"POLICE ACADEMY 3 BACK IN TRAINING" (1986)

Establishing shot ovar which we hear pretentious, official-sounding MUSIC. And, judging by the official- looking cars and the helicopter squatting on the parade field, something big is going on here.

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FROM THE STAGE

GOVERNGR KEILSOXN addresses the audience. Behind him sits a dour group of two men and two women - the EVALUATION COMMITTEE. Beside the Committee sit COMMNANDAXTS LASSARD and Mauser, Lt. Proctor and CHIEF HURST.

ANGLE ON THE GRADUATES

TWO GROUPS in diiferent uniforms, sitting on opposite sides of an aisie. We also discover CALLAHAN in front and JONES in back with Blanks and Copeland. Copeland's wearing a neck brace. They exchange conspiratorial smirks.

NETLSON ¢0.8.> Howevar, it saddens me to tell you that this is the last time there will be two graduating classes. It's time to tighten our belts.

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engrossed in chasing away a fiy playing Kamakazi pilot with his head. Over this we hear...

‘ ANGLE OK EVALUATIOK COMMITTEE and boy are they a humorless looking bunch.

; ” NEILSOK €0.5.) ey a. Committee to evaiuate and compare the two. So, each Academy's fate rests in their own hands.

ANGLE OK LASSARD

We can't he sure he's heard any of this because the damn fly is driving him nuts. It lands on the cheek of a HOMAK beside him. Lassard is fascinated, Slowly, carefully, he raises his hand to strike as...

‘“KEILSON (0.8.} I'm sure both Commandants welcome this renin gis

SLAM, Lassard nails the fly, sending the woman sprauiing out of FRAME.

Got it!

THE GOVERNOR

turns, oblivious to the slight commotion behind him.

The AUDIENCE applauds. tLassard stands, a bit bewildered. LASSARD

reacting te applause> Good heavens, it was only a fly.

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Let's take a second toe set things up: The Governor's

helicopter squats at the far end of the Parade Field;

to reach it, the Governor must pass before a long line of POLICE OFFICERS who stand ready to salute hin.

Mauser and his boot-licking assistant, Lt. Proctor, cross to Lassard, Callahan, wearing mirror-shades (she's always wearing mirrored-shades), stands beside him at rigid parade rest, followed by Blanks, Copeland and Jones.

The Governor, the Evaluation Committee and POLICE COMMISSIONER HURST arrive and Mauser bows repeatedly.

And he does, getting raised eyebrow toaks and nervous smiles as they pass by.

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Mauser steps in front of the Governor and brandishes file folder thick with papers in his face.

The Governor nods, tries to step around Mauser, who moves to block him.

for everyone when [I say...

And Mauser BELCHES.

Rather, Jones manufactures a belch for him. Perhaps the loudest belch we've ever heard, The Governor steps back -- stunned. WMauser'’s stunned too -- he can't believe he

did that. Lassard steps forward.

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Jones manufactures a little STOMACH RUMBLING then another BELCH. Mauser grabs his gut, then his mouth...looks horrified...the Governor and Evaiuation Committee give him a wide berth as they head for the helicopter -

“HURST ‘ -. muttered te Mauser) Get hold. of yourself, idiot. You're making. the Governor sick. :

Hurst storms ain Mauser turns on Proctor.

MAUSER: What the hell ure Raha let me eat?

Proctor sputters.

" LASSARD-

-Weil, Mauser, I:think you've made a lasting impression on the Governor, ~

Mauser and Proctor storm off. Lassard'’s concerned.

Copeland and Blanks snap off a salute and exit FRANE. A beat. Then, in unison...

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CLOSE on Mahoney in uniform, We don't know where he is or what's going on but judging by the SHOUTS and SCREAMS, the POUNDING GF RACING FEET and the frantic expression on

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No! Stop! No! (blows whistle>

WIDE

as he walks forward and wa discovar the source of all that noise - TWO GiRLSt BASKETBALL TEAMS have been going at it on a Blayground court. The qualifications for these teams is. that you have to took great in shorts and a tee-shirt.

‘They all do as they stop playing and turn to Mahoney.

_ WAHOKEY It's a simple give and go... Gather round...

He motions them around as he sits on his haunches to draw some X's and 0's on the hardtop.

Mahoney stops as he looks up ~- totally encircled by the girls. He clears his throat.

; MAHONEY -»-gather around even more.

MAHCGHEY'S PATROL CAR 4A

parked near the playground. A nine year old black kid

named TOMMY, sits in the driver's seat, feet propped up on the dashboard, reading a comic book. The car radio

CRACKLES ON and he answers.

RADIO VOICE (¥.0.)

Get Mahoney and get your fest off the dashboard!

This last bit startles Tommy. He sits holt upright, then looks around to discover Jones peering through a window.

JONES

Cas radio voice) That’s a lot better.

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Mahoney runs the teams through .a drill. He stands at the top of the key and passes the ball off to a girl

slashing past him. At least that's how it's supposed to work. —

The first girl through, takes the pass but her dafender sails right into Mahoney. The twe go down.

The cthers have gathered around as they stand...

The girls laugh. Tommy breaks through the circle. TOMNY Sergeant, my Uncle's here. Says Lassard needs help.

Mahoney's axpression changes and we linger on Mahoney long enough to know this is important, then...

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We are looking across an expanse of grass at a WOMAN seated with her back to us on a park bench. We can’t

tell much about her except that she's wearing a BARBI -DOLL blond wig, she's a bit on the bulky side and the purse beside her is big enough to carry 2 microwave.

A MAN who exudes purse snatcher, steps into the f.g. and looks around surreptitiously. He slinks towards the unauspaeting woman. s

Pic Oe; v. MAK - WOMAN —

and her tempting purse. His hand reaches for it as we...

ANGLE on the purse snatcher, clamping hold of the purse

‘straps, He takes a step then is suddenly pulled hack,

out of FRAHE. HIDE .

The woman jerks on the purse so hard the man flies over the bench, hitting the ground with a THUD. He looks up in painful amazement, eyes filled with horror. He screams.

P.O.V¥. MAK. - WOMAN

‘Only now we discover the oniciinitin face of HIGHTOWER under

that blond wig.

RACK IN SCENE .

there's a CACKLING RADIO SOUND from somewhere and Hightower extends a walkie-talkie from where his cleavage should be. We hear...

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RADIO VOICE ¢¥.0.>) «3

Hightower...turn in your pantyhose, :

- Lassard needs help. | 7

A heat for Highton s reaction, then... ® Cut TO:

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At first, we seem to ba tracking through some exctic jungle. Jungle birds CHIRP, jungle bugs make jungle BUG SOUNDS, ali heightened by ominous Jungle STALKING MUSIC.

BUD, a gangly twenty year old, moves cautiousiy around a palm tree. He stops. Looks down. Bends and we bend with him to discover...

LITTLE EUGENE

Sgt. Tackleberry's two yaar cld son. He wears a diaper, a toy holster and he carries a plastic squirt gun.

...Gome on little Eugene, give me ES hint. Where's he hiding?

Little Eugene shakes his head.

ANGLE on...uwetl, we cant be sure but it looks like wet sand. Slowly, a form begins to emerge from the sand: -ttts TACKLEBERRY, hare chested, with a bow slung across his shoulder - he’s doing his best RAMBO OUT OF THE MUD impersonation.

ANGLE on Bué@ trying to get some hints from Little Eugene.

; gs BUD “Come one. I have a message - €or him.

A wet aed covered Tackleherry looms ominously in the b.g., then lunges at Bud gripping him around the throat.

Tackleberry loosens his grip; a distant, gtazed look in his eyes. If you sat next to someone on a bus uith this look,

you'd move immediately. Bud rubs his throat. RAG He ReuEy

picks up his son as we go...

WIDE

The kid giggles and playfully squirts Tackleberry in the face with a spray from the water pistol.

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CONTINUED: 8 TACKLEBERRY Geod shot, Meanwhile, we're discovering Tackleberry'ts jungle's a composed of potted palms, the SOUNDS are provided by a *

tape deck and Tackleberry's hiding place was a child's sandbox.

. DISSOLVE TO:

There's bright, blinding Light as, from a LOW ANGLE we *

. peer down a highly polished marble floor. te hear the - ECHOING CLICK of boots on the hard surface and then SIX

ELONGATED SHADOWS MOVE towards. CAMERA. Dramatic MUSIC SWELLS as the CAMERA tilts up to find five silhouettas dramatically backlit ~ smoke billowing up behind them.

We may not recognize them at first but these are our heroes, making an entrance that has all the mystic and hereic impact of "THE RIGHT STUFF". Hahoney, Jones, fackleberry, Hooks, Hightower and Callahan sweep towards us ~ avenging angels, determined to save the day.

TNT. LASSARD'S OFFICE - BAY 10 Lassard sits at his desk, flanked by Bianks and Copeland. In front of Lassard is a goidfish bowl containing a LARGE GOLDFISH. Lassard, Copeland and Blanks look up as...

P.O.V. ALL OF THEM - OUR HEROES

dramatically filling the doorway.

BACK IX SCENE

Blanks and Copeland are obviously unhappy as our heroes line up in front of Lassard’s desk. Lassard stands, a *

riding crop in hand. He touches it to the brim of his | + cap and snaps off a salute.

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te BLAKKS

.€interrupting>

Sir;: y don't see why we need Mahoney ane these.

- LASSARD ; : Sgt. ‘Blanks, ithe Academy is iaelag

its greatest challenge. We must were ROR R ER: :

As ewnain’ snenke: he ‘paces behind his desk, tapping his hand with the. crop.for emphasis. ~

We suspect he may have seen PATTON a few. too Ban times. Fishbowl and fish are on desk, i cow

- LASSARD After many >- many years of turning out. many, many fine police officers, the. state says it can neo longer afford two academies. God knows what they did with all the money..

Lassard gets carried away and smacks his palm too hard with

the riding crop. He lets out a controlled HUM cf pain but goes on ee new zeal.

here! A reputation to defend and defend it we wiill

Lassard smacks the desk with the crop and the fish flies out. .Mahoney catches it. Drops it in howl. Lassard lays the crop on the desk and sits.

Lost in thought, he rolts back and forth in his chair, each time straying just a little. bit further from the desk.

LASSARD

There can ontiy be one winner. But also only one loser so it werks out nicely.

ANGLE on our heroes; their heads move side to side track- ing Lassard as if viewing a tennis match.

ANGLE GN Lassard rolling back and forth.

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Lassard has rolled completely out of FRANE. There's an Q.S. CRASH then the chair rolis back into FRAME -- minus Lassard.

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A very quiet, very quaint suburban nelghborhood just waking up to the morning sun. & YOUNG BOY on a bike delivers newspapers - tossing them towards the stoops: real Norman Rockwell Kind of stuff. A paper hits the door of the first house and comes to a rest. A paper hits the door of the second house and drops to the steps.

At the third house, things aren't so quaint or quiet. A uniformed SGT. DOUG FACKLER is back out his front door, arguing with his wife. MRS. FACKLER, suitcase in hand, tries to shove past him and succeeds in knocking off his hat.

But that's about all she gets cut because as he bends for his hat, the newspaper arrives, sails over his stooped form and nails Mrs. Fackler in the gut. She GROANS, clutching her stomach and dropping the suitcase.

She lunges for the suitcase, They wrestie over it.

The suitcase opens, spilling its contents over the lawn. This stops the fighting for a beat.

Fackler buys it. He bends to gather up his wife’s things.

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-Just how dangerous becomes immediately apparent: Mrs. Fackler drops her sweet act, pushes her husband head over heals, then races tor the driveway where a police car squats behind the family station wagon. Fackiar lunges, catching her by the ankle. She hits the ground with a THUD but

- undaunted and tnharmed, tries crauling te the car.

' . MRS. FACKLER Let go of me mister or-faca the consequences,

Mrs. Facile stops atrugdding: Speaks calmly.

, MRS. FACKLER O.k.. You’re right. We're adults, we can talk this out.

A relieved Fackler helps his wife up.

Suddenly, Mrs. Fackler bolts for the house slamming the door in her husband's face and locking it. Fackler proceeds to carry on a one-sided conversation with the locked door...

4 : FACKLER (0.s.> I thought we were adults. Open up. O.K., you want to be this way, fine, I'm trained for this stuff. I can stand out here all day. You’re not getting past me.

While he's carrying on this conversation we...

ANGLE on a window at the side of the house. Mrs. Fackler appears, drops from the window to the ground.

MOVE with her as she does a military style belly crawl to the driveway, climbs into the police car and starts it.

WIDE as Facklier stops his monclogue with the door the CAR STARTS. He races to the driveway and hurls himself onto the #*# hood. The car SQUEALS away, lights flashing, SIREN BLARING. *

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Over Mrs. Fackler's shoulder we see her husband pressed

against the windshield. é (CONTINUED)

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We might mistake this for en day. at some’ slightly seedy New England college campus:. Mahoney greets -car- loads of hopeful new recruits;-.goodbyes are interrupted hy Tackleberry barking orders; Jones. and Callahan line up new arrivals; Hightower directs confused cadets. An unsmiling Copeland surveys all this QS eer i oe

“A BLOCK LONG. LINO

“shings to the curb. A heavyset young man in his early

twenties heps out and contemptuocusly appraises the place. This is DANIEL HEDGES and he exudes arrogance. His CHAUFFEUR starts. to unload Tuggage.

HEDGES: Cloud; snapping ‘Vinsare} Hey! Hey, can I get a little help with the bags here? " ' {¢rossing to Copeland) You, in the cub scout uniform, how about a little heip!?

Hedges stuffs a few crumpled bills into Copeland‘s breast pocket, motions him to the bags.

Impatient, Hedges grabs the money, turns to see... HIGHTOWER at the curb.

Hightower gives him a siow, sullen stare. Hedges indgi- cates a row of matching bags the chauffeur has placed at the curb.

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Hightower moves to the bags, clamps hold of ali of then, hoists them up and calmly thrusts them on Hedges. Hedges tepples and so do the hags.

’ KREDGES €sitting amidst the hags) O.k., I think I can handle it from here. Yeah. Definitely. Definitely I can handle it.

