As a lawyer, I have to caution you
that your proof is pretty insubstantial.
Well, proving it's not my job.
- I'll be perfectly safe in a court of law.
- This ain't a court of law.
Just a couple of buddies
out for an evening spin
discussing the events of the day.
Only don't lie to me, Albert. I
mean, lying is for other people.
Okay?
Come on.
I don't know why, actually.
Not in any concrete way.
I hadn't intended to. Nothing premeditated.
But when I found him
and was faced with the
prospect of setting him free,
it just suddenly seemed
for the best that he die.
When it came to cruelty, he
could be incredibly versatile.
With anybody.
His wife, daughter, stranger in the street.
When he found out how I felt about
Miranda, he pushed us together.
But he never would have let me
marry her. Never in this world.
Just laughs for the client,
that's all I was supplying.
And then today, when she
put her arms around me
and I felt the texture of her skin...
Perhaps I killed him
for a kiss, I don't know.
But I do know that his passing will
not be the cause for universal mourning.
You gonna turn me in?
- Got no other choice, buddy boy.
- You don't have to.
Got a better friend than me?
I haven't got many friends,
Albert, but none better than you.
He was scum, Lew. I swear it.
Well, you know, when we first met,
you were gonna push your way
all the way up to be governor
of this great and powerful
state of California.
That was a pretty nasty and
terminal thing you did to Sampson.
Do governor-type people do that today?
Jeez, makes you stop and wonder.
And you were going to push your way up
to being the greatest defender of justice
that the great and powerful
state of California ever had.
How does it feel to be popping your
flash bulbs in dirty little motel rooms,
spying on the cheaters?
Yeah, well...
Things just don't turn out
the way we plan them, do they?
You were hired by a bitch to find scum.
Yeah, and every time I hope
it's gonna be Prince Charming
sending me out to scout out Cinderella.
Oh, yeah.
Boy, I had a total of about eight
pretty disgusting months last year.
But then I had five or six good weeks.
Let me tell you something.
I mean, it's something
that you won't understand
and Susan sure as hell won't,
but those five or six
weeks, I really felt alive.
So all I can do, Albert,
is just do the dirty job
all the way down the line.
Well, I understand why
you have to turn me in.
Do you understand why I can't let you?
Oh, yeah. You still got the gun?
Well, then, you better use
it before I hit that door.
Well, the way I feel now, if
I never make it to that door,
it won't be the worst thing
that ever happened to me.
So long, Albert.
Oh, hell.
Oh, hell.