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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

ALFRED: Master Bruce?

Are you all right, sir?

-l'm tired, Alfred. -l shouldn't wonder.

You've taken no meals today. l can't recall when you last slept.

A weary body can be dealt with

but a weay spirit, that's something else.

Sometimes, old friend, l wonder if l'm really doing any good out there.

How can you doubt it? The lives you've saved,

the criminals you've brought toiustice.

l've put out a few fires, yes, won a few battles.

But the war goes on, Alfred. On and on.

You have it, Alfred?

Of course, sir.

(CAR HoRNS BLARING)

(BLoWING AIR)

lt's a done deal. You're looking at the new vice president of--

Excuse me, folks. Spare some change? Tying to get bus fare home.

Uh, gure.

Works every time.

l say we take them now, before the deal happens.

We got enough on them. What are we waiting for?

Batman. He got us the dirt on the Jazzman.

Said he'd be here when the hammer went down.

(CASH REGISTER DINGS)

Batman. (SCOFFS)

You seem quieter than usual tonight.

Every year l come here, l wonder iF it should be the last time,

if l should put the past behind me,

try to lead a normal life.

Santayana says that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

He also said a fanatic is someone who redoubles his efforts

while losing sight of his goal.

(EXCLAIMS, GRoANS)

Wizard, you never call. You never write.

You never pay us our piece of kale for letting you work that corner.

(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) Willie. Monk. Yeah, l was just looking For you guys.

(GRoANS)

Let's skip the pleasantries. What do you say? 50 bucks, now.

lt's that, or l cut out your liver and Fry it in a pan.

l haven't exactly got it right now.

Then what you do got is a whole world of trouble.

(GRoANS)

Willie?

Willie?

(WILLIE SCREAMING)

You're mine. Later.

Hey, Bats, don't worry about me.

l don't need help from some ierk in long underwear.

Think there's room in the Mitchell Street Mission for one more?

Of course.

Commissioner, it's gotta be now.

Hit it.

This is the police. You men in the warehouse, you're under arrest.

(GUNS FIRING)

Aren't you going home? It's almost 3:OO a.m.

Promises to keep, Leslie.

l have promises to keep.

(GUNFIRE CoNTINUES)

(HELICoPTER HoVERING)

(WHIRRING)

(EXPLoSloN)

This was a setup. The Jazzman was ready for us.

l've been waiting a long time to play ''Taps'' for Gordon.

(GUNS FIRING)

THUG: What the hell?

(ALL CLAMoRING)

(CoUGHING)

What's the deal? We couldn't get close enough to use tear gas.

(ENGINE REVS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(GUNS CoCKING)

Looks like the fat lady just sung, Jimmy.

Hey, where's the commish? He should see this.

Commissioner?

Oh, my God!

(GASPS)

(PoLICE SIREN WAILING)

DOCTOR 1 : BP, 90160. Respiration shallow.

DOCTOR 2: Normal saline.

DOCTOR 3: Type and cross match. Five units now.

Warm up O.R. 1.

Last night, pol�ce broke the smuggl�ng ring of Jimmy ~The Jazzman~ Peake.

But the v�ctoy in the drug war came at a high cost.

Police Comm�ss�oner James Gordon was badly wounded in the line of duty.

Ballistics �nvestigation has matched the bullet with the Jazzman's gun.

Any comment5. Jazzman?

Let's just say itwas time to pay the piper.

Sources say that the Jazzman has long nursed

a grudge against Comm�ss�oner Gordon.

The comm�ssioner remains in intensive care at Gotham City Hospital.

l don't know if you can hear me, Jim. l'm sorry.

lf l hadn't stopped in Crime Alley...

BARBARA: Batman.

-How is he? -Not good.

lt's my fault.

l should've gotten there first, checked it out before.

Don't blame yourself. You caught the man who shot him.

lf l'd been there...

BULLOCK: You should've been there, pointy ears.

Then maybe Peake might've shot the right guy.

l thought you were supposed to know what's shaking on the streets.

How come you didn't tell us this was a setup?

-l didn't know. -Yeah?

ln my book that makes you just as responsible

for him being here as the Jazzman.

Harvey, please. It wasn't his fault.

