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They were my two best friends in the whole world--

for five weeks.

It was a total accident we even met.

Me, a bum from Brooklyn, using phony frequent-flyer miles.

Tony Croft was kind of a golden boy from Harvard School of Architecture.

We met Lewis McBride, this long-haired Greenpeace, you know, tree hugger guy.

So the plan was to party till we ran out of cash in Malaysia.

It was a paradise of rum, girls and good cheap hash.

Whoo!

Here we go, boys.

Take it off, girl. Yeah!

Whoo!

Whoo!

I don't understand a word you're saying to me,

but this is my least favorite part anyway-- the talking stuff.

Do you know what I mean? Mmm.

You do?

Okay.

Good morning, bro. What's up?

You sleep good? You little dreamer.

What'd you do that for?

It's my last day, Lew. Get up. We'll go do some stuff.

Well, maybe it shouldn't be your last day.

Maybe it shouldn't be my last day.

Maybe you should get a haircut.

Wow!

You're up early. Well, what kind of party is this?

My party. Your party?

Yes!

Oh, yeah.

It's your aggressive instincts. I can hear 'em, Lew.

Where you boys from, America?

That's Malaysian for "Do you have money?" Yes, yes, we're from the States.

Mm-hmm. So you have fun here?

Uh, it could be better.

Come on. Come on. No.

Listen.

I got something special for you.

Yeah? What?

I got special animal potion.

You want?

Animal potion? Yeah, number one aphrodisiac.

Keep you hard as a rock all night. You want?

Uh, it sounds painful. Thanks. That's all right.

Yeah, I want-- I want to see this.

You want to see? Your friend? You want to see?

Sure. Yeah.

Okay, follow me. Let me tell you about this.

Yeah.

All right. This-- This is good. This is all good.

Lewis, this doesn't look like the number one pharmacy to me, you know.

- Okay. - Hey, yo!

Brother, yo!

Special delivery for you.

- Oh, this is good. - Good stuff.

Original. Good. Very good.

This is Rhino horn, isn't it?

Ah, smart man.

Rhino horn. Good.

American, Japanese like it.

You-You-You take it. What are you doin'?

Listen. Listen, you-- you-- What are you doin'?

Listen. Woman like it. Keep you hard.

You know, keep you hard. Good. Good. Woman like it.

Even if this worked-- Listen--

No, you listen to me. Even if this worked, which it doesn't,

you're murdering an endangered species. What are you doing?

They're not gonna get that. He's not gonna understand it.

Just trying to make a buck.

You take! Ten bucks! Ten bucks!

It doesn't have to get fuckin' violent. I'm talking to you!

You take it!

Hey, man, fuck--

Hey, man!

What the fuck is up, man?

What the fuck is up, man?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

No, you hear me? Get the fuck out of here!

Get the fuck out of here! Fuck you, motherfucker.

Easy. Easy. Okay. Okay. Okay, man.

Yee-hoo! Whoo!

Yeah!

Stop moving the bike.

You gotta balance it.

What?

Whoo!

This is a really steep hill.

Brake!

Fuck!

Damn!

Oh, shit.

Are you all right, man?

Are you all right? You okay?

Oh, my God. Holy shit, bro.

Say, thanks for the help, guys.

What the fuck? You gonna push that thing all the way back to Penang?

Let the bike go, brother. Let it go.

I tell you, I'm not gonna leave it.

Lewis, the deposit we put down on that bike is about five times its worth.

Why are you pushing the fucking bike? Drop the fucking bike.

I'm not gonna leave it. This is his last bike. That's his bread and butter.

You're out of your fricking mind.

Well, maybe if you'd help me out a little bit. It would go so much quicker.

Let me do it. Here, I'll push it. I'll push the fuckin' thing. Here.

Thank you. You got it?

You know what?

Oh!

Nice shot, Sheriff. Really.

Oh, that's great.

Let's get home. Come on.

Friends for life, man.

Oh, hey, you guys gotta give me your addresses so, uh--

- Yeah, give me yours. - I can write you.

Yeah, well, when I get mine, I'll give you my address down there in Borneo.

Where? Borneo.

Wait, you're staying? You got a girlfriend there, man?

No.

- At the Orangutan Reintroduction Project. - The what project?

This group-- they go, and they rescue these orangutans that have been kept as pets,

and they help integrate them back in the wild. You're gonna stay here?

I'm gonna go down and volunteer to help out.

Bro, if the apes need humans to save them, then they're fucked.

Pay no attention to him. He's always dumping on somebody. That's cool.

What about you, golden boy? You can't wait to go...

put all those things you call buildings up in New York, bro.

Skyscrapers? No, man.

They'll be beautiful. Touching the clouds.

See, you guys don't realize how good you have it right now, right here.

So eager to get on with your charmed lives that you just miss what's happening right now.

You know what I mean?

Look, we got mellow hash, right?

We got coconuts filled with rum.

We got beautiful, gracious chicks that like us...

just 'cause we're fuckin' Yankees, and we're tall.

Some of us. Some of us.

And then you got this warm, calm water.

It's like God's own bathtub or something, man.

Hey, Lew, are you really gonna do that-- stay here and try to save those gorillas?

Yeah. That's cool, man.

That's totally cool, Lew. Totally cool.

You sound, uh, interested. You want to, uh, join me?

Flight's tomorrow. Can't change the ticket, no refund.

Think about it.

Mornin'.

Hey, good mornin', man.

How do you feel? Good. Good.

So,

is it civilization and its discontents...

or, uh,

you, me and the monkeys?

I don't think I'm cut out for that kind of thing, Lew. That's for you, man.

Tell you the truth,

I don't have that kind of stuff in me.

Well,

I think you're wrong about yourself, but--

- Give 'em hell out there. - Where you gonna go, Sheriff?

New York is calling you home. Martinis, pretty girls, the Yankees.

Or do you want to stay here?

