
CASTOR
CASTOR
Jon Archer.
(immediately alert)
Where is he?
Archer.
POLLUX
ARCHER
SASHA
him.
SASHA
ARCHER
SASHA
attraction.
(calming herself)
ARCHER
I know I've done some things that
SASHA
ARCHER
ARCHER
SASHA
ARCHER
SASHA
Of course he is...
Then...
SASHA
PULL BACK...
CASTOR
(into cellular)
CASTOR
kill.
BUZZ
up!
Playing with his toys, Adam does not see Archer's icy
gaze.
ARCHER
SASHA
you...
ADAM
SASHA
She kicks the toy aside and lifts Adam -- offering him to
SASHA
Caz...
a GUNSHOT...
Sasha's arms.
ARCHER
SASHA
Yes, he is -- !
second.
ARCHER
Get down!
OUTSIDE
KITCHEN
SASHA'S BEDROOM
SASHA
Adam!
Protecting him.
INT. KITCHEN
LOWER LEVEL
when --
FRONT DOOR
throwing FLASH-GRENADES.
UPPER LEVEL
SKYLIGHT
LOWER LEVEL
unconscious.
ARCHER
Buzz...
ARCHER
UPPER LEVEL
DIETRICH
Let's go!
UPPER LEVEL
SASHA
Adam!
LOWER LEVEL
UPPER LEVEL
DIETRICH
TOP LEVEL
DIETRICH
Caz?
ARCHER
Archer hands Adam over to Sasha. She hugs her little boy
-- then embraces Archer tightly. Hanging on -- near
SASHA
ARCHER
drop.
panels.
luck...
REFLECTION.
CASTOR
her.
ear.
CASTOR
your death.
POLLUX
crown.
POLLUX
into --
ROTUNDA
CASTOR
Pollux...
CASTOR
OPENS FIRE --
ARCHER
CASTOR
LOOMIS
Troy...
forehead.
Castor looks at the dead kid -- his rage barely abated
body.
WANDA
What happened?
CASTOR
shot him!
(beat)
KIM
CASTOR
What is it?
LAZARRO
you face-to-face...
(a beat)
suspect -- behavior.
CASTOR
LAZARRO
give a shit.
to hide...
(beat)
CASTOR
it...
(wraps arm
around neck)
LAZARRO
-- I don't understand...
ground.
CASTOR
CASTOR
(beat)
attack.
Castor fixes himself a shot of mescal. He checks his
body.
The door flies open -- and two medics rush in. They see
CPR.
above.
face.
Archer sprays him in the face. The cop gags and sags.
DISPATCHER
at Nordhoff.
QUICK SHOTS
A) MOTOR POOL
B) HELIPORT
C) ARCHER'S HOUSE
WANDA
here?
CASTOR
(looks around)
WANDA
Terminal?
CASTOR
What?
WANDA
CASTOR
posts -- now!
RUNNING WATER.
ARCHER
Eve...
mouth covered.
ARCHER
(no response)
Okay?
EVE
killed my son --
ARCHER
ARCHER
(a beat)
time.
EVE
ARCHER
COP (O.S.)
ARCHER
then...
ARCHER
The blood drains from her face as... Archer slips over
CASTOR
relax...
EVE
my Continuing Ed.
CASTOR
different person.
EVE
-- Yes.
CASTOR
Okay, I have a confession to make.
CASTOR (cont'd)
be.
CASTOR
EVE
CASTOR
was horrible...
EVE
Oh, my God...
Castor pours it on -- feigning immense grief.
CASTOR
EVE
Of course not.
beside him.
CASTOR
EVE
CASTOR
the window.
She gets up, closes the window, then goes into the
bathroom.
As Eve gets the key in her car door -- a hand grabs her.
COP
EVE
COP
EVE
Fine...
(a beat)
EVE
ARCHER
EVE
ARCHER
thing.
EVE
already dead.
ARCHER
EVE
night dentist.
As Archer speaks -- Eve searches his eyes for the truth.
ARCHER
dentist...
(a beat)
EVE
ARCHER
EVE
(a beat)
vial.
EVE
ARCHER
tomorrow?
EVE
He doesn't tell me anymore than
memorial service.
ARCHER
way... I did.
EVE
now.
ARCHER
EVE
ARCHER
EVE
Saint Mary's-By-The-Sea.
Archer reacts... the irony's not lost on him.
EVE
ARCHER
EVE
ARCHER
that service.
EVE
something...
