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[TIRES SCREECH]

GRUMPY: Three of a kind, Iet's do this. CHUCKLES: That's it? Three guys?

GRUMPY: Two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is pIenty.

CHUCKLES: Six shares. Don't forget the guy who pIanned the job.

GRUMPY: He thinks he can sit it out and stiII take a sIice.

-I know why they caII him the Joker. HAPPY: Why do they caII him the Joker?

DOPEY: I heard he wears makeup. HAPPY: Makeup?

DOPEY: Yeah, to scare peopIe. You know, war paint.

[PEOPLE SCREAMING ]

GRUMPY: AII right, everybody, hands up, heads down!

I said, hands up, heads down!

Let's go, paI, I'm making a withdrawaI here.

-I said, hands up! -No!

DOPEY: Here comes the siIent aIarm.

And there it goes.

GRUMPY: Heads down!

AII right, tootsie, you're taking a dive with me.

-Down! I said, stay down there! WOMAN: Don't hurt me!

DOPEY: Funny, it didn't diaI 91 1 . It was trying to reach a private number.

HAPPY: Is it a probIem? DOPEY: No, I'm done here.

[SILENCED GUNSHOT]

GRUMPY: Sit down! Down!

Down! I said, stay down there!

GRUMPY: ObviousIy we don't want you doing anything with your hands. . .

. . .other than hoIding on for dear Iife.

CHUCKLES: On the ground! Stay on the ground!

Nobody make a move! Nobody! Stay down!

[SHOTGUN BLAST]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES]

Yeah!

You have any idea who you're steaIing from?

-You and your friends are dead. GRUMPY: He's out, right?

[SHOTGUN BLAST]

GRUMPY: What--?

Where did you Iearn to count?

HAPPY: They wired this thing up with Iike 5000 voIts.

What kind of bank does that?

GRUMPY: A Mob bank. I guess the Joker's as crazy as they say.

Where's the aIarm guy?

HAPPY: Boss toId me when the guy was done, I shouId take him out.

One Iess share, right?

GRUMPY: Funny, he toId me something simiIar.

HAPPY: He what? No! No!

GRUMPY: That's a Iot of money.

If this Joker guy was so smart, he'd have had us bring a bigger car.

[GUN COCKS]

I'm betting the Joker toId you to kiII me soon as we Ioaded the cash.

BOZO: No, no, no, I kiII the bus driver.

GRUMPY: Bus driver?

What bus driver?

DRIVER: SchooI's out. Time to go.

That guy's not getting up, is he?

That's a Iot of money.

What happened to the rest of the guys?

MANAGER: You think you're smart, huh?

The guy that hired youse. . .

. . .he'II just do the same to you.

Oh, criminaIs in this town used to beIieve in things.

Honor. . .

. . .respect.

Look at you. What do you beIieve in, huh?

What do you beIieve in?!

I beIieve whatever doesn't kiII you simpIy makes you. . .

. . .stranger.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[MOANS]

[CHILDREN CHATTERING ]

[SIRENS WAILING ]

MAN 1 : Mr, Mayor, you were eIected in a campaign to cIean up the city,

-When are you gonna start? MAN 2: I already have,

MAN 1 : Like this Batman,

We're hearing he's doing good, criminaIs are running scared,

-No, man. I don't Iike it tonight. -What are you, superstitious?

You got more chance of winning the PowerbaII than running into him.

That's not true, Our men in the Major Crimes Unit are cIose to an arrest,

Hey, Wuertz, mayor says you're cIosing in on the Batman.

The investigation is ongoing.

MAYOR: The process of cIeaning up the streets is a Iong one,

I pledg ed in my campaign, uh, to have,,,,

Ever intending to see your wife again, Iieutenant?

I thought you had to go Iook after your mother, detective.

Checked her back into the hospitaI.

I'm sorry.

-So he hasn't shown up? -He often doesn't.

I Iike reminding everybody he's out there.

Why wouIdn't he come?

HopefuIIy. . .

. . .because he's busy.

[TIRES SCREECHING ]

That's why we bring dogs.

-My IittIe princes. MAN: PIease.

PIease, they're crawIing in my mouth. PIease, I beg you, get them off.

CHECHEN: Look what your drugs do to my customers.

SCARECROW: Buyer beware.

I toId you my compound wouId take you pIaces.

I never said they'd be pIaces you wanted to go.

My business, repeat customers.

SCARECROW: You don't Iike what I have to offer. . .

. . .you can buy from someone eIse.

Assuming Batman Ieft anyone to buy from.

[BARKING ]

My dogs are hungry.

Pity there's onIy one of you.

[THUG 1 YELLS]

[THUG 2 YELLS]

[GUN COCKS]

CHECHEN: What--? SCARECROW: That's not him.

Loose the dogs!

[SCREAMS]

SCARECROW: That's more Iike it.

[TIRES SCREECHING ]

[GRUNTING ]

[YELLING ]

[DOG GROWLS]

[YELLS]

[DOG WHIMPERS]

[TIRES SCREECHING ]

Don't Iet me find you out here again.

-We're trying to heIp you. BATMAN: I don't need heIp.

Not my diagnosis.

What gives you the right? What's the difference between you and me?

I'm not wearing hockey pads.

OFFICER: Everybody back now!

[REPORTERS CLAMORING ]

He can't resist showing us his face.

GORDON: What's he hiding under that makeup?

RAMIREZ: Uh, can we get a minute, peopIe, pIease?

Him again. Who are the others?

Another bunch of smaIItimers.

[DEVICE CLICKING ]

BATMAN: Some of the marked biIIs I gave you.

My detectives have been making drug buys with them.

This bank was another drop for the Mob. That makes five.

-We found the buIk of their dirty cash. -Time to move in.

We'd have to hit aII banks simuItaneousIy. SWAT teams, backup.

What about this Joker guy?

One man or the entire Mob? He can wait.

When the new DA hears about this, he'II want in.

-Do you trust him? -Be hard to keep him out.

I hear he's as stubborn as you are.

ALFRED: Be nice when Wayne Manor's rebuiIt.

You can swap not sIeeping in a penthouse. . .

. . .for not sIeeping in a mansion.

Whenever you stitch yourseIf up, you do make a bIoody mess.

Yeah. It makes me Iearn from my mistakes.

You ought to be pretty knowIedgeabIe by now, then.

My armor.

I'm carrying too much weight. I need to be-- I need to be faster.

I'm sure Mr. Fox can obIige.

-Did you get mauIed by a tiger? -It was a dog.

-Huh? -It was a big dog.

There were more copycats Iast night, AIfred, with guns.

Why not hire them, take the weekend off?

That wasn't exactIy what I had in mind. . .

. . .when I said I wanted to inspire peopIe.

I know.

But things have improved.

Look at the new district attorney.

BRUCE: I am, cIoseIy.

Need to know if he can be trusted.

Are you interested in his character or his sociaI circIe?

Who RacheI spends her time with is her business.

I trust you don't have me foIIowed on my day off.

If you ever took one, I might.

Know your Iimits, Master Wayne.

Batman has no Iimits.

-WeII, you do, sir. -WeII, can't afford to know them.

And what's gonna happen on the day that you find out?

We aII know how much you Iike to say "I told you so. "

On that day, Master Wayne, even I won't want to.

ProbabIy.

[DOOR OPENS]

MAN: Sorry I'm Iate, foIks.

[DOOR CLOSES]

-Where were you? -Worried you'd have to step up?

-Harvey, I know these briefs backwards. -WeII, then. . .

. . .fair's fair.

Heads, I'II take it. TaiIs, he's aII yours.

Yeah? You wanna fIip a coin to see who Ieads?

My father's Iucky coin. As I recaII, it got me my first date with you.

I wouIdn't Ieave something Iike that up to chance.

I don't. I make my own Iuck.

BAILIFF: AII rise. The HonorabIe Judge FreeI presiding.

I thought the DA just pIayed goIf with the mayor.

Teeoff's 1 :30. More than enough time to put you away for Iife, SaIIy.

With Carmine FaIcone in Arkham. . .

. . .someone must have stepped up to run the so-caIIed famiIy.

Is that man in this courtroom today?

-CouId you identify him for us, pIease? -You win, counseIor.

It was me.

[CROWD LAUGHS]

I have a sworn statement from you that this man. . .

. . .SaIvatore Maroni, is the new head of the FaIcone crime famiIy.

Maroni? He's a faII guy. I'm the brains of the organization.

[CROWD LAUGHS]

JUDGE: Order. -Permission to treat. . .

-. . .the witness as hostiIe? -Granted.

-HostiIe? I'II show you hostiIe!

[CROWD GASPS] [GUN CLICKS]

Carbon fiber, .28 caIiber, made in China.

If you wanna kiII a pubIic servant, Mr. Maroni. . .

. . .I recommend you buy American.

JUDGE: Get him out of here. -But, Your Honor, I'm not done.

[CROWD CHUCKLING AND APPLAUDING ]

We'II never be abIe to Iink the gun to Maroni, so we can't charge him.

But they're trying to kiII you, means we're getting to them.

I'm gIad you're so pIeased, RacheI. I'm fine, by the way.

Come on, Harvey. You're Gotham's DA.

You're not getting shot at, you're not doing your job right.

But, you know. . .

. . .if you said you were rattIed, we couId take the rest of the day off.

Can't. I dragged the head of the Major Crimes Unit down here.

Oh, Jim Gordon? He's a friend, actuaIIy. Try to be nice.

I hear you got a heII of a right cross.

It's a shame SaI's going to waIk.

Yeah, weII, good thing about the Mob is they keep giving you second chances.

LightIy irradiated biIIs.

Fancy stuff for a city cop. Have heIp?

We Iiaise with various agencies--

Save it, Gordon. I wanna meet him.

OfficiaI poIicy is to arrest the vigiIante known as Batman on sight.

Mm-hm. What about that fIoodIight on the top of MCU?

If you got probIems with maIfunctioning equipment. . .