All right, brother. Don't smoke it all in one bowl.

You keep this. I got Tony's, and that's plenty.

I wouldn't try to take Excedrin out of this fuckin' country. Come on. Take it.

Why the hell did we buy so much hash, anyway?

'Cause at those prices, we couldn't afford not to.

Uh-oh. All right.

Wow. I guess this is it, man.

Yeah. Huh?

See ya, buddy. Good luck. All right.

I'm gonna miss you guys. Bullshit.

Second we're gone, you'll find a couple of chimps prettier than both of us.

Motherfucker.

Take care. All right, man.

I'll see you. All right.

Safe travels. Yeah.

Yeah, Gaby, listen. Yeah. Okay. You know what?

No. I just-- I got--

You know, I can't talk about anything right now, and--

Listen. Uh, no.

I'm not interested in discussing this right now, okay?

I got two people in the back of my car. I'm working.

Gaby, listen. Maybe when the shift's over, I'll call you, whatever,

we'll go out, we'll grab a bite or somethin', okay?

Look, that's my dispatcher. I gotta go.

I gotta go. Bye.

Yeah, it's Four, under way.

After the drop, can you swing a pickup at the Stanhope?

Lady named Eastern, asked for you.

Eastern? Eastern, uh, yeah.

Where's the drop at? She didn't say.

Fuck!

I apologize for the, uh, sudden stop, folks,

but hopefully you were belted in.

Okay, here we are.

Here. Take that. Oh!

Pleasure serving you as always, Mr. Homer.

This is Ravitch.

Hey, it's Sheriff. Listen--

How much is New York's most famous divorce attorney worth to ya?

He's worth squat, brother. I'm single.

Uh, what about if he's out boinking and gettin' bombed and his wife's not with him?

That's a different story.

Ravitch, can't you find another desk? I say two bills.

You cheap son of a bitch. Grab a pen.

I'm sorry. Go ahead. Give it to me.

Thank you.

We headed anywhere in particular?

Uh, how about we just drive around the park for a little bit?

You got it. Around the park.

I know I haven't driven you before. I never forget a face.

Hey, you mind if I smoke in the car?

It's the only place in town left that you can smoke. Go ahead.

So, uh, who recommended me, Miss Eastern?

- Please call me Beth. - Okay.

Who recommended me, Beth?

Lewis McBride.

Lew?

What'd he say? Look up old Sheriff when you got to town?

How'd you know where to find me?

Lewis said you lived in Brooklyn.

Odds were you would be in the book. Yeah, huh?

And odds were I'd probably still be stuck in Brooklyn, which, you know,

obviously I am.

So where is Lew, huh? Is he in town here?

Sheriff,

the day you and Tony left Penang,

a man came looking for a bike you guys had rented.

He brought the police.

Only they didn't find the bike. They did find 104 grams of hashish--

some stashed in the hut, some in the trash.

Jesus Christ. And, uh, Lewis...

caught hell for that, huh?

Well, yeah. He spent the last two years in prison.

Oh, my God. Jesus Christ.

What a nightmare that must be, huh?

Is he still in prison now?

For eight more days, yeah.

I mean, I wish I would have known sooner.

I mean, I don't know if I could have done anything, but I-I--

At least he's getting out in eight days though, huh? That's, uh, not the case.

In Malaysia, anybody found with more than 100 grams of hashish is considered to be trafficking.

Trafficking?

What is that, like dealing? Sheriff,

in order for Lewis not to be considered a dealer,

you and Tony have to fly back to Penang...

and accept your share of the responsibility.

And what about me and Tony, huh? What happens to us?

Well, the deal was that if both of you go back, it's...

three years apiece.

And if only one of you goes back, it's six.

Wait, wait, wait. Hold on. It's three? It's six?

Why don't you finish that sentence for me, please?

You're talking about three years in prison, lady. Six years in prison.

Sheriff, let me make this clear to you.

In Malaysia, dealers get death.

Jesus Christ. For a shitty brick of hash?

So you're telling me in eight days from now--

Lewis McBride is going to hang.

What are you, his lawyer?

I'm his American lawyer, yeah.

So how about we have dinner and talk more about this?

Uh, I can't. I'm on till 2:00, but thank you very much.

Drinks then? What, at 2:00?

Uh-huh. Don't you sleep?

Well, I want to do this more. Breakfast?

Can't. Lunch?

I pulled a day shift, Beth. I can't. All right.

Let's have dinner then. Tomorrow night, here, say 7:00?

Tomorrow at 7:00. Good night.

Thanks.

Excuse me. I'm looking for Tony Croft.

Yeah. He's up top. Thanks.

So if you don't go back, Tony,

Lewis will hang.

Sorry.

You know, you just, like-- You just can't come out of nowhere...

and tell me the bottom's dropped out of my life,

I got a week to brace for the impact.

I'm sorry, Tony. That's exactly what I am doing.

You know, the one thing I don't understand--

How come it took you guys two years to tell me this?

Lewis never mentioned the two of you.

Not when he was convicted two years ago.

Not when he was sentenced to death 10 months ago.

It was only last week, when his final pardon appeal was rejected.

I found a detective. The second he found you, here I am.

You gotta understand, this-- this isn't just about me, all right?

I mean, like anybody, I have a lot of responsibilities.

I'm-- I'm engaged. I have a fiancée. I want to start a family.

Family is wonderful.

Lewis would like to have kids too.

If you can postpone having yours for a few years,

he'll be able to have that chance.

I'm staying at the Stanhope. Could you call me there tonight?

All right. I will.

Thanks. Thanks, Tony.

This is Beth. Uh, Miss Eastern, hi. This is Tony Croft.

Tony, hi.

Listen.

Kerrie and I talked this over, and we want to, um--

Well, I want to-- First of all, simply, I want to say is that--

This is-- This is ridiculous.

There is-- There is no way in hell that I'll do the six years.

