Quentin Tarantino's

And then it was a backdoor bust.

A routine vice squad roust. They

roust this bar, out buddy Lawrence

is in there knocking down a few.

He gets picked up. He's wearing

on his person an outlaw .45

automatic, apparently his weapon

of choice. Also, on his finger is

a diamond ring from a jewelry

store robbery a year earlier. He

got two years back inside for

that.

TWO SHOT OF HOLDAWAY AND FREDDY

Freddy winces.

FREDDY

Goddamn, that's hard time.

JODIE

JODIE

So far, it's the only time he's

ever done.

CU HOLDAWAY

HOLDAWAY

Was this vice squad bullshit in

Milwaukee?

JODIE

JODIE

No. The vice squad roust was in

L.A. He's been in Los Angeles

since '77.

DOLLY BEHIND HOLDAWAY'S DESK

from left to right.

FREDDY

When did he do this time?

JODIE

Back in '83, got out late '86. I

found something else out I think

you two should be aware of.

About a year and a half ago, up in

Sacramento, an undercover cop,

John Dolenz, worked his way into a

bank job. Apparently before the

job they found out he was a cop.

Now picture this: It's Dolenz's

birthday, a bunch of cops are

waiting in his apartment for a

surprise party. The door opens,

everyone yells "Surprise!", and

standing in the doorway is Dolenz

and this other guy sticking a gun

in Dolenz's ribs. Before anybody

knows what's going on, this

stranger shoots Dolenz dead and

starts firing two .45 automatics

into the crowd.

HOLDAWAY

What happened?

The DOLLY moves behind Jodie.

JODIE

It was a mess. Cops got hit,

wives got hit, girlfriends got

hit, his dog got hit. People got

glass in their faces. Three were

killed, six were wounded.

FREDDY

They couldn't pin the killing on

one of the bank robbers?

JODIE

They tried, but they didn't have a

positive I.D. and all those guys

had alibis. Besides, we really

didn't have anything on them. We

had the testimony of a dead man

that they were talking

about committing a robbery. They

never went ahead with the bank

job.

The DOLLY completes its circle.

FREDDY

And Larry Dimick was one of the

boys?

JODIE

He was probably the one.

ON HOLDAWAY

HOLDAWAY

Just how sure are you with your

cover?

PAN to C.U. on Freddy.

FREDDY

Today they may know something,

tomorrow they may know something

else. But yesterday they didn't

know anything.

C.U. OF MR. WHITE'S MUG SHOT

FREDDY (OS)

What's the next step?

HOLDAWAY (OS)

Do what they told ya. Sit in your

apartment and wait for 'em to call

you. We'll have guys posted

outside who'll follow you when

they pick you up.

35 INT. FREDDY'S APARTMENT - DAY

C.U. TELEPHONE

It RINGS. Freddy answers it, we FOLLOW the receiver up to

his face.

FREDDY

Hello.

NICE GUY EDDIE (OS)

(through phone)

It's time. Grab your jacket--

36 INT. NICE GUY EDDIE'S CAR (PARKED) - DAY

C.U. of Nice Guy Eddie speaking into the car phone.

EDDIE

--We're parked outside.

FREDDY (OS)

(through phone)

I'll be right down.

We hear the CLICK of Freddy hanging up through the phone.

Nice Guy places the receiver back in its cradle.

EDDIE

He'll be right down.

39 INT. FREDDY'S APARTMENT - DAY

The CAMERA follows Freddy as he hops around the

apartment getting everything he needs. He puts on

his jacket and slips on some sneakers.

DOLLY fast toward the front door knob. Freddy's hand

comes into FRAME, grabs the knob, then lets go. We MOVE

UP to his face.

Fear.

FREDDY

(to himself)

Don't pussy out on me now. They

don't know. They don't know shit.

(pause)

You're not gonna get hurt. You're

fucking Baretta and they believe

every word, cuz

you're super cool.

He exits FRAME. We stay put and hear the door open and

close OFF SCREEN.

40 EXT. FREDDY'S APARTMENT - DAY

COPS' POV

From inside an unmarked car across the street, the TWO

COPS watching Freddy see him walk out of his building and

up to Eddie's parked car.

COP #1 (OS)

There goes our boy.

COP #2 (OS)

I swear, a guy has to have rocks

in his head the size of Gibraltar

to work undercover.

COP #1 (OS)

Do you want one of these?

COP #2 (OS)

Yeah, gimme the bear claw.

Freddy gets into the car and it pulls into traffic.

Cop #1 starts the engine and follows.

41 INT. NICE GUY EDDIE'S CAR (MOVING) - DAY

Nice Guy Eddie is behind the wheel. Mr. Pink is

in the passenger seat. Freddy and Mr. White are in the

backseat together.

MR. PINK

...Hey, I know what I'm talkin

about, black women ain't the same

as white women.

MR. WHITE

(sarcastically)

There's a slight difference.

The car laughs.

MR. PINK

Go ahead and laugh, you know what

I mean. What a while bitch will

put up with, a black bitch won't

put up with for a minute. They

got a line, and if you cross it,

they fuck you up.

EDDIE

I gotta go along with Mr. Pink on

this. I've seen it happen.

MR. WHITE

Okay, Mr. Expert. If this is such

a truism, how come every nigger I

know treats his woman like a piece

of shit?

MR. PINK

I'll make you a bet that those

same damn niggers who were showin

their ass in public, when their

bitches get 'em home, they chill

the fuck out.

MR. WHITE

Not these guys.

MR. PINK

Yeah, those guys too.

EDDIE

Let me tell you guys a story. In

one of daddy's clubs there was

this black cocktail waitress named

Elois.

MR. WHITE

Elois?

EDDIE

Yeah, Elois. E and Lois. We

called her Lady E.

MR. WHITE

Where was she from, Compton?

EDDIE

No. She was from Ladora Heights.

MR. PINK

The black Beverly Hills. I knew

this lady from Ladora Heights

once.

(in a stuck up black

female voice)

"Hi, I'm from Ladora Heights, it's

the black Beverly Hills."

EDDIE

It's not the black Beverly Hills,

it's the black Palos Verdes.

Anyway, this chick, Elois, was a

man-eater-upper. I bet every guy

who's ever met her has jacked off

to her at least once. You know

who she looked like? Christie

Love. 'Member that TV show "Get

Christie Love"? She was a black

female cop. She always used to

say "You're under arrest, sugar."

MR. PINK

I was in the sixth grade when that

show was on. I totally dug it.

What the fuck was the name of the

chick who played Christie

Love?

EDDIE

Pam Grier.

MR. PINK

No, it wasn't Pan Grier, Pan Grier

was the other one. Pan Grier made

the movies. Christie Love was

like a Pam Grier TV show, without

Pam Grier.

MR. PINK

What the fuck was that chick's

name? Oh this is just great, I'm

totally fuckin tortured now.

EDDIE