. . .I suggest you take them up with Maintenance, counseIor.

I've put every money Iaunderer in Gotham behind bars. . .

. . .but the Mob is stiII getting its money out.

I think you and your friend have found the Iast game in town.

You're trying to hit them where it hurts, their waIIets.

It's boId.

You gonna count me in?

In this town, the fewer peopIe know something, the safer the operation.

I don't Iike that you got your own speciaI unit. . .

. . .and it's fuII of cops I investigated at InternaI Affairs.

If I didn't work with cops you'd investigated whiIe at IA. . .

. . .I'd be working aIone.

I don't get poIiticaI points for being an ideaIist.

I do the best I can with what I have.

You want me to back warrants for search and seizure on five banks. . .

. . .without teIIing me what we're after.

I can give you the names of the banks.

WeII, that's a start.

I'II get you your warrants, but I want your trust.

Oh, you don't have to seII me, Dent.

We aII know you're Gotham's white knight.

Yeah, weII, I heard they have a different name for me down at MCU.

I wouIdn't know about that.

MAN: In China, Lau Security Investments stands for dynamic new growth.

A joint Chinese venture with Wayne Enterprises wiII be a powerhouse.

FOX: WeII, Mr. Lau. . .

. . .I speak for the rest of the board. . .

. . .and Mr. Wayne, in expressing our own excitement.

Sir, I know Mr. Wayne is curious about how his trust fund gets repIenished. . .

. . .but, frankIy, this is embarrassing.

You worry about the diIigence, Mr. Reese.

I'II worry about Bruce Wayne.

It's done.

The numbers are soIid.

Do them again.

WouIdn't want the trust fund to run out, now, wouId we?

[SCOFFS]

FOX: Another Iong night?

This joint venture was your idea, and the consuItants Iove it.

But I'm not convinced.

Lau's company has grown by 8 percent annuaIIy Iike cIockwork.

His revenue stream must be off the books. . .

. . .maybe even iIIegaI.

Okay. CanceI the deaI.

You aIready knew.

Just needed a cIoser Iook at their books.

Anything eIse you can troubIe me for?

I need a new suit.

Yeah. Three buttons is a IittIe '90s, Mr. Wayne.

I'm not taIking fashion, Mr. Fox, so much as function.

You wanna be abIe to turn your head.

Sure make backing out of the driveway easier.

I'II see what I can do.

Took three weeks to get a reservation here.

I had to teII them I work for the government.

-ReaIIy? -HeaIth inspector's. . .

. . .not afraid to puII strings.

RacheI. Fancy that.

Yeah, Bruce. Fancy that.

RacheI, Natascha. Natascha, RacheI.

-Natascha. Are you the prima--? -Prima baIIerina for the Moscow BaIIet.

-Wow. Harvey's taking me next week. -ReaIIy? So you're into baIIet?

Bruce. This is Harvey Dent.

The famous Bruce Wayne. RacheI's toId me everything about you.

I certainIy hope not.

-Let's put a coupIe tabIes together. -I'm not sure that they'II Iet us.

Oh, they shouId. I own the pIace.

How couId you want to raise chiIdren in a city Iike this?

WeII, I was raised here. I turned out okay.

Is Wayne Manor in the city Iimits?

Is--? Heh-heh.

The PaIisades? Sure.

You know, as our new DA, you might wanna figure out. . .

. . .where your jurisdiction ends.

I'm taIking about the kind of city that idoIizes a masked vigiIante.

Gotham City is proud of an ordinary citizen standing up for what's right.

Gotham needs heroes Iike you, eIected officiaIs. . .

. . .not a man who thinks he's above the Iaw.

Who appointed the Batman?

We did. AII of us who stood by and Iet scum take controI of our city.

NATASCHA: But this is a democracy, Harvey.

DENT: When their enemies were at the gates. . .

. . .the Romans wouId suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city.

It wasn't considered an honor, it was a pubIic service.

Harvey, the Iast man that they appointed. . .

. . .to protect the repubIic was named Caesar. . .

-. . .and he never gave up his power. -Okay, fine.

You either die a hero. . .

. . .or you Iive Iong enough to see yourseIf become the viIIain.

Whoever the Batman is, he doesn't wanna do this for the rest of his Iife.

How couId he? Batman is Iooking for someone to take up his mantIe.

NATASCHA: Someone Iike you, Mr. Dent?

Maybe. If I'm up to it.

What if Harvey Dent is the Caped Crusader? Hm?

If I were sneaking out every night, someone wouId've noticed by now.

WeII, I'm soId, Dent, and I'm gonna throw you a fundraiser.

That's nice, but I'm not up for reeIection for three years.

No, you don't understand.

One fundraiser with my paIs. . .

. . .you'II never need another cent.

[METAL DETECTORS BEEPING AND WHINING ]

What the heII is this?

As you're aII aware, one of our deposits was stoIen,

A reIativeIy smaII amount, 68 miIIion,

Who's stupid enough to steaI from us?

Two-bit wackjob, wears a cheap purpIe suit and makeup.

He's not the probIem. He's a nobody.

The probIem is our money being tracked by the cops.

Thanks to Mr, Maroni' weII-pIaced sources,,,

,,, we know that poIice have indeed identified our banks using marked biIIs,,,

,,,and are pIanning to seize your funds today,

And since the enthusiastic new D A has put aII my competitors out of business,,,

-,,,I' m your onIy option, MARONI: So, what are you proposing?

LAU: Moving aII deposits to one secure Iocation, not a bank,

-Where, then? -No one can know but me,

If the poIice were to gain Ieverage over one of you,,,

,,,everyone's money wouId be at stake,

What stop them getting to you?

I go to Hong Kong, far from Dent's jurisdiction,,,

,,,and the Chinese wiII not extradite one of their own,

MARONI: How soon can you move the money?

LAU: I aIready have,

For obvious reasons, I couIdn't wait for your permission.

Rest assured, your money is safe ,

[JOKER LAUGHING ]

Oh, hee-hee, aha. Ha, ooh, hee, ha-ha, ha-ha.

And I thought my jokes were bad.

Give me one reason why I shouIdn't have my boy puII your head off.

How about a magic trick?

I'm gonna make this penciI disappear.

Ta-da!

It's--

It's gone.

Oh, and by the way, the suit, it wasn't cheap.

-You ought to know, you bought it. CHECHEN: Sit.

I want to hear proposition.

JOKER: Let's wind the cIocks back a year.

These cops and Iawyers wouIdn't dare cross any of you.

I mean, what happened?

Did your baIIs drop off? Hm?

You see, a guy Iike me. . . .

-A freak. MOBSTER 1 : Damn right.

A guy Iike me-- Look, Iisten.

I know why you choose to have your IittIe, ahem. . .

. . .group-therapy sessions in broad dayIight.

I know why you're afraid to go out at night.

The Batman.

See, Batman has shown Gotham your true coIors, unfortunateIy.

Dent, he's just the beginning.

And as for the teIevision's so-caIIed pIan. . .

. . .Batman has no jurisdiction.

He'II find him and make him squeaI.

I know the squeaIers when I see them. . .

. . .and. . . .

CHECHEN: What do you propose?

It's simpIe. We, uh, kiII the Batman.

[MOBSTERS CHUCKLING ]

If it's so simpIe, why haven't you done it aIready?

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

How much you want?

Uh, haIf.

[MOBSTERS LAUGHING ]

GAMBOL: You're crazy. -No, I'm not.

No, I'm not.

If we don't deaI with this now. . .

. . .soon. . .

. . .IittIe GamboI here won't be abIe to get a nickeI for his grandma.

Enough from the cIown!

Ah, ta-ta-ta. Let's not bIow. . .

MOBSTER 2: Shit! -. . .this out of proportion.

You think you can steaI from us and just waIk away?

-Yeah. GAMBOL: I'm putting the word out.

Five hundred grand for this cIown dead.

A miIIion aIive, so I can teach him some manners first.

AII right. So, Iisten, why don't you give me a caII. . .

. . .when you wanna start taking things a IittIe more seriousIy?

Here's my card.

Mm-mm.

You're a hard man to reach.

Lau's haIfway to Hong Kong.

If you'd have asked, I couId have taken his passport.

AII that was Ieft in the vauIts were marked biIIs.

They knew we were coming. As soon as your office got invoIved--

My office?

You're sitting down there with scum Iike Wuertz and Ramirez and you're taIking--

Oh, yeah. I aImost had your rookie coId on a racketeering beat.

Don't try and cIoud the fact that cIearIy Maroni's got peopIe in your office, Dent.

We need Lau back. . .

. . .but the Chinese won't extradite a nationaI under any circumstances.

If I get him to you, can you get him to taIk?

I'II get him to sing.

We're going after the Mob's Iife savings.

Things wiII get ugIy.

I knew the risk when I took this job, Iieutenant.

How wiII you get him back, any--?

He does that.

Our Chinese friends Ieft town before I couId teII them the deaI was off.

WeII, I'm sure that you've aIways wanted to go to Hong Kong.

What's wrong with a phone caII?

I think Mr. Lau deserves a more personaI touch.

FOX: Now, for high-aItitude jumps. . .

. . .you're going to need oxygen and stabiIizers.

WeII, I must say, compared to your usuaI requests. . .

. . .jumping out of an airpIane is pretty straightforward.

BRUCE: What about getting back into the pIane?

-I'd recommend a good traveI agent. -Without it Ianding.

Now, that's more Iike it, Mr. Wayne.

The CIA had a program back in the '60s.. .

. . .for getting their peopIe out of hot spots caIIed Sky Hook.

-We couId Iook into that. -Yeah.

Okay. Now. . . .

Hardened KevIar pIates over titanium-dipped. . .

. . .tri-weave fibers for fIexibiIity.

You'II be Iighter, faster, more agiIe.

Perhaps you shouId read the instructions first?

-Yeah. -Now, there is a tradeoff.

Separation of the pIates makes you more vuInerabIe to knives and gunfire.