But if Sheriff agrees to go back--

Um, well, that's another--

Uh, in that case, um--

You know, it would be pretty hard to say no.

Uh, okay. What you've said has been very clear.

I'm about to go have dinner with Sheriff right now,

and I'll call you in the morning and tell you what was said.

All right. I'll talk to you then.

Thank you, Tony. Good night.

Hey.

Hi. Surprised I showed?

No, why?

'Cause I am. Eastern party?

Uh, yeah. Right this way.

Thanks.

Would you care for a cocktail?

Glass of house red. Okay.

Thanks. Yeah, I'll have a rum and coke, please.

Thank you.

Reminds me of Malaysia, rum and coke.

So have you, uh, spoken to Tony?

Yes, I did. Mm-hmm.

Tony said he was gonna go back.

Yeah. You know, Tony told me he was gonna call me when he got back from Penang.

So--

So what are you saying? I-- I can't count on Tony's word?

No, no. I'm not saying that. Not at all. Just, uh--

I think it's good Tony says he's going back.

How come?

- Because I'm-- - Excuse me. Your drinks.

Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Tony's only going back if you're going back.

- You didn't say that. - Well, you didn't let me finish.

Oh. Well, okay, please finish then, Beth.

Finish what you're gonna say.

I don't expect you to do this...

without some sort of compensation.

Both of Lewis's parents have passed on.

They left a little something.

How does $50,000 sound?

$50,000?

That sounds fine. Just fine.

But for each year.

$50,000 a year.

You want me to pay you $150,000 for--

for assuming what is in fact your share of the responsibility?

No, no, no. Not you. Not you. Lewis's estate.

I mean, they got the heavy money, right? Come on, let's face it.

You come to New York on what's pretty much a fishing expedition, okay?

You stay on the park, you eat here, not some cheap coffee shop on Lex.

All right.

So I will draw up the draft agreement tomorrow...

if you promise me right now that you're gonna go back.

You know what's funny to me?

Really funny?

It's how people like yourself think you can just buy people like me.

But guess what, Beth.

I wouldn't walk into your shit storm for any price.

And any slim chance that there might have been that I would go back...

just went bye-bye when you tried to pay me off.

- Menus? - I'm sorry. I think there's been a mistake tonight.

I wouldn't want you to buy me dinner-- I--

because then I would be exploiting you, counselor.

Have a good night.

Please. I'm sorry. I made a mistake. I didn't mean to insult you by offering you money.

Insult me? You insulted yourself, Beth.

And you already made your play, so I think we're finished. Made my play?

Yeah. Jesus, I would make any play to save Lewis's life.

- I know you care about that. - Well, you know what, Beth? I think you got the wrong guy.

Don't let my nickname fool you. It's just a bastardization of my last name,

which is Volgecherev, all right? I keep my mouth shut, and I keep my head down.

But I do wish Lewis a lot of luck, especially with you as his lawyer.

Excuse me. Oh, God, I appreciate your concern for his well-being.

I may not be the best, but I am the most persistent.

That's great. Well, you should fucking take your persistency and not waste it on me.

You only got a few days left. You're appealing to emotions I don't have...

and a fucking morality there's no way in the world I could afford--

That may be what you think you are, Sheriff--

Even if I took your lousy bribe-- It doesn't change the fact...

that a man's life hangs in the balance. Good night.

How you doin', man? What's up, Sheriff?

How you doin', Tony?

Yep.

Here we are.

Look, I'm freezing. What do you say we, uh--

You know, my secretary's out today, Tony. I apologize for the inconvenience though.

You'll have to seat yourself. Yeah.

So this is the office, huh?

Let's just sort this out, okay? You and me, together,

without that, uh, lawyer breathing down our necks.

- Yeah, she's pretty intense, huh? - No shit, man.

After she ambushed me, I couldn't eat for two days.

My girlfriend forces some toast down my throat this morning, you know. I threw it up.

But that's kind of a dry run for our next three years in Penang Prison, you know.

So you're gonna-- you're gonna do this? You're going back?

No.

You don't give a shit, do you?

Are you saying I don't give a damn about Lewis?

Well, that's what you're actin' like, you know.

Because if you believe that, you don't know the first fuckin' thing about me.

Fine. Fine. All right. Then how come you're so ready to slam the door on him?

Because I know something about guys who have clubs and badges, all right?

I've had my ass kicked by those bastards, Tony.

And it's not how you think. Just because you do something good,

doesn't mean there's gonna be a happy ending to the whole thing.

- Yeah. - You could very easily die over there.

Okay. Yeah. You think of that?

All right. Look. This is the other side of the coin, okay?

Let's say if this goes down-- and, God forbid, okay-- and Lewis hangs,

you don't think this is gonna be, like, headline news?

Sheriff, this is gonna follow you around the rest of your life.

Whereas the other way, we come home a pair of heroes, and then what?

The city throws us a ticker tape parade?

God, Tony. You're a fuckin' Boy Scout. You really are.

Listen to me, okay?

Lewis would have gone back for either of us.

You know that.

That's why I'll never be mistaken for Lewis McBride.

Afternoon, Miss Eastern. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Beth Eastern, hi.

I'm M.J. Major, a reporter for the New York Examiner.

You're-- You're a what? A reporter.

Really? Yes.

And-And what would you want with me? Oh, come on, Beth.

I know the hanging is in less than a week.

Press on this thing is exactly what you and the family need for a public outcry.

The family wants this kept quiet. Oh, really?

Listen. In this instance, your interests and the interest of the public converge.

How did you find out about this?

My sources at the State Department.

There's a blackout at the State Department. Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

They passed the buck and sold it as diplomacy.

That's why you need me-- and fast. I can make this happen fast, Beth.

In 48 hours, Lewis McBride can be over every-- No. No.

Listen to me. Do you remember Singapore?

The American kid who graffitied a car? Sure.

Because of the media frenzy, they had to cane the kid.

Well, that was a caning.

