Judge Dredd
MegaCity Code 7592, willful sabotage of a public droid, that's 6 months, citizen. Let's see your unicard.
Herman Ferguson
Aww, give me a break, Judge... [Looks at Dredd's badge] Dredd. Dredd?!
Judge Dredd
Mmmhmm.
Judge Hershey
[Reading from a display on a handheld device after swiping Ferguson's unicard]
Ferguson, Herman, hacker, illegal tampering with city droids, computers, cash machines, taxi robots...
Judge Dredd
And you haven't even been out of jail for 24 hours. He's habitual, Hershey. An automatic five year sentence. How do you plead?
Herman Ferguson
Not guilty?
Judge Dredd
I knew you'd say that.
Ferguson
Five years?! No! No! I had no choice! They were killing each other in there.
Judge Dredd
You could have gone out the window.
Ferguson
Forty floors? It would have been suicide!
Judge Dredd
Maybe...but it's legal. Judges!
Judge Dredd
Five years, Aspen Penitentiary. Case closed, take him away.
Ferguson
[Two Judges begin to leave with Ferguson]
Don't close the case! You're misjudging- you're misjudging me! Open the case! Y-you're not gonna be able to sleep tonight!
Judge Hershey
He might've been telling the truth, you know? Haven't you heard ever of extenuating circumstances?
Judge Dredd
I've heard it all, Hershey.
Judge Hershey
[Mockingly]
I knew you'd say that.
Chief Justice Fargo
The blind lady.
Joseph Dredd
Who is she?
Chief Justice Fargo
Justice, before your time. We should have never taken justice out of her hands.
Joseph Dredd
You brought order to chaos, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo
That we did. Solved many problems, and created many more! Being a Judge, Joseph, perhaps too much power in one person's hands. But we once tried to compensate - dreate the perfect Judge. We called it Janus. Four decades ago, DNA samples were taken from the original Council. One was chosen: Mine. We altered it to enhance the best qualities...and screen out the worst: Weaknesses, frailties. We created you.
Joseph Dredd
You didn't create me, sir. I have a family.
Chief Justice Fargo
No.
Joseph Dredd
At the Academy, you told me they were killed when l was very young.
Chief Justice Fargo
A lie.
Joseph Dredd
I have a picture of them.
Chief Justice Fargo
A fake. We lied... to both of you.
Joseph Dredd
(confused)
Both?
Chief Justice Fargo
There was another infant created in that experiment, but something went wrong. Genetically mutated to the perfect criminal.
Joseph Dredd
I have a brother?
Chief Justice Fargo
You were best friends at the Academy. Star pupils. And then he turned. And for his crimes, you judged him.
Joseph Dredd
(realizing)
Rico...Rico... You let me judge my own brother? You never told me, sir.
Chief Justice Fargo
I couldn't.
Chief Justice Fargo
(Dredd turns and look to the distance)
You were like a son to me.
Joseph Dredd
(contemplating)
A son...my whole life is a lie...
Chief Justice Fargo
Rico had to be executed to protect you, to protect the city.
Joseph Dredd
(seething)
Rico...Rico... (turns to Fargo) He's alive!
Chief Justice Fargo
No. I signed the order myself. I saw the report.
Joseph Dredd
I didn't kill Hammond. It was him. It was his DNA that convicted me.
Chief Justice Fargo
(realizing)
Griffin. Hmph. It was Griffin.
Joseph Dredd
(nodding)
Griffin, yes.
Chief Justice Fargo
We've both been deceived, Joseph. I'm so sorry. Rico's killed me and destroyed you! (gasping his last breaths) Fi.. find him, Joseph.
Joseph Dredd
Don't die.
(Fargo passes away. Dredd feels a tinge of grief but pity, then picks up the shotgun and stares at the Statue of Justice as thunder and lightning boomed on the horizon)
Ferguson
What do we do? (Dredd says nothing for a bit) What do we do?
Joseph Dredd
(Dredd turns to Ferguson with a determined but angry look, cocking the shotgun in reply)
Find Rico.
Ferguson
Dredd, there's no way in! Hello? Are you even listening to me? We can't just knock on the wall and say, "Hello, Cursed Earth Pizza."
Joseph Dredd
There is a way in. Six years ago, two refugees figured it out. The vents to the city's incinerators, there's a burst twice a minute. That means someone can run through that tube would have 30 seconds before it flames again.
Ferguson
And these two refugees, they made through, right?
Joseph Dredd
Actually, they were roasted. But the theory is sound. Shall we?
Ferguson
Maybe we should consider other theories? Dredd!
Joseph Dredd
(Dredd and Ferguson takes cover outside of the incinerator vents until the fire has dispersed)
All right, you ready, kid?
Ferguson
No!
Joseph Dredd
Now what's wrong?
Ferguson
What's wrong? Are you kidding? Does wearing that helmet all those year compress your brain?! You're going to get me killed!
Joseph Dredd
There's a maniac loose in the city!
Ferguson
What a coincidence! There's one out here, too!
Joseph Dredd
Oh.
Ferguson
Great time I'm having. The shuttle crash, the Cursed Earth, cannibals, and now a fireball up my ass! This is all your fault!
Joseph Dredd
My fault?
Ferguson
Yes.
Joseph Dredd
Care to explain that, citizen?
Ferguson
If you hadn't judged me, I wouldn't be out here in the first place. Hey, Dredd, what if you just kill me now?
Ferguson
(Dredd and Ferguson takes cover again as another fire disperses)
That's it! I'm through schlepping. I'm gonna stay here until I'm caught or until you apologize!
Joseph Dredd
The Law can't apologize.
Ferguson
That's just it. You're not the Law anymore. Now apologize. I think I deserve that.
Joseph Dredd
(shaking his head)
I've never apologized before...
