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How long has this been going on?

Since they took the streets. You gave them drugs so you could help the people?

Where's the junk?

There's a new doctor.

She's talked to me. You still owe me. I'm waiting for you. Doctor, I can't

care of this problem for you quite despite the pain.

Maybe New York doesn't need another man with a gun. They are going to kill her.

You want me without a bloody gun? You will have me without a bloody gun.

Write it up so we can bury him.

No cops.

Make it clean.

You follow me?

Is everything going well with

the patients?

Mm -hmm.

Under control.

These people are going to miss you.

After 25 years, you've earned a rest.

I do think it's going to take a while for some of the men to get used to a

doctor, though.

I hate this place.

What are you saying?

I hate it.

And you will too.

Let's go, move!

What you got for me?

Hey, baby, let's have it.

Come on, let's have it.

What's going on in here? What are you giving him? The rent.

And what the hell is it to you? Who do you think you're talking to?

What's your name?

None of your business what my name is. Give me these drugs.

Oh, my God.

It's me.

Doctor, I want to talk to you right now.

so you could help the people?

I'm sorry, Doctor. That doesn't make any sense to me.

Not medically or ethically. It was the only way they would have gotten them

anyhow. That doesn't give you the right to hand over drugs like dime store

candy. By doing that, you're no better than some drug dealer on a street

And what were you planning, Doctor?

To just walk out of here and let me find out about this gang of hooters?

I was going to tell you, but I was afraid you

wouldn't take over the clinic for me.

And, of course, you won't be staying now.

I tried,

doctor.

I did my best.

But then I, uh... I just got

tired.

I've been tired for so long.

It's okay.

Because you help so many people.

And that's all that really counts.

But it stops now.

Because history...

It belongs to those people out there.

And this clinic belongs to me.

You got a minute?

Can you look after my car for a while?

Thank you.

Mr. McCall, how do you describe this help that you perform?

I mean, exactly what kind of services do you provide?

I simply try to help people.

Usually those people who, for one reason or another, can't help themselves.

Do you carry a gun?

Sometimes, yes.

And, of course, this help has a price tag attached to it.

Sometimes, yes.

So when it doesn't, you do this for pleasure?

Hardly the kind of pleasure you imply.

Dr. Wharton, I would point out to you that I am here because your nurse

requested me.

Well, she was out of line.

And I'm very sorry you made such a long trip for nothing.

Now, if you'll please excuse me, I have some work to do.

Mr. McCall, I grew up in this city. I love it.

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe New York doesn't need another man with a

gun?

May I speak with you?

Please.

Mr. McCall, I heard what she said to you in there. She's so committed, she

doesn't understand what's going to happen.

You have got to help us.

Dr. Wharton is a very brave woman.

I have to respect her desire to handle the problem on her own.

She can't.

Look at the street.

Look at the people who live here.

Others have tried to stand up to the gang and failed.

She will, too.

Mr. McCall on 3rd Street, this clinic, is the only hope there is.

And they are going to kill her.

I can't promise you anything.

I will have a look around.

What, what, what, what? What is this?

Where's the junk?

I couldn't get it.

What? There's a new doctor.

She's tough.

I tried to get it.

She wouldn't give it to me.

She? She? She wouldn't give it to you?

That's right.

Shut up!

Who is

this new doctor?

The tense has split.

She's taking over.

You can't handle a woman.

Be green, okay?

Yeah, he's green.

Look, I'll take care of this. Me and Jack will get the junk. What are you

jumping in my seat?

Just try to keep us straight. No, man, you're cutting a little piece for

yourself. You don't do nothing.

We do this together.

Is that a problem for you?

My friend, Robert McCall, after all this year?

Peña.

Come on.

Come here.

Come here.

Sorry, McCall.

Peña's not my name anymore.

For 12 years, I have been Hernando Rodriguez.

It has been so long that I've come to believe in myself.

Oh, my

God.

Now remember, she has to get two shots a day until the entire series is

completed. Go to mama.

Oh, but she is so much better.

Well, the symptoms are gone, but the disease is still in her body.

She was a very sick little girl. Without those shots, she could have a relapse.

She'll be sick again, do you understand?

Yes, thank you, doctor.

We'll be back tomorrow.

You're welcome.

Bye.

Are you still with the agency?

Oh, no.

No, no, no. No, I'm, uh... I'm tired.

Well, I'm a consultant.

Sort of.

A consultant.

But I think that you're still carrying a gun, Michael.

You know, this really is incredible.

What? Well, I got you out of Cuba.