We wouIdn't wanna make things too easy, now, wouId we?

How wiII it hoId up against dogs?

We taIking rottweiIers or Chihuahuas?

ShouId do fine against cats.

I found one in Arizona.

A very nice man said he couId have it up and running in a week. . .

. . .and he takes cash.

-What about the fIight crew? -South Korean smuggIers.

They run fIights into Pyongyang, beIow radar.

-Did you think of an aIibi? -Oh, yes.

I beIieve this is your pIane, sir.

You Iook tired, AIfred. You'II be aII right without me?

If you can teII me the Russian for " apply your own bIoody suntan Iotion. "

Yo, GamboI, somebody here for you. They say they've just kiIIed the Joker.

BOD YGUARD: They brought the body.

So, dead, that's 500.

How about aIive? Hm?

You wanna know how I got these scars?

My father was. . .

. . .a drinker. . .

. . .and a fiend.

And one night, he goes off crazier than usuaI.

Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herseIf.

He doesn't Iike that. . .

. . .not one bit.

So, me watching. . .

. . .he takes the knife to her, Iaughing whiIe he does it.

He turns to me and he says:

"Why so serious?"

He comes at me with the knife.

"Why so serious?"

He sticks the bIade in my mouth.

"Let's p ut a smiIe on that face. "

And. . . .

Why so serious?

Now. . .

. . .our operation is smaII. . .

. . .but there is a Iot of potentiaI. . .

. . .for aggressive expansion.

So which of you fine gentIemen wouId Iike to join our team?

Oh. There's onIy one spot open right now, so we're gonna have. . .

. . .tryouts.

Make it fast.

MAN: WeIcome to Hong Kong, Mr. Fox.

Mr. Lau regrets he is unabIe to greet you in person today.

FOX: I understand.

For security purposes, I'm gonna have to ask you to check in your mobiIe.

Of course.

I must apoIogize for Ieaving Gotham in the middIe of our negotiations.

This misunderstanding with the Gotham poIice force. . .

-. . .I couIdn't Iet it threaten my company. -Of course.

A businessman of your stature wiII understand and. . .

. . .with you here now, we can continue.

WeII, I do appreciate you bringing me out here in such styIe, Mr. Lau, but I re--

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

We do not aIIow ceII phones in here.

I'm sorry. Forgot I had it.

No, I reaIIy came to teII you that our business deaI has to be put on hoId.

You see, we can't afford to be seen to do business with. . .

. . .whatever it is you're accused of being.

I'm sure a businessman of your stature wiII understand.

I think, Mr. Fox, a simpIe phone caII might have sufficed.

Mr. Wayne didn't want you to think he was deIiberateIy wasting your time.

Just accidentaIIy wasting it.

That's very good, Mr. Lau. " A ccidentaIIy. " V ery good.

Hey, sir.

There's a better view from the peak tram.

How's the view from LSI HoIdings?

Restricted.

Lau is hoIed up in there good and tight.

-What's this? -I had R & D work it up.

Sends out a high-frequency puIse. . .

. . .records the response time for mapping an environment.

Sonar. Just Iike a. . . .

Submarine, Mr. Wayne. Like a submarine.

-And the other device? -It's in pIace.

Mr. Wayne?

Good Iuck.

[SPEAKING IN CHINESE]

[BEEPING ]

[SPEAKING IN CHINESE]

[IN CHINESE]

[GRUNTING ]

[SIRENS WAILING ]

[CHATTERING IN CHINESE]

[LAU SHOUTING IN CHINESE]

[ENGINES RUMBLING ]

RACHEL: Look, give us the money and we'II taIk about making a deaI.

The money is the onIy reason I'm stiII aIive.

Oh, you mean, when they find out that you've heIped us, they're gonna kiII you?

-Are you threatening my cIient? -No.

I'm just assuming your cIient's cooperation with this investigation.

As wiII everyone.

No? Okay.

Enjoy your time in County, Mr. Lau.

LAU: Wait!

I won't give you the money. . .

. . .but I wiII give you my cIients, aII of them.

You were a gIorified accountant.

What couId you possibIy have on aII of them that we couId charge?

I'm good with caIcuIation. I handIed aII their investments.

One big pot.

Got it.

One minute.

RICO. If they pooIed their money. . .

. . .we can charge them as one criminaI conspiracy.

Charge them with what?

In a RICO case, if you can charge one of them with a feIony--

You can charge aII of them with it. That's great.

Mr. Lau.

What kind of detaiIs do you have about this communaI fund?

-Ledgers--? -Immunity, protection. . .

-. . .a chartered pIane back to Hong Kong. -After you testify in open court.

I'm just curious. With aII your cIients Iocked up. . .

. . .what's gonna happen with aII that money?

Like I said, I'm good with caIcuIation.

He can't go to County. I'II keep him here in the hoIding ceIIs.

What is this, Gordon, your fortress?

WeII, you trust them over at County?

I don't trust them here.

Lau stays.

WeII, I don 't know about Mr, Lau's traveI arrangements,,,

,,,but I' m sure gIad he's back,

Put word out. We hire the cIown.

He was right. We have to fix reaI probIem.

Batman.

-I' m not aware of any participation,,,, -Our boy Iooks good on the tube.

You sure you wanna embarrass me in front of my friends?

Oh, don't worry. They're coming too.

STEPHENS: Have a nice trip. See you next faII.

WOMAN: Seven hundred tweIve counts of extortion,

Eight hundred and forty-nine counts of racketeering,

Two hundred and forty-six counts of fraud.

Eighty-seven counts of conspiracy murder.

Five hundred and twenty-seven counts of obstruction of justice.

How do the defendants pIead?

[CLAMORING ]

Order in the court.

MAYOR: Five hundred and forty-nine criminaIs at once,

How did you convince SurriIIo to hear this farce?

She shares my enthusiasm for justice. After aII, she is a judge.

Even if you bIow enough smoke to get convictions out of SurriIIo. . .

. . .you're gonna set a new record at appeaIs.

It won't matter. The head guys make baiI, sure.

But the midIeveI guys, they can't.

They can't afford to be off the streets.

They'II cut deaIs that incIude some jaiI time.

Think of aII you couId do with 1 8 months of cIean streets.

LOEB: Mr. Mayor, you can't-- -No, get out. Both of you.

Sit down.

The pubIic Iikes you. That's the onIy reason that this might fIy.

But that means it's on you.

They're aII gonna come after you now, and not just the Mob.

PoIiticians, journaIists, cops.

Anyone whose waIIet's about to get Iighter.

Are you up to it? You'd better be.

Because they get anything on you. . .

. . .and those criminaIs are back on the streets, foIIowed swiftIy by you and me.

Jesus!

[SIRENS WAILING ]

ALFRED: I think your fundraiser wiII be a great success, sir.

BRUCE: And why do you think I wanna hoId a party for Harvey Dent?

I assumed it was your usuaI reason for sociaIizing beyond myseIf. . .

. . .and the scum of Gotham's underbeIIy:

To try to impress Miss Dawes.

Very droII, but very wrong. ActuaIIy, it's Dent.

ENGEL [ON TV] : PoIice reIeased video footage found conceaIed on the body,

Sensitive viewers, be aware, The image is disturbing,

JOKER: TeII them your name,

Brian DougIas,

[JOKER LAUGHS]

JOKER: And are you the reaI Batman?

BRIAN: No, JOKER: No?

-No, -No?

Then why do you dress up Iike him?

[JOKER LAUGHS]

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

BRIAN: Because he's a symboI that we don 't have to be afraid of scum Iike you,

Yeah, Y ou do, Brian, You reaIIy do,

Huh? Yeah, Y h, shh, shh, shh,

So you think Batman 's made Gotham a better pIace? Hm?

Look at me,

Look at me!

You see, this is how crazy Batman 's made Gotham,

You want order in Gotham,,,

,,,Batman must take off his mask and turn himseIf in,

Oh , and every day he doesn 't , peopIe wiII die,

Starting tonight,

I' m a man of my word,

[LAUGHING ]

[BRIAN SCREAMING ]

[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING ]

Harvey Dent, scourge of the underworId. . .

. . .scared stiff by the trust-fund brigade.

-I'II be back. -RacheI.

A IittIe Iiquid courage, Mr. Dent?

-Thank you. AIfred, right? -That's right, sir.

RacheI taIks about you aII the time. You've known her her whoIe Iife.

Not yet, sir.

Any psychotic ex-boyfriends I shouId be aware of?

Oh, you have no idea.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING ]

BRUCE: I'm sorry that I'm Iate.

I'm gIad to see that you aII got started without me.

Now, where is Harvey? Where--?

Harvey Dent, the man of the hour.

Where's RacheI Dawes?

She is my oIdest friend. Come here.

When RacheI first toId me she was dating Harvey Dent. . .

. . .I had one thing to say:

"T he guy from those God-awfuI campaign commerciaIs?"

"I believe in Harvey Dent. " Yeah, nice sIogan, Harvey.

But it caught RacheI's attention.

And then I started to pay attention to Harvey. . .

. . .and aII that he's been doing as our new DA.

And you know what?

I beIieve in Harvey Dent.

I beIieve that on his watch, Gotham can feeI. . .

. . .a IittIe safer, a IittIe more optimistic.

Look at this face. This is the face of Gotham's bright future.

To Harvey Dent. Let's hear it for him.

MAN: Harvey.

Harvey may not know you weII enough. . .

. . .to understand you're making fun of him. . .

-. . .but I do. -No, I meant every word.

You know that day that you once toId me about. . .

. . .when Gotham wouId no Ionger need Batman?

-It's coming. -Bruce.

-You can't ask me to wait for that. -It's happening now. Harvey is that hero.

He Iocked up haIf of the city's criminaIs, and he did it without wearing a mask.

Gotham needs a hero with a face.

DENT: You can throw a party, Wayne, I'II give you that.

Thanks again.

You mind if I borrow RacheI?

Lieutenant, that joker card pinned to the body?