To show some national backbone. This is a hanging. Oh, and I don't know that?

Listen, some Aussie dope dealer's mother...

went on every English-speaking talk show from Sydney to London-- you know what happened?

They hung her son a week early to shut her up.

Excuse me. I've got a really big week.

Beth. I can make miracles happen in a week.

Don't do this.

Don't do it.

- Wait a minute. Why don't you just-- - What?

Jesus Christ! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm... very sorry. Just--

Could I have that, please?

Is he boyish? What?

Is he cute? Is he clean-cut?

'Cause if he is, and I put him on the front page of my news--

Give me some time.

Give me some time, some space,

and I'll give you your story.

When?

Soon.

I'm gonna call you, Beth.

What? What are you doing here?

I have a tape I want you to watch. Yeah?

Jesus Christ. You don't let up, do ya?

I can't. Okay. You know what? I'm gonna watch your tape.

Honest to God, I am.

But I was actually gonna go get something to eat.

So I'll watch it later.

Are you inviting me to dinner, or are we still mad at each other?

Uh--

Both.

Cheers. Cheers.

That's a toast to Lewis.

Sweet guy. Loved the animals, loved his beer.

Did he? He did.

I never knew that about him.

Tell me something else.

Really, beer is all I really remember. That's it?

Yeah.

Wow. He didn't leave really much of an impression then, did he?

Lewis? Mm-hmm.

What, are you kidding me? You spend a lot of time with him?

I've never had a beer with him.

He is honestly, Beth,

one of the sweetest people I've ever met in my life.

Lewis is the kind of guy-- You'd have, like, a beggar on the street, right?

And he'd just--

I don't know. He'd touch him somehow, talk to him.

The guy could have, like, an illness maybe. You know, I don't know. Language barrier.

Whatever it was, he just could see people, I guess.

Got a big heart.

Yeah.

That's nice.

What else can you tell me about him?

You are good, aren't you?

Sheriff, what do you think about me?

I don't know.

You seem to think I have all these wiles and stratagems.

I don't.

I have a man's life in my hands.

I get that.

But let me ask you a question, Beth.

And ask yourself this honestly.

Would you go back?

I wouldn't ask you or Tony...

to do this...

if I hadn't already answered the question for myself.

Yeah.

But I guess, you know,

I don't think you could ever really honestly answer that...

unless you're in that situation yourself, you know.

It's not--

Whoa!

Hi, Gaby. How are you?

I'm not some piece of dirt you get off on, then flush down the john, all right?

- Right. - He'll fuck you...

and then sneaks out--

by the fire escape, if he has to.

Unless you don't give a shit. Unless you're some whore.

I'm his wife.

What?

Fuck you for not wearing a ring.

That's my friend Gaby.

Wow. Yeah.

Good thing you didn't give her a social disease, or we'd all be dead.

Thanks, Frank. I appreciate it.

So when did you guys tie the knot?

You know what, Frank? Get the hell out of here, will ya?

Okay? Yeah.

- Well, that was fun. - That was something.

"I'm his wife." I like that one. "I'm his wife."

Thanks. You left this on the table.

Right.

Please watch it. I will, Beth. I will.

Good night.

Okay.

Okay, Lewis. Go ahead.

Um--

Hey, guys.

Sheriff. Tony.

Long time, huh?

I guess if you're seeing this tape,

you kind of figured that my vacation plans, uh, changed.

I was set to go off...

and try and save the orangutan, do what I can--

Kind of ironic, isn't it?

Look who's caged...

and-- and they say soon to be extinct.

Um, this little docudrama here was not my idea.

And I'm sorry, but, um,

the folks at the American Citizen Service...

have done all they can,

and-and now they tell me that--

that you guys are my last chance.

So...

I don't know if-if you're even--

if you're even thinking about comin' back,

but if there's the slightest chance,

I will tell you this-- that, um,

I-- I haven't been, uh,

harmed in any way.

I-I haven't-- I haven't been tortured.

Except by boredom and-- and hunger.

Not a whole lot of good stuff to eat.

No burgers for you, Sheriff.

But, uh, there's rice-- plenty of rice.

Your rice needs definitely will be met.

But, um,

if you do--

If you do come back,

I will-- I will feel guilty, yes,

and I already do just for asking you--

But--

At least I won't-- I won't feel the fear.

And I know that's not fair. Um--

So that's why I'm doing this.

Hey!

I'm busy! Can't take you today.

Yeah, well, I can't take you either.

Hey, Pop, you remember that trip I took a couple years back to Malaysia?

Yeah. I remember.

Some sleaze was sellin' frequent-flyer miles, right?

Well, that's not the point.

The point is there's this guy that's still over there, in Penang, where I was,

and, uh, he's kind of a pal.

But anyway, they're gonna-- they're gonna hang him. They found some hashish on him.

Really? Yeah.

But some of the hash was mine.

And so if I go back there,

I'd have to-- I'd have to, uh, serve three years in prison--

you know, Penang Prison.

But if I don't go back, they hang this guy.

They don't hang guys for hashish. I'm not that naive.

You're leaving something out, like always.

I'm not leaving anything out, Dad. I know it sounds fucked up, it's a little unfair,

but that's the way it is over there. All right. All right.

So maybe you're right, and I'm wrong.

You still want my advice in this hanging stuff?

Yeah. Feels like an easy call.

Uh, if you weren't wasting your life here, it might be different,

but this pal you'll save,

odds are he's worth more than you,

so my advice, you go, you do the time.

What's the matter? You look sick.

I mean, you're my dad. You're supposed to beg me not to go back, you know.

It's just not what I expected to hear, I guess.

Lighten up. I'm just yanking your crank.

Why put yourself through all the agony...

when you know you're not going?

I mean, who's kidding who?

Uh, what are we, suckers here?

No. What-- They did what?

They weighed him?

For-- Well, for what?

Jesus.

Uh--

Uh, I-I--

I have to get my-- I have to get the call.