Hey, where you going? This ain't over yet, outlaw!

You hear me? You're going down for this!

l ain't talking law! l'm talking you and me!

(SIGHS)

(GRUNTS)

(GRoANING)

(SCREAMS)

James Peake, you are hereby remanded

to the custody of the state pending trial.

As there is no room currently in the Gotham City jail,

you will be taken to Stonegate Penitentiary to await a trial date.

lt ain't going to trial.

They got enough on me to play the funeral march.

Not a problem, bro. Talk to Southside Eddy.

He'll get you on the street and out of Gotham

before the ink on your fingers dries.

Not out oF Gotham. Not yet.

First, l'll make sure Gordon's got a one-way ticket to harp land.

Not now, Jimmy. You gotta lay low.

Gordon busted me six years ago. Would've been the best score of my life.

l owe him big time.

l'm so glad you could come, Master Dick. It's been three days.

l've never seen him like this before.

Bruce?

Bruce! Stay down here much longer,

you'll be growing mushrooms in your armpits.

-l should have been there. -You can't be everywhere.

-l let him down. -You're being too hard on yourseIF.

He's a friend. More than a friend.

Jim Gordon's the same age my father would've been if he hadn't...

Now he's hanging by a thread.

lf l'd gotten there five minutes sooner.

You're only human. You do all one man can do.

More than any man's expected to do.

Laundry coming through, boss.

l chose this life.

l use the night. l became the night.

Sooner or later, l'll go down.

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My decision. No regrets.

But l can't let anyone else pay for my mistakes.

Jim Gordon's a cop, Bruce. He knows the risks.

How long before l let someone else l care about down?

Leslie. Alfred. You.

Now.

When all is said and done, how much good have l accomplished?

They sell T-shirts of me.

l've become a clich�. More good for the tourist trade than the streets.

This city would fall apart without you.

Maybe. Maybe not.

When you look too long into the abyss, the abyss looks back through you.

Maybe it's time for Batman to return to the night that spawned him

before anyone else gets hurt.

(PoLICE SIREN WAILING)

(PRISoN ALARM BLARING)

(BEEPING)

Jimmy Peake's a madman, Dick.

He'll try to finish what he started. l feel so helpless.

l can'tjust sit here. l've gotta do something to-

l know how you feel. More than you might think.

But your place is here.

There's only one person who can find the Jazzman now.

-You're talking about Batman. -l hope so.

You've gotta pull yourself out of this, Bruce.

The Jazzman broke out of Stonegate.

He's gone to ground somewhere in Gotham.

You know he'll find a way to get to Gordon.

Okay. Then l'm going after him.

You taught me everything l know about crime-fighting, Bruce.

But the most important lesson was to never give up.

No, Dick.

This is my hunt.

(PoLICE SIREN WAILING)

POLICE DISPmCHER: (OVER RADlO) Attention. all cars.

Suspect s�ghted near corner of Adams and O'Neil.

This is Bullock. l'm on him.

Roger, Detect�ve. Use caut�on.

(MAN GRoANS)

(YAWNS)

l've gotta get some coffee, Dad.

l'll be right back.

Time to face the music, Gordon.

(EXCLAIMS)

-(GUN FIRES) -(JAzzmAN scREAmINc)

(GRoANS)

(GASPS)

(SCREAMING)

(GRUNTS)

No!

-(GUN FIRES) -(cRoANs IN pAIN)

Freeze, Jimmy!

-Barbara? -Dad! You're all right.

The bust... Went down okay?

Yes. Get some rest now.

Gotta keep fighting. Never stop.

What l try to live by.

Maybe if l'd been younger, could've been like you.

Always wanted to be a hero.

You are a hero, Jim.

(GASPS)

Up to your old tricks, l see.

How about returning that suitcase to its owner.

Hey, man, l am the owner.

You know, l was kind of hoping l'd run into you.

l'd been in those places like where you left me before.

Heard the rap, wasn't impressed. But this time it made sense.

Maybe l was ready to hear it. So l'm heading back home.

l guess l kind of owe it to you, Batman.

You probably saved my life. l bet you hear this all the time.

Look, l'm gonna miss my bus. l'll see you around.

And thanks.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

English - SDH