Forensics found three sets of DNA.

-Any matches? -AII three.

The DNA beIongs to Judge SurriIIo, Harvey Dent and Commissioner Loeb.

The Joker's teIIing us who he's targeting.

Get a unit over to SurriIIo's house. TeII Wuertz to find Dent.

Protective custody. Where's the commissioner?

-City haII. -SeaI the buiIding.

-No one in or out tiII I get there. -Got it.

Gordon. What are you up to?

We're secure. I want a fIoor-by-fIoor search of the entire buiIding.

We beIieve the Joker's made a threat against your Iife.

These are dangerous peopIe.

You're not giving me a Iot of information.

Even we don't know where you're going.

Take the enveIope, get in, open it. It'II teII you where you're headed.

You can't Ieave me aIone with these peopIe.

The whoIe Mob's after you and you're worried about these guys?

Compared to this, the Mob doesn't scare me.

Gordon, you're unIikeIy to discover this for yourseIf, so. . .

. . .take my word, the poIice commissioner earns a Iot of threats.

I found the appropriate response to these situations a Iong time ago.

Them gunning for you makes you see things cIearIy.

Yeah, I bet.

Yeah. It makes you think about things you couIdn't stand Iosing. . .

. . .about who you wanna spend your Iife with.

-That's a pretty big commitment. -Not if the Mob has their way.

You get to expIain to my wife. . .

. . .why I'm Iate for dinner.

Sir, the joker card had traces of your DNA on it.

-Don't do that. -AII right.

-Let's be serious, then. -Okay.

What's your answer?

I don't have an answer.

How'd they get my DNA?

Somebody with access to your office or house. . .

. . .must have Iifted a tissue or a gIass-- Wait! Wait!

-WeII, I guess no answer is a no. -Harvey.

-It's someone eIse, isn't it? -Harvey.

Just teII me it's not Wayne. The guy's a compIete f--

What are you doing?

GORDON: Oh, shit.

[LOEB COUGHING ]

GORDON: Get a medic!

They've come for him.

We made it.

Stay hidden.

[SHOTGUN BLAST]

Good evening, Iadies and gentIemen.

We are tonight's entertainment.

I onIy have one question:

Where is Harvey Dent?

You know where Harvey is? You know who he is?

THUG: Hands up, pretty boy.

[THUG GRUNTING ]

Do you know where I can find Harvey? I need to taIk to him.

Just something IittIe, huh? No.

What's going on out there? Wayne!

Oh, thank God, you've got a panic room.

MAN: Hey, wait--

Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

You know, I'II settIe for his Ioved ones.

We're not intimidated by thugs.

You know. . .

. . .you remind me of my father.

I hated my father.

RACHEL: Okay, stop.

WeII, heIIo, beautifuI.

You must be Harvey's squeeze. Hm?

And you are beautifuI.

You Iook nervous. Is it the scars?

You wanna know how I got them?

Come here. Hey.

Look at me.

So I had a wife. She was beautifuI, Iike you. . .

. . .who teIIs me I worry too much. . .

. . .who teIIs me I ought to smiIe more. . .

. . .who gambIes and gets in deep with the sharks. Hey.

One day they carve her face.

And we have no money for surgeries. She can't take it.

I just wanna see her smiIe again. Hm?

I just want her to know that I don't care about the scars.

So. . .

. . .I stick a razor in my mouth and do this. . .

. . .to myseIf.

And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me.

She Ieaves.

Now I see the funny side.

Now I'm aIways smiIing.

[LAUGHS]

You got a IittIe fight in you. I Iike that.

BATMAN: Then you're gonna Iove me.

[GRUNTING ]

[BATMAN YELLS]

Drop the gun.

Oh, sure. You just take off your IittIe mask. . .

. . .and show us aII who you reaIIy are. Hm?

Let her go.

Very poor choice of words.

[LAUGHS]

[RACHEL SCREAMING ]

Are you aII right?

Let's not do that again.

-Is Harvey okay? -He's safe.

Thank you.

Jim, it's over.

As Iong as they don't get to Lau, we've cut off their funds.

The prosecution's over.

Nobody's standing up in front of a judge. . .

. . .whiIe judges and poIice commissioners are getting bIown away.

-What about Dent? -He's got any sense. . .

. . .Dent's haIfway to Mex--

DENT: So where do you keep your trash?

You're due in court. I need you aIive Iong enough to get you on the record.

You can't protect me. You can't even protect yourseIves.

You refuse to cooperate, you're not coming back here, you go to County.

How Iong do you caIcuIate you'II Iast in there?

Targeting me won't get their money.

I knew the Mob wouIdn't go down easiIy. . .

. . .but this is different. They crossed a Iine.

You crossed the Iine first.

You squeezed them, you hammered them to the point of desperation.

And in their desperation, they turned to a man they didn't fuIIy understand.

CriminaIs aren't compIicated, AIfred.

We just need to figure out what he's after.

ALFRED: With respect, Master Wayne. . .

. . .perhaps this is a man you don't fuIIy understand either.

A Iong time ago, I was in Burma. . .

. . .and my friends and I were working for the IocaI government.

They were trying to buy the IoyaIty of tribaI Ieaders. . .

. . .by bribing them with precious stones. . .

. . .but their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit.

So we went Iooking for the stones.

But in six months, we never met anyone who traded with him.

One day, I saw a chiId pIaying with a ruby. . .

. . .the size of a tangerine.

The bandit had been throwing them away.

-So why steaI them? -Because he thought it was good sport.

Because some men aren't Iooking for anything IogicaI, Iike money.

They can't be bought, buIIied, reasoned or negotiated with.

Some men just wanna watch the worId burn.

[VOICES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

WOMAN: Your name, sir?

JOKER: Eighth and Orchard, You'll find Harvey Dent there,

BATMAN: Check the names.

"R ichard Dent. "

"P atrick Harvey. "

Harvey Dent.

I need 1 0 minutes with the scene before your men contaminate it.

It's because of you these guys are dead--

Detective!

Give us a minute, guys.

That's brick underneath.

Gonna take baIIistics off a shattered buIIet?

No.

Fingerprints.

Whatever you're gonna do, do it fast.

Because we found his next target. He's put it in tomorrow's paper.

I'm not sure you made it Ioud enough, sir.

What can I do for you, Mr. Reese?

You wanted me to do the diIigence on the LSI HoIdings deaI again.

WeII, I found some irreguIarities.

Their CEO is in poIice custody.

No, not with their numbers, with yours.

AppIied Sciences. WhoIe division of Wayne Enterprises. . .

. . .just disappeared overnight.

I went down to the archives and I started puIIing some oId fiIes.

Don't teII me you didn't recognize your baby. . .

. . .pancaking cop cars on the evening news.

Now you got the entire R & D Department burning through cash. . .

. . .cIaiming it's reIated to ceII phones for the Army?

What are you buiIding for him now, a rocket ship?

I want. . .

. . . $1 0 miIIion a year for the rest of my Iife.

Let me get this straight.

You think that your cIient. . .

One of the weaIthiest, most powerfuI men in the worId. . .

. . .is secretIy a vigiIante. . .

. . .who spends his nights beating criminaIs to a puIp with his bare hands. . .

. . .and your pIan is to bIackmaiI this person?

Good Iuck.

When--

Keep that.

FOX: This is your originaI scan.

Here it is reengineered.

And there's the thumbprint he Ieft when he pushed the round in the cIip.

I'II get you a copy.

Mr. Wayne, did you reassign R & D?

Yeah. Government teIecommunications project.

Wasn't aware we had any government contracts.

You know, Lucius, I'm pIaying this one pretty cIose to the chest.

Fair enough.

ENGEL: With no word from the Batman. . .

. . .even as they mourn Commissioner Loeb. . .

. . .these cops have to wonder if the Joker wiII make good on his threat. . .

. . .in the obituary coIumn of The Gotham Times to kiII the mayor.

I've checked aII the databases. There are four possibIes.

Cross-reference the addresses.

Look for Parkside, overIooking the parade.

I got one.

MeIvin White, 1 502 RandoIph Apartments.

Aggravated assauIt, moved to Arkham twice.

What do you got on the roof?

We're tight, but frankIy, there's a Iot of windows up here.

Commissioner Loeb dedicated his Iife to Iaw enforcement. . .

. . .and to the protection of his community.

I remember when I first took office. . .

. . .and I asked if he wanted to stay on as commissioner.

And he said he wouId, provided I kept my poIitics out of his office.

CIearIy he was not a man who minced words, nor shouId he have been.

A number of poIicies that he enacted as commissioner were unpopuIar.

PoIicies that fIooded my office with angry caIIs and Ietters. . . .

-Who's that? -What happened?

They took our guns.

And our uniforms.

[TICKING ]

MAYOR: And as we recognize the sacrifice of this man. . .

. . .we must remember that vigiIance is the price of safety.

Stand by. Honor guard.

Attention. Port arms.

Ready! Aim! Fire!

Ready! Aim!

[TIMER DINGS]

Ready! Aim!

[CROWD SCREAMING ]

[GUNSHOTS]

OFFICER: Stay down! Don't move!

STEPHENS: Mr. Mayor. Get him out of here.

-I'II see you Iater. -Why are you going back?

[GUNSHOTS]

[CROWD SCREAMING ]

Get out of here.

TeII me what you know about the Joker.

[CHUCKLING ]

[ENGINE STARTS]

No.

I'm sorry, Barbara.

Jimmy, go pIay with your sister. Go ahead, honey.

STEPHENS: If there's anything we can do, anything you need. . .

. . .we're here for you.

[BARBARA SOBBING ]

Shh.

BARBARA: Are you out there?

Are you? You brought this craziness on us. You did!

You brought this on us!

Switch it off, he ain't coming. He doesn't wanna taIk to us.

God heIp whoever he does wanna taIk to.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING ]

Can't we go somepIace quieter? We can't hear each other taIk.

What makes you think I wanna hear you taIk?

What?