Um, it might be one of the guys.

We'll talk tomorrow?

Um, this is-- this is Beth.

Beth, hi. You sound stressed.

This is M.J. Major.

Um-- Is this a bad time?

No. No, it's not a bad time.

Beth, what's wrong? How can I help?

You know--

You wanna know how you can help?

Just leave me alone, M.J. Just leave me alone.

Listen. I've got the resources to a daily paper with worldwide readership.

We are picked up by the International Herald Trib.

We could be doing anything you want, Beth.

Photographs, articles, petitions.

Every single one a death warrant, M.J.

A death warrant.

Now I've asked you nicely...

to stay out of this until after the hearing.

Beth, if I don't get something from you soon,

I'm gonna have to go straight to your two guys.

You don't even know who they are,

otherwise you'd already be there, wouldn't ya?

You know what? I'm hangin' up.

Beth, I'm gonna need to hear from you very soon.

You will.

Sheriff. Hey.

Well, hi. I-I didn't expect to see you. Come on in.

Thanks. How you doin'?

Couldn't be better. Yeah?

Please give me some good news.

Are you, um--

Did you get my message about dinner? Yeah. Yeah, I got your message.

But I can't make dinner. Actually, I got some plans tonight.

But I did want to return this to you-- the tape.

Uh, okay.

Did you watch it?

Yeah, I watched it. I watched the whole thing. Uh-huh.

And, um,

I did a lot of soul-searching last night with this--

Right. And, you know,

I figure you gotta know, you know, sooner than later...

because of everything.

I just wanted to come and, uh, today let you know where you stand with me.

That's good.

Where do I stand with you?

I talked to Tony, and he said that he's, you know, goin'--

I mean, he's, like, halfway to Penang already.

I think he just needs a nudge.

But I think he'll-- I think he'll probably go back, but, um,

you know, I looked inside--

deep inside, Beth,

to find something, but, uh,

it isn't in me.

Oh, it isn't in you?

God, jot that down, would ya?

Do me a favor and write that down for me.

I mean, just a few words. I'd love to give them to Lew right before he hangs--

you know, letter from a pal.

"Listen. I searched my soul" was the best part for me.

I don't know. That's-- That's great.

I think he'd love to know that you searched your soul before...

you decided not to go.

Yeah.

They just told me that they weighed Lewis today...

for the trapdoors of the gallows.

Beth--

Get out of here.

Get the fuck out of here, Sheriff.

Sheriff is here.

What do you say, guys? How you doing?

Well, Sheriff, I thought you had plans.

Yeah. Well, I was busy. I had a thing at Lincoln Center.

You know what I mean? But, uh, here I am.

Ready to discuss. What'd I order?

Sheriff, this is Kerrie, my fiancée. Kerrie, John Volgecherev.

Kerrie, how you doin'? Nice to meet you.

You're not, um-- You're not as platinum as I expected you to be.

So, Sheriff--

It's--

It's pretty obvious that, with good reason,

you have absolutely no intention of going back, right?

Where?

- Is he drunk? - Oh, I mean-- You mean, uh,

back, like back to prison, right?

Well, I've never actually been--

Can I have a fork? Do you have a fork I could use? Here you go.

Thank you. I've never been to prison.

Thus, I can't go back to somewhere I've never been.

Thank you. But, however--

Brilliantly unhelpful.

- Yes. - Beth, I checked.

Penang Prison is at a third world level of sanitation, nutrition.

Rice rations don't meet minimum caloric requirements--

Lewis is provided with food from Amnesty International.

So would Tony. Inmates have been tortured.

- He hasn't been touched. - Inmates have died of typhus.

Well, that's only because of overcrowding, and Lewis has his own cell, as would Tony.

And Sheriff, if he decides to go back.

That's really good. And the other thing I think that you ladies have overlooked...

is that that building is not up to code.

Oh, Jesus.

What are you, the class clown? And who are you to tell them...

to give up their freedom and maybe lose their lives?

I represent a boy who's been sentenced to death.

Right. For the sake of some client, you demand that they--

I demand? No, no, no. I don't demand.

I have not demanded anything. I have asked.

Demand that they endure three or six years...

of God knows what-- and I think that is insane.

Yeah, it's insane, okay?

I'm gonna go back.

What?

Okay?

I'm sorry, honey.

In the middle of this whole thing, what matters?

That Lewis doesn't die. Somebody's gotta do something. Please.

Where's the court document that guarantees this deal?

The attorney general of Malaysia has agreed to commute the--

Yeah. So where is it? Why don't we have a copy?

It's an oral agreement. No.

No. Tony doesn't go anywhere till we have that document in our hands--

They don't work that way. I wish they did.

I cannot get anything to you in writing.

Don't.

I'll be at home if you want me.

Sorry, Tony. I'm sorry.

She's just scared, all right? She's more scared than I am.

You're gonna have to excuse me.

You know, if I'm gonna get her to wait three years for me, uh--

I guess six--

I shouldn't keep her waiting tonight.

Uh, Tony, what can I say? Thank you.

Thank you. Sure.

Good-bye, Tony.

See you, man. See you later, man.

Good luck with that.

Right, Sheriff. She's pretty upset.

We'll talk to the firm.

Well, quite a party.

So, what are you gonna do, go back to your hotel?

Oh, yes. Gotta call Penang, give them the good news.

That's right. So I guess Lew's gonna be okay then, huh?

Which means, you know--

You're off the hook?

I'm off the hook, huh? Good night.

- Jaffe, I want a follow-up on the Canarsie fire. - Right.

Nice of you to join us, Ravitch. It's my pleasure.

Okay, Mr. Late, I'd like some pictures of a shopkeeper, burnt out.

You got it.

M.J., where's my pension fund fraud?

I thought you had a C.P.A. who was ready to talk on backgrounds.

I did. I did, and she's giving me gold.