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& POLICE OFFICER sits on his cycle, strikes a match to light his ciagrette. He tooks up at the sound of SIRENS as something shoots past, blowing out his match.

P.O.V. POLICE OFFICER - A POLICE CAR

whizzing by. We may just catch a glimpse of Mrs. Fackler behind the wheel. Mr. Fackler is hanging onto the hood for dear life.

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two more police cars, and a motorcycle, ail with SIRENS BLARING, trail the lead car. The motorcycle cop decides that whatever's going on must he serious. He gives pursuit.

MR. SWEETCHUCK peers through his bifocals at the highway as he PUTTS-PUTTS along on his MOPED. This guy was born to be picked on. All the HONKING going on behind him is taking its toll.- -

He angles onto the shouider and motions for someone to pass.

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pedals past - gives him a dirty look.

SHEETCHUCK

suings onto the road only to he immediately driven off hy the SOUND OF SIRENS as the Mrs. Fackler led entourage of police cars and cycles ROARS past. This time the moped hits the shoulder and Keeps on going until it disappears into the woods. Sweetchuck’s cry drowns out the SIRENS.

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& bus swings te the curb and stops.

TXT. BUS 16

Hew cadets are bounding out of their seats, pulling gear from overhead racks. Hooks stands at the head ef the bus

with a clipboard in hand. She's trying to impose some order on this madhouse.

She stops. No one’s paying attention.

ANGLE on the cadets, totally ignoring her.

ANGLE on Hooks. She sighs, then tucks the clipboard under one arm, puts two fingers to her lips and lets loose a whistle that's probably stopping cabs in Manhattan.

Ne HEAR an o.s. burst of NGVENENT.

ANGLE on the cadets - very humbled and very quiet as they Sit frozen at attention.

ANGLE on Hooks; all smiles and sweetness.

Cut TO:

Recruits begin to file off. Mahoney nods and smiles tellos

as if he were welcoming them to Club Med, addressing them through an electronic bulihorn.

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MOVE with the recruits to... JONES

back to us, also speaking through an electronic BULL HORK.

He turns around revealing just his hand to his mouth - no

_bullhorn.

Everyone, follow me please.

He starts to lead them off with a manufactured BRUM ROLL

but is brought up short by... . bs LOUD SIRENS. Lots of then. . x IH THE PARKING LOT 2 17a Mrs.-Fackler brings the police car to a halt. The four * trailing vehicles SCREECH to a stop. She hops out of the * car covering her ears. The police are out of their cars " - confused and angry. % MRS. FACKLER €to Jones; in- dicating siren) You know how toe shut that thing off?! It's driving me nuts. She tosses him the keys and crosses the parking lot. | CUT Ta:

We see enough to know that this its a soaring chrome and x glass hi-tech eyesore accompanied by a hi-tech NUSIC a

STUNG.

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We can’t tell too much about the academy at first because

we are CLOSE on Mauser appraising something that pleases hin.

PULL BACK a Little to discover he its walking down a line of men at rigid attention. This Line-up is enough to

convinee you that cloning is here to stay - every ene of these guys ftooks like a member of some super Aryan race.

Ch yes...very, very good... BRS. perfect.

Lt. Penwter marks at his e188 eran the head nodding ISRSUE Ra: checking names from a es sain

~

“MAUSER ¢continuing) Ch these men are...

Suddenly, Mauser stops. Where there should be another 62" storm trooper specimen is a gap.

Mauser slouly looks down. He is not happy.

P.O.V¥. MAUSER - TOMOKO NOGATA

who is a sore thumb in these surroundings. Ha'ts 5°37" and definitaly not WASP.)

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Mauser‘s expression tells Nogata he's picked the wrong phrase. He digs through the book again.

Irritated, he drags his assistant away.

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A confused Proctor fumbles through his papers.

PROCTOR ; Fu Man Chu? Fu fian Chu? Are you sure on that name, sir? {| don't show any Fu Man Chu.

_ , PROCTOR Oh, ‘He's with the Tachikawa Highway Patrol. Part of an - International Exchange Pregran. . Here to study our methods.

- Proctor runs off to take care of Nogata. As Mauser

watches the little man being pulled cff the Line, THE BAXTER BROTHERS, two huge jocks who left their brains in a locker, drop to the ground in front of him and start doing rapid fire push-ups. Mauser looks a little taken back. The men pop back up to rigid attention.

Mauser gives them a nervous smile of appreciation and mOVeS On.

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Jones leads the NEW RECRUITS in a little HUT ~ HUT march. He stops as he HEARS a BALL BOUNCING then what sounds like a ¢rowd cheering.

P.O.V¥. JONES - TOMMY

Mahoney's phone answering assistant. He's dribbling a basketball ~ BOWNCE BOUNCE - shooting - SWISH ~ and getting a big CHEER. There is no ball, net or crowd so the kid is manufacturing all the sounds as he plays.

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Jones watches him dribble his imaginary ball, providing the sound of the crowd. Bianks has joined him.

a : : BLANKS What's he | aetna?

Tommy and venss eepratse Blanks as 1% he's crazy.

Tonmy goes back to his game.

' BLAKKS “Well this is police property; You can't play here. And take this with you.

As Blanks bends to pick up Tommy’s sweatshirt, Jones

produces the SOUND OF RIPPING MATERIAL. With a start, Blanks straightens up, grabs his ass to find and cover the rip. He's getting strange looks from the recruits.

Blanks can't see behind him, stumbles, and with his hands

still clamped to his ass, does a full somersauit, hops to his feet with contrived dignity, and storms away.

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back to us, arms akimbo. Even from behind she looks hard.

Callahan turns her sunglassed stare on the two. The girl cowers back.

oo. CALLAHAN I'm a ma'am, ma'am!

-MOTHER Oh, I*m sorry. Those guns make it so hard to tell. Are you an instructor?

CALLAHAN

Affirmative. — {to Sarah)

Are you a new recruit?

SARAH © Well, yes...I...

Sarah's lips move like she wants to say something but her mother doesn't give her a chance.

Callahan's had enough of this. She puts fingers to her lips and WHISTLES the conversation to a stop.

CALLAHAN

€to mother? Stifle it.

{to Sarah) Don't worry. When we're finished with pou, you'll have nerves of steel, ice in your veins and a set of brass balis this hig.

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Gal kanes wan tuutce this by gesturing seaetry how big these

brass balls will bes, then leads 2 wide-eyed Sarah out of FRAME. “EXT. GURB - BAY °8 7 ‘ 22

. Gaclialercy is e asloed in uncontortal te conversation with ‘hig aa ae Annan BAe KIRKLAND and his brother-in-law, BUD.

oe 7 "het

5 Held. no “favoritism here. If Bud . screws up Fou give him a good whack.

ne ‘ienonewectal this: by giving the kid a swat on the head. “ “. The..kid: drops like a sack of rocks. The father thinks it's oo Bunny, racing to- his: car with a laugh.

Bud” is ‘up: and. at the: av iver! s side window,

the father gives an ‘aw shucks » * shrug.

‘Mow it's the kid's turn te go ‘Aw shucksy'

. BUD Thanks dad. And weuld you give this to Mom for me?

With that Bud nails his father with a solid right cross that drops him out of view beneath the dashboard. Elated, Bud hops back as the car starts weaving down the drive, the father just coming into view, waving out the window.

Tackleherry's definitely cuauerentne the kid's sanity.

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as it SHUDDERS to a halt. IH THE BACK SEAT Nogata is thrown violently forward, disappears on the floor.

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The CABBIE, a guy in a T-shirt that must have been used to wrap Fathurgers, smacks his meter so numbers start twirling tike a slot machine.

Kogata crauls back onto his seat, fumbiing out American and foreign currency. Hands a £istful to the cabbie.

. CABBIE “Uh, uh. TI don't take money '. with pictures of tuna fish. . CUT. TO:

RARER HOOVER

a new reeruié who may not be out and out beautiful but she's damn close. At the moment she's dragging a large suitcase across he Barking lot. She reaches... NOGATA’

and Sha" cabbie. Thay are out of the cab, and Hogata is

piling money into the cahbie's hand. Nogata takes off a

shoe and finds more money which he starts to count out. KAREN

looks- concerned. Crosses to Kogata.

You're heing ripped off.

ANGLE on Mahony who spots Karen and iikes what he spots.

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He

crosses to the cab where a full scale altercation's going on.

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the way, may I have the name of your laundress? .

: “ CARBIE Look, wise guy, don't think a blue uniform scares me.

ANGLE on Hightower talking to some recruits. He turns. and heads towards...

mother.

The cabbie gets nervous as Hightower appears at his side.

What's the meter read, huh!? Meters don't lie.

Rightower reaches into the cab, rips the meter off the dash and shakes it violently in front of the cabbie's

face. The fare comes up .70 cents. Hightower smiles and hands the meter to the cabbie.

As the cabbie scurries hack into his cah, Mahoney pulis Karen aside.

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_ KARERK Karen Hoover.

shower, slip into something

smalter,..

He reaches for her bag but she grabs it auay.

Karen igno

KAREN ti Thanks anyway, Sgt., but ['m not here to get hit on by every guy who thinks he looks cute in a blue uniform.

res him, as she drags her bag away.

Who is it? Lassard?

Chaat} Beliave me, these May, December romances never work out,

Lassard swings his golf cart up to Mahoney and drives in

circles ar

Mahoney do

ound him.

esn't have time to agree because...

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THE DRIVEWAY. — 23h

Where Sweetchuck ours moped. die towards the: ‘circular drive, ant poeeS MR aeneat. nim! comes.

we,

MAX

on a motorcycle the size ‘of Rhedé ‘Island. dak 1edks like he ARPAGS, his paghts badass a 11" Se MOVE mith hin as “he suings. MP: beside a terrified Sueetchucky : ie es AAU... Se | | max. screams like’ a.

; id ‘Madman) — whe

rs HATE YOUR BIKE! .

Sweetchuck- ae to “aay “hits rea ‘inde control as Max swerves towards him, laughing. The laughter will be

short: ae yecause they" Te heading straight for...

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and the santer Island of grass displaying flowers and

‘the school emblem.

We can tell by their SCREAMS OF TERROR that Max and Sueetchuck have both lost control. Their cycle and moped

scatter instructors and cadets like bhewling pins then hit

the lip of the grass island. Riders and hikes separate.

Oo . CUT TO: MAHONEY AND LASSARD : 23C who watch in wide-eyed disbelief and. horror because... MAX AMD SWEETCHUCK 23D land in rapid succession spread-eagle and face first into the flower hed; followed by the cycle and the moped which drep beside them from out ef the sky. TWO SHOT MAHONEY AND LASSARD 23E

as they survey the scene.

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Crowded with cadets carrying bags and supplies. Max and Sueetchuck converge on the same door hut can't see each other cover the pile of Junk they carry. They collide

in the doorway. Sweetchuck is about to get mad until he gets a good look at Nax. He SCREAMS. His SCREAM starties Nax, who also SCREAMS.

Sweetchuck backs into the room, stepping up on the first bed and cowering against the wall.

MAX ’ (tossing stuff on second bed) ‘Okay...I'll take this one.

Tax's reformed.

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He's an animal!

CALLAHAN

- MAX © ror Yeah! I used to be with Zed's old gang. But we had a crises of leadership.

CALLAHAN

So, he's on our side now.

Besides, he knows the criminal mind...

€as she exits? ..+heti, he is the criminal mind.

Max I... been in therapy. [t...it helped get rid of my hostilities. I had too much angst. €beat; in the same tone> Don't ¢all me an animal or I'l] rip out your spine and slap you across the face with it.

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2 New recruits in sweatsuits exercise under the eye of ' Callahan and Hooks.

TRACK with Callahan as she marches up the ranks prod- ' ding them on as they do a toe touching exercise.

' HEDGES

is a victim of inertia. He touches his toes hut keeps

_right on bending, falling in. one slow, continuous motion.

BUD

is like a windmill, throwing his arms around cadets have

_ to duck and dodge to avoid losing their heads.

' NOGATA

however, has things under control - exercising with clockwork-like precision, |

' MAX

has a cigarette dangling from-his mouth as he stands watching Sweetchuck GRUNT his way through the exercise,

WIBE as Callahan turns to walk back down the line of cadets. Lassard comes bounding towards her on his golf cart. He BAOnS | as he nears her.

Now, Lassard hasn't actually stopped. He's gone past shouting back over his shoulder.

find Lassard and his golf cart disappear over an embank~ ment. All that trails hack to us is a protracted...

Callahan shakes her head and turns to the gawking cadets. CALLAHAH What are you gawking at? You never saw a golf cart before?!

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Skyscrapers jut into the night sky. Over this appears:

THE STATE, IN AN EFFORT TO CUT COSTS, IS ABOUT TO CLOSE ONE OF ITS TWO POLICE ACADEMIES. WHILE MOST MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPART- MENT VIEW THIS AS A LOSS, THERE ARE THOSE FEW SELFISH MEK WHO

VIEW IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

CUT Td:

CTITLES begin in the same style as POLICE ACADENY I and TEs

Bark. Wet. Jesuried: except for the STREET SWEEPER lumbering towards us. Only someone up to no good would he out on this street. ,

In the £.q., a car SQUEALS around the corner and heads towards us racing through a large puddle of cruddy water

that splatters the street sweeper.

This same non-descript car appeas on another ominous

looking street - its TWO OCCUPAKTS indistinguishable

silhouettes. The car slows...searching for something ..-then swings into a...

cur Td: HT. GARAGE - NIGHT . 26

The car's headlights sweep the concrete walls as it negotiates the twists and turns of a subterranean garage entrance ramp. The car slous for a...

TICKET BOOTH

CLOSE on the driver's window. It slides dewn but all we get to see of the driver is his trench coat clad arm. It shoots out at the same moment the LOT ATTEN- DANT'S arm shoots into FRAME. The driver plucks the ticket from tha attendant's hand. The window slides up. The car pulls away.