[GRUNTING ]

[CROWD SCREAMING ]

-Yeah? MAN: Second.

Okay.

-Harvey, where are you? DENT: Where are you?

I'm where you shouId be, at Major Crimes.

I'm trying to deaI with aII of this mess.

-Can I get the fingerprint anaIysis? -RacheI, Iisten, You're not safe there,

-This is Gordon's unit. -Gordon 's gone,

RACHEL: He vouched for these men. -And he's gone,

The Joker's named you next,

God, is there someone, is there anyone in this town we can trust?

Bruce.

We can trust Bruce Wayne.

No, RacheI, I know you're his friend, but--

Harvey, trust me.

Bruce's penthouse is now the safest pIace in the city.

Then you go straight there,

Don 't teII anybody and I' II find you there,

I Iove you.

I want the Joker.

From one professionaI to another. . .

. . .you're trying to scare somebody, pick a better spot.

From this height, the faII wouIdn't kiII me.

-I'm counting on it. -Huh!

[SCREAMS]

[BONE CRACKS] [MARONI YELLS]

[MARONI WHEEZING ]

-Where is he? -I don't know where he is. He found us.

He must have friends.

Friends? Have you met this guy?

Someone knows where he is.

Nobody's gonna teII you nothing.

They're wise to your act.

You got ruIes. The Joker, he's got no ruIes.

Nobody's gonna cross him for you. If you want this guy, you got one way.

But you aIready know what that is.

Just take off that mask, Iet him come find you.

[GROWLS]

Or you can Iet a coupIe more peopIe get kiIIed whiIe you make up your mind.

You wanna pIay games?

[GUNSHOT]

How's that feeI?

-You wouIdn't. -I wouIdn't!

-You don't think I wiII? -Mm-mm.

-You don't think I wiII? -Mm-mm.

No. No, I wouIdn't.

That's why I'm not gonna Ieave it up to me.

Heads, you get to keep your head.

TaiIs. . .

. . .not so Iucky.

So you wanna teII me about the Joker?

[THUG CHUCKLES]

-Let's go again. -I don't know anything! God, don't!

You're not pIaying the odds, friend.

Let's do it again.

You'd Ieave a man's Iife to chance?

-Not exactIy. -His name's Schiff, Thomas.

He's a paranoid schizophrenic, former patient at Arkham.

The kind of mind the Joker attracts. What do you expect to Iearn from him?

The Joker kiIIed Gordon. He's gonna kiII RacheI.

You're the symboI of hope I couId never be.

Your stand against organized crime. . .

. . .is the first Iegitimate ray of Iight in Gotham in decades.

If anyone saw this, everything wouId be undone.

The criminaIs you arrested wouId be reIeased. . .

. . .and Jim Gordon wiII have died for nothing.

You're gonna hoId a press conference tomorrow.

-Why? -No one eIse wiII die because of me.

Gotham's in your hands now.

You can't.

You can't give in.

You can't give in!

Harvey caIIed.

He said Batman's gonna turn himseIf in.

I have no choice.

You honestIy think that's gonna keep the Joker from kiIIing peopIe?

Maybe not. But I have enough bIood on my hands.

And I've seen now what I wouId have to become to stop men Iike him.

You once toId me that if the day came when I was finished. . .

. . .that we'd be together.

Bruce, don't make me your one hope for a normaI Iife.

Did you mean it?

Yes.

Bruce.

If you turn yourseIf in, they're not gonna Iet us be together.

ALFRED: Logs as weII? BRUCE: Everything.

Anything that couId Iead back to Lucius or RacheI.

PeopIe are dying, AIfred. What wouId you have me do?

Endure, Master Wayne. Take it.

They'II hate you for it, but that's the point of Batman.

He can be the outcast. He can make the choice that no one eIse can make.

The right choice.

No, today I found out what Batman can't do.

He can't endure this.

Today you get to say "I told you so. "

Today, I don't want to.

But I did bIoody teII you.

[BRUCE CHUCKLES]

ALFRED: I suppose they're gonna Iock me up as weII. . .

. . .as your accompIice.

BRUCE: AccompIice? I'm gonna teII them the whoIe thing was your idea.

Ladies and gentIemen, I've caIIed this press conference for two reasons.

FirstIy, to assure the citizens of Gotham. . .

. . .that everything that can be done over the Joker kiIIings is being done.

[CHATTERING ]

SecondIy, because the Batman has offered to turn himseIf in.

But Iet's consider the situation,

ShouId we give in to this terrorist's demands?

Do we reaIIy think he's gonna--?

You'd rather protect an outIaw vigiIante than the Iives of citizens?

The Batman is an outIaw.

That's not why we demand he turn himseIf in. . .

. . .we're doing it because we're scared.

We've been happy to Iet Batman cIean up our streets tiII now.

MAN 1 : Things are worse than ever! MAN 2: Amen.

Yes, they are.

But the night is darkest just before the dawn.

And I promise you. . .

. . .the dawn is coming.

One day, the Batman wiII have to answer for the Iaws he's broken. But to us. . .

. . .not to this madman.

-No more dead cops! OFFICERS: Yeah!

He shouId turn himseIf in!

MAN 3: Give us the Batman! Come on! MAN 4: Where is he?

So be it. Take the Batman into custody.

WOMAN: What? MAN 5: Is he here?

I am the Batman.

MAN 6: What? MAN 7: Come on.

RACHEL: AIfred.

Why is he Ietting Harvey do this?

-He went down to the press conference. -I know. He just stood by.

Perhaps both Bruce and Mr. Dent. . .

. . .beIieve that Batman stands for something more important. . .

. . .than the whims of a terrorist, Miss Dawes. . .

. . .even if everyone hates him for it.

That's the sacrifice he's making.

He's not being a hero. He's being something more.

Yeah, you're absoIuteIy right.

Letting Harvey take the faII for this is not heroic at aII.

You know him better than anyone.

I do.

WiII you give this to him for me? When the time is right?

How wiII I know?

It's not seaIed.

Goodbye, AIfred.

Bye, RacheI.

[CELL DOOR OPENS]

I didn't have time to taIk this through.

What are you doing?

They're transferring me to CentraI HoIding.

This is the Joker's chance, and when he attacks, the Batman wiII take him down.

Listen. This is too dangerous.

We get this guy to County, he's their probIem. The streets wiII be cIeared. . .

. . .so Iet's go. The convoys stop for no reason.

I hope you got some moves, paI.

He's using you as bait. He doesn't know if he can get the Joker.

He's faiIed so far.

How do you know what he's thinking?

I just do. Anyway, this isn't just about you.

What about the peopIe depending on you. . .

. . .to cIean the city up and do it honorabIy and--?

Harvey. TeII everyone the truth.

Heads, I go through with it.

This is your Iife. You can't Ieave. . .

-. . .something Iike that to chance. -I'm not.

[ENGINE STARTS]

You make your own Iuck.

[TRUCK HORN BLARING ]

Hey, you wait Iike everybody eIse, paI.

What the heII is that?

Obstruction ahead, obstruction ahead!

Damn it! AII units divert down onto Lower Fifth. I repeat, exit down.

Exit down!

Lower Fifth? We'II be Iike turkeys on Thanksgiving.

Jesus. Come on, get us out of here. Let's go.

Listen, we need backup. We've got company.

We got troubIe, guys.

Lock and Ioad!

[TIRES SCREECHING ]

[CAR HORNS HONKING ]

The heII was that?

-These are buiIt for that, right? -He'II need something. . .

. . .a Iot bigger to get through this.

What is that?

What is that, a bazooka?

I didn't sign up for this!

Look out.

Look out!

JOKER: Hmm.

Come on, Iet's go!

[CONSOLE BEEPING]

[EXPLOSION]

Harvey, Harvey, Harvey Dent.

Oh, excuse me. I wanna drive.

COMPUTER: Scanning all systems. Scanning all systems.

[JOKER HUMMING]

We gotta get topside. We need air support, now!

I like this job. I like it.

COMPUTER: Damage catastrophic. Eject sequence initiated.

[WHIRRING]

[ENGINE ACCELERATING]

Goodbye.

We're on point, ready to give them some of their own medicine.

That's what I'm talking about. Air cav.

Okay, rack them up.

Rack them up, rack them up, rack them up.

[IMITATING GUNFIRE]

That's not good.

Okay, that's not good!

[LAUGHS]

[JOKER LAUGHING]

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

Now, there's a Batman.

Ooh, you wanna play. Come on.

Come on.

He missed!

You can't stop here. We're like sitting ducks!

[JOKER GROANS]

Come on, come on.

Come on. Come on. I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on!

Come on.

Come on. I want you to do it, I want you to do it. Come on, hit me.

Come on, hit me. Come on, hit me!

[YELLING]

Hit me!

[HUMMING]

[THUG GRUNTS]

[LAUGHS]

[GIBBERS]

Come on, come on. Aah!

Could you please just give me a minute?

We got you, you son of a bitch.

Gor... You do like to play things pretty close to the chest.

We got him, Harvey.

REPORTER 1: Mr. Dent! How does it feel to be the biggest hero in Gotham?

No, I'm no hero. Gotham's finest, they're the heroes.

REPORTER 1: But you and your office...

...have been working with the Batman all along.

No, but I trusted him to do the right thing.

REPORTER 2: Which was? - Saving my ass.

All right, people, that's enough. Let him be. Let him be.

Thank you, detective.

I've got a date with a pretty upset girlfriend.

- I figured, counselor. REPORTER 3: Mr. Dent, sir...

...how about one for the front page, sir? REPORTER 4: Mr. Dent.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Stand away! All of you!

I don't want anything for his Mob lawyer to use, you understand?

Back from the dead.

I, uh...

...couldn't risk my family's safety.

MAYOR: What do we got?

Nothing. No matches on prints, DNA, dental.

Clothing is custom, no labels.

Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint.

No name.

- No other alias. MAYOR: Go home, Gordon.

The clown'll keep till morning. Go get some rest.

