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LIEUTENANT Let's feed him to the bat.

GRISSOM He's going after our front companies. Specifically Ace Chemical. Which would tie us in with Councilman Kane, Senator Miller... on up the line. (pause) We have to clean out our files before the subpoena comes down.

LIEUTENANT How do we go? The usual fire?

GRISSOM I'm thinking break-in. Trash the office, remove the relevant documents...

JACK "Industrial espionage."

GRISSOM That's right. And Jack -- (pause) I'd like you to handle this operation personally.

JACK ... Me?

GRISSOM Hello, sweetheart. I wonder if you'd mind waiting in the other room.

JACK Why do you need me to handle a simple break-in?

GRISSOM (emphatically) Because I want someone I can trust.

GRISSOM (cont.) We'll work out the details later. But it's got to be soon. -- All right, that's all for now.

GRISSOM (cont.) You don't mind, do you Jack? It's an important job. I can't trust it to somebody who'll screw up.

JACK I understand.

GRISSOM (smiling) Jack. Don't forget your lucky deck.

GRISSOM (cont.) My friend, your luck is just about to change.

GRISSOM (cont.) Get me Lieutenant Eckhardt.

KNOX How high up would you say that is?

ALFRED I'd say about thirty feet, sir.

KNOX You know, if you cut your bathroom in half, you'd have my apartment.

ALFRED Which bathroom is that, air?

KNOX The small one.

KNOX (cont.) Man, I feel like Robin Leach. You actually know all these people?

VICKI Some. I am a rich bitch, remember. (pause) I'm quoting.

KNOX Yeah, I guess we move in different circles. -- Though I did meet a one-eyed pimp last week.

KNOX Commissioner Gordon! What do you hear from our pointy-eared friend?

GORDON Knox, for the ninth time, and you can quote me -- there is no bat.

KNOX Aww, Commissioner. There's gotta be one honest cop in Gotham city.

DENT How's your luck, Jim?

KNOX Mr. Dent. What's your stand on winged vigilantes?

DENT Mr. Knox, I think we have enough real problems in this city without worrying about ghosts and goblins and Halloween characters.

KNOX My question is, where does one man get all this junk.

VICKI All over the world. They say he spends most of the year overseas -- until recently, anyway.

KNOX Holy shit...

KNOX (cont.) ... We found the arsenal.

KNOX (cont.) This guy has just gotten interesting. What else do you know?

VICKI Just what I've heard. Rich. Reclusive. Old money and lots of it.

KNOX Likes to kill?

VICKI (smiling) Women find him magnetic.

KNOX I bet they like him for his big charity balls.

VICKI That, and the sweet smell of two hundred million bucks.

KNOX Well, you know me. The more they've got, the less they're worth. (scanning the room) This guy must be the most worthless man in America.

BRUCE WAYNE You disappoint me. Why not the world?

KNOX I assume in my usual charming manner I've just insulted the host. (extending a hand) Alexander Knox.

BRUCE Bruce Wayne. -- I've read your work. I quite like it.

KNOX Great. Give me a grant.

BRUCE I might consider it if you introduce me to Miss Vale.

KNOX "This is Miss Vale." -- That felt redundant.

BRUCE (to VICKI) You're just back from Corto Maltese. I saw your combat photos. Quite a departure for you.

VICKI That's intriguing. They haven't been published yet.

BRUCE ... You have an extraordinary eye.

KNOX Some people think she has two.

VICKI Don't mind my friend. He's a little nervous tonight.

VICKI (cont.) This is an amazing house. I'd love to shoot it sometime.

BRUCE I don't... seek publicity. -- Will you be staying in Gotham for a while?

VICKI As far as I know.

BRUCE Good. Then with any luck we'll run into each other.

ALFRED Excuse me, sir. Commissioner Gordon was compelled to leave -- very unexpectedly. He asked me to convey his regrets.

BRUCE Thank you, Alfred. (to VICKI) I hope you'll excuse me. It was a great pleasure meeting you. (to KNOX) And you.

KNOX I know the rich are different, but that guy is real different.

KNOX (cont.) Hello? Vicki?

VICKI Oh. Sorry. I was thinking.

KNOX What were you thinking?

VICKI Yum, yum.

KNOX Well, he must like the way he looks. He's got a mirror in every room.

VICKI I get it. Bruce Vain.

PATROLMAN ... anonymous tip. Tonight. The Ace Chemical Company.

GORDON (obviously agitated) Good Lord, it we could put our hands on Jack Napier... Why wasn't I told about this? Who's in charge of the --

PATROLMAN Lt. Eckhardt, sir.

GORDON Eckhardt. Oh my God...

ECKHARDT Shoot to kill.

SAFECRACKER ... Empty.

HOOD I Just like the file cabinets.

HOOD II I don't get it. If this place is cleaned out already, what do we need five men?

ECKHARDT What are you trying to do, blow the collar?

GORDON (to SWAT TEAM) You men are dismissed. We'll take over from here. (to UNIFORMED COPS) Any man who opens fire on Jack Napier... will answer to me.

GORDON (cont.) You. Stick around.

COP Freeze!

ECKHARDT (snidely) Nice work, Commissioner.

GORDON I'm in charge here. Not Carl Grissom.

COP LOOK!

GORDON My God... it's him.

VOICE HOLD IT!

HOOD V Let him go or I'll do it.

HOOD V Nobody makes a move. We go out clean.

JACK'S VOICE ECKHARDT!!

GORDON NO!!

GORDON (cont.) Goddammit, we had him. We --

GORDON (cont.) Hold it right there, Mister.

COP LOOK!

GORDON HOLD YOUR FIRE!

COP ... Who is this guy?

GORDON I don't know, but he's one hell of a showman.

KNOX Commissioner. Do us both a favor. Don't tell me some lie you'll have to retract later.

KNOX (cont.) Vick! Looks like our friend the bat is getting ambitious. -- Why the dopey grin?

VICKI Guess who's got a date with Bruce Wayne.

KNOX Bruce Wayne? Date? He called you up and asked you for a date?... Shit. (shouting) HEY MIRANDA! C'MERE! (to VICKI) I want you to pay close attention to this. Miranda -- tell my friend here what you told me about Bruce Wayne.

MIRANDA You mean Mister One-Nighter?

KNOX Yeah. "Mister One-Nighter." (to VICKI) Because that's the average length of his relationships with women.

MIRANDA The current record is almost two weeks. That cover girl -- what's her name? You must've shot her, Vicki --

KNOX Tell her about the peanuts.