ATTENDANT ¢G.8.}) We close in ten minutes, Mack! CUT To:

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The car's headlights snap off as it glides into a spot,

The two occupants are paranoid; wearing dark glasses, hats pulled down on their heads, a trenchcoat with up- turned collar and ducking down in the seat as an exiting gar suoops past. They slide out of the car, shutting the door with a soft CLICK that makes them flinch. As they tiptoe away, the driver is jerked to a sudden stop. He strains forward and we hear a RIPPING noise. He's just left half his trenchcoat in the clesed car door.

We may recognize these two as they go hack toe sneaking around the garage - it's COPELAND and BLANKS. To know them is to. want te plant a kick firmly in their crotch. But for now, we'ii just MOVE with them as they stalk around cars ~ slink through shadows.

FROM UNDER CARS

we have a TRACKING SHOT of their feet. These are tense feet - sneaky feet and then, uncertain feat as they stop suddenly, turn and collide into each other.

ANGLE ON BLANKS AND COPELAND looking around. Furtive.

Copeland's getting worried. He leans through the open window of a car and RLASTS THE HORN. It’s painfuily loud,

He BLASTS THE HORN again as, suddenly, MAUSER and ~ PROCTOR, hands clamped to their ears and grimacing in pain, leap from hehind a pillar.

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SeereY, Blanks ang Copeland practically jump « axes each other’ S arms. ‘:

‘BLANKS - Cdefenstve> . “tt wan" my idea, it was his. .Cpoints ae Proctor)

“PROCTOR We shoulda’ he ‘seen. together. ‘Just thinking of the D clalt4 3 '.'.Qperation Fiasco, x (proudly) , It's what I call this, sir.

: Mauser Solas nay eyes heavenward. | Shakes his head.

Blanks and Copeland took at each other. Confused.

Wrong! My sources have informed re that one cf them's heing closed.

BLAKKS | Which one?

; MAUSER They haven’t decided. That's where you tuo come in. I need some men who'll help make sure they close Lassard's academy - not mine. fen who want to rise to the top with me! Men who'd sell cut their own mothers to get ahead! {CONTINUED >

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BLANKS & COPELAXD €proud; in unison? That's us! Definitely, that's us!

(to Proctor) Can we get out of here now?

Proctor hesitates.

A beat, COPELAND C€anklous?>

Ah...don’t you think we should

have one of those? I'ma size

eight.

BLANKS" CAR 27A

suinging up the exit ramp. The car stops abruptly as it comes face to face with a metal gate blocking the exit.

Copeland HONKS the HORN. No response. He hops out and goes to the gate leaving Blanks in the car.

He tries sliding it open. Bit by bit it moves. He's © really struggling with this thing and he's almost got it when he glances at his car to see...

P.O.¥. COPELAND ~ CAR

starting to slide back down the ramp...picking up speed as a firantic Blanks lunges for the wheel.

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Copeland is so startled he lets go of the gate. Instant- ly it snaps shut, pinning him to the wall with a LOUD THUB. He only has a secend to lament his fate, hecause the next thing we hear ts the unmistakable sound of Blanks SCREAMING and a car CRASHING [NTO CEMENT. Hold on Copeland's beady little eyes darting back and forth while he remains pinned to the wall.

“m,

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“3 OARS: SHEE TCHUCK'S Room - NIGHT 28

“ QLOSE. on Sweetchuck, ‘asleep. His eyes flutter open. He Senses. something... turns slowly to come face to face with

2 eat ak af ae - ee

“2 staring wide-eyed at hin, not six inches away. Sweetchuck _ YELPS.. dumps back.

Gate ace a MAX Rede Tae You got a real weird birthmark, ee you know that?

a ‘Sueetchuck {éciis horrified, pulls the covers tight over his ve butt.

es ; “alt _°.. SUEETCHUCK we - ‘What are you some kind of vampire thing? It's one in the morning.

. "MAX No...I'm a night person. I _ can't sleep.

ANGLE on Sweetchuck. The room is quiet. His eyes start

to. slide shut. He may actually get back to sleep but then - BONGOS the LOUDEST DANN BONGOS we've ever heard. He sits up instantly, eyas wide, groping for the light...to reveal

Max pounding on a pair of bongos doing a little DAY ~- Q, DAY ~- 0.

. WAX

(shouting? What kinda music you like? John Cougar Melancamp or Duran Duran?!

4& door swings open and an angry aioe and Copeland look out into the hallway.

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NAX'S ROOM “294°

Max pounds away. Sweetchuck lies on his back, eyes wide. - open, staring straight up at the ceiling.

Blanks and Copeland enter.

We hear Sweetchuck protesting (0.5.), then Sweethuck, Max Copeland and Blanks appear in FRANE. Stop. Copeland hands each of them a flashlight.

Blanks and Copeland storm off.

Sweetchuck spins around, angry but lets out another YELP. Max's making a distorted face and holding the flashlight under his chin. We don't blame Sweetchuck for YELPING.

CUT TC:

Blanks sleeps and Copeland sits at the window watching the fiashlights" beams sweeping the grounds. Max and Sweetchuck must be on speed because those beams are rac”

ing around in frantic circles. Copeland looks at Blanks, at the beams, at Blanks. He‘’s nervous about waking him.

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Max sleeps on the grass. Sweetehuck is watching something. He shakes Max awake.

He PAH in the direction he’s pointing to discover... THO BOGS

each with a flashlight attached to their collars. They are chasing each other across the fieid,..into the road. We get the idea that the chaser would like more than a casual relationship with the chasee.

AHGLE ON Max and Sweetchuck.

We're looking out the window at the two dogs but ail we see are the flashlights. And those two flashlights are going through some strange gyrations out there, Blanks still sleeps but Copeland is both fascinated and con- fused by what he sees.

Cheatd Whew...sure locks tike it though...

He peers again. Now he's convinced. He jumps up.

Blanks jerks awake, wide-eyed.

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Where Sweatchuck is doing his best net to watch. Max seems sort of hypnotized though, then...

A PIZZAS R US DELIVERY TRUCK

is coming up the driveway.

THE DRIVER

is a little sleepy behind tha wheel but something's caught his attention because he's suddenly alert as we...

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Blanks has his uniform jacket on and a pistol in his hand. Copeland keeps vigil at the window. Blanks locks out

just in time to see the truck headlights barreling down on the flashlights. The SOUNB of SCREECHING TIRES

reaches them... '

As both men race from the room, we Linger on the window long enough to see the two flashlights race off across the field. &

OMITTED (Was ~- Int. Blanks" Gffice> ; 36

The cadets stand at attention as Blanks paces in front

of them. Behind Blanks, lined up at parade rest, are our heroes. And Copeland. °

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Rlanks snaps his finger in the direction of Copeland who steps forward and spits out each letter as he spells...

os

CONTINUED: ¢2} 37 COPELAND Bicsthacs te aort ate beaeked MAHONEY (singing a la Aretha Franklin3d »»eEind out what it means to me... HEDGES 1 don't have to learn respect.

{'m rich.

Ctakes out a wad

of money) How many dead presidents do you feld into your pocket every Friday? I'm talking net, not gross.

Smoke is about te start coming out of Blanks' ears but Mahoney intervenes. MAHONEY Isn't this great! He's rich and I'm broke but when we put on the uniform, we're equals. In fact, I*m more equal. (beat; he's serious now) There’s something else you should all know. You could be the last class to attend this Academy. That may not mean anything to you, but it sure does to us-..

Mahoney gestures at his fellow officers; Hightower, Jones, Hooks, Tackleberry (maybe he wipes a tear from his eye hut it's hard to tell with those mirrored shades), Callahan.

INTERCUT between Mahoney and this group ~ everyone except Copeland moved by his words. Copeland has the kind of smug grin on his face that’s just begging to he siapped off.

HAHONEY

That's why, we not only want you to keep up the good sork but we want you to work harder. We want you te he the best cadets this Academy's ever seen.

Cheat? You can do it. You may not believe this, but once, even I was a screw up. Mow, let's go out there and win one for Lassard!

This gets a spontaneous cheer from Hightower and company. Copeland shakes his head until Bightower glares at him - then he starts applauding feverishly.

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AKGLE on Karen who is obviously moved and impressed by Mahoney's impassioned plea.

ANGLE on Blanks who is just as obviously not impressed.

Lassard stands at the window. In his hand he has one of these little clay houses used to decorate fish tanks. He has been observing this scene and is touched. He moves from the window to his desk. As he does, he finds that

the little house ‘is stuck on his: index finger. He tries

to pry it of f.. No dice. He sits, leans close to the goldfish boul and sEgate to the fish.

. : LASSARD

{stilt trying tq ; . pull off house? : Dia: you. hear that? Ko. No, of course not. How siliy of me to ask.

.€picks up bowl}

You're too far from the window.

Lassasrd, with. the house still attached to his finger, ¢arries the bowl to the window. —_—

The cadets” are dispersing but Karen le ect waiting for Mahoney.

NGVE with. her as she falls in beside hir. Mahoney does a little start as if he's afraid of being hit again.

AS THEY WALK

.Hahoney looks ereniril as if afraid ‘she might be overheard.

as)

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Mahoney stops abruptly. He is dumbstruck.

They start walking again, passing beneath Lassard’s office window,

Mahoney doesn’t get a chance to respond because he hears...

We discover the problem with Mahoney. P.O.¥. MAHONEY - FISH BOWL

dropping from the window in SLOW MOTION. BACK IK SCENE

Mahoney takes two steps, positions himself, a beat, and the bowl drons into his arms barely losing a drop of water. He's done this before. He calmiy turns to a wide- eyed Karen.

CUT TQ:

Cadets stand at Parade rest in front of two squad cars. Behind them we see a driving obstacle course. Hooks addresses them. Jones stands beside her.

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Th HOOKS

Hot-only must you know all traffic laws, you must also master high speed driving. We'll begin today, with a .laisurely spin around the ‘course.

a

es nC CUT TO: 41... INT. POLICE CAR , us

CLOSE on Karen, tightly clutching the steering wheel and

staring intently ahead. She's nervous. Karen flinches

‘at the SOUKBD of TIRES SQUEALING, CARS COLLIDING, GLASS. : AND NETAL SHATTERING. We're convinced she's just been part. of a twenty seven car crack-up until...

PULL BACK to reveal Jones sitting beside her and provid- ‘ing the sound effects.

u@ INT. ANOTHER POLICE CAR 42

“ax is behind the wheel and Hooks is heside him. She's about to hand him some keys...

With that he ducks under the dash and reappears with two wires. As Hooks looks on, Max touches the wires against his teeth and an electric current jumps from one wire to the other with Max in the middle. It looks kind of like the reviving of FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER.

The car starts and...

...leaves a patch of rubber as it explodes off the iine.

Hightower, flanked by two GERMAN SHEPHERDS the size of Chevys; walks in front of the assembled cadets.

ANGLE on Bud as he reaches to pet a passing dog. BUD

}T love dogs and they love me.

We HEAR an 0.8. SNARL and Bud leaps back, minus the sleeve to his sweatshirt.

HIDE

as Hightower, still talking, stops, pulls a tattered sleeve from one of the dogs, tosses it to Bud.

Hightower motions Sweetchuck of £ the line.

Sweetchuck is nervous about this.

SWEE TCHUCK

I don't know. Dogs hate me... Tescaxe

(he gulps; to dogs? If it's not an inconvenience, could you sit?

(when the dogs

growl> Sit. Please. I’m begging here.

This triggers something because beth dogs leap at Sucetchuck, pinning him to the fleor to slebber kisses over this face.

Hightower turns to the dogs.

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CONTINUED: 43 HIGHTOWER (with a ton of authority) Sit!

In unison and fast, the dogs and ali the cadets sit then leock up at Hightower for their next command.

Establishing shot.

It's strictly sterile hi-tech: white walls, metal desk with desktop computer and a bank of video monitors.

Mauser is showing Commissioner Hurst the monitoring system. Proctor hovers at Mauser's shoulder. The monitors broad- cast centers of activity - the gymnasium, a classroom, an athletic field.

Over Mauser’s shoulder we see a monitor pick up a cadet at a hallway water fountain.

ON SCREEN

the startled cadet looks up, nailing himself with a spray of water. dHe'ts really shaken as he searches for the source of the voice then hits the floor for push-ups.

BACK IN SCENE

A cartoon appears on the screen. CCONTIHUED)

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Revised 8/30/85 | 43.

- 45 PROCTOR : €same tone as Mauser's) --« the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. Qh good, this is the episode where Natasha and Boris

have Rocky trapped in a...

Mauser snaps off the monitor. Glares at Proctor.

MAUSER

Stril a few hugs to work out. -But I hope you'll tell the - ' Evaluation Committee about the

steps I’ve taken to improve...

. HURST €eutting him off>

You're chapping your lips on’ - the wrong butt, Nauser.- I have no say with the Committee. -And I want both Academies to

look good.

~~ MAUSER Oh, so do I. So do I. Rhen might-the Committee be coming?

- HURST {disgqusted> They'll be at Lassard's this week and next week the Governor's got them snooping around the downtown precincts. So you got

‘a couple of weeks to perfect

your ass kissing.

interests

stand at attention.

‘Mauser's reaction tells us this piece of information

him. The Baxter brothers enter the room and

BAXTER 1

Cvery military?) Cadets Baxter here, sir, with the reports on...

(stops; awed) Commissioner!

They immediately drop to the floor and start doing one handed push-ups.

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Hurst gives Mauser a, "Are these guys nuts?", look and tries to exit around them but finally has to time a leap over them on a down beat.

_ CUT TO;

For a beat, the FRAME is empty. Then Jones, dressed in a

white smock with a black bait, flies into FRAME with a fierce KARATE SCREAM. Now, when Jones goes through the following exhibition, he produces ali the out of sync SMACKING, SLAPPING and CHGPPING SOUKD EFFECTS. The whole thing has the aura of a SHAW BROTHERS" KUNG FU MOVIE

Jones soars through the air, throws a karate Kick and does

-a CHOP CHOP move with his hands, punctuated by...

ge JONES

-* €out of syne; ; oriental accent> AHHHHHHHH:? Ginsu knife!

Jones has more hang time than Dr. J. ever dreamed of. In fact, he's suspended in air long enough to discover...

