The Negotiator

Yeah, I like animals better than people sometimes.

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, I 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 I 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...

...I 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. No more fucking talking.

I want that bitch, or I'll do the girl.

Omar, I'm doing the best I can here, man.

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.

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.

Another minute, that girl will be dead.

Unit 1, prepare entry. All units stand by for full breach.

Get back! Get back!

You lost him. Make entry.

Beck thinks you lost him. Frost gave him the go-ahead.

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.

Omar Was a Marine, right? 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 I'm clear, come in there' get that girl.

Yo, Omar.

Just got word. Your wife's here.

- Wife? - Shut the fuck up.

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, I gotta come look. Then I 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 I get my wife, or you fucking die!

Palermo, Eagle, clear for shot.

- Okay? Here we go. - Ready.

Move real slow. This ain't about me or you...

...but I'm gonna take you out just the same.

He's in. We gotta play it out now.

Unit 1, hold position.

Lock it.

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.

All right, move.

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?

Yeah. I did a tour in '73.

Semper fi, motherfucker. I did two tours. '68 and '69.

Well 'hoo-fucking-rah' Omar.

Hoorah!

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.

Nuh-uh. Stay cool. - We got a one count.

Like I 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:

"In the Navy' they teach us to wash our hands."

The Marine turns to him and says:

"In the Marines, they teach us not to piss on our hands."

Down! Get down! Move! Move!

HT's down! Copy.

You all right, bud?

Huh? You okay?

Yeah.

- Thanks. - Sure.

[REDNEX'S "COTTON EYE JOE" PLAYING ON STEREO]

Oh' yeah. Oh, yeah.

Yeah, boy! Come on. Get down, get funky, get loose!

Come on! Do it, do it' do it!

You're a hoedown guy.

- Now I've seen everything. Ha-ha-ha. 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!

[MUSIC 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.

Lieutenant Rornan, looks like you saved the day again.

No, it was a team effort. I just talked the guy out.

Well, did he say anything in there?

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.

All right, he's all talk.

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, I was in the Army and I fucking hate dogs.

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. Mm.

Twenty thousand cops in Chicago. Can't you take turns?

I was gonna let Nate go in...

...but I knew Linda would be pissed at me.

Nate's much smarter than that, right, Nate?

Yeah, I'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, I promise. Just a minute.

Go on, tell your secrets.

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 Internal 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 I' 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.

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...

- Oh, shit. - Jesus Christ!

Officer Bald.

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 oft 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.

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 I can deal with. It's how you do the job.

- Like what you did today. - I'm fine.