below the neck.
-Please!
-Step away from the bars!
THUG:
My insides hurt.
Did Batman save you, Daddy?
Actually, this time...
...I saved him.
[CELL PHONE RlNGS]
GORDON:
Has he said anything yet?
[DOOR BUZZES]
Evening, commissioner.
Harvey Dent never made it home.
-Of course not.
-What have you done with him?
Me?
I was right here.
Who did you leave him with?
Hm? Your people?
Assuming, of course,
that they are still your people...
...and not Maroni's.
Does it depress you, commissioner...
...to know just how alone you really are?
Does it make you feel responsible
for Harvey Dent's current predicament?
-Where is he?
-What's the time?
What difference does that make?
Well, depending on the time,
he may be in one spot or several.
-lf we're gonna play games...
-Mm-hm?
...I'm gonna need a cup of coffee.
Ah, the "good cop, bad cop" routine?
Not exactly.
[DOOR BUZZES]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[GROANS]
Never start with the head. The victim
gets all fuzzy. He can't feel the next--
See?
You wanted me. Here I am.
JOKER [OVER SPEAKER] :
I wanted to see what you'd do.
And you didn't disappoint.
You let five people die.
Then you let Dent take your place.
-Even to a guy like me, that's cold.
-Where's Dent?
Those Mob fools want you gone so they
can get back to the way things were.
But I know the truth. There's no
going back. You've changed things.
-Forever.
-Then why do you wanna kill me?
[LAUGHS]
I don't wanna kill you.
What would I do without you? Go back
to ripping off Mob dealers? No, no.
No. No, you....
You complete me.
-You're garbage who kills for money.
-Don't talk like one of them. You're not.
Even if you'd like to be.
To them, you're just a freak...
...Iike me.
They need you right now...
...but when they don't...
...they'll cast you out like a leper.
You see, their morals, their code...
...it's a bad joke.
Dropped at the first sign of trouble.
They're only as good as the world
allows them to be. I'll show you.
When the chips are down, these--
These civilized people...
...they'll eat each other.
See, I'm not a monster.
I'm just ahead of the curve.
Where's Dent?
You have all these rules,
and you think they'll save you.
-He's in control.
-I have one rule.
Oh. Then that's the rule you'll have
to break to know the truth.
Which is?
The only sensible way to live
in this world is without rules.
And tonight you're gonna break
your one rule.
I'm considering it.
No, there's only minutes left,
so you're gonna have to play my little game...
...if you wanna save one of them.
"Them"?
You know, for a while there,
I thought you really were Dent.
The way you threw yourself after her.
[BATMAN GRUNTS AND YELLS]
[JOKER LAUGHS]
Look at you go.
[NECK CRACKS]
Does Harvey know
about you and his little bunny?
Where are they?!
Killing is making a choice.
-Where are they?!
-Choose between one life or the other.
Your friend the district attorney,
or his blushing bride-to-be.
[LAUGHlNG]
You have nothing,
nothing to threaten me with.
Nothing to do with all your strength.
Don't worry, I'm gonna tell you
where they are, both of them.
And that's the point.
You'll have to choose.
He's at 250 52nd Street...
...and she's on Avenue X at Cicero.
-Which one you going after?
-Rachel.
GORDON:
We're getting Dent!
250 52nd Street!
RACHEL [OVER PHONE] :
Hello?
Can anybody hear me?
Hello!
-Rachel?
-Harvey.
Oh, Harvey, thank God. Are you okay?
I'm all right. I'm in a--
I'm in a warehouse.
They got me wired to these oil drums.
I am too.
Harvey.
I want my phone call.
I want it. I want it.
I want my phone call.
That's nice.
How many of your friends have I killed?
I'm a 20-year man...
...and I know the difference between
punks who need a lesson in manners...
...and the freaks like you
who would just enjoy it.
And you killed six of my friends.
[MOUTHS]
Six?
Please. My insides hurt.
I don't really care. Back away.
The boss said he'd make the voices