He’s baiting you, sir.
Why not? They’ll find the ledger. The one with every dirty transaction in the city for the last ten years.
CUT TO: New Commissioner KANE (40s, idealistic, tired eyes) stares at a corkboard covered in red string and mugshots. His desk is empty except for a revolver and a cold coffee. -NEW- Mad City Script
What’s that?
From the ashes... a new Mad City. [SCENE 5: EXT. ROOFTOP - SAME NIGHT] Commissioner Kane stands on a rooftop overlooking the burning school in the distance. Rivera hands him a tablet. He’s baiting you, sir
Then send a message. Tell Ghost that if they touch my portion of the ledger, I will find their spine and wear it as a necklace. But if they help me burn the old city council... I’ll give them the one thing they want.
Ghost, the cops are coming. The Suit’s men are coming. We have to wipe the server. The one with every dirty transaction in the
Valdez wasn't a gang lord. He was a community organizer with a gun problem.
Doesn’t matter. The ledger says you were promoted because your sister slept with the old Mayor. True or false, the streets believe it. The cops believe it. We just lost the precinct.
(Cold) That’s the point. Let the ducks come. [SCENE 6: INT. SILAS’S PENTHOUSE - SAME NIGHT] Silas sips whiskey. On the TV: Kane’s press conference announcement.