THE CADETS

viewing this exhibition open-mouthed. Some of them are armed with street weapons.

ANGLE on Jones whe lands and in rapid-fire procession...

CHOPS a hroom stick held by Karen into pieces, does a double flip ending up with a kick that splits a two-by- four heid by a nervous Sweetchuck. SLASH, he splits Mrs. Fackler's bike chain, spins and takes out Negata‘ts base- ball bat, then ends by cracking cinder blocks stacked at the edge of the mat, with his head. All of this is punce~ tuated with KUNG FU CRIES and things like...

Jones turns to the group with a deep oriental bow. JOKES

It's simple. Whe'd like to try it first?

GBA

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Cadets practice a karate move. They step out with the leit leg and punch with the left arm. The move is accompanied by a scream of "AYE YAH!" that is totally out of sync. Jones nods his head enthusiastically.

ANOTHER PART OF THE Gil

Callahan watches Nogata pick up a wooden board, study it, close his eyes, crack the heard with his head then calmiy walk out of FRANE. Callahan is impressed. She exits FRAME to follow Negata.

& beat. Blanks steps inte FRAME glaring after Nogata. He picks up another board. Looks around. Satisfied every- one is occupied, he tries to break the board with his

head but instead almost manages to knock himself out. He staggers out of FRAME.

A beat. Max steps into FRAME. Picks up the board. Looks around. Slips on a pair of brass knuckles and proceeds to pound on the board until it cracks. He gives a iittile seli~satisfied shrug of the shoulders then steps out of FRAME .

ANGLE on Callahan crossing to Negata who is being shown a kick move by Jones. Callahan comes close to Nogata which places her breasts at about his eye level - some- thing Négata does not fail to notice.

JONES

We'il’ be changing Ho's name to Bruce Les.

Nogata is uncomfortable with the praise but not se uncomfortable he takes his eyes cif Callahan's bust.

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HbA.

Picasa. it.is just a matter of the mind heing mightier than the bosom.

- Nogata. seems unaware of: his mistake. I£ we could see

Callahan's eyes through her shades, she might he

Se glaring: at Nogaten but we can't be sure.

: Peg CALLAHAK “Interesting theory. turns and waiks

; iy away, "WR beat. With growing. panic, Nogata realizes what he's done. ; HOGATA I said bosom?! I said besom not board! ‘ JGHES

Cwith a Sue? Common mistake. ;

- KOGATA “'T meant no disrespect...it's just -»eeOh! What a woman!

To prove that, we ANGLE on Callahan who puts her fingers te her lips and lets out a DEAFENING WHISTLE. All activity stops as cadets cover their ears in pain.

The cadets file past the various gym equipment as thay exit. Bud passes a HEAVY PUNCHING BAG suspended from the ceiling and gives it a vicious shot. The bag swings out of FRAME.

Sueetchuck walks by just as the hag swings back into FRAME, hitting him full force and knocking him out of FRAME.

IHT. LOCKER ROOK i 4?

Cadets finish dressing, exit. Voices trail back to us, then we are alone in the quiet locker room as a locker deer opens and Sweetchuck peeks out. Certain the coast

is clear he steps from his locker wrapped in a towel

and carrying what looks like the targest roil of SARAN WRAP we've ever seen. He tiptoes through the locker room.

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One of those open affairs with shower heads mounted along the wall. It doesn*t afford much privacy. Sweetchuck plans to provide his own because that's no roll of saran wrap ~ it's a plastic shower curtain mounted on a curved shower rod. Swaetchuck fastens this with suction cups to the wall.

Satisfied it's secure, he takes a furtiva look around and slips into the shower. We slip in with him to play PSYCHd SHOWER SCENE: Here's Sweetchuck washing merrily away and there...over his shoulder is someone stalking hin... obscured by the curtain and getting closer as the - PSYCHO MUSIC starts...Sweetchuck scrubbing...the shadowy hand reaching out...the MUSIC LOUDER...the curtain pulled back...

CLOSE on Sweetchuck as he SCREAMS...reaches for the cur-

tain, slips...SNAP,. SNAP, SKAP, the curtain rings pop and Sueetchuck falls, tangled-:in the curtain as he looks up.

P.O.¥. SWEETCHUCK ~ MAX

peering down at hin, bongos tucked under one arm.

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‘INT. REC ROOM - HIGHT , 4g

Cadets play pool, ping pong, watch T.¥. and compare their aches and pains.

Bud sits glued to the T.¥., using a remote control to flip

“through the channels.

fTackleberry appears in the doorway, surveys the room. Checks his watch. Enters. He's standing so we can see and hear the T.¥. set behind him.

The cadets begin to file out of the room, Tackleberry nodding pleasantly. Behind him Bud changes the channeis and we HEAR...

T.V. ¢V.0.) Don't move copper!

-..-followed by GUNSHOTS.

Tackleberry quick draws his pistol, spins and shoots out the T.¥. The cadets hit the deck - hide behind furniture. Bud turns in his chair.

Gur TO:

All is peaceful, all is calm. Blanks strolls down the haliwayp. Checks a few rooms. Hods. Satisfied. He

stops beside an alarm box at the end of the hallway. Smiles. Pulls a switch. Lights start flashing and an ALARM BLARES. Exhausted cadets tumble out of their rooms.

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The cadets run along the streets...a lot of GRUMBLING

going on. A squad car trails behind them: A message blares from its speaker.

Copeland drives and speaks through a microphone and Blanks snores in the back seat...

THT. DORM HALLWAY - DANK | 53 The eeivte drag themselves to their rooms.

. | CUD TO: IHT. HEDGES" 200M 54

NHogata drags Hedges into the room hecause his legs aren't doing much to support him.

Kogata releases Hedges so he can pull some of the junk off the guy's bed. Hedges sways, then beliy flops onto Hogata's bed. A heat. Hedges SCREAMS, slides onto the floor, pulling the sheet with him to reveal that Nogata’s mattress has been replaced with a hed of naiis.

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& disgruntled Sweetchuck struggles down the driveway

with his suitcase. Suddenly, a shadowy figure drops from a tree into his path. Sweetchuck staggers hack in fright as Tackleberry, bare chested, wearing a headband and grease paint on his face, blocks his way. While they talk, we hear the annoying BUZZ of a MOSQUITO.

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Revised 8/30/85.

‘- @°SWEETCHUCK - It's me...it's’ ‘Sueetchuck. You're giving. me a heart. attack, here,

; Rs: * SACKLERERRY Going A. Wl. 0. = ae. “

Tackleberry: shoos the. nosquite | ‘away. it won't quit.

aes ooo.) SMERTCHUCK

: Am. I Saitek Yes! Quitting? ‘Yes!’ i.can't take anymore! I was: happier. at hone betng mugged.

Tackleberry removes a. aegE piece of ‘paper from his hack

pocket.’ He" starts ‘to unfold : er

. ; TACKLEBERRY Lak. this. man.in: the eye and telk tin you’ re quitting!

With a dranatic ‘Hourish, he reveals a _— of RAMBO.

ye te SWEETCHUCK That man didn't have to room with Maxf a

24, 3 _ TACKLEBERRY

‘'-€dead serious) Give me the chance and [I'll turn you. into a man. Or kill you trying.

The mosquito ae: gotten to Tackleberry because he sud~ denly pulls a knife from his boot and lets it fly. We hear the knife hit: the tree o.s. and the abrupt and loud end of the mosquito's BUZZING. Tackleberry puts an arm around the wide -~eyed Sweetchuck and leads him back to the dorm.

Only we don't know that at first because we are PANNING that humorless~looking group known as the Evaluation Committee. As we Pan we hear... CALLAHAN ¢0.8.)> The foregoing is proper procedure for entry into a hostile environment.

Then we...

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ANGLE on Tackieberry doing what we've seen NcGarrett do

a hundred times on HAWAII 5-0: Tackleberry approaches a demo-door set into a stage flat from the left. With his pistol held straight out, he kicks the X% spot on the door. As it opens, he falls against the wall to the right of the door, suiinging the pistol up close to his face. A heat, then Tackleberry brings the pistol down, leaps into the open doorway and fires-at a target shaped like a man. Tackteberry turns around and we go...

' WIDE

to discover the rest of his audience includes the cadets and, on the. sidelines, Mahoney, Lassard and Blanks.

a ge TACKLEBERRY ' {to ¢adets; serious?) & good kick may be all that stands hetween you and the excruciating pain of a .357 Magnum slug shredding your vital organs.

Hedges has heard ali he needs to hear. He's ready to go.

' HEDGES suys, that's (a wrap for ne!

Callahan grabs his ani front and shoves him hack down.

“Tackieberry motions to Sweetchuck, points to the door.

Sweetchuck moves to the door, spins so his back is to us and kicks viciously at the door. A beat. The door doesn't budge. Sweetchuck is frozen in place. fhen, like a slowly falling statue, ha topples over and drops out of FRAME.

ANGLE on Lassard whe glances nervously at the Evaluation Committee. It's hard to judge what they're thinking.

MAX

moves to the door playing this out as if he were hreaking into an apartment. He lights a cigarette, looks around nervousty, then spins to the door. But instead of whip- ping out his gun and kicking, he pulls out a piece of plastic and jimmies the leck ecpen. He stands up proudly only to hlow smoke inte the face of an angry Copeland.

He grabs his cigarettes and lighter.

door, he does manage to Kick a hole through it and bury his right leg in the door up te his ereotch.

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waiks quietly up to the closed door. He stands and stares at it, eyes wide and intense. Slowly the door swings cpen as if of its own volition. He steps out of FRAME.

MRS. FACKLER

kicks the door open but fergets to move away. The door suings back-and nails her. A beat, then Mrs. Fackler gets

her revenge, pounding and kicking on the door until Cailahan steps in and pulls her out of FRAME.

of the door. When the door swings open, he fires on the target...CLICK...CLICK...no more ammo.

cut To:

THE SIDELINES

Lassard seems confused.

Mahoney sparks to this.

5 i MAHONEY Youtre right, sir.

(CONTINUED

“BW.

BR.

- remove it.

‘apartments.

“Revised 9/4/85 50. SQONTINUED: 3) 56 “Both men salute Lassard. Lassard starts to return the

‘salute but catches himself and nods instead. When he .turns and walks away, we discover why he did not salute:

The clay goldfish bowl house remains stuck to his finger.

“ats Hands behind his hack, he passes the Evaluation Committee.

Their heads turn in unison as they witness his struggle to . CUT TO:

Establishing shot of a row of huildings that house smal! stores - jewalry shops, appliance shops - and walk up

cuT TO:

‘EXT. BUILDING ROOFTOP *- NIGHT 58

Two shadouy figures crouch behind an air duct. They ba tenses as the door. to the roof opens and...

ANGLE on nauees and préetex stepping onto the roof. Procter Looks around, pieased.

Mauser tooks at Proctor as if he's way short of a full load.

The figures step out from behind the air duct. A flash- + light snaps on and Mauser and Procter cover their eyes, 7 recoil in pain. Mad, mauser grahs for the flashlight. MAUSER Give me that damn thing! Ha turns the light on Blanks and Copeland. In fact, dur- - ing the entize conversation he keeps them squirming under *

the flashlight beam. CCOKTINUED>

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. MAUSER Good! Now, next week [— want you to take the cadets for a little downtown field work.

‘The Evaiuation Committes’s going to be downtown next week.

eS MAUSER

I doubt it. But I'l! he there when Lassard‘s guys screw up. You -just make sure they do screw up. Now let's get out of here.

Mauser gives Proctor a dirty look, shakes his head.

The three head for the door.

Hext time we'll meet some place serving refreshments.

The door siams shut, leaving Mauser alone. A beat. He crosses to the door, pulls on it, but it won't open, With mounting panic he tugs then pounds on the decor.

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And the answer to that is supplied by a CRACK of lightning and the start of a monsoon. Mauser is instantly drenched, He pulls on the door again. Suddenly he hears a BURGLAR ALARM. LOUD. He races from one side of the roof to the other locking down. He deesn't like what he sees,

" P.O.¥. MAUSER - BURGLARS -

four: stories below, racing from the jewelry store with sacks of Loot. And their getaway car happens to helong to Mauser.

BACK T0 SCENE

That doesn't seem to mean much te this group ~ they start the car and take off. Mauser is frantic. Frantic enough to start lowering himsetf to the street via a...

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DRAINPIPE

along the side of the building. He's just starting doun when he hears a HELICOPTER.

P.O.¥. BLANKS - POLICE HELICOPTER

Hovering over the building, its spotlight scanning the street, the rooftop.

COP ¢0.s.) You, on the huilding there. Wea have you in otr sights, do not attempt to escape. We repeat, do not attempt te escape.

Relow him, in the street, three police cars have SCREECHED to a halt.

At that instant the drainpipe bends, angling him out over the street - this was not a very good idea. He swings towards the buil@ing and drops, barely catching hold of a

HINDOW LEDGE

Blanks sighs. Looks down. It's a forty foot fall. The window slides open and a WOMAN in hathrobe and curlers peers out at him.

HIDE

as the helicopter and police car searchiights scan the building, picking up the dangling Blanks.

ANGLE on Blanks holding on for dear life. BLANKS

I am a2 cop, Lady! Could I have a little help here???

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Over the woman's shoulder so we have a clear vianw of Mauser.

Mauser reflexively reaches for his wallet. His face in- stantly registers a horrifying reality - he can't hold onto the ledge with one hand.

Mauser falls with a protracted...

fHAUSER

€soft and weak) Shit. CUT TC:

55 AXD 56

Revised 8/15/85 57.

Be've seen something like this on HILL STREET BLUES: Glass separates the police and a witness from a lineup of suspects. The cops and witness sit in the dark while the suspects squirm under bright Lights.

In the back row, Commissioner Hurst huddies with the Evaluation Committee: The fat gentleman squeesed into the three piece suit is MR. BELLOWS; the undertaker type is HR. DELANEY and the three austere spinsters are MS. CLICK, MS. TYLER and MS. FREEMAN. Not a mellow group as they sit poised with pen ready to touch paper. In the front row, TWO COPS work with MR. MILLER, a nervous, nerdy witness.