You're gonna need it.

Tomorrow you take the big job.

You don't have any say in the matter. Commissioner Gordon.

[OFFICERS APPLAUDING]

I'm sorry, I couldn't risk your safety.

[BARBARA SOBBING]

MURPHY: Look at these ugly bastards.

- I don't feel good. MURPHY: You're a cop killer.

You're lucky to be feeling anything below the neck.

- Please! - Step away from the bars!

THUG: My insides hurt.

Did Batman save you, Daddy?

Actually, this time...

...I saved him.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

GORDON: Has he said anything yet?

[DOOR BUZZES]

Evening, commissioner.

Harvey Dent never made it home.

- Of course not. - What have you done with him?

Me?

I was right here.

Who did you leave him with?

Hm? Your people?

Assuming, of course, that they are still your people...

...and not Maroni's.

Does it depress you, commissioner...

...to know just how alone you really are?

Does it make you feel responsible for Harvey Dent's current predicament?

- Where is he? - What's the time?

What difference does that make?

Well, depending on the time, he may be in one spot or several.

- If we're gonna play games... - Mm-hm?

...I'm gonna need a cup of coffee.

Ah, the "good cop, bad cop" routine?

Not exactly.

[DOOR BUZZES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[GROANS]

Never start with the head. The victim gets all fuzzy. He can't feel the next...

See?

You wanted me. Here I am.

JOKER [OVER SPEAKER]: I wanted to see what you'd do.

And you didn't disappoint.

You let five people die.

Then you let Dent take your place.

- Even to a guy like me, that's cold. - Where's Dent?

Those Mob fools want you gone so they can get back to the way things were.

But I know the truth. There's no going back. You've changed things.

- Forever. - Then why do you wanna kill me?

[LAUGHS]

I don't wanna kill you.

What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off Mob dealers? No, no.

No. No, you...

You complete me.

- You're garbage who kills for money. - Don't talk like one of them. You're not.

Even if you'd like to be.

To them, you're just a freak...

...like me.

They need you right now...

...but when they don't...

...they'll cast you out like a leper.

You see, their morals, their code...

...it's a bad joke.

Dropped at the first sign of trouble.

They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you.

When the chips are down, these...

These civilized people...

...they'll eat each other.

See, I'm not a monster.

I'm just ahead of the curve.

Where's Dent?

You have all these rules, and you think they'll save you.

- He's in control. - I have one rule.

Oh. Then that's the rule you'll have to break to know the truth.

Which is?

The only sensible way to live is without rules.

And tonight you're gonna break your one rule.

I'm considering it.

There's only minutes left, so you'll have to play my game...

...if you wanna save one of them.

"Them"?

You know, for a while there, I thought you really were Dent.

The way you threw yourself after her.

[BATMAN GRUNTS AND YELLS]

[JOKER LAUGHS]

Look at you go.

[NECK CRACKS]

Does Harvey know about you and his little bunny?

Where are they?!

Killing is making a choice.

- Where are they?! - Choose between one life or the other.

Your friend the district attorney, or his blushing bride-to-be.

[LAUGHING]

You have nothing, nothing to threaten me with.

Nothing to do with all your strength.

Don't worry, I'm gonna tell you where they are, both of them.

And that's the point. You'll have to choose.

He's at 25052nd Street...

...and she's on Avenue X at Cicero.

- Which one you going after? - Rachel.

GORDON: We're getting Dent!

25052nd Street!

RACHEL [OVER PHONE]: Hello?

Can anybody hear me?

Hello!

- Rachel? - Harvey.

Oh, Harvey, thank God. Are you okay?

I'm all right. I'm in a...

I'm in a warehouse. They got me wired to these oil drums.

I am too.

Harvey.

I want my phone call.

I want it. I want it. I want my phone call.

That's nice.

How many of your friends have I killed?

I'm a 20-year man...

...and I know the difference between punks who need a lesson in manners...

...and the freaks like you who would just enjoy it.

And you killed six of my friends.

[MOUTHS] Six?

Please. My insides hurt.

I don't really care. Back away.

The boss said he'd make the voices go away.

He said he'd go inside and replace them with bright lights...

...like Christmas.

You're out of your mind, pal. Back off.

Medic to the holding tank. Come on. Get the door open.

You guys, back off!

Listen, we don't have a lot of time.

They told me that only one of us was gonna make it...

...and that they were gonna let our friends choose.

Okay, Rachel.

It's gonna be fine. It's gonna be all right. They're coming for you.

Listen to me. I'll help you. Just talk me through what's going on with you.

Can you find something, anything, sharp?

I'm trying.

- What's...? - Shit.

Harvey?

[YELLS]

Harvey, what's happening?

[SIRENS WAILING]

All available units, converge at 25052nd Street.

Do you wanna know why I use a knife?

Guns are too quick.

You can't savor all the...

...little emotions.

You see, in their last moments...

...people show you who they really are.

So in a way, I knew your friends better than you ever did.

Would you like to know which of them were cowards?

OFFICER: What's that? MEDIC: Jeez.

He's got some kind of a...

...contusion. - I know you're gonna enjoy this.

[NECK CRACKS]

I'm gonna have to try and enjoy it even more.

OFFICER 1: Whoa, whoa!

OFFICER 2: Just put it down.

Take it easy. Take it easy. Drop the weapon now!

- It's my own damn fault, just shoot him! - Let him go now! Drop it!

- What? Sorry? - What do you want?

I just want my phone call.

RACHEL: What...? What...? What's happening?

Just talk to me, just for one second.

- All right? - Right.

Ow.

- Ow. - Shh, shh, shh.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Is that a phone?

Mount the curb!

Harvey, just in case, I wanna tell you something, okay?

Don't think like that. They're coming.

I know they are, but I don't want them to.

I don't wanna live without you, and I do have an answer for you.

My answer is yes.

No! No! No!

Not me! Why are you coming for me?

No!

Rachel! Rachel!

- Harvey. - No! No! Rachel!

Okay.

Rachel!

No! No!

Harvey, it's okay. It's all right. Listen.

Somewh...

RAMIREZ: No, commissioner!

Rachel! No!

[DENT YELLING]

Hello there.

SERGEANT: Back at the MCU, the Joker's gone.

With Lau?

The Joker planned to be caught.

He wanted me to lock him up in the MCU.

[SIRENS WAILING]

[INAUDIBLE]

RACHEL: Dear Bruce:

I need to be honest and clear.

I'm going to marry Harvey Dent.

I love him, and I wanna spend the rest of my life with him.

When I told you that if Gotham no longer needed Batman, we could be together...

... I meant it.

But now I'm sure the day won't come when you no longer need Batman.

I hope it does.

And if it does, I will be there...

... but as your friend.

I'm sorry, Harvey.

RACHEL: I'm sorry to let you down.

If you lose your faith in me, please keep your faith in people.

Love, now and always, Rachel.

ALFRED: Prepared a little breakfast.

- Very well, then. - Alfred.

Yes, Master Wayne?

Did I bring this on her?

I was meant to inspire good...

...not madness, not death.

You have inspired good. But you spat in the faces of Gotham's criminals.

Didn't you think there might be casualties?

Things always get worse before they get better.

But Rachel, Alfred.

Rachel believed in what you stood for...

...what we stand for.

Gotham needs you.

No, Gotham needs its true hero...

...and I let that murdering psychopath blow him half to hell.

Which is why, for now...

...they're gonna have to make do with you.

She was gonna wait for me, Alfred.

Dent doesn't know.

He can never know.

What's that?

- It can wait. - That bandit...

...in the forest in Burma.

- Did you catch him? - Yes.

How?

We burned the forest down.

[GASPS]

[INAUDIBLE]

He's credible, an M & A lawyer from a leading consultancy.

He says he's waited as long as he can for Batman to do the right thing.

Now he's taking matters into his own hands.

We'll be live at 5 with the true identity of the Batman.

I'm sorry about Rachel.

The doctor says you're in agonizing pain, but that you won't accept medication.

That you're refusing to...

...accept skin grafts.

Remember that name...

...you all had for me...

...when I was at Internal Affairs?

What was it, Gordon?

Harvey, I...

Say it.

Say it!

Two-Face. Harvey Two-Face.

Why should I hide who I am?

I know you tried to warn me.

I'm sorry.

Wuertz picked you up. Was he working for them?

Do you know who picked up Rachel?

Harvey, I need to know which of my men I can trust.

Why would you listen to me now?

I'm sorry, Harvey.

No.

No, you're not.

Not yet.

This craziness, it's too much.

Should've thought about that before you let the clown out of the box.

MARONI: You want him?

I can tell you where he'll be this afternoon.

CHECHEN: Not so crazy as you look.

I told you, I'm a man of my word.

Where is the Italian?

All tactical units will converge on the location in 20 minutes.

I want auxiliary units to cover all possible getaway routes.

CHECHEN: Please.

Joker-man, what you do with all your money?

You see, I'm a guy of simple taste.

I enjoy...

...dynamite...

...and gunpowder...

...and gasoline.

- What the...? - Ah, ah, ah.

And you know the thing that they have in common?

They're cheap.

CALLER 1 [ON TV]: How much are they paying you to say who Batman is?

This is our chance. I want Lau alive. The Joker, either way.

Hey, Jim. Get a load of this.

ENGEL: Let's take the next caller.

CALLER 2: Harvey Dent didn't wanna give in to this maniac.

You think you know better?

I think that if we could talk to Dent today, he may feel differently.

And we wish him a speedy recovery. Because God knows, we need him now.

You said you were a man of your word.

Oh, I am.

I'm only burning my half.

All you care about is money.

This town deserves a better class of criminal...

...and I'm gonna give it to them.

Tell your men they work for me now.

This is my city.

They won't work for a freak.

[IMITATES CHECHEN] "Freak."

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Why don't we cut you up into little pieces...

...and feed you to your pooches? Hm?

And then we'll see how loyal a hungry dog really is.

[DOGS BARKING]

It's not about money...

