Those cops were waiting for you.
Yeah. To spit in my face.
If that's what they wanted to do. You owed it to them to be there. To stand in front of them. Look each one in the eye. If you'd have done that, maybe you could have gotten their respect.
I don't deserve their respect. Jim, I shot Officer Patel. What the hell was I supposed to do? Stand in front of her and hand her the bullet that I shot her with, that came from my gun?
That's the job. Take responsibility for what happens to your cops. That's the job.
So now you're telling me what the job is?
Yeah.
Well, today, Jim... I just couldn't do the job. So I sent you. Because I knew you could.
It's not good enough. Not today. They needed you there.
Well... Ain't nothing I can do about it, now.
[stands up, takes the form out of his pocket] You got a pen?
For what?
[Jim takes his pen, signs the form and hands it to Harvey]
Harvey Bullock, you are relieved of duty. As of this moment, I'm assuming the captaincy of Gotham Central.
Well, well. Look who finally got what he always wanted. But what I'm wondering is... What did you have to do to get it?
All I did was my job. Same as you.
[stands up, throws the form down on the desk and walks out] Nothing in Gotham is free, Captain Gordon. [pauses at the door] You just better hope you can pay up when your bill's due. And it'll come due.