Hurst treats the Committee members with a pleasantness he could choke on.

convictions.

ANGLE on witness and two cops.

COP #1 How, Mr. Miller I want you to take your time and study these men very carefully. Then teli us if you see the man who robhed your store.

P.G.V. MILLER - LINEUP

And boy is this deck stacked: We PAN from a shy accountant, to an Orthodox Jaw, to a Catholic Priest, to an Eagle Scout, then - Bingo! This last guy has to jump out at us ~- bulging, unblinking eyes and a face that practically has “Aye Murderer,” tattooed onto it.

SACK IN SCERE

COP #2 {gentle>d Well. Mr. Miller, is he thers?

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eae

"MOVE WITH THEN

"Revised 8/30/85 eae . 58.

ye 62 a= CGF $f éinpatient) Mr. Miller, bright lights in there and dark in here. He can not see us. How, do you see him? Tin 9 A nervous Miller Licks his lips as we. or ee CUT TO:

«Mahoney; Bianks., weeks and Jones, lead a parade of cadets down: 2 drab Babiesy

. te ‘ ef

co MAHONEY (disgruntled>

. Bringing cadets into the field

* this early has. ail the makings of one of your lousy ideas.

BLANKS

What's the matter Mahoney? Ke ' faith in the cadets?!

annie CUT TC:

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The two cops are frustrated by their nervous witness. .. oo

COP #1 eee How hard can it be, Miller? , He's either there or not.

Hurst has had it with this wimp, He leans fiver ard

.. jahs him on the shoulder. =

HURST

‘For God's sake, Miller. Take your balls out of your wife's purse and finger the dirt bag.

While this gets a few raised eyebrows. and some serious note taking from the Committee Members, it also gets to

_ftiller. He takes a deep breath, sets his jaw, raises his

hand and, with a surge of courage, points at his assailant.

At that precise moment, the lights jump on and all heads turn to discover our cadets and instructors filling the doorway - foremost of whom is Hedges with his guilty hand en the light switch.

’ Then everyone spins and stares at Miller who SCREAMS

because...

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has plastered himself to the glass, eyes wide in manic anger as he stares at his accusor.

Miller jumps up...and franticaliy shifts his accusing finger to the priest.

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An agitated Hurst storms out of the lineup room, flanked by Blanks and Mahoney. In the b.g., cadets and Evalua- tion Committee members file out.

Hurst stops short. Nauser appears in the hailway.

Hurst shakes his head in total frustration. RURST

Hell tet them get their feel somewhere else,

Hurst storms away but we tinger with Nahoney and Mauser.

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Revised $/30/85 6i.

Nahoney shakes his head in disgust and shoves past

Mauser.

' You never Know when you'll be

begging me for a joht

; EXT. _ ROUGH NETcHsORNOOD DAY

| It. aodisn' t. ‘saan “to. bother Max ‘bak i ‘is sure getting to a

neryous Ms. “tyler. She's practically jogging to keep up

. with Max's bouncy. step; aes 1 in’ 3 cima as they " . move. PneO a crosswalk.

MAX ~. You, tte learn to relax - you “could: ek migraings.

~ pHe CAR Leaps OF PONRS ; a:

‘ suddenly. SCREECH: ore a: bere’: on both sides of them. Ms. Tyler iets. out: ay els. -frops. es note pad.

Max confronts ‘the: gang hond~on; as they pile out of the ' beat up convertibles and appraise him like old wast gunfighters. Then suddeniy the gang engulfs them. Ms.

Tyler lets out a prolonged SCREAM as she and Max are lifted into the backseat of a car. Then gang members

are laughing, in ani Max on the back...shouting hello Bea

ANGLE on itis Wieeeeut as a gang member slides in beside a opntusedh Aes Tyler . Ke. throws an arm around her.

‘5 ss GANG. MEMBER Cte Max) “This. your new squeeze?

The gang wanes staps Ms. Tyler on the back eoodnebureillvs Shea's petrified.

lis. Tyler shoots him a horrified look. wed MAX - I..-! used to be cheap, hoodlum punk. It was peer pressure.

Suddenly, Ms. Tyler is thrown back against her saat as the car blasts off the line.

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Gne of these restaurants with a walk-up window and an outdoor dining area.

Tackleberry steps out of his patrol car and heads to the window, leaving Sweetchuck sitting shotgun. An AGITATED WOMAK and her three smail children waylay Tackleberry.

She indicates a FAT MAN sucking on a three pound cigar while he sips coffee and reads a paper.

He crosses te the man.

Tackleberry’s eyes go wide in anger. He takes tuo steps back, which brings him parallel] to his car and Sweatchuck. He reaches for something - we don't know what until...

Tackleberry swings up his RAMBO BOW and tets fly an arrow that jerks the cigar from the fat man's mouth and pins it to the building.

Hot a prospereus neighborhood. Tommy ~- who we last saw playing an imaginary game of one on one with Dr. J. -

walks along looking as dejected as any nine year old can look.

CuT TQ:

Revised 8/15/85 64.

Bud drives, Jones rides shotgun. He sees Tommy.

Bud's eyes light up - this is action.

With lights flashing and SIREN BLASTING, Bud barrels

ento the siflewalk, SCREECHING to a stop in front of a startled Tommy and throwing Jones against the dashboard.

{leans out window> I was worried about you. Haven't seen you around the Academy for a while.

VONES & BUB Cin unison> Blanks!

Jones bounces an imaginary ball out the car window, manufacturing the sound.

He spins around and walks away. We MOVE with him.

JONES C0.s.) I’m not making fun of you.

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We HEAR the o.s. BOUNCE of a hasketbal! - it grows LOUDER until a BASKETBALL bounces into FRANE and over Tommy's head, Tommy's startled, but not so startled he can't grab the ball and study it as if he's not sure it's real.

WIDE

The police car backs off the curb and as it pulls away, Jones gives the joyous Tommy a thumbs up gesture.

wg CUT TO:

Mrs. Fackler drives very cautiously with Hooks beside her -

and Mr. Delaney and Ms. Freeman from the Evaluation Con- mittee in back.-. A car speeds out of an alleymay, cuts them off and races up the street.

i be & HOOKS Rit ith |

Mrs. Fackler hits:it. Hooks flips on the SIREN. The ' sudden NOISE startles Mrs. Fackler.

What the heli...!

swerving onto the curb, then straightening out.

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With SIREK BLARING and lights flashing, Mrs. Fackler swerves into...

AN ALLEYWAY

Tt*s ‘a ttoht STUse Ze.

ANGLE on Hooks, horrified as the police car scrapes the narrow alley walls sending up @ shower of sparks. Hooks

bends and tries to pry Mrs. Fackler's feot off the gas peddle. .

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CONTINUED . . 75

HOOKS © The brakes, firs. Fackler! lI said hit the brakes!

It is not slowing donn. . , HOOKS ¢V.0.> At least open your eyes! a CUT TO: OMITTED - eS Me ,e | 76 . ee que , : Ha é a ; 77

The police car comes shooting out of the alleyway only to head straight for... P.0,.¥. OCCUPANTS - MAX and fis. Tyler along with his car load of friends. BACK IN. SCENE . , 784 Mrs. Fackiler SCREAMS, covers her eyes. Kooks lunges for the wheel.

swerves, misses Max's car but hits the curb hard and lifts off the ground. He Fotlow its SLOW MOTION flight and HEAR - aes MRS. FACKLER (¥.0.) Is there an owner’s manual with this thing? The car lands out of FRAME with an o.s. CRASH. CuT TO:

THE POLICE CAR — 80

upside down on top of a parked car; tts occupants hana like bats, unharmed. firs. Fackler tries te turn to the Committee members.

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A neighborhood of Mom and Pep stores seiling appliances, clothing, hardware ~ definitely not Beverly Hills. Karen and an apprehensive Sarah patrol the dark streets.

KAREN a

€stage whisper) Tt's helping, Sarah, it's heiping. * ' Karen.hears something. Motions Sarah to be quiet then =

moves cautiously ahead to...

BOR'S 7.V, AND STEREOS

THREE YOUNG PUNKS pick the lock. Karen startles them with a flashlight beam, They spin around, shielding their eyes.

PUNK #1 Hey, lady...ya mind!? Ya. blinding me here!

The FIRST PUNK grins. Moves toward her.

PUNK #1 Sure, I’m Bob of Bob's stereos. These are my sons. I'm teaching them the family business.

up.

Sarah!

€no response?)

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She turns to see Sarah frozen in’ place,

Regis KAREN 2 Sarah, ‘please! 1 2 ee

“ot “gapait €not..too sure) “Test ean, ‘do.’ it. -

‘KAREN te

i. Cnervous) 7 , - Sure. /¥ou can. It'll he weg “fox Your posture, © —

ne (with: sudden OHEEO? | Right

She takes off “Ping. hoa punks move towards Karen.

A punk lunges ‘ang Karen springs inte action with a . davastating kick. It doesn't do much damage to the punk ‘whe @ucks but it does a number on Bob's plate glass window: Her shoe flies off, shatters the window and sets off enough lights and ALARMS to guard the Crown Jawels.

Karen is frozen in place, stunned. The punks aren't. They reach into the window grabbing t.v.'s and stereos -so hy the time Karen reacts with a feeble karate chop to

someone's -back they are racing down the strest.

PUNK #1 . tas he runs?) Thanks lady!

But they're gone. Karen sighs, fooks at her shoe sitting in the middte of the shattered giass and looted display. She reaches for it...can't quite get it...crawls in. Success. Starts to crawl hack out only to hear...

MAN’S VOICE (o.s.).

€loud> Freeze!

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.-.and comes face to face with Mauser, his cadets and a dozen drawn pistols and, just over their shoulder, the ever unsmiling Evaluation Committee.

& teocal hang out frequented by cops. Mahoney sits at the bar with disconsolate cadats.

We ANGLE OX Jones and the BATENDER ringing up a tab, the transaction punctuated by the PING of the cash register bell. When he turns away, Jones duplicates the PING.

The bartender turns back, hits the drawer to be sure it's ‘shut, turns, HEARS the PING again, spins around as if

trying to catch it in the act. More PINGS. He whacks the side of the register, obsessed with shutting the thing up. Suddenly, it dawns on him. He grabs a roil of duct tape from under the bar and turns on Jones,

(CONTINUED?

&3

Revised 8/15/85 71s

CONTINUED: 83 RARTENDER (friendly) One more ping Jonesie and I’l1l permanently tape those lips shut.

Jonas gives a mock look of innocence. ANGLE on Mahoney and the cadets.

WIDE as a grinning Mauser intrudes with Proctor lapping at his heels. HAUSER

One Police car and two civilian

cars totaled; three citizen

complaints; twe evaluation

committee members placed under

heavy sedation; one telex from

the Pope and one retired cadet.

Yeah, {'d say it was a total loss!

Mauser laughs as he moves down the bar and snaps his fingers for service. HEDGES Whew! Glad I have an inheritance te Fall back on.

Jones nudges Mahoney. Shoves the duct tape in front of him. The two of them obviously are on the same wave length because they saunter towards Mauser.

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Mauser laughs, contemptuously.

The bartender obviously wants to see this hecause he's got a bottle of beer, a bottle of champagne and tuo glasses at the ready. The cadets crowd around.

JONES

You might be tempted to peek.

Mauser shakes his head but closes his eyes. Mahoney applies a strip of duct tape. The bartender and cadets are wide-eyed but Proctor doesn't catch on. Mahoney shoves a glass in Mauser's hand. He takes a sip.

He teads the cadets out as Mauser smiles, starts to tug on the tape. His smile fades.

Proctor does, grabbing hold and RIPPING it off oblivious to Mauser's agony.

With a corner of the tape dangling from his temple, Mauser looks up at Proctor in a rage. His eyebrows and eyelids are totally gone - permanentiy aifixed to the tape.

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Lassard paces in front of a line up of Academy Instructors and cadets. They are not happy.

LASSARD

Commissioner Hurst was very, very upset. He used many, many bad words to describe our Academy. Some were even foreign -- Ttalian or Irish, I think...

¢beat> This is survival of the fittest. After what happened downtown I’m afraid we don't seem very fit.

Lassard turns to Sweetchuck who wears a sweathand and mirrored shades.

LASS&RD Of course net! I have no doubt we'j} he victorious.

Lassard resumes walking. As he does, he fails to realize he has gone past the end of the line so, along with the cadets, we watch him get further and further away.

LASSARD

Well, I have a little doubt but itm basically an optimist. Now, T'm sure the Committees will be observing us here and... and in the fieid again and at the Policeaman’s Ball, so, we must do nothing to dishonor the uniform.

Lassard turns to make a point, finds no one's there, looks back and shouts...

CUT TQ:

Nauser sits in a chair with his back to us. Proctor is dcing something to his face, first with an eyebrow pencil then with an eyelash curler. Proctor steps hack to admire his work.

CCONTINUED>

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.COHTINUED: 85

Mauser holds up a mirror and starts making WOUNDED ANIMAL SOUNDS. He spins around so we discover Proctor has penciled- in 1930 STARLET EYEBROWS and given him inch long, glittering eyelashes. The wide-eyed Mauser continues the STRANGULATED ANIMAL SOUNDS. Proctor gets the idea he’s not-.too happy.

Proctor produces a gag ~ bushy eyebrows, glasses and big rubber nose - set.

| | CUT. TO:

All we see of it at ives is a niteen sereen displaying a map of the city.

HOOKS ¢o0.s.} (continuing) This map will pinpoint troubla spots over a ten square mife area.

PULL BACK to diwcover the room. The screen takes up half a wall. In front of the screen is an elaborate communications console - you could launch the space shuttle fiight here. Hooks sits at the console with cadets lined up behind her watching. -.

Hooks pushes a feu buttons and a grid map of city streets pops on the screen.

HOOKS

€continuing) ».».this computerized city grid tracks police vehicle movement.

Some laughter. A beat. Hooks does not look happy.

A&A resounding, "Ho, Sgt. Hooks," from the cadets. CCONTIRUED>)

x

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Revised 8/30/85 . 74, CONTINUED: 86 ROCKS find you won't until we've beaten

Mauer's Academy.