...it's about sending a message.

Everything burns.

- Who is this? JOKER: I had a vision...

... of a world without Batman.

The Mob ground out a little profit...

... and the police tried to shut them down one block at a time.

And it was so boring.

I've had a change of heart.

I don't want Mr. Reese spoiling everything...

... but why should I have all the fun? Let's give someone else a chance.

If Coleman Reese isn't dead in 60 minutes...

... then I blow up a hospital.

Call in every officer.

Tell them to head to their nearest hospital and start evac and search.

Call the transit authority, school board, prisons.

Get every bus down to a hospital.

The priority is Gotham General. Wheel everybody out of that place right now.

You, you and you, you come with me.

- Where are we going, sir? - To get Reese.

I need you plugged in, checking Gordon's men and their families.

- Looking for? - Hospital admissions.

Will you be wanting the Batpod?

In the middle of the day? Not very subtle.

The Lamborghini, then.

Much more subtle.

[CROWD SHOUTING]

Excuse me. Let me through. Excuse me. Okay.

Sir, could you help, please?

I'm gonna find a bus for him.

ENGEL: Sir? Commissioner, do you really think...

...an ordinary citizen would try to kill this man?

ENGEL: Sir. Commissioner.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Get the cars around the back!

Go. Keep rolling, Sam.

I see O'Brien and Richards.

No immediate family member admitted to a Gotham hospital.

REESE: They're trying to kill me. - Well, maybe Batman can save you.

Davis, they got space. Bring him out.

Davis.

I saw Burns and Zachary.

ALFRED: Nothing on them.

And a patrolman I don't know.

REESE: Okay, so, what now?

What do we do now? Where are we going?

Send the information to Gordon.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

Get out of here.

Davis.

Ma'am, we're gonna have to move him now.

GORDON: It's Berg, isn't it? - Commissioner.

You okay, son?

[JOKER HUMMING]

[DENT GRUNTS]

Hi.

You know...

...I don't want there to be any hard feelings between us, Harvey.

- When you and... - Rachel!

- Rachel were being abducted...

...I was sitting in Gordon's cage.

I didn't rig those charges.

Your men, your plan.

Do I really look like a guy with a plan?

You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars.

I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it.

You know? I just do things.

The Mob has plans. The cops have plans.

Gordon's got plans.

You know, they're schemers.

Schemers trying to control their little worlds.

I'm not a schemer.

I try to show the schemers...

...how pathetic their attempts to control things really are.

So when I say... Ah. Come here.

When I say that you and your girlfriend was nothing personal...

...you'll know that I'm telling the truth.

- I'm gonna need your weapon. - What?

Why? Because my wife's in the hospital?

Yeah, that'd be why.

It's the schemers that put you where you are.

You were a schemer, you had plans...

...and look where that got you.

ANNOUNCER [OVER RADIO]: Police are taking every precaution...

... urging people not to take matters into their hands.

I just did what I do best.

I took your little plan and I turned it on itself.

Look what I did to this city with a few drums of gas and a couple of bullets.

Hm? You know what I noticed?

Nobody panics when things go "according to plan."

Even if the plan is horrifying.

If tomorrow I tell the press that, like, a gangbanger will get shot...

...or a truckload of soldiers will be blowing up...

...nobody panics.

Because it's all part of the plan.

But when I say that one little old mayor will die...

...well, then, everyone loses their minds.

Introduce a little anarchy...

...upset the established order...

...and everything becomes chaos.

I'm an agent of chaos.

Oh, and you know the thing about chaos?

It's fair.

- You live. - Mm-hm.

You die.

Mmm. Now we're talking.

Mr. Reese.

That's Mr. Wayne, isn't it?

- That was a very brave thing you did. - Trying to catch the light?

- You weren't protecting the van? - Why? Who's in it?

Don't you think I should go to the hospital?

Don't watch a whole lot of news, do you, Mr. Wayne?

[IMITATES EXPLOSION]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Southeast.

It's Gotham General.

- Did you clear the building? OFFICER: Yeah.

GORDON: You must know how many were inside.

You have patient lists, roll call.

Right now we're showing 50 people missing. One bus.

The other buses were heading off to hospitals. I guess we missed one.

What's your guess about where Harvey Dent is?

Keep looking. And keep it to yourself. Anybody asks, we got him out.

Get me the mayor's office on the line.

We're gonna need the National Guard.

REPORTER [ON TV]: - people are still missing...

... including GCN's own Mike Engel.

I'm now being told that we're cutting to a video GCN has just received.

I'm Mike Engel for Gotham Tonight.

"What does it take to make you people wanna join in?

You failed to kill the lawyer. I've gotta get you off the bench...

...and into the game. JOKER: Bench. Game.

[JOKER LAUGHS]

ENGEL: Come nightfall, this city is mine. JOKER: Mine.

- And anyone left here plays by my rules. - Rules.

Mr. Fox? Security is showing a break-in at the R & D Department.

If you don't wanna be in the game...

...get out now. - Get out now.

[CHATTERING]

But the bridge-and-tunnel crowd are sure in for a surprise.

Ha-ha, ha-ha. "

[JOKER LAUGHING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[DOG BARKING]

REPORTER: Gotham P.D. has shut down...

BARTENDER: Sweet Jesus. ...the area 's bridges and tunnels.

Shouldn't you be out there, you know, doing something?

It's my day off.

I gotta take a leak.

Keep an eye out for me, will you?

[DOOR OPENS]

Now what? Need someone to shake it for you?

DENT: Hello.

Dent.

Jesus. I thought you was dead.

Half.

Who picked up Rachel, Wuertz?

- It must've been Maroni's men. - Shut up!

Are you telling me that you're gonna protect...

...the other traitor in Gordon's unit?

I don't know, he never told me.

Listen, Dent, I swear to God, I didn't know what they were gonna do to you.

That's funny...

...because I don't know what's gonna happen to you either.

[GUNSHOT]

Beautiful, isn't it?

Beautiful.

Unethical.

Dangerous.

You've turned every cell phone in Gotham into a microphone.

BATMAN: And a high-frequency generator-receiver.

You took my sonar concept and applied it to every phone in the city.

With half the city feeding you sonar, you can image all of Gotham.

This is wrong.

I've gotta find this man, Lucius.

At what cost?

The database is null-key encrypted.

It can only be accessed by one person.

This is too much power for one person.

That's why I gave it to you.

Only you can use it.

Spying on 30 million people isn't part of my job description.

This is an audio sample. If he talks within range of any phone in the city...

...you can triangulate his position.

I'll help you this one time.

But consider this my resignation.

As long as this machine is at Wayne Enterprises, I won't be.

When you're finished...

...type in your name.

[SIRENS WAILING]

GORDON: My officers are going over every inch of the tunnels and bridges...

...but with the Joker's threat, they're not an option.

- And land routes east? - Backed up for hours.

Which leaves the ferries with 30,000 ready to board.

I wanna use the ferries so I can get those prisoners off the island.

The men you put away? Those aren't people I'm worried about.

You should be. Whatever the Joker's planning...

...it's a good bet Harvey's prisoners are involved. I wanna get them out of here.

So where is Harvey?

- We haven't found him. - Oh, Jesus.

How long can you keep this quiet?

Don't stop for lights, cops, nothing.

Going to join your wife?

- You love her? - Yes.

You ever imagine what it would be like to listen to her die?

Look, take it up with the Joker.

He killed your woman. He made you...

...like this.

The Joker's just a mad dog.

I want whoever let him off the leash.

I took care of Wuertz, but who was your other man inside Gordon's unit?

Who picked up Rachel? Must have been someone she trusted.

Look, if I tell you...

...will you let me go?

Can't hurt your chances.

It was Ramirez.

[GUN COCKS]

- But you said... - I said it couldn't hurt your chances.

You're a lucky man.

- But he's not. - Who?

Your driver.

[GUNSHOT]

GUARDSMAN 1: Stand back.

Hey, that ain't right. We should be on that boat.

GUARDSMAN 2: You wanna ride across with them? Be my guest.

[ENGINES STOP]

FIRST MATE: Sir, they've stopped their engines.

Right, get on the radio.

Tell them we'll come back and pick them up once we dump the scumbags.

Liberty, this is Spirit. Come in.

[STATIC CRACKLES]

CAPTAIN: What the heck was that?

[ALARM WAILING]

MAN: What the...?

CAPTAIN [OVER RADIO]: Liberty, come in, please. This is Spirit. Come in.

Liberty, we have the same thing. We've lost both engines.

- Liberty, come in. BATMAN: Fox.

There's something going on on the ferries.

Get down to the engine room now.

MAN: Hey, buddy, what's happening?

Captain, we got a hundred barrels down there rigged to blow. And this.

CAPTAIN: Oh, my God.

FIRST MATE: Looks like some kind of detonator.

CAPTAIN: Why would they give us the detonator to our own bomb?

[INTERCOM BEEPS]

JOKER [OVER SPEAKER]: Tonight, you're all gonna...

... be a part of a social experiment.

Through the magic of diesel fuel and ammonium nitrate...

... I'm ready right now to blow you all sky-high.

Liberty, come in, over.

It's dead.

JOKER: If anyone attempts to get off their boat, you all die.

FOX: I'm zeroing in.

JOKER: Each of you has a remote to blow up the other boat.

His voice is on the ferry...

...but it's not the source.

West.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- Gordon. BATMAN: I have the Joker's location.

Prewitt Building.

Assemble on the building opposite.

At midnight, I blow you all up.

If, however, one of you presses the button, I'll let that boat live.

So who 's it gonna be?

Harvey Dent's most-wanted scumbag collection...

... or the sweet and innocent civilians?

You choose.

Oh, and you might wanna decide quickly...

... because the people on the other boat may not be quite so noble.

[INTERCOM SQUEALS]

[CLAMORING]

Stay back.

Well, now, who are you to decide? We ought to talk this over, at least.

We don't all have to die. Those men had their chance.

