[In his cell in Las Vegas, Glen muses on a cockroach skittering around the prison floor.]
You're quite a piece of work, Mr. Cockroach. We could take a lesson from you, especially in light of recent events. I have an idea that… I'll be gone, come this time tomorrow. But you'll still be trucking, won't you? Running your little roach errands.
[Suddenly a boot stomps on the roach. Pan up to reveal a grinning Flagg.]
That's a wrap on the roach.
. . .
Actually, uh… I've decided to let you go.
Really? Marvelous. Of course, I couldn't go without my friends.
Oh, of course not! No, you'll all go together. Tomorrow morning. Tonight, if you prefer. And, uh… once again, all you have to do is ask. Only… for a favor of this magnitude… I really think you ought to do it on your knees.
[Bateman bursts out in tremendous laughter.]
Stop it. Stop laughing at me!
Sorry! It's just that… it's just that we made such… such a business of you, and it turns out you're nothing more than another cockroach, scurrying around, running little roach errands! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Shoot him.
What?
You heard me!
[Lloyd pulls out his gun, then looks back at Flagg.]
SHOOT HIM, YOU IDIOT! SHOOT HIM!
He's an old man.
[Flagg starts to move toward Lloyd, who casually fires into the bars without effect.]
Can't you do anything RIGHT?! HE'S STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT O' YA!
If you really feel you must shoot somebody, Mr. Henreid, I suggest Flagg. His world is crumbling, and we both know it. I think we also both know he can do a lot of damage on his way down. You could change that.
Well, shoot one of us, anyway.
. . .
[Lloyd finally puts several shots into Glen, point-blank. Glen falls, then turns back toward Lloyd.]
It's all right, Mr. Henreid. You don't know any better.
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