Bring 'Em Young
Updated 2001-10-13 17:00:00
Okay, we're outside. Merry Mason and Max do some underhanded dealing. BurnsPierce pulls up and gets out of a white car, telling Merry Mason, "We tested the so-called toxic chemical you submitted to the Sheriff and it turned out to be laundry detergent." Max shoots back, "We did our own test, and it turned out to be Tetrol." If I'm the public or the press or the courts, I'd be all, "Thanks, I'll go with the FBI's findings over the kid with the chemistry set on Take Your Dad To Work Day, thanks." Max adds, "We're sure there are any number of people in the media who would be extremely interested to find out why such a dangerous chemical was found underneath a convenience store." Merry Mason piles on, "And even more interested to find out that the location was on federal property." I don't know what kind of ***** they're training at the FBI these days, but were I BurnsPierce, it would be my professional responsibility to shoot back, "Because you planted it there, guy who is trying to blackmail me into getting his girlfriend/client spring from the clink. Idiots." But the lawman folds, and we cut to Liz being released due to what Julianne Less has learned is "improper conduct with the arresting officer." Liz is happy, but only until Slackjaw tells her that Liz is prohibited from seeing Max ever, ever again. Poor, poor dear. Outside, meanwhile, Merry Mason tells Max he needs to know why Max needed to get into that room to begin with. But Max won't tell. "Silence," Merry Mason responds, "is unacceptable. Not under my roof." Ooh! He tossed Max from the house. The lightweight Van Morrison on the soundtrack is sadder than anyone else to hear that. Max and Liz pass each other on the way to their respective cars. In a final shot, Max falls asleep in his. Tetrol? WHAT?