I'm just fact-checking a few points,

and I'm looking for a source...

called Sheriff.

Ring anybody's bell?

Sheriff?

Okay, let's go, then.

Yeah? Hi. It's-- It's Beth.

I talked to the garage, and they said you called in sick.

Can I come up and see you?

Uh-- Sure.

Hi.

Hi there. Hi there.

I brought you some goodies from Zabar's.

Jewish penicillin-- cure you right up. Isn't that nice?

Should I beware of lawyers bearing gifts?

Think I'm gonna have a beer. Do you want one?

Uh, beer. Sure.

You're quite the avid reader, aren't you?

Or is this just-- Yeah, just for showing off.

All the visitors I have, I keep my place real impressive, don't I?

It's nice.

Actually, the books and that is kind of a recent development.

When I was in school, I tried like hell to avoid reading.

Then I graduate and realize I don't know shit. Yeah. Who does?

You know what I mean? Yeah.

So anyway, I start getting the books and...

do some reading,

learn about the world around me.

Just trying to be civilized, I guess, Beth.

That's good.

Lewis said you were better than you thought you were.

A lot of them are pop-up books, coloring,

that kind of thing.

Where's your passport?

What?

I just wanna see your passport.

In case it's not good, you know,

I can renew it tomorrow on an emergency basis...

if you... decide something different.

So then when you said that thing about me being off the hook,

you were pretty much just lying to my face, right?

No, I think you were lying to yourself.

Come on, Sheriff, only a total bastard would let Tony go back alone.

Yeah, well, I'm not in charge of Tony.

I'm not his dad.

I know that.

Tony's a man who's got--

Tony's a great guy,

but he's got a future and... a sexy fiancée.

Yeah.

Six years under any circumstance is gonna be hard as hell,

but this-- this case, it's inconceivable.

Mm-hmm.

I think Tony's a man of his word.

Tony called me three days ago...

and told me that he couldn't do six years.

I know what he said last night.

I applaud his idealism, but...

I can't count on it.

I have to have you on that plane, Sheriff.

Please show me your passport.

Not that it's any of your business,

but my passport's good.

It is? Yeah.

Show it to me.

Take my word for it. Show it to me.

You'd take three years from me, but you wouldn't take my word?

Okay. All right, I pushed it.

I'm sorry.

I trust you.

You know what?

Come on, Beth, you gonna go for me if you don't have a client?

What are you talking about? Wh-- What?

Kinda makes sense to me. You offer me money and I don't take that,

so you got four days left, so you just figure why don't I just try to fuck the guy,

'cause then maybe I'll get him to do what I want.

That's exactly-- That's exactly me.

That's actually exactly me. What was the money offer?

I'm gonna get you to go back because I'm gonna give you a little sex.

Yeah, that's exactly fuckin' me.

Go fuck yourself.

Whoo! That's fun, isn't it? I'm the guy that's gotta clean up,

and that's a lot of fucking fun, isn't it?

Have fun cleaning it up, Sheriff.

Shut up! You're making too much noise! You freaky bastard!

Shut up! You're making too much goddamn noise!

Open your door.

Open the door, you fucking pussy! Open this fucking door! Sheriff.

You're nuts! Open your fucking door!

- Sheriff. - I'm calling the cops!

Sheriff.

Turnabout's fair game, right, Sheriff?

Now that you're news-- Sheriff, don't!

You son of a bitch! Taking pictures of me, huh?

I'll bust your fucking face open, you little fuckin'--

I'm doing my job, man! I'm doing my job. Get out of my fucking face!

Get the fuck out of my face.

- Oh! - I'll sue your ass.

Sheriff?

Sheriff, listen.

Can I just talk to you for one second? Please.

Oh, was that your photographer up there? Is that Sheriff?

Is that your photographer? What are you gonna do? You're gonna print pictures now?

People are sniffing around this story. It's about to blow wide open.

Okay? I found this story first,

I'm gonna print it first, period.

Your story could cost Lewis his life.

Do you understand that?

You give me three days--

three days until the hearing is over, okay?

You promise me that you will not talk to a soul...

and that I have Lewis exclusively.

Exclusive.

Then you promise me you're gonna hold off on the story.

Three days, Beth.

Slow down, driver. You're making me nervous.

I'm sorry, sir. It's a bad habit I got.

I was all mellowed out, but you fucked that up.

I hope you're not gonna tell me I can't smoke back here.

No. Matter of fact, it's the only place left in town you can smoke.

What the fuck are you doing? Are you smoking crack?

Crack is for our African-American brethren.

This is pure rock cocaine.

If you don't like it, driver, you can raise the partition.

I can raise the partition? Whatever you wanna do.

Whatever I wanna do? That's right.

Do you wanna see what I wanna do? Huh?

Fucking cocksucker.

What do you want?

I wanna see you.

Okay.

What's happening here, Beth?

You tell me, Sheriff.

I'm not sure, but I know that I just--

I can't take this anymore.

So don't take it.

What do you want?

Oh, my God.

You're killing me, Beth.

I'm killing you?

You're killing me.

Sheriff?

Oh, shit.

Sheriff, are you there?

Well, I was just gonna say that I hoped that, um--

You-- You don't think last night was a-about--

Um-- Could you call me... when you get this message?

That-That'd be good. All-All right.

Can I sit next to you on the plane?

Hey, Tony. Tony.

Hmm?

You all right?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

You sure?

Do you wanna, um-- Do you wanna switch with us or--

Yeah, Tony, you wanna switch seats or somethin'?

No, no. You know, I like my seat. It's fine.

Sheriff, I'm a big boy. I don't need somebody to hold my hand, okay?

All right. All right.

At least till we get over the Philippines, huh?

Come on! Move this thing! Let's go!

Whoo! Look out!

Whoo-hoo! Yes!

Maybe we should all wash up.

You know, meet, like, in a half hour or something.

Half an hour. Fine with me. Yeah.