A resounding, "Yes, Sgt. Hooks," from the cadets.

CLOSE on all the cadets bunched together and looking _scared. HIDE |

“te see Hightower addressing them and looking scary.

Hightower gives thiol. ona ominous look then exits.

Hightewer slams the door and crosses to Jones who also holds a gas canister. Jones makes a DIVE BOMBER SOUNB as he prepares to throw the canister, then adds the WHISTLING SOUND of a BGMB as he sane itt go. Bull's-eye! He hits the window.

Hightower goes ae windup and throws.

ANGLE on the building as the canister drills a hole through the building.

HIGHTGWER Co.s.? Caps!

THE DOORS

bust open as cadets race out, gas masks in place; Jones and Hightower encouraging them with shouts of; ‘Lat'’s go,’ - 'Thataway to move!'. Smoke hillows from the doorway.

As an answer, Max steps into the doorway without his gas mask. It doesn’t seem to bother him though; smoke rings pop out cf his mouth as ha: speaks.

75,

Pek depressed Nogata approaches an open door and peers in. OP .O.V, ROGATA = JOKES

Back. oo tis, he. appears to be adjusting a synthesizer,

MS producing a drum rhythm section. He tweaks an imaginary Sus pp esa ee 38 BT ,

Race IN SCENE

ae Noyats knocks tentatively on the door. Jones spins :.. around still] manufacturing the sound. He sees Nogata and quickly flips make believe switches shutting down his

sound SEERERA

’ NGGATA Cuncertain> Shall I return when...when all is weil with your mind?

Jones puts an arm around Nogata and draws him into the

room as he starts to shut the door on us.

i JONES ‘You! ve come to the right place. Grab paper and pen - the Love Doctor is about to speak. The door shuts aS we... . CUT TO:

A hand enters FRANE and knocks on the door.

He offers a seae.

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Dressed in one of those workout suits more appropriate for seduction than exercise, Catiahan does heanch presses on her bed. The KNOCKING interrupts her. She crosses to the door and opens it.

P.O.¥.. CALLAHAN - NOGATA

’ He wears a pair of mirrored shades identical to Callahan's

and a thin gold necklace. In his hand he holds a single

rose and a note paper which he nervously consults.

BACK IN SCENE

: NOGATA In my country it is written, only the Kiss of 2 beautiful woman ' compares to the petal of the rose. . “checks paper? Babe. .

' Callahan tosses away his glasses and reels him in by the

gold chain.

CALLAHAN _ In my country, talk is cheap.

With that she envelops Hogata in her arms and they fall

back on her bed, his head buried in her breasts.

| . - DISSOLVE TO: IKT. HOTEL BALLROOM ~- KIGHT 92

It'll be a second before we realize that because we've disselved to Negata with his head still buried in Callahan's breasts. She's in a gown and they're slow dancing as

Weeuas .

‘PULL BACK to discover everyone else on the crowded dance

floor doing whatever fast step is the latest craze. A farge banner above the stage reads: WELCOME TO THE 35th. AHHUAL POLICEMAK'S BALL. On the stage some hot band plays and sweats.

AT THE ENTRANCE

Mahoney and Karen survey the room. A woman in a red sequined dress who is obviously a HOOKER, slinks past Mahoney and gives him a friendly wave.

CCONTINVED>)

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CONTINUED: — 92 HOOKER Hi Mahoney, how's tricks!?

MOVE with them.

- KARER Mahoney...see this ear? It's a finely tuned crap detector.

‘HAHOQNEY And a lovely ear it is. May I roll my tongue around in it for a while?

As they MOVE cut of FRAME we...

ANGLE on a group standing around chatting. It includes Hurst, the Governor, Lassard and the Evaluation Committee.

The Hooker sweeps hy and taps Lassard on the shoulder.

Lassard smiles.

He turns back to the group, chuckling te himself. They stare at him. There's judgement in that stare. Lassard stifles his chuckling and clears his throat.

€ROTE: Alternate tag:

LASSARD

Cgazing off; wistful> ‘Just an old friend.

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backed up by the Baxter boys. They step up to Mahoney,

Proctor hasn't noticed that the Baxters have wandered off until he turns for their support. He does a double take,

€takes her hand: moves thru crowd) But let's have my aerobics instructor confirm it.

4&T THE BUFFET TABLE

Mahoney, still holding Karen's hand, reaches the Hooker and maneuvers her out of FRAME.

FRAME; surprised> Right here!

He stay at the buffet table to watch Proctor eat hors d'oeuvres. He takes a hite out of one, deasn'’t like it and puts it back on the platter. He picks up another, smells it, decides he doesn't like it either and puts it on the plate of a woman next to him.

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starts shoving them into his mouth with rapid-fire pre- cision. He's managed to deposit a ring of cocktail sauce

— around his mouth, The Hooker saunters up to him.

ao eee HOOKER _,..:Q@hhhh!i T love a.man who eats Shrimp that way!

- HOOKER . husky whisper> Light me.

He lights her cigarette then watches in amazement as she inhales, instantly reducing the cigarette to one long ash. Proctor clears his throat.

She takes his hand and drags him away, passing...

ANOTRER PART OF THE BUFFET TABLE

Nogata stands trancelike, holding his hand over a candle decorating the table. He is oblivious to the flame. Hedges, Copeland and cther guests watch in awe. WNogata removes his hand from the flame opens his eyes and smiles.

NOGATA

It is the power of the mind.

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The crowd disperses when Nogata leaves; all except Copeland. He tooks at the candle, looks around, decides to give it a try. He closes his eyes and places his

hand over the flame. There is a second of calm before Copeland SCREANS and jams his arm up to the elbow into...

A PUNCH BOWL

at precisety the moment Hurst and his wife arrive to be ~ greeted hy a tidal wave of punch. Behind them we see the Evaituation Committee Nembers. With his hand still in the bowl, Coneland:- takes Hurst's glass.

-. COPELAND €filling Hurst's glass> Please..-allow me, sir. {te Committee Members> You folks care for any?

&is he turns to lead his wife away, Mauser appears to

hlock their path. He wears phony eyebrows that look like thick black caterpillars-

Hurst shoves Mauser out of the way.

' HAUSER (to Committee Members >

That's Lassard'’s staff. €shouting after Hurst)

Oh, and send me the dry cleaning bill on that, sir!

It is very dark. We ean barely make out Proctor and the Hooker. Wa HEAR CLOTHING REING REMOVED.

CCONTINVED>

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CONTINUED: 93 HOOKER There's only one thing I want. PROCTCR What? Y'til call room service. HOSKER

Don't be silly. Now, you wait in the bathroom while I get ready.

In silhouette, we see her Iead Proctor to a door.

The room door slams in the naked Proctor’s face. If he realizes this is not the bathroom he doesn't show it. He presses his ear to the door, listens. Now, while a maid's cart blecKs our view from the waist down, it doesn't block the view of the ELDERLY COUPLE walking down the hall towards

CAMERA. Proctor doesn't notice them. CCONTIHUED>

Revised 8/30/85 78. CONTIRUED: . 94 PROCTOR

(tapping on door) Come on, it’s kind of drafty.

In the b.g. the couple stop. The man starts to back up. =

OLD MAN =

Trli...3'°L1 get help. *

He takes off but the WOMAN holds her ground - curious. id PROCTOR

Cto woman> a

Rey. A little patience, huh. I'll he out in a minute. €taps on door> Rurry up! Someone's waiting to use... +

He trails off as reality hits him. Panicked, he POUNDS on the door. The old woman watches, placidiy.

No response. Another hallway door and the elevator doors, start to open.

How, what happens next, happens very quickly:

Shielding his kody with the maid's cart, Proctor dashes onto the elevator.

The maid exits a room just in time te see this. She races to tha elevator. From the CAMNERA'S P,.0.¥. in the hallway, we see her reach inte the elevator and coma out with her cart. Proctor's head and arms appear as he tries to hold onto the cart. Then he's catapuited into the hall by a. herd of people stampeding off the elevator.

Prector leaps for the elevator jamming his arm between the doors to pravent them from shutting. Every other set of

. elevator doors in the world would pep open again - not

these. They stay shut and suddenly Proctor is being

. lifted off the fleor as the elevator begins te rise.

ANGLE on the old woman who calmly watches Proctor as Hi ecnsn ANGLE on Proctor...dangles, a look of horror on his Face,

Oniy we don't know that because we are CLOSE on Hooks who *

sings a few “SHABUBI DO," type lyrics as we...

Revised 6/20/85 79.

CONTINUED: $5

PULL BACK "ee ‘Aiecoser het 's on —— alongwith Janes, Tackleberry. and Callahan. Singing a little: Motown style backup for Hooks. she: is. _ vary good.

Jones. relieves her do linge © perfect JIMMI HENDRIX. He manufactures the: Hendrix: sound cian benefit of any instruments. : Sos

CHOTE: MUSICAL HUMBER’ “MAY BE PLAYED STRAIGHT OR ENTERCUT WETH FOLLOWING: CAN. SERVE AS MTV PULL OUT)

INTERCUT WITH sy HURST® S TABLE - :

Hieet: his. wife ane the: aoue Evaluation Committee vatch the show, ‘Mauser joins them. -

oe MAUSER Suetione comfortable?? Enjoying themselves?!. ¢<snaps his. fingers) Waiter’ Waiter! Another round ' here, Ome ot SSE

: HURST _ Gnuttering) ‘The drinks are free you idiot.

- MAUSER Yes. -Of course. Oh, Mrs. Hurst that punch stain has dried quite nicely.

Everyone turns to.stare at the huge purple stain en- compassing the front of Mrs. Hurst’s gown.

HAUSER

€considering this) I'm sure I coutd get it under

control if I Knew who was winning.

Mauser's ecstatic. He pumps Hurst's hand so hard one of his eyebrous shakes loose.

(CORTINUED)

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Revised 8/30/85 3 80. CONTINUED: (2) OS | 95

Hurst pulls away, disgusted.

He turns and collides with a very agitated HOTEL MANAGER.

. HURST Weil, he’s not at this tabie! Mauser take care of this.

Mauser’s all too happy to oblige.

. MAUSER Kude man! I'I1l put my best people en this! (shouting> Proctor!

OMITTED 94

Proctor is out of earshot as he crouches donn and slinks from one car to another trying to find one with keys. Finally, success. He hops in and we linger long enough to hear the engine start then...

Quiet, deserted. Proctor rolis to a stop at a light. He looks a little more relaxed until a TRUCK RUMBLES up alongside him. Pocter slinks down in his seat.

ANGLE on the TRUCK and the NAN riding shotgun. He casually glances down at Proctor, then does a double take.

(COXTINUVED)

96B

Revised 8/30/85 $1782. CONTINUED: | 96B

HIDE

Preetor returns the iook and decides not to wait for the tight. Ha ZOOMS off.

OMITTED S7

Mauser approaches Lassard's table. Mahoney, Karen, Hightower, Jones and Hooks. sit with Lassard.

_ RAUSER Weil, glad to see you enjoying yourselves, despite the bad news.

Well, bad for you, good for me. Your boys have been deing their usual fine joh so I’ve got this contest in the bag.

With genuine enthusiasm, Lassard hops up and shakes a startled Mauser'’s hand.

- {a beat; if sinks ind Wait a minute...if you're winning, then...then we're losing- Cslumps into his chair>

This gets 2a mumbling of approval. Mahoney is thinking. (CONTINUED >

98A

98B

98C

Revised 8/30/85 : a&2a.

CGHTIRNUED: 98 HOGKS Any ideas?

HiGHTORER (matter -of -fact) I could twist off Mauser’s shiny head. and roll it down the street.

CERT. STREET.~ NIGHT = OBA

Froctor's car squats at the side of the road making SOUXDS that suggest it will never run again.

CLOSE on Proctor's hand turning the Key. INSERT - GAS GAUGE 7 . it reads empty. cur 70:

We're not sure why we are looking at a couple of garhage cans until two bare arms come into FRAME and yank off the lids.

WIDE

to see that this dark, deserted alleyway. doesn't iocok much better than the garbage cans. Suddenly, up ahead, someone zigzags towards us: [t's Proctor, holding two garbage can lids in place - one covering his ¢rotch, the other, his butt.

& DOG BARKS. Proctor freezes for a heat then continues to slink down the alley. This i5 one nervous guy.

who presses back in a doorway. The ¢ar's getting closer and he’?! be seen for sure. He looks around - frantic -

98C

98D

98E

Revisad 8/30/85 , 82R. CONTINUED: : . - 98C

tries the door and it opans. Proctor pops inside the building just as the cop car sweeps past.

THT. BULLDING 98D

Proctor leans against the door - sighs with relief. A beat as he gathers his composure then turns around to see... .

P.O.V¥. PROCTOR ~- MEK IN LEATHER

lets of them, all staring wide-eyed at the new arrival. Proctor has found the back door to the Blue Oyster.

RATTLE to the floor, as we...

HURST’S TABLE | , 98E

Mauser is just about to take a seat hetween Hurst and the Governor when he's trapped in the blinding giare of a spotlight. He blinks, looks around, like a jailhbird caught making his escape. r

, MAHOHEY (0.8.> There he is folks...a very, very . special man...

Cin FRAME; holding mike} Commandant Mauser.

Mahoney plays this as if it were a bad Vegas Lounge act. He shoves Mauser inte his chair and glides behind the Evaluation Committee. The spotlight follows him and the Committee stares into it - unblinkingly.

CCONTINUVED>

98E

Revised 8/30/85 83.

CONTINUED: 98E

Mahoney tilts the microphone to Mauser who sputters something like...

Mahoney jerks the microphone away...

: MAHONEY That's right - itzafatcha ~- Greek, I helieve, for, “It's not fair.”

Mahoney tossles Mauser's hair with mock affection. Mauser almost tries to bite his hand. |

- MAHONEY He said you want competition!? Let the cadets go head-on-head in the street. Then you'll know what kind of cops they’1ll make. Commandant Mauser, I salute you!

