Without a Trace2002

[Phone conversation]

Barry Mashburn:
They're going to turn me into a maniac, aren't they?

Jack Malone:
Who, Barry?

Barry Mashburn:
The press.

Jack Malone:
Yeah, they probably will do that. Sooner or later, it was going to come out. It's inevitable.

Barry Mashburn:
Look, Jack, Jack, I-I never wanted any of this to happen. Okay, I just wanted...

Jack Malone:
[quietly] What, Barry? What did you want?

Barry Mashburn:
I don't know. I don't know. I don't know what I wanted. I-I... don't even know what I'm doing here.

Jack Malone:
Listen to me. You've made some bad decisions, but it's not too late. You can get yourself out of this.

Barry Mashburn:
Okay, okay, Jack, please, tell them that it was an accident.

Jack Malone:
Look, Barry, I can tell them all of that, but they're not going to believe it until you let Samantha go.

Barry Mashburn:
T-tell them that-that it... tell the press it-it was an accident and I will-I will... I will release someone else to you. I promise.

Jack Malone:
Why not her?

Barry Mashburn:
No, no, no. She's my insurance.

Jack Malone:
Against what?

Barry Mashburn:
So-so that you get