Is that cool with everyone? Sure.

Cool.

I'm right here. All right, man.

Hi.

Sheriff--

What's--

What's wrong?

Um-- Beth?

What?

Gonna miss you.

Gonna miss you.

He won't bend.

Only one visitor allowed in there.

What do you mean, one at a time or what?

No, no. Only one today.

Only one today? Oh, great. That's great.

What do you wanna do?

- Do you mind if I go back there, Tony, and see him? - No, no.

Are you sure about this? Yeah, you go. Go ahead.

Tell him I'll see him soon.

Okay.

Okay, come back here.

Yeah, I hear you.

Lew?

Lewis?

Sheriff?

Yeah.

Didn't they tell you I was coming?

I was praying. I--

I thought you were a dream 'cause...

no-no prayer of mine has ever been answered here before.

Yeah? I sure as hell ain't a dream, I'll tell you that.

It's good to see you.

It's good to see you.

You too.

How are you, man?

I'm better now.

That's good. That's good. Yeah.

How are you?

I'm all right, man.

You look good. Nice, nice.

Spiff-on.

Yeah. You've come so far.

Are you thirsty at all?

Do you-- you want some tea? I can make some tea.

All right, yeah. You want some tea?

- Let's have some tea. - Okay. It's not warm or anything, but--

That's okay.

Yeah? Yeah.

Okay. You're not-- not cold, are you?

No, I'm not cold.

No?

Tony is here to see you too. He's outside.

You see, they--

they took away my-- my blanket there.

Why'd they take your blanket away?

'Cause they were scared...

that I was gonna tear it into strips and hang myself.

So I said, "Hey, guys,

what do you think I'm paying you for?"

Yeah.

Thank you, man. That's good tea.

I know why-why Tony didn't come in here.

I know. 'Cause there's-- there's no God in here.

They only let one visitor in at a time, Lewis.

You see, that's why I-I pray now, Sheriff.

And-- Because... out there,

there's-- there's no need to-- to pray...

where-where-where God's hand is felt.

You know?

Where God is-- is apparent?

But in here, there's-- there's definitely a need...

to-to-to pray, to-to-to-to beg, to plead,

to-to sing for--

for a sign like--

You know how--

You know how-- how your voice...

sounds so pretty in-in the shower?

Because-- Because there's nothing else there.

Because it-- Because it echoes off the walls,

and it sounds so pretty.

That's why prayers sound so perfect in here--

because it's so--

because it's so totally empty,

because it's-- it's so-- it's so godless.

It's-- It's so void of-- of-of-of anything.

And--

Do you know-- Do you know how I know, Sheriff?

Do you know how I know?

I know because-- because I-- I asked myself,

would I come back for you?

And the only answer...

is a godless, empty, evil...

no.

I said I wouldn't have come back.

I'm sorry. Don't be sorry. That's okay.

Because, uh-- 'Cause I didn't come back just for you.

I didn't come back just for you, you know?

It's all right.

Hey, man, it's okay.

You know what I mean?

Come here. It's okay.

It's okay.

Okay, man.

Okay.

All right. I'm gonna see you in a couple hours.

All right? All right?

Thanks for the tea. I liked it.

See you in a couple hours, man.

You'll be cleaned up good.

Okay.

Sheriff?

Yeah?

I knew you'd come back, even if you didn't.

Thank you.

So how bad was it?

I don't know. It's like--

I don't know how bad it was. It was not good.

What wasn't good, the prison or Lewis? Which one?

The prison sucks for sure.

It's dirty. It's scary. It's third world.

How's Lewis? Is he sick?

Is he all there mentally?

Is he the same guy we used to know?

I don't think he's lost his mind or anything,

but it's not easy sitting around a prison cell waiting to hang.

Yeah.

What did he say? Did he tell you anything?

He just babbled a little bit, Tone. Babbled?

You know, like, rambled a little bit. You know what I mean?

Like stream of consciousness stuff.

"God's not in here. There's no God in here.

It sounds beautiful in here, like when you sing in the shower," just--

So basically you're saying he lost it. Well--

He's hanging on to anything he possibly can, Tony.

Look, no one's questioning his courage--

You're questioning his sanity. You want a way out, find a way out.

But don't make this about Lewis. He's always talked that way.

How do you--

What do you mean, always?

You're his lawyer. You've known him for two years.

Twenty-four years.

I'm his sister.

What?

He's my baby brother.

Why didn't you tell me?

I thought you wouldn't trust me, Sheriff.

I thought you'd think I'd do anything, that I'd s--

say anything, that I'd sell you out, that I'd--

I wanted to. I wanted to tell you.

I tr-tried to tell you.

But you didn't tell me.

But you didn't tell me.

Sheriff?

What are we still doing here?

I wish it was that simple, Tony.

I think it's that simple.

You know, I came back here.

I came back here based on what she told me, okay?

She gave me her word, and she lied.

How are we gonna trust her, Sheriff?

Sheriff. Look, she drags us into this nightmare, okay?

We find out it is her own personal nightmare,

a woman we don't know from Adam, you know?

I don't know her. You don't know her.

What?

I know her.

Like, know her.

Don't-- Don't even-- Don't.

Fuck. Fuck.

All right. I'm an asshole.

No, Tony.

This time, I'm the fuckin' asshole.

Why didn't you tell me?

Tony, what the fuck do I owe you to tell you something like that?

It's not like it's been going on forever, all right?

It happened.

Sheriff, you listen to me. Don't even try to make it like I'm holding out on you,

because I swear to God I'm not holding shit out on you.

Okay. All right. Listen to me, Sheriff.

This girl will do anything...

to get you to do what she needs you to, all right?

That's her brother in there-- her blood.

She'll lie to you. She'll sleep with you.

She'll tell you she loves you.

She'll do anything. She'll get down on her knees and beg you.

But don't believe it. It's a setup.

If we walk out of here, Tony, that boy hangs.