(as Archer
considers)
(a beat)
ARCHER
EVE
ARCHER
(a beat)
EVE
It'll happen.
EVE
EVE
CASTOR
explain to me.
EVE
was an emergency.
Lars starts pulling at the patient's bandages.
EVE
very ill!
CASTOR
CASTOR
EVE
(kisses him)
work.
They leave. Eve wipes his ugly taste from her mouth.
EXT. HOSPITAL PARKING LOT - DAWN
CASTOR
LARS
CASTOR
ARCHER
SASHA
he'll be okay.
Archer opens the case. Inside is a sniper rifle.
SASHA
us.
ARCHER
ARCHER
Thanks...
CASTOR
Where's Jamie?
EVE
EVE
CASTOR
EVE
breakwater.
INTERCUT WITH:
performed in Latin.
(a beat)
ARCHER
PRIEST
EVE
ARCHER
THROUGH SCOPE
BACK TO SCENE
We've come full circle from Matthew's death: with Archer
PRIEST
Domine... Amen.
AT SERVICE
JAMIE
and Dad.
hers.
ARCHER
squeezes --
barrel.
FOLLOW DART
ON KNOLL
AT SEA-SIDE SERVICE
gone wrong.
PRIEST
getting a message.
service.
CASTOR
(into headset)
boathouse...
Guests head for their cars. Eve seizes the moment and
EVE
WANDA
But then Eve looks past Wanda -- and sees Lars looking at
shoulder.
EVE
Never mind --
CASTOR
boathouse.
Castor hustles Eve inside and locks the door behind him.
gasps.
CASTOR
-- Castor Troy.
EVE
Why is he here?
CASTOR
CASTOR
CASTOR
CASTOR
(to Eve)
unavenged.
ARCHER
CASTOR
No father could.
CASTOR
tools.
ARCHER
CASTOR
so what?
(cocks pistol)
Then you.
But it's not Jamie and Lars. Three people emerge from
CASTOR
DIETRICH
'em.
LARS
CASTOR
explain!
SASHA
is legendary.
ALDO
(cocks GUN)
head.
Castor scoops up his pistol but Eve kicks him hard in the
ARCHER
Find Jamie!
something?
EVE
Jamie? Jamie!
SASHA
up like us...
DIETRICH
Sasha -- !
Eve runs smack into Wanda and Buzz -- they're on the run.
WANDA
We heard gunshots --
EVE
steps -- until --
dislodged.
ARCHER
to find out.
CASTOR
They scramble for the gun -- but a hand reaches out from
the docked boat and picks it up. Archer and Castor stop
ARCHER
ARCHER
your father.
CASTOR
father.
CASTOR
ARCHER
Jamie...
CASTOR
Shoot him!
CASTOR
miss so badly.
WANDA (O.S.)
Hold it.
Wanda and Buzz have burst onto the terrace -- their guns
CASTOR
WANDA
CASTOR
WANDA
BUZZ
-- Now!
CASTOR
(beat)
chin.
CASTOR
OUTSIDE GATE
CASTOR
The agent hands over his UZI -- and Castor PLUGS him.
BOATYARD
JAMIE
(to Archer)
CASTOR
limps away from the boatyard, towards the slips -- alive
for --
BOAT CAPTAIN
Hey -- !
CASTOR'S POV
CASTOR
FIRING.
ARCHER
CIVILIAN BOAT
ANOTHER ANGLE
other.
craft.
water.
a --
TUG
pulling a barge.
moment...
EXPLODES.
CASTOR
swerves wildly -- trying to throw Archer off.
his neck.
toward --
PIER
obstruction --
But --
CASTOR
unarmed...
ARCHER
still.
CASTOR
instant...
moves.
lets Castor's hand drop, then slides the ring on his own
finger.
ANOTHER ANGLE
BUZZ
ARCHER
WANDA
EVE
D.C...
ARCHER
(re: Castor)
How is he?
EVE
turnip.
ARCHER
He passes out as the FBI medics load him onto the med-
(to Buzz)
EVE
WANDA
JAMIE
EVE
JAMIE
screwed up...
ARCHER (O.S.)
Hello, Eve.
JAMIE (O.S.)
Dad?
JAMIE
I'm sorry I shot you, Dad. Am I
grounded?
ARCHER
ARCHER
out.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. MATTHEW'S OLD ROOM - NIGHT
EVE
EVE
Jon?
understands.
and...
FADE OUT.
THE END