- We are not going to talk about this. - Why aren't we talking about it?

They're talking over the same thing on the other boat.

- Let's put it to a vote. CROWD: Yes!

[SHOTGUN BLAST]

[PHONE RINGS]

- Hello? RAMIREZ: Barbara, it's Anna Ramirez.

Jim needs you to pack up and put the kids in the car right away.

But the units outside...

Those cops can't be trusted.

Jim needs you away from them as soon as possible.

I'll call them off for 10 minutes, and you'll have to move fast.

- But where am I supposed to take them? - 25052nd Street.

Leave as soon as the patrol car pulls out.

Okay.

She believe you?

It's because she trusts you...

...just like Rachel did.

- I didn't know... - Didn't know what they'd do?

You're the second cop to say that to me.

What exactly did you think they were gonna do?

They got me early on. My mother's hospital bills...

- Don't! - I'm sorry.

You live to fight another day, officer.

SWAT LEADER: We found the missing hospital bus.

GORDON: Then we have a hostage situation.

It's a shooting gallery.

Why would he choose a spot with such big windows?

SWAT LEADER: We have clear shots on five clowns.

Snipers take them out, smash the windows, a team rappels in.

Team moves in by the stairwells.

Two, three casualties max.

- Let's do it. BATMAN: It's not that simple.

- With the Joker, it never is. - What's simple is...

...every second, those people on the ferries get closer to blowing...

- That won't happen. - Then he'll blow both of them up!

- We don't have time for paper ballots. - I want everybody to put their votes...

...on this piece of paper.

If anyone's got pens, pass it along.

GUARDSMAN: Thank you. Anybody else?

Coming through. Anybody else? Thank you.

COMMANDER: We need to get these votes in quickly.

Come on.

PRISONER 1: What are you waiting for? Push the button!

PRISONER 2: We're running out of time!

I need five minutes alone.

No! There's no time!

We have clear shots!

Dent is in there with them. We have to save Dent!

I have to save Dent.

Get ready.

Two minutes, then we breach.

[MUFFLED GRUNTING]

Fox, I need picture.

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- Hello? BARBARA: Jim, we're in trouble.

FOX: Okay, you got POV on alpha...

... omni on beta.

Looks like clowns and hostages on two floors.

There's a SWAT team on the stairwell.

Another SWAT team on the roof.

TEAM LEADER: Line's clear.

- Barbara, calm down. - He has the kids!

DENT: Hello, Jim. - Harvey?

- Where's my family? - Where my family died.

[BUS Y SIGNAL]

SWAT LEADER: Blue team, acquire the target.

Entry team, set your charge.

[MUFFLED GRUNTING]

BATMAN: Fox, the SWATs are targeting the wrong people.

The clowns are the hostages.

Red team, go! Red team, go!

Entry team, blow and go!

Don't move.

SWAT LEADER: Take the shot.

FOX: Those SWATs are coming in hot.

SWAT 1: Clowns, put down your guns.

SWAT 2: Drop your weapons! SWAT 3: On the ground, now!

SWAT 4: Doctors, get down! Clear the line of fire. Drop your weap...

[ALL GRUNTING]

[DOGS GROWLING]

SWAT 5: Freeze!

Stand down or you will be...

FOX: Look up.

See those bad guys on the floor above?

They're waiting to ambush the SWAT team coming up the elevator.

SWAT LEADER: Sixty seconds.

The tally is 140 against, 396 for.

[PRISONERS SHOUTING]

So go ahead. Do it.

We're still here.

And that means they haven't killed us yet either.

TEAM LEADER: Go, go, go!

Blue team, cover!

[HOSTAGES GRUNTING]

Uh-oh.

[SWAT TEAM SHOUTING]

FOX: Trouble on the floor above.

SWAT 6: Get down on the ground now!

[ALL YELLING]

SWAT 7: Freeze! Stop or we will shoot.

SWAT 8: We will shoot you. Drop the officer.

Release the officer right now.

SWAT 9: Let him go now! On your knees!

PILOT: We got him. He's out of the game.

SWAT 9: Keep your hands in the air! SWAT 8: Step away from the edge!

[SCREAMS AND GRUNTS]

[SWAT TEAM SCREAMING]

SWAT 10: Halt!

SWAT 11: Stay down! SWAT 12: Don't move!

SWAT LEADER: Be advised. Clowns are hostages, doctors are targets.

[DOGS GROWLING AND BARKING]

Ah, you made it. I'm so thrilled.

- Where's the detonator? - Go get him.

[BARKING]

[BATMAN GRUNTING]

[JOKER GROWLS]

SWAT 13: Put down your weapon! SWAT 14: Don't move!

[GRUNTING]

You don't wanna die...

...but you don't know how to take a life.

Give it to me.

These men will kill you and take it anyway.

No one wants to get their hands dirty.

Fine. I'll do it.

Those men on that boat? They made their choices.

They chose to murder and steal.

It doesn't make any sense for us to have to die too.

All the old familiar places.

FOX: Stand by.

[JOKER YELLS]

SWAT 2: Red team, floor secure. Hostages are safe.

Give it to me.

You can tell them I took it by force.

Give it to me, and I'll do what you should've did 10 minutes ago.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

We really should stop this fighting, otherwise we'll miss the fireworks.

There won't be any fireworks.

And here we go.

What were you trying to prove?

That deep down, everyone's as ugly as you?

You're alone.

Can't rely on anyone these days. You gotta do everything yourself. Don't we?

That's okay. I came prepared.

It's a funny world we live in. Speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?

No, but I know how you got these.

[GRUNTS]

[LAUGHING]

Oh, you.

You just couldn't let me go, could you?

This is what happens when an unstoppable force...

...meets an immovable object.

You truly are incorruptible, aren't you?

Huh? You won't kill me...

...out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness.

And I won't kill you...

...because you're just too much fun.

I think you and I are destined to do this forever.

You'll be in a padded cell forever.

Maybe we could share one.

You know, they'll be doubling up...

...the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds.

This city just showed you...

...that it's full of people ready to believe in good.

Until their spirit breaks completely.

Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent...

...and all the heroic things he's done.

You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul...

...in a fistfight with you?

No.

You need an ace in the hole.

Mine's Harvey.

What did you do?

I took Gotham's white knight...

...and I brought him down to our level.

It wasn't hard. See, madness, as you know...

...is like gravity.

All it takes is a little push.

[LAUGHING]

Dent!

DENT: This is where they brought her, Gordon, after your men handed her over.

This is where she died.

I know, I was here...

...trying to save her. - But you didn't.

- I couldn't. - Yes, you could've.

If you'd listened to me.

If you stood up against corruption...

...instead of doing your deal with the devil.

I was trying to fight the Mob!

You wouldn't dare try to justify yourself if you knew what I'd lost.

Have you ever had to talk to the person you loved most...

...tell them it's gonna be all right, when you know it's not?

Well, you're about to know what that feels like, Gordon.

Then you can look me in the eye and tell me you're sorry.

- You're not going to hurt my family. - No.

Just the person you love most.

[GUN COCKS]

So is it your wife?

Put the gun down, Harvey.

Harvey, put down the gun.

Please. Please, Harvey. Please.

Oh, goddamn it.

Will you stop pointing that gun at my family?

BARBARA: No! - We have a winner.

No, Jim, stop him!

GORDON: Harvey. BARBARA: Don't let him...

Harvey!

[BARBARA SOBBING]

I'm sorry!

For everything.

Please don't hurt my son.

[DOGS BARKING]

[CHATTERING]

You brought your cops?

All they know is there's a situation.

They don't know who or what. They're just creating a perimeter.

You think I wanna escape from this?

There is no escape from this.

You don't wanna hurt the boy, Harvey.

It's not about what I want, it's about what's fair!

You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time.

But you were wrong.

The world is cruel. And the only morality in a cruel world...

...is chance.

Unbiased.

Unprejudiced.

Fair.

His son's got the same chance she had.

Fifty-fifty.

What happened to Rachel wasn't chance. We decided to act.

We three.

Then why was it me who was the only one who lost everything?

- It wasn't. - The Joker chose me.

Because you were the best of us.

He wanted to prove that even someone as good as you...

...could fall.

And he was right.

You're the one pointing the gun, Harvey.

So point it at the people responsible.

Fair enough.

You first.

My turn.

Harvey, you're right.

Rachel's death was my fault.

Please don't punish the boy.

- Please, punish me. - I'm about to.

Tell your boy he's gonna be all right, Gordon.

Lie...

...like I lied.

It's going to be all right, son.

[BATMAN GRUNTS]

[BARBARA SCREAMS]

Dad? Daddy, is he okay?

[BATMAN PANTING]

- Thank you. - You don't have to thank me.

Yes, I do.

The Joker won.

Harvey's prosecution, everything he fought for...

...undone.

Whatever chance you gave us at fixing our city dies with Harvey's reputation.

We bet it all on him.

The Joker took the best of us and tore him down.

People will lose hope.

They won't.

They must never know what he did.

Five dead.

Two of them cops.

- You can't sweep that... - No.

But the Joker cannot win.

Gotham needs its true hero.

- No. - You either die a hero...

...or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

I can do those things...

...because I'm not a hero, not like Dent.

I killed those people. That's what I can be.

No, no, you can't. You're not.

I'm whatever Gotham needs me to be.

Call it in.

GORDON: A hero.

Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed.

Nothing less than a knight...

...shining.

GORDON: They'll hunt you.

BATMAN: You'll hunt me.

You'll condemn me.

Set the dogs on me.

Because that's what needs to happen.

Because sometimes...

... the truth isn't good enough.

Sometimes people deserve more.

Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

JAMES: Batman.

Batman!

Why's he running, Dad?

Because we have to chase him.

Okay, we're going in! Go, go! Move!

He didn't do anything wrong.

[BARKING]

Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

So we'll hunt him...

... because he can take it.

Because he's not our hero.

He's a silent guardian...

...a watchful protector.

A dark knight.

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