Mahoney thrusts the mike into a glass of water in front of Mauser and starts applauding. The others stand and applaud with him. We catch COMMENTS, like: ‘Great ideat', '"Brilliantt"™. A desperate Mauser tries to pro- test hut when he plucks the mike from the water he gets a shock that throws him, wide-eyed, back in his chair and starts his phony eyebrows smoking.

Revised 9/3/85 ; 8h.

Commissioner Hurst. obanie® at 2 podium sat up on a ‘make -

shift stage. He addresses cadets and instructors from

the two Academies. Mauser, Proctor, Lassard, Mahoney

and the Governor sit behind him... The Governor's heli-

copter is visible in the b. ge Hurst. is. just. finishing up.

‘ HURST ... so your Academy's handling of these simulated police situations - use of manpower, speed, efficiency and judaqment.- determines our winner. Evaluation Gommittea membars and police personnel will monitor your per formance : at erime locations. My advice is, _ treat this as if it. were reali, Cheat) 7 . Dismissed! x Me

‘As the proceedings baa up and cadets from both Academies

head for the parking iot, Hurst takes Lassard, Mauser, Proctor and Mahoney . Beets.

HURST

€sarcastic) The Governor thought it would be nice to evaluate cadets in a social

situation. MAHONEY (mock serious) - Special men, trained to combat * debutante crime! I have just the one. ¥

IHT. GGYERNOR'S HELICOPTER ~ DAY . 160

CLOSE on Hedges looking SEAEMS a barf bag pressed to his mouth «

PAH to the Governor sitting heside him, a look of revulsion

on his face. The Governor locks left to see a red faced * Baxter #1, the veins in his neck ready to axplode as he

presses his palms together in an isometric exercise.

Revised 93/3/85 $5.

CONTINUED: 108

Hurst turns around from the front seat. * HURST *

He'll be taking off in a minute, Governor... He stops, taken hack hy the sight of Hedges and Baxter. =

Mrs. Fackier works the computer terminai and handles the *

radio under Hooks‘ supervision. Blanks and Copeland *

observe. *

The wall size screen displays the street grid breaking the city inte sectors. A red light blinks on and off in Sector One. “ MRS. FACKLER We've got a 1046 in Sector One.

fackleberry and Sweetchuck pull their squad car to the curb as an ELDERLY WOMAN waves them down from a corner pay phone. She's very upset.

Tackleherry is as sweat as can be as he pats the woman en the shoulder and takes the receiver.

Revised 8/15/85 86. CONTIXUED: 402

He steps back, draws his gun, fires three shots into the coin hox. Change expicdes out and Tackieberry scoops up a handful and holds it out to the petrified woman.

Tackleberry shoves all the coins at the woman and races out of FRAME.

A police car SCREECHES to the curb in front of a four~story office building. Tacklieberry and Sweetchuck hop out and hit the revolving door hard and fast. Tackleaberry hits 1% so hard and fast that the momentum spits Sweetchuck back into the street. Sweetchuck draws his gun, startling pedestrians before ha realizes where he is. He races into the building.

An old building with an old elevator and a set of stairs.

ON THE STAIRS 105

Tackleberry goes through exaggerated motions - throwing himself from wali to wall with gun in hand - as if expect- ing a sneak attack at any moment.

IXT. ELEVATOR 166

A nervous Sueetchuck stands in a police crouch, pistol trained on the alevator door. Sweat's coming off this guy in buckets. The elevator stops, The door slides open and Wess

CUT To;

Revised 9/3/85 87.

/ ONT, HABEWAY - FOURTH FLOOR | 107

We may have enough time to read FRIEDMAN DIAMOND EXCHANGE en the pebbled glass door before Tackleberry leaps fromthe stairs and Sweetchuck holts off the elevator. Tackleberry ‘scares the pee out of Sweetchuck who jumps back, YELLS and drops his gun. The gun discharges shattering the glass decor. Tackileberry immediately thrusts his pistol through - the broken glass.

BO.¥ 6 TACKLEBERRY - THE GFFICE

where Mauser, a couple of his cadets, the Evaluation bade Committee and a few wide-eyed participants in this mock 6.5 holdup, turn in the direction of....

_ TACKLEBERRY _

. framed in the shatterad door. Sweetchuck pops up heside him, pistol in hand...

MNAUSER ¢(0.S5.} Since. ne tock care of the robbery, the least you can de is grab a _ broom and sweep up your mess.

a | CUT TO:

A large expanse of lawn is crowded with umbrella covered tables, bars and buffet tables and moneyed, SUNTANNED PEOPLE in Yacht Club attire. Everyone holds a cocktail glass so the cash hars are doing a brisk business. Women with Republican hair sell raffle tickets to heip some unannounced charity.

The Governor's helicopter sits on pontoons by the dock. Qn . the placid lake, regal sailhoats compete in the Regatta.

The Governor stands beside a large trophy encircled by reporters. Baxter is glued to his side, muttering into a walkie-talkie pressed to his tips. Hurst watches,

disdainfully. BAXTER . T' am with the Governor at the trophy... GOVERNOR

Cgiving Baxter

sideways glance> ...S0, we're hoping to raise an additional ten thousand this year.

The Governor takes a step and Baxter moves with him.

«CONTINUED?

Revised 9/73/85

108 CONTINUED: BAXTER {muttering into walkie-talkie? I am moving with the Governor towards the punch howl.

The Governor stops abruptly ane Baxter almost runs Up - his” back, the walkie-talkie antenna REEAINGS: him in the head.

BAXTER , Bes 3 * Bend Cinto walkie-talkie). : age ‘We have stopped...

As the Governor steps away, Hirat jerks the walkie-talkie from Baxter" s hand - shoves down the antenna.

ANGLE on Hedges doing some mingling. He stops 2 white- jacketed BUSBOY.

_ HEDGES You know the ice buckets are empty and half the chafing. dishes are out.

The busboy storms out of FRANE. Hedges shakes his head, not believing what he's just heard. He steps towards a large MAN in a red jacket directing other help.

Hedges stops short when the man spins around. He’s Mr. Axe Murderer - we met him in the Lineup room. This guy's face ts hard to forget.

Revised 9/1/85 89. CONTINUED: (2) 108

The guy grunts and storms away. We linger on Hedges long enough to know he's thinking hard ahout something.

A prosperous, quiet neighborhood where yuppies wax Bis, walk dogs, job. A police car, driven by Hightower, rolis quietly inte FRAME and we see Bud - eyes wide, scanning the streets, holding a shutgun out the window. As the car exits FRAME it goes over a speed bump and the shutgun

‘DISCHARGES. 0.5.

. CUT TO: |

Jones is behind the wheel and Negata is beside him as they = wait for a light to change. A half dozen kids converge on the car and start cleaning the front and back windows.

PULL BACK te discover a couple cf kids are already check-

‘ing out the gas. In fact, they're siphoning it into a

ted ean. CUT To:

Karen drives, Mahoney rides shotqun. They both look very . intense, very serious. There is an G.S. chuckling. They * both turn towards it. ¥ P.O0.¥. BOTH OF THEM ~ LASSARD In the backseat, chuckling as he reads a book with a % large goldfish on the cover, that's entitled "THE WACKY * WORLD OF GOLDFISH." *

GLOSE on the screen showing the city grid and location of sguad cars. Suddenly a red light pops on and the number iG48 flashes on and off.

PULL BACK as...

Revised 9/1/85 oo.

We hear Nrs. Fackler on the car radio, MRS. FACKLER ¢¥.0.>

Hightower, pa got a roving

gang in the Gower district. Hightower flips on the siren.

ANGLE on Copeland and Blanks as Copeland siidas what looks tike a remote control T.V¥: device from his pocket, surreptitiously aims it-at the... THE SCREEN The red dot hops around like a Mexican jumping bean. MRS. FACKLER It's at Lincoln and... wait, have him go right on Tower and... (confused) No..-wait, a Left on... CUT To;

The car makes two full circles in the middle of the street then turns left onto a narrow road.

P.G.¥. HIGHTOWER AND BUD - THE ROAD or what's left of it because it empties right into a lake. BACK IN SCEXE The police car piows into the water.

IKT. ACADEMY COMMUNICATIONS ROOM - DAY 116

Copeland exchanges a glance with Blanks, pushes another button and...

Mrs. Fackler can't believe what she's seeing -~ a game of BONKEY KONG dances on the video screen. A concerned Hooks pushes buttons on the console. Copeland flips a switch and the grid pops hack on.

Bee oan 91. y 116 “ks ; -FACKLER ".ctotaliy. confused) Fonex; now Lte 'S in your sector! —_— ; ee CUT TO: 117. AT ORES" POLICE CAR - STREET - DAY 117 oa leans against. ‘the car aonk, car radio mike in hand. .) /gONES -That's ‘nice but you better send Sen # vin iehonges aif he: Apeake. we PULL BACK to discover Jones’ car out of gas and, biocking traffic at an intersection. We see Nogata trudging: away with a gas can. Cle gs ee CUT TO:

| Two: of Mauser's police cars are pulled up onto the side- -waik penning in a group of kids posing as a street gang. Mauser, Proctor, EFGUR of MAUSER'S CADETS and the Evalua- “tion Committee Members, turn as... Mahoney's car comes SCREECHING to a halt. .Mauser leans in the driver's window. Smiies at Karen, - Rahoney and Lassard.. ' NAUSER You're improving. Only twenty minutes tate. - | CUT TO:

“Phe Governor talks to some socialites with Baxter prac- tically standing in his back pocket. Hedges approaches Baxter.

Hedges shakes his- head...staggers away...as if he can't believe this sudden assault.

Revised 9/7/85 . 92.

Hadges approaches a set of swinging doors and peers through a giass portal.

P.0.¥. HEDGES - THE KITCHEN

tihere he sees ten waiters, cocks and busboys hard at work but not at preparing food. They are pulling on rubber masks of SHOW WHITE and the SEVEN DWARFS -- the axe murderer is Snow White. They shove weapons into their jacket pockats.

; HEDGE Holy shit!

Panicked he stumbles away, pulling a walkie-talkie from his back pocket. He flips a switch, extends the antenna.

iKT. ACADENY COMMUNICATIONS ROOM ~ DAY 121 Mrs. Fackler takes off her headset, and hands it to Hooks.

Mahoney adjusts the radio as we hear, faintly...

HEDGES {into walkie-talkia> .-the bushoys are...

A gun comes into FRAME and presses against his nose,

(CONTINUED >

Revised 9/1/85 93. 122 CONTINUED: +, . 122

The walkie-taikie drops with a CRASH.

Karen, Mahoney and Lassard do a take as they hear the CRASH.

HOOKS ¢<V.0.> . Con radio> ' Did you read that? Was that for real?

. KAREN Cintce mike> We heard it. BR os €to Lassard> — ‘Sir?

‘LASSARD 7 {not certaind . Maybe we batter check it out.

»

A heat.

MAHONEY ; TI love it when you talk dirty, sir.

The car speeds away.

Blanks and Copeland sit smugly in back as Mrs. Fackler watches Hooks work the dispatch board.

Blanks and Copeland perk up at the sound of this.

(CONTINUED >

Revised 9/3/85 94.

CONTINUED: ; . egg

Copeland hears this and jumps up with a victory yelp. When he jumps the remote control switch hops out of his pocket and...

MNGVE with switch as it naties across the floor and stops. at. Hooks" feet.

Hooks turns slouly, tate at Copeland and Bi anke, con- fused by their reaction. She looks down, picks up the

: remote control device, pushes a button and the VIDEO GAME. appears on. the screen’ agains.

ANGLE on Blanks and Copeland, who look at 6 ch wthey

‘ knowing they've been nailed, turn as if to offer a - feeble protest only to get simultaneously coldcocked

by Hooks’.

- They hit the Fisst like two sacks of rocks and Hooks

steps over then, CUT Td:

Proctor. snaps off the car-radio.

Mauser gives one of his; "tT can't believe this guy” takes.

CLOSE on Baxter as a gun is jammed against his face. He faints. In fact, during this entire stsne, Baxter re- mains passed out.

PULL BACK as THE THIEVES pull their weapons and there is a COLLECTIVE GASP, followed by the sound of COCKTAIL GLASSES hitting the grass. The Governor and Hurst look down on Baxter disdainfuily, then at the axe murderer, whe holds Hedges at gunpoint. :

CCORTINUED)

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The Governor swallows hard.

Four squad cars come to a TIRE SQUEALING stop at the edge of a concrete pier. Mahoney, Karen, Lassard, Jones, Bud, Nogata, Tackleherry, Sweetchuck and Hightower jump out of their cars and peer across the bay to the Yacht Ciub Island. They exchange quick glances. Mahoney turns to seo...

P.O.¥. MAHONEY - SIGK that reads: "RENTAL OFFICE: BOATS - JETSKIS"™ BACK IN SCENE and Mahoney is moving in the direction of that sign.

The bad guys have sacks filled with ill-gotten gains. One of them carries the Trophy. The Governor and Hedges stand with their hands up. GOVERNOR You must be breaking your mother's heart. AXE MURDERER (shrugs) Hhy dontt you ask her?

He indicates a woman wearing a SLEEPY mask who holds Hurst at gunpoint while she pulis off his medals.

CCONTINUED>

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Suddenly, there's a BUZZING SOUND. En masse, all heads turn towards the lake. Jaws drop open.

ON THE LAKE

Here come the good guys, racing towards the island in a

- foam spewing wedge. There’s ARRIVAL OF THE CAVALRY NUSIC

as we discover: Mahoney, Karen, Kogata and Bud riding jetskis forming the head of the wedge; Jones, Max and Callahan on wet bikes; Tackleberry ¢ POSS. BDOUBLE>, Sweetchuck, Hightower and Lassard in a boat. Lassard stands posed like Washington crossing the Delaware.

All of them are dressed in brightly colored wetsuits -- hadges pinned to the front. .

P.O.V¥. OUR HEROES = THE YACHT CLUB

the bad guys aoa! HEN into mass confusion...they start running, guests start running as...

BACK IN SCENE

Gur heroes split off to attack the island from various directions. It looks like the landing at Normandy.

cur To: THE YACHT DOCK ’ 429

The Axe Murderer and a THUG who carries the trophy force the Governor into a hoat. A SECOHD THUG, carrying the loot, hops into a smaller boat and starts it up.