And is this what you defected for?

To come here to a well -birthed dog food? You, the former head of a Cuban

police.

Sorry. No, no, no, that's all right. That's all right. I just... You just

me back too many memories, McCall.

I mean, I... You know that really nobody knows why I defected Cuba.

I mean the real reason why I defected Cuba.

Not important, is it? It is important.

Because I'm not growing any younger, you know.

See?

And that is the reason I'm here today.

Who is he?

Emilio Gutierrez is his name.

Nobody knows him.

And I killed him, I call.

It was during one of those frequent moments of paranoia. There were hundreds

people gathered to be interrogated. And Gutierrez was among them.

He was a simple man. He was a farmer.

But little by little, he started becoming a little bit dangerous. So my

hold of him, trained interrogators, so they couldn't get a word out of him.

So I took the case myself, and, uh... I mean, it had been one of

the most terrifying experiences of my life.

What?

This man forgave me.

Day after day after day, no matter what I say, what I did to him, this man

forgave me.

And you don't know what it means. I mean, to look...

and face the eyes of a man that you are torturing and is forgiving you.

So you killed him?

It was an accident, but this man had destroyed me.

And destroying me, I had to defect because the worst thing in the world

to a good Marxist revolutionary like me.

What was it that happened to you?

You may think I'm crazy.

But I'm not crazy.

Because of Emilio Gutierrez.

I'm sorry, my copper. I began to believe in the love of God.

Laugh at me if you want. I don't give a damn.

Find what you're looking for.

Find it.

I've had it all removed.

I could kill you.

Then you better do it.

Because you're not getting any more drugs from him.

I could have anything I want.

Anything.

The old man had a deal.

The same deal goes for you.

The doctor here, Ed.

You owe me, okay?

And you're going to pay.

I don't owe you anything.

Nothing lives on Third Street. Nothing.

As long as I wanted to.

I'm coming back.

And when I do, if you want to live, Doctor,

the rent is due.

Hello, Lieutenant Mason Warren, please.

Oh, Mason, thank God it's you.

It's been a long time, Ellie.

I didn't know who else to call.

You remember that time on the wharf?

No.

You remember what I said?

No.

I said, you'll never be able to stay away from me.

Looks like I was right.

Excepting I didn't expect for it to take about a year.

Mason, I... You're a hard woman to forget, Ellie.

Mason, you were hard to forget, too.

So, you're having problems with the rodents, aren't you? No, halfway.

Call the crypt.

I wouldn't worry too much about them.

What they need is a little psychological persuasion.

I'll take care of it.

Make some noise.

Bring out all the rats.

Come on, louder.

Squeal.

Come on out, children.

Don't make me come in and get you.

We're here.

Hiya, honey.

Look who's back.

You're a little too far from home, cop.

This ain't your priestly no more.

Yeah, cop.

Where's Andres?

You got something to say?

Say it to me.

Please, don't tell me this. You're the leader now?

Primo!

You putting up with this?

You letting this clown run you off?

What do you want?

Well, I don't know now.

You always were a sorry excuse for a game.

But now, it's even less.

Flip -flip here, running off at the mouth.

Primo riding the barrel.

Tell me something, Primo.

Are you his punk now?

Is that it?

You can tell me.

I always thought you were a little light on the arches.

There's a new doctor on the street.

His name is Ellie Wood.

Friend of mine.

Anything happen to her?

Take it personal.

You understand what I'm saying? You know where I'm coming from?

I'd go as far as you can.

If you

ever stick your fist in my face again, I'll rip that sucker off.

Get out of my face.

Oh, I really get mad.

Get your junk someplace else.

Sir, you come here often?

I have friends.

They allow me to use this place at night.

I come here to think.

And for a long time.

I tried to make myself believe that life was no more than dealing with a series

of targets.

Targets of opportunity.

Because of the agency, for me, dealing with people meant one of two things.

Terror or boredom.

And so I... I got out.

I've... I've tried to start a new life.

But I don't know how... to do it.

The past stays with me, too.

You know that I have a recurring dream.

I'm walking.

Alone. Unarmed.

The streets are crowded with...

They're the living shadows.

I know they're all around me, but I can't seem to catch them.

I feel afraid.

Perhaps the real fear is that one night I will catch them.

Gracias.

I have a question.

When did you stop carrying a gun?

Many years ago.

Many, many years ago.

You have many enemies.

If any one of them could find you, I did.

What then?

Well, Robert, when I stopped carrying a gun, I discovered something very

important.

