[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.
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!