August 30, 1999
Scene 1: San Cristobel
(They're in the living room. Michelle just found out about the bonds.)
Danny: Listen to me. No one else is going to know about these bonds because I'm getting rid of them tonight! Michelle, it will never happen again. I promise. I give you my word. (There's a loud banging on the door.)
Insta-cop 1: Open up! Police!
Michelle: (Sounds very frustrated.) Danny!
Insta-cop: Mr. and Mrs. Santos, open this door.
Michelle: Oh, God.
Danny: Yeah, hold on a minute! (Trying to find a place to put the bonds.)
Michelle: Is this your idea of safe? This?
Danny: Shh, listen. I do not have time to apologise for this again. I got to find something to do with these.
Michelle: Well... (Insta-cops are pounding on the door.)
Danny: Yeah, hold--hold on a minute!
Insta-cop: You have 5 seconds to respond, or we'll be forced to break open this door. (I'd pay to see that...Anyways, Danny puts the bonds in the grill outside and puts on a blue apron.)
Danny: (To Michelle.)Listen to me. There is no way that they can know about the bonds, now hold on a minute. Just stay cool.
Michelle: (Sarcastically.) Yeah, I'm really cool, Danny.
Danny: (Annoyed.) That's good. Don't lose your humor! (Opens the door and there's 2 Insta-cops standing there.) Hi, sorry about that. Can I help you?
Insta-cop: We're San Cristobel government agents, and you mind telling us what took you so long to answer the door?
Danny: Nothing. I was just--I was out grilling some dinner for me and my wife. (I'm no English teacher, but shouldn't that be "my wife and I"?)
Insta-cop: Well, we have reason to believe that you and your wide are involved in some illegal activity. We have a search warrant, and we intend to look over every inch of this house.
Scene 2: San Cristobel
Danny: I'd like to see that search warrant.
Insta-cop: Take your time. We have all night.
Danny: You know, uh, we have very close ties here in San Cristobel. We own a bank here, and Prince Edmund is a very good friend of mine.
Insta-cop: And?
Danny: (Putting emphasis on the word "and.")And I will be seeing him shortly. (More emphasis here.) And I'm sure he'll be asking me how my stay has been so far. Has everyone been helpful? Including the authorities.
Insta-cop: Well, we'll try not to break anything on our search.
Insta-cop: You could make this easier and just tell us what you're hiding. And we'll remember to put in our report how cooperative you've been. Who knows, they may even knock a few hours off your sentence.
Danny: Oh, well, thank you. Thank you for being so considerate. I have nothing to hide.
Insta-cop: You think you're pretty smart, don't you?
Danny: (Kind of nods his head.) Well...
Insta-cop: We know all about your family. We know all about your private landing strip. We've been watching you for years. You're going down, my friend. (Walks over to Michelle.) And we'll have a nice prison cell all laid out for your little wife here. (You can tell he's trying to intimidate her, but she's standing her ground and staring him down.)
Danny: You have anything to say, you can direct it to me, okay?
Insta-cop: (Ignoring Danny.)Well, how about it, Mrs. Santos?
Danny: Hey, I said talk to me! (Walking over towards the Insta-cop who's talking to Michelle, the other one holds Danny back.)
Insta-cop: Alright, take it easy.
Danny: You take it easy.
Insta-cop: Mrs. Santos, your husband is about to make the biggest mistake of his life. And he's going to take you down with him. Now, I don't know how much you're aware of what your husband does, but you must know something. But I can assure you of one thing: what he tells you, and what he does is a big difference.
Danny: Buddy, if you want to search the house, search the house. But leave my wife the Hell out of this.
Michelle: No, he's right. We need to tell him what's going on.
Danny: You don't have to say a word to these guys.
Insta-cop: Alright, listen, let her tak. Please.
Michelle: Danny, I can't live like this anymore. I'll show you gentlemen what you're looking for.
Scene 3: San Cristobel
Danny: Michelle, you don't know what you're doing.
Insta-cop: I think she does, Mr. Santos. I can assure you, Mrs. Santos, that the magistrate will look very kindly on your cooperation.
Danny: (Very quietly.) Michelle...
Michelle: Daniel, I know what I'm doing, okay? (Gives him a "shut up, I have a plan" look.)
Insta-cop: Mrs. Santos, please, let's get on with this.
Danny: Fine. Okay. I'm just going to check the barbecue and make sure dinner isn't burning. Excuse me.
Insta-cop: Do you always wear your tuxedo when you cook outdoors, Mr. Santos?
Danny: I like to always eat a meal before I go to a party. Finger food leaves me hungry. Can I get you something?
Insta-cop: No, thank you. Just stay in sight.
Danny: (Gestures towards the grill.) Right there... (He goes outside.)
Insta-cop: Now, Mrs. Santos, what do you have for us?
Michelle: I kept telling him you guys were going to catch us one day, and he just had to do it.
Insta-cop: Mrs. Santos, we know this is hard for you, but you're doing the right thing.
Michelle: (Walks over to the entertainment center.) Here it is.
Insta-cop: Here what is?
Michelle: The illegal cable. I know you guys know about this. We've been getting pay channels and premium channels for free for months. Now listen, I'll go down to the station if you need me to fill out paperwork or anything like that--
Insta-cop: What do you think this is? Some kind of joke?