You know, the damn thing didn't give me any courage at all.

On the contrary, it took it away.

Ken.

I think I know what is haunting you, my friend.

There's one shadow behind all of this.

Robert, you're haunted by the man you might have been.

Everybody. Look.

Yeah?

Doctor, you're from Greenpoint. You don't know this place.

But the word is out on the street that they're going to shut you down. What do

you mean, shut me down? There are no more patients.

I tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen to me.

The Crips own this block, and there is nothing that anybody can do about it.

What are you doing? I'm calling Lieutenant Warren. It's a waste of time.

He hasn't worked Third Street in years, and besides, you have your own personal

bodyguard? That is just great.

He's a cop.

Every time you call him in, they will take it out on the people.

Do you think we wanted to give them the drugs?

You don't know what Dr.

Timms went through.

It was the price that he had to pay just to work on this street.

That price is too high.

And if my patients are afraid to come to me, fine.

God, sure as hell I'll go to them.

Mrs.

Sanchez, I've come to give your baby her shot.

Damn you.

Why don't you leave these people alone?

Hey, junkie.

What you got for me today, huh?

Huh?

Come on.

Give us a kiss.

You like this, huh? You like this, huh? It's nice.

You still owe me.

You still owe me.

The rent!

needless house calls any more than you do, especially in such hazardous

There's nothing anybody can do to help me.

Nobody. Well, why don't you just give them what they want and then everything

will be peaceful again.

No way.

In that case, I would suggest that you should expect things to get darker

the dawn.

Oh, how long are they going to keep that up? Until you break.

Doctor, I can't take...

care of this problem for you quite dispatchively.

How do you intend to do that?

Well, there are various ways.

You will have to leave the choices to me.

You're going to kill them, aren't you? Wash!

I sincerely hope that that will not be necessary.

No!

No! No!

No! No!

I'll pay for your expenses for coming.

I'm sorry. I just don't want you here.

They are going to start killing people quite soon. You know that, don't you?

Sooner than you think.

This little girl, she's six months old.

If she doesn't get her regular treatments, she's going to die.

I don't understand. Why don't her parents take her to Bellevue or some

pretty hospital?

Because these people are all afraid.

Many of them are illegal.

The city terrifies them.

I've told them to go other places and they won't.

I'm trying so hard to save these people's lives.

Trust me?

Trust you to do what?

I do understand your feelings, Doctor.

And I wish you the very best of luck.

If I wanted to go to the headquarters, how would I find it?

It's through that building and down the alley about two blocks.

It's an abandoned factory.

But be careful.

I've heard they have it booby -trapped.

Mr. McCall, thank you for helping us.

Fred, your thanks may be a little premature.

Where did you go?

He was supposed to bring the stuff.

I'm dying

find help for her.

I will go with you.

No. Don't leave this room.

Oh, yeah.

Where are you going?

Please. My daughter is very sick.

Is that right?

She don't look sick to me, man.

Huh? Hey, she looks sick to you guys. No.

I think you haven't been feeding the kid right. I think you've been spending

your money on lottery tickets and not buying enough rice and beans.

She must go to the clinic.

I don't think so.

Are you going to take her home?

Are you going to beat her on orange or something?

Kids love oranges.

You're drunk or something and you can't stand on your two feet.

collect the risks.

And if you think they're too high, if you think you can't win, you... you walk

away.

Just as you did 12 years ago.

Emmanuel Pena, you are not the only man with a conscience.

6 .30 a .m.

November the 26th, 1973.

Will you ever be free of that memory?

That it?

All right, Doctor.

You want me without a bloody gun?

You will have me without a bloody...

He's

still here. I thought you left.

I couldn't leave.

I'm staying here with you.

Thank you.

Doctor, I'm sorry.

Forget it.

Well, I guess if they're going to come, it should be any time now.

Did you call Lieutenant Warren?

No. You were right.

I have to face him myself.

appointment with the doctor.

Why don't you just walk down with me, huh?

And we are taking her to the clinic.

Try it!

You're dead!

I've come here to try and help you, but I can't do that if you...

I promise you, I have no weapon.

If you want to walk with me now, with all of us, you throw down your weapons.

Because these people, they understand violence, and we will not defeat them

violence.

We have another way.

Throw them down, please.

It is no threat.

You've lost all ready.

Why don't you just go home?

And let this woman take her baby to the doctor.

No, no, no, leave them, leave them, leave them. Now they've got to help

themselves.

If you give it to me, I'll take her inside.

munition so that we're both unarmed.

I don't need a gun.