MCCALL
I think you went to Devane, said
we were too close, and asked for
a new partner! And if you did,
that's the lowest...
(frustrated, loss
for words)
...the most...it's disloyal!
Hunter shakes his head as if to say he's amazed she would
even think that was a possibility.
MCCALL (CONT'D)
Don't shake your head at me!
HUNTER
What'a'ya want me to do, McCall?
MCCALL
(vulnerable)
Tell me the truth!!
HUNTER
(true feeling)
You're the best partner I ever
had. I didn't ask for this
switch.
The warm sincerity of his words convinces her for the most
part that he's telling the truth, although we might sense
a small flicker of doubt still remains.
MCCALL
(softening)
Okay. Assuming for a moment I
believe you -- wha'da we do?
HUNTER
Nothing. This is the Metro P.D.
and we got us a new captain with
a very hard nose.
MCCALL
We don't put up a fight?! We just
call it quits?!
HUNTER
(it's painful for
him, too)
We're not calling it "quits",
McCall, but we've gotta be
realistic. You know Devane's
reputation - he runs things his
way.
MCCALL
You telling me it's that easy
to...to just write us, each other,
off?
HUNTER
It's not easy. Dee Dee. It just
- is.
They're both hurting as she leans in close and stares
directly into his eyes.
MCCALL
Swear to me you had nothing to
do with this -- you didn't ask
for this split-up.
HUNTER
(staring back a
long time)
I swear I didn't ask for it.
(beat)
I didn't want it.
MCCALL
But you won't fight it?
HUNTER
(long beat)
No.
INTERCUT
His face reveals nothing at first, and then, the glimmer
of deep pain -- akin to that felt when losing a good friend
-- begins to surface. Hunter struggles to control it.
As we intercut between them, McCall's EYES ever so slightly
MIST OVER and eventually, she's forced to turn away -- with
great DIGNITY and BEARING - and walk down the pier.
I think you went to Devane, said
we were too close, and asked for
a new partner! And if you did,
that's the lowest...
(frustrated, loss
for words)
...the most...it's disloyal!
Hunter shakes his head as if to say he's amazed she would
even think that was a possibility.
MCCALL (CONT'D)
Don't shake your head at me!
HUNTER
What'a'ya want me to do, McCall?
MCCALL
(vulnerable)
Tell me the truth!!
HUNTER
(true feeling)
You're the best partner I ever
had. I didn't ask for this
switch.
The warm sincerity of his words convinces her for the most
part that he's telling the truth, although we might sense
a small flicker of doubt still remains.
MCCALL
(softening)
Okay. Assuming for a moment I
believe you -- wha'da we do?
HUNTER
Nothing. This is the Metro P.D.
and we got us a new captain with
a very hard nose.
MCCALL
We don't put up a fight?! We just
call it quits?!
HUNTER
(it's painful for
him, too)
We're not calling it "quits",
McCall, but we've gotta be
realistic. You know Devane's
reputation - he runs things his
way.
MCCALL
You telling me it's that easy
to...to just write us, each other,
off?
HUNTER
It's not easy. Dee Dee. It just
- is.
They're both hurting as she leans in close and stares
directly into his eyes.
MCCALL
Swear to me you had nothing to
do with this -- you didn't ask
for this split-up.
HUNTER
(staring back a
long time)
I swear I didn't ask for it.
(beat)
I didn't want it.
MCCALL
But you won't fight it?
HUNTER
(long beat)
No.
INTERCUT
His face reveals nothing at first, and then, the glimmer
of deep pain -- akin to that felt when losing a good friend
-- begins to surface. Hunter struggles to control it.
As we intercut between them, McCall's EYES ever so slightly
MIST OVER and eventually, she's forced to turn away -- with
great DIGNITY and BEARING - and walk down the pier.