Michelle: No, sir. I'm--I'm very aware that this is extremely serious, but I told my husband that he was--that we were going to get caught. I knew it.
Insta-cop: Tear the place apart. (They start throwing clothes out of the suitcases. Michelle looks at Danny, and gives him a "hurry the Hell up!" look.) The bonds were suppsed to be in the suitcase. The tip was very specific. (Shows Danny barbecuing the bonds.)
Scene 4: San Cristobel
Insta-cop: We'll be back, Mrs. Santos. We're not finished with you and your husband. (They start to leave and Danny walks in.)
Danny: Hey, you guys leaving already? I just put weiners on for everybody. (LOL!!! He sounds 10 times sexier than usual when he says "weiners"! Don't ask me why, but I found that incredibly sexy!)
Insta-cop: Another time.
Danny: Well, call ahead next time. I'll run to the store, I'll pick us up some steaks. (Closing the door behind them.) Have a nice evening. (Walks over towards the couch. He's laughing/chuckling
nervously to himself for the next minute or so.) Well, uhh...Whoo! That was the most expensive barbecue I've ever thrown.
Michelle: (In a state of shock.) You just burned $2 million dollars?
Danny: To save you. Yeah, in a heartbeat. Hey, you were--you were something. You were something else. I mean, you had me fooled for a minute. Come here, that was, I-- (Tries to hug her, but she pulls away.).
Michelle: Whoa. Whoa. Wait a second. Do you think that this is over? You think that I'm--I'm over this and we're just moving onto another topic? I don't think so. Do you think that I liked what just happened? Like I got a charge out of it or something?
Danny: No, I...I just thought that, you know, we pulled through for each other, and...
Michelle: This was not helping each other
out. I just lied to the police for you.
Danny: Well, Michelle--
Michelle: Is this what you meant when you said that you were going to pull out of the business, that I would be involved in it?
Danny: No! No, of course not.
Michelle: Why...(Emphasis here on the second "why.") Why do you keep telling me that this business is going to be legitimised and nothing changes? (Yeah, Danny, why? And don't lie to her...)
Danny: I made you a promise, and I intend to keep it, alright? (Sighs. Phone rings and he answers it.) Hello?
Carmen: Yeah, Danny, hi. I wanted to make sure that everything is going as planned. That you're keeping your word. You're not going to deliver the bonds until tomorrow?
Danny: I know that was the plan, Mama, but I already got rid of them.
Carmen: What do you mean? What do you mean? I told you specifically not to do that. Danny, you--you gave me your word. (Yeah, uh, Carmen? Danny's word doesn't mean much...Just ask Michelle, she'll tell you that.) We have alot riding on this.
Danny: I know that, Mama.
Carmen: What do you mean? What do you mean you got rid of them?
Danny: Well, some government agents were just at the house with a search warrant. Someone tipped them off. I uhmmm...burned them.
Carmen: (We see her sink down into her desk chair.) You burned $2 million worth of bearer bonds? Are you insance, Danny? That's like money. (Well, no shit, really?) How are we going to replace that? We have a serious debt, Danny, to serious people.
Danny: Mama, don't ask me how but the bonds ended up in Michelle's suticase. I uhmm...I must have put them there on accident. (Pauses.) Well, what was I--if they found the bonds, we both would have gone to prison. I couldn't--I couldn't let that happen, could I?
Carmen: Yes. Yes, of course. Of course. (You could've tried to hide the disappointment in your voice a little better, Carmen. We know you're mad that Michelle wasn't arrested, but you don't have to be so obvious about it.)
Danny: I'm sorry, Mama. I uhh...I know this wasn't supposed to happen.
Carmen: No, it wasn't. You have put this family in a very difficult position right now, Danny. How do you intend to make that up?
Danny: I don't know. I don't know. I'll think of something. (Scene ends with the camera showing Michelle looking at Danny in disgust.)
Scene 5: San Cristobel
Michelle: So we're supposed to be here saving Reva and all you cared about was settling a debt for your family?
Danny: That's not true. That's not true. Come on, that's not true. (Tries to hug her and Michelle pulls away again.)
Michelle: No, no, no. Danny, please. You know that I love you, but I can't love this life. I can't.
Danny: I don't--do you think I want that? I don't want you to do that. Michelle, you weren't even supposed to be involved in this. It was a total accident--
Michelle: The fact that I'm not supposed to be involved doesn't make a difference. You...Danny, I told you this would only work with us if you went legitimate. And if you would never ever lie to me and your promised that you would do that. You promised me.
Danny: Fine. I promise that I will never do anything to put you in danger again.
Michelle: You just did! Danny...Okay, listen. Listen. All I'm asking is for you to look at me right now, in the eye, and tell me that this is nevre going to happen again. Tell me, please, that next time your mother asks you to do something for her, in any way, shape or form, that you will tell her no. I need to know that you're going to say no. Can you please, please, please tell me that? Danny, please. (He just looks at her and doesn't say anything. Bad move, Danny...very bad move.) So this is how it is? Your family is more important than us? (Again, he says nothing. Come on, Danny! Tell her that!)
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