022 - Fallout
Summary
Barry kidnaps his wife’s former boss. His wife died in the attacks on 9/11, and he blames his wife’s boss who insisted she be to work early that morning. He wants a ransom, but the delivery goes bad, and Samantha and several other people end up being held hostage in a book store. Barry accidentally shoots Samantha, and Jack convinces Barry to let Samantha go and he’ll stay in her place.
Rating
Excellent all around.
Discussion
Notes
This was a two-part episode (episodes 22 and 23). On the DVD they are combined into one seamless episode.
Jack moved out from his wife and kids about 9 months earlier. His wife’s name is Maria.
Quotes
Danny: So he waits for her in a crowded lobby, intercepts her in a security elevator, parks in a tow-away zone, and still manages to get her out of here without anybody seeing a thing. This guys either a criminal genius or a complete moron.
Martin: A lucky moron so far.
Barry: Why won’t you let me talk to my kids?
Jack: You let them go, and I’ll put your kids on the phone.
Barry: I’m giving you three hostages so I can talk to my own children?
Jack: You got me. That’s all the protection you need.
Barry: No. This is all the protection I need. [referring to his gun] You let me talk to my kids or she dies.
Jack: You pull that trigger, and the whole SWAT team comes in here, and you never get to speak to your kids again. Is that what you want? My way’s better.
Jack: What’s going on, Barry? What are you thinking?
Barry: Nothing.
Jack: Come on. It’s just you and me. Talk to me.
Barry: Of all the things that happened… you know what consumes me the most?
Jack: What?
Barry: The last time I saw my wife.
Jack: What happened?
Barry: Nothing. It was nothing special at all. It was just a… it was just a regular, ordinary day.
…Barry: I don’t know. I don’t know. I … I was … I was asleep. I didn’t know what I had … until it was gone.
Jack: I know that feeling. Walking around like you’re asleep.
Barry: Yeah? How so?
Jack: Well, you know, outside of this, I got a normal life. I’m married. It’s troubled, but …
Barry: Are you two still together?
Jack: No. We’re separated. I moved out about, uh … nine months ago.
Barry: I’m sorry. You got kids?
Jack: Two girls.
Barry: They got names?
Jack: Hanna and Kate.
Barry: What’s your wife’s name?
Jack: Maria.
Barry: What happened?
Jack: I don’t really know.
Barry: You don’t know?
Jack: You know, my job is not exactly conducive to a good relationship.
Barry: Oh, Jack, that’s not a reason.
Jack: Every day is the same. You’re there. They’re there. And you just get a little tied up in your… job, your kids, your life. Pretty soon you forget the last time you had a real feeling.
Barry: What about, um … what about Samantha?
Jack: What about her?
Barry: Well, you seem to have a particular attachment to her.
Jack: That’s fairly observant, Barry.
Barry: Yeah. Is that why you traded yourself for her?
Jack: I don’t know.
Barry: You were willing to trade your life for her life.
Jack: In that moment, yes, I was.
Barry: Right. Unbelievable. You’re such a selfish, selfish, petty man. All the things that are happening in the world, you can’t figure out how to love your wife. The mother of your children. You’re so apathetic, you let it fall apart?
Jack: You think you’re the only one who lost someone? What? You think that killing yourself was going to make you heroic?
Leaving your kids without a father, you think that would be noble?
Barry: What the hell you talking about?
Jack: The van, the gas … I know what happened was horrible. It was inexplicable, but you know what? You pick yourself up and you move on.
Barry: Move on? You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Look at you. You’re standing still. Y-y-y-you’re-you’re treading water!
Jack: And look at you! You know what you’re good at? You’re good at feeling sorry for yourself. That’s what you’re good at. What about your wife? She had friends. She had children. She had a mother. What about them? But no, you make this about you. It’s about your pain. You can’t see anything else. Just about you, isn’t it? Well, you know what? No matter how angry you get, she isn’t coming back.
Barry: Shut up, Jack.
Jack: She’s dead!
Barry: Shut up!
Jack: She is gone!
Barry: Shut up!
Jack: She’s not coming back!
Barry: Shut up!
Jack: You got to move on!
Barry: Shut up!
[Barry puts gun directly to Jack's forehead.]
Barry: I got nothing to lose, Jack. Huh? You want to keep talking? Right? How about that? You feeling something now?
Barry: Pretty hot in here, isn’t it?
Barry: Tried to sweat me out, didn’t you? Guess you didn’t figure that you’d end up being in here.
Jack: No, not exactly.
Barry: So, Jack. What do you think? You get a second chance?
Jack: You going to give me one? What about you? You going to give yourself a
second chance?
Barry: Oh, come on. We both know that I’m going to jail for the rest of my life.
Jack: Not if you tell me where Sydney is. Listen, Barry. You’re suffering from extreme trauma. This is just… this is just fallout. Any jury listening to this will understand.
Barry: I don’t… I don’t think so, Jack. I don’t think so.
Jack: What did you expect from Sydney?
Barry: I expected her to help.
Jack: She did. She did, she got you a job. They fired you because you assaulted the manager. She stopped them from sending you to jail.
Barry: Oh, come on. I don’t believe that for a second.
Jack: Take a look at that. [Tosses over the check.] Open it up. That’s a check for almost $10,000 that she stole from her own company to help you. She tried over and over to help you. What did you want her to do? Curl up into a ball and die because she wasn’t there?
Barry: Nicole shouldn’t have been there.
Jack: Nobody should have been there.
Barry: My God.
Jack: $687,000…. The value of a human life. That’s what they told you at the 9/11 Victim’s Fund, isn’t it?
Barry: Yeah.
Jack: It’s not about the money, though, is it? It’s never been about the money. You just didn’t want to sign that document and say good-bye. This has nothing to do with Sydney. You can let her go now. Just let her go.