4T THE SHORE LINE

our heroes storm up the laun, aereating out after the scattering thieves.

AHGLE on Mahoney who heads after the Governor. WIDE

The Thug holds Mahoney at hay by pressing the gun to the Governor’s head. The axe murderer starts the hoat up,

begins to steer away from the dock. The second thug follows in the smalfer boat.

MOVE with Mahoney as he races back up the lawn past Karen, Hedges and Max.

They fali in behind him.

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137A

Guess. net. Ae: raises his. hands.

Revised 9/1785.

: 3 (96A. ra ies 4 ee A MOODED: AREA (HAS: SCENE 43532 es al 129A

A CROOK clutches a pistol as “he danges hranches. Suddenly,

Sweetchuck drops from a tree, cradling a gum DERTY HARRY would be proud of. He jumps back, drops the gun then,

‘tentatively, sian “ei for it. suntil...:

Fs SWEETCHUCK “I know. what you're thinking, punk. “Did. he fire five rounds or six!? So, you gotta ask yourself: Do you feeb. AUSHR? Wells. do. you, punk!?

ve be

BRT. YACHT CLUB BUILDING tee a oo “THREE CROOKS race through the “front door ~ disappear. A

beat.and Jones comes racing after then.

“THE DOCK | eo 131

THS CROOKS hop ‘ate a second speedboat. One starts the

-inbeard, the other takes the wheel. The engine roars but . they don't budge. In unison they turn and see...

- chest deep in water, hands firmly clamped to the rear of

the beat, holding it in place. He smiles. BACK IK SCENE

Crook One jumps overboard. Crock Two makes the mistake of suinging at Hightower. Hightower tets go of the beat. It speeds away and the crook tumbles ovar the stern into

-Hightower's waiting arms.

ON THE BOCK

Crook One pulls himseif{ out of the water, comes face to face with Bud and beits him. Bud is undaunted.

And Bud coldeocks him with one shot. CuT TO:

ANGLE OX ANOTHER CROOK 137A

whe jumps on a wet bike and speeds off. He doesn't get too far as he hits a floating buoy kine. The front of the ski

(CONTINUEB)

131A

13 1B

Revised 9/1/85 96B. CONTIHUED: IZiA

catches the line and wet bike and crook do a complete somearsault.

AT THE DOCK : . 131B

A crook starts up a jetski but is suddenly jerked out of FRAME. Hightower holds the ¢grocok out at arm's length, he's dragging his other catch by the shirt collar. A very cocky Suwueetchuck steps up to him.

HYenteuax glances at .the squirming exaek and the man

. he's dragging.

* WIGHTOWER ‘I believe all is ¢copasetic. But I appreciate. the offer.

Sweetchuck gives a cocky nod, steps back, trips on a tow Line and...

ANGLE OX the jetski. It's still running as Sueetchuck topples on and the thing takes off. . S5uweetchuck's scream trailing back at ous.

Mauser hangs up the radio mike.

P.0.¥. MAUSER - THE YACHT CLUB across the lake.

MAUSER ¢90.S.> I wonder if something is going on over there. .

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1325

1326

Revised 9/1/85 97. s

A man in a sculi is maneuvering a turn in the channel. He looks up because he hears the same thing we do...the 0.5. SOUND of APPROACHING BOATS.

P.0.¥. MAN - BOATS

Boat #1 with the Axe Murderer, Governor and thug and boat #2 with a crook and the loot. They are heading straight for him.

BACK IK SCENE

This poor guy's got nowhere te go as boats 3 and 2 split his sculi into thirds. He's only got a second to relax befcre Mahoney, Bud, Max and Karen sweep past him in pur- suit of the crooks. The man, sitting in the remaining one ~third of his boat, spins like a top.

HIDE as the tuo boats reach a...

DIVIDE IK THE CHANNEL

Boat #1 goes Tight followed by Mahoney and Karen. Boat

; CUT TO: CENTER ISLAND BOAT RIDES 132B

itts the water equivalent of BUMPER CARS. Lots of fami~ fies having lots of fun until...

BOAT #1 followed by Mahoney and Karen come speeding through — splashing people and sending the bumper hoats careening off each cthex like pool balls. | CUT TO: ROAT 42 | 1320

speeding through the narrow channel, Max and Bud losing ground.

ANGLE on Max looking determined as hell, then nervous as hell, because...

P.O.¥. MAX - A LOG directly in his path. (CONTINUED>

132C

(432D

132E

13aF

1326

Revised 9/1/85 $8. CONTINUED: 132C

- BACK IN SCENE

Max hits the log does a somersault, lands and keeps on going, coming up alongside Bud.

THE LAND DIVIDE 132B

Swimming and picnicking are about to be rudely inter- rupted as...

_ BOAT #1

. heads for the divide and jumps it, followed by Mahoney

and Karen. They Land in...

THE OTHER CHANNEL 132E

“and now boat #1 and 2 are racing alongside each other

with Maheney, Karen, Hedges and Max in pursuit.

QM THE LAND DIVIDE . 132F

things are just getting back to normal as

SWEETCHUCK 132G

barely hanging onto the jetski for dear Life, sails over the divide and heads down the channel. cuT TO:

& THIEF has commandeered it. The blades rotate...the copter shifts, ready to lift off, then, suddenly...

THE WATER

explodes as Tackleberry, dramatically backlit by the sun, rises from the lake. Bare chested, face greased, he

does his version of RAMBO; he grabs the pilot around the shirt front and catapults him out of the chopper.

OMITTED CREPOSITIONED TO 129A} 135

Empty. Quiet. Jones steps into FRAME... staiking, listening. He takes a few steps then...

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Jones spins around. Tuo crooks come at him from the left and a third appears to his right. With an out of syne KUNG FU YELL, Jones defies the laws of gravity and propels himself straight up and out of FRAME.

The crooks iook up, openmouthed. Jones flies back into FRAME, kicking one crock in the chest and propelling him into the crook behind him. The two men go down hard.

Crook number’ Three holds a pistol on Jones and fer a beat we think he's bought it but then we hear an 0.8. KUNG FO YELL. and all heads turn to see...

MOGATA

in a mid-air, SLOW MOTION, Kung Fu kick.

ANGLE on Third Crock as Nogata arrives in SLOW NOTION to kick the gun from his hand. All of this is accompaniad by exaggerated SOUXD EFFECTS.

ANGLE on Jones, smiling, then suddeniy Nogata -- in REAL TIME -- drops into FRANE beside him. They turn hack to back, making identical! SOUNDS and hand movements then spin and kick, sending two crooks sliding across the floor on their hutts. The third crook escapes.

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A shotaun wielding crock has his path blocked hy Callahan. He pumps the gun, threateningly. Caimly, Caitahan shakes out her hair, begins to ease down the zipper on her wetsuit and steps towards him. He

doesn't know if he's being seduced or arrested but while he's trying to decide, Callahan pulls a BEVERLY KILLS COP move. She clamps hold of the shotgun, flips the crook to the ground, shoves the barre! into his face then looks up and gives a hig smile and an O.K. sign

: ——e

The creok who escaped from Nogata and Jones races out. Lassard blocks his path.

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138B

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coNTENUED? eg ager” i

‘Lassard takes a. “step ‘Kawi as if complying then suddenly

pulls a Jones; he lets out a fiarce yell, spins and nails the clown with a karate kick sending him CRASHING hack into the bublging passers straightens his jacket, points to

lake. ; LASSARD - To ‘the hoats, men! | oo CUT TO: THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE - THE REGATTA CHAS SCENE 133) 137A

‘Wedaskic [an ee Stately. That's how these sail - . “boats Jook:. as ae enan8 through the lake water, until.

THE THO. BOATS

exit the shane aa head into the regatta, spewing foam, driving the delicate vessels off course, capsizing cthers. Just as things are returning to normal, here comes...

MAHOKEY | 138 and our other herees creating more chaos.

Mahoney suings alongside the Axe Murderer's boat Choat #1) and motions them ta pull over. The Axe Murderer points at himself with a "Who, me?!" gesture. Mahoney nods yes.

The guy swerves his boat forcing Hahoney off course and around a. large saiiboat.

ANGLE on Mahoney as he hits a wake and goes airborne. 138A He flies through the sail of a boat, lands and continues the chase, undaunted.

HIDE

to disocver boats and jetskis weaving through the regatta playing a disruptive game of cat and mouse ~- joined now by Jones, Bud, Nogata and Callahan on wetbikes.

ANGLE on Jones as his wathike stalls. He tries to crank 1388 it up...it sputters. Jones looks left, then right to

discover boats 1 and 2 converging on sith, The waterbike starts and Jones manufactures the SGUHD OF A DIVING SHB~ MARINE as he drives the waterbike under and disappears.

Yhe hoats and jetskis whiz past, narrowly missing aach ether, When they clear FRAME, Jones rises out of the water, continuing his SUBMARINE SOUND EFFECTS, and joins the chase.

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138D

138E .

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heading straight for a sailboat. He jumps it and lands, almost taking out Bud and Karan then zigzags between Max and Nogata who collide. As Sweetechuck pulls away, they

remount their vehicles and join the chase.

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CALLAHAN AND SARAH . 3 38D riding between sailboats as hoat #2 flies past 6 feet % off the water.

- CUT TO: MAHONEY 1 38E doing slalom type moves through the sailboats. He is | almost wiped out by boat #1. speeding between boats.

CUT TO: | & WATERSKIER it * 438F whe, judging by the slow pace of his touboat, is no pro. BOAT #2 . cuts across the skier's line, snapping it and jerking it from his hand so the tow line and handle drag along be- hind the boat.

AHOTKER PART OF THE LAKE 139 CLOSE on Mauser showing a strain and shouting... MAUSER For God's sake Proctor, put some muscle into it!!! PULL BACK to discover that "it", is a pathetically small PADDLE BOAT making pathetically Little progress as Mauser and Proctor, wearing a bulky life jacket, paddle auay.

BOAT #2 139A

sweeping down on them, just maneuvering away at the Last second.

INSERT + TOW LINE

slipping under the paddle boat. , ¢ CONTINUED)

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Revised 9/1/85 . 100B. CONTINUED: 139A BACK IN SCENE Mauser shakes a fist at the boat. MAUSER © (shouting> You'ra a menace, you moron! A

menace!

More of a menace than Mauser can imagine because, sud- denly, the paddie boat is jerked from FRANE as

WIDE

the tow line takes hold, dragging the boat behind it. Proctor and Mauser are trapped...their legs pumping

away at ninety miles an hour...a look of shear horror frozen on their faces.

INSERT ~- PADDLE BEARINGS

smoking like crazy.

BACK IK SCEXE

The paddle boat is taken on a high speed run until it hits a wake, tilting it at a ninety degree angle and sending Mauser and Proctor flying out. The tow Line

snaps and the hoat #2 zips auay.

MAHONEY : | 140

determined as hell, moves alongside the axe murderer's moterboat again. He pulls a John Wayne, leaping from the moving jetski into...

THE BOAT

Mahoney lands between the axe murderer and thug and the Governor.

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Mahoney points behind them and the axe murderer and his companion turn.

P.G.¥. BOTH OF THEM - POLICE BOATS

three of them approaching in a wedge formation. We can make out Hooks and Mrs. Fackler along with a lot of HARBOR POLICE.

BACK IN SCENE

These guys panic. The man stearing jerks the steering wheel sharply to the right to evade the Police hoats.

Maheney throus himself over the Governor because they

have just turned into a head-on path with boat #2.

INTERCUT

instant panic on the faces of the crooks in both hoats as they each swerve to avoid a head-on and manage to turn the boats into land cruisers. The boats hit

stop at the water's edge and watch the flight of the tuo hoats.— 3

ANGLE on a THO STORY CHANGING BUILDING as the two hoats hit and stick like darts in a dartboard.

ANGLE on Axe Murderer, who lies on the ground, thrown clear of his boat, He starts to sit up and comes face to face with Hooks’ pistol.

ANGLE on boat #1 where siowly, tentatively, Mahoney stands in the stern, looks around, then helps a Governor to his feet.

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Revised 91785, 102.

ON THE LAKE,”

a: watextouged: iManeue® and —— bee to: eat themselves jout of the water but an out-of control Sweetchuck keeps

circling them, making. it-difficult. Mahoney gets

| thumbs. .up from our. herges, crowded around below him.

Slipping into the h. Ge we see a lone boat carrying the Evaluation Committee. “They passively take in the scene

_ as: they slide out. of: FRAME we. os

“ANGLE on “Mahoney; he. picts the: Yacht Club. Trophy over-

heads, raises the Governor’ s hang and...

ig get . “WAHOREY. wi ke a ike: £4, thank all the members of my racing team’ for their assistance. I eonten * have won... “sot lt iyratte SaE SLAM CUT:

see Maselhiee S0niGe denne - DAY | 142 arant CLOSE on Lassara, ‘PULLING BACK as he speaks.

a : LASSARD — “this competition without the help

of my many, many wonderful instructors and my many,.many fine cadets.

We're back far enough now te see this is another Gradua-~ tion Day. Lassard stands at a podium addressing cadets

and family. Hurst, the Governor and our heroes sit be-

hind hin, e ,

Everyone applauds as recsweR turns around and motions eur heroes to stand. He snaps off a sharp salute and strides with dignity across the stage. He stops, looks back at our heroes, the Governor, the crowd, smiles, then-goes into a quick Kung Fu kick. Freeze on ae in his Kung Fu pose as we...

He have our eye on a sporty convertible.

Mahoney, in civilian clothes, drives, Karen is squeezed beside him.

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They slow as they approach a Toll Booth.

They laugh as we slow... AT THE TOLL BOOTH

ANGLE on Mahoney as he hands over a bili. A hand comes into FRAME and takes it. Mahoney smiles.

He drives off as wa stay on the Toll Booth long enough to see Mauser stick out his head, throw Mahoney a dirty look then motion ta the next car.

PAN UP from the Toll Booth so we spot Mahoney's car speeding away. We watch it until it hecomes a dot and we...

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