And if we stay, maybe we hang.

But if we leave, we live.

That's the one thing I know for sure right now.

Huh? Does he have clothes?

Can you get him a shower, a shave before he shows up in court?

Um, okay, listen. I--

Yeah, what can I do for you, sir?

We need two seats on any flight...

that's gonna get us to New York-- as fast as possible.

What, Sheriff? What is it?

I trashed that bike, Tony.

So fuckin' what?

Get on the plane, Sheriff.

What do you wanna do? You wanna rot in one of these prisons?

I think I'm gonna take my chances, Tony.

You don't have any chances, Sheriff.

Don't leave your life to fate. This is stupid.

I don't know, Tony.

You have a safe flight.

What's he saying?

He says, "They returned," um,

"but became frightened and may have left.

While we look into this, we request adjournment till the two can be found."

Um, he's worried about the appearance of preferential treatment.

...Volgecherev.

Hey, how are you?

My faith in humanity is half restored.

In returning voluntarily,

you are to be commended for your courage.

Is there anything you wish to say...

to this court, Mr. Volgecherev?

Not really, Your Honor.

Just that we were, uh, young and stupid, I guess,

but not evil.

I didn't come back here today because I'm courageous.

I came back here because I've been careless for a very long time,

and I'm sick of that feeling.

The simple fact, Your Honor,

is that I am responsible,

and I'm also scared.

But I am willing to do whatever is necessary...

in order for you to spare my friend's life.

How do you plead?

I'm guilty.

Following this hearing,

you will be detained in Penang Prison to await sentence.

He asked the prosecutor if he will now agree to reduce the charges.

Prosecutor has agreed.

Chief Justice will be back shortly with his decision.

Beth?

We're back in session.

We're back? Yeah.

The deputy high minister has told Chief Justice...

he is angered about some international news story.

I'm not sure what.

M.J. Major.

An American story that was picked up...

by the Asian International Tribune.

"In a country proud of its many species of exotic butterflies,

a butterfly is about to be broken on a wheel.

The wheel is Malaysian justice--

a term which strikes one American woman as a cruel joke."

Your Honor-- "The woman is Beth McBride, 28"--

Please believe me when I say I had nothing to do with this.

"...was arrested two years ago in Penang.

Blamed for having bought the lion's share of hashish with two friends,

this nature-loving young man now incredibly faces death."

She was determined to write the story, Your Honor--

Silence!

We know you Westerners don't understand our attitude toward drugs,

but we don't understand yours.

Your cities are decaying.

The souls of your young people are stolen from you.

Our laws may seem harsh,

but our streets remain safe,

and our youth is protected.

So when an American journalist...

tries to criticize our judicial system--

Your Honor, I begged her not to. I did everything I possibly could--

Silence!

to stop her from doing--

Lewis McBride--

What is it?

What is he saying? What did he say?

What is he saying?

He will not amend the charge now.

What? Lewis must be hanged tomorrow as scheduled.

What--

What? Lewis!

Your Honor, I came back. You can't hang him!

- Lewis! You-- - Your Honor---

This is not-- Lewis!

Lewis! You-- Lewis, I love you!

I love you!

Lewis! Lewis-- Get your fuckin' hands off me!

What is the matter with you people?

What is the matter with you people?

You are all going to hell! You motherfucker!

You lying son of a bitch!

Goddamn it! Shit!

No!

I don't wanna die!

No! You fucking bastards!

I don't want to die!

Help!

Lewis. Lewis! Lewis!

Don't do it! I don't wanna die!

You fuckin' bastards! You--

Don't-- Don't--

No! No!

Lewis.

Lew! Lewis!

No! No!

Lewis!

Lewis! Lewis, goddamn it! Look up here!

Sheriff!

I'm here, Lewis! I'm right here!

You're not alone, Lewis!

Look at me, Lewis!

You're not alone, Lewis. Look at me. You're not alone.

I'm here. Look at me. See me, Lewis.

You're not alone. I'm right here.

I'm right here, Lewis. I'm right here.

I see you, Lewis! I'm right here!

Lewis, you are not alone right now! I'm right here!

You are not alone, Lewis! I see you.

I see you, Lewis! I'm right here! You're not alone!

You are not alone, Lewis!

Oh, God.

Up, up, up! Right. Okay.

Up!

Yeah. Okay.

Okay.

Where am I going here?

Beth.

Were you there?

Yeah.

He wasn't afraid, Beth.

He walked right past me,

and then, uh,

I saw him go past all the guards, and he was calm.

He was courageous. Come on, Sheriff.

Tell me the truth.

It was hard. It was hard, but, uh--

You know, I think that, uh,

he found at-- at the end, Beth-- at the end--

I mean, he was Lewis, you know?

And at that last second,

I swear to God...

he was at peace with everything.

He was.

I just wish I could've done something, you know.

I-- I could've been there to do something, fight harder. Hey, hey, hey. Beth. Beth.

You did everything you could've done.

Nobody could've done more than what you did.

You gotta believe that. Nobody did more than what you did.

Nobody could've done more.

You did everything you could.

You should have gone back with Tony.

Why didn't you go back with Tony?

I couldn't go back with Tony.

I couldn't go back because I knew that you were waiting for me.

And I'm not sorry, Beth. I'm not sorry right now. I'm not.

'Cause if I would've went back,

I don't think I'd be able to look at you ever again.

And that'd be a lot harder than this shit.

You know what I mean?

I like to look at you.

I like to look at you.

I like to look at you.

Oh. The ambassador heard back-channel...

that when all this publicity dies down,

they're gonna let you go, Sheriff,

and they're gonna do it quietly to save face.

But it's gonna be... six months, maximum.

Sheriff.

Yeah? Oh, goddamn it.

Ohh! Goddamn it!

Sheriff.

I am gonna take...

my brother home,

and I'm coming right back here,

and I will not leave Penang...

until you're with me.

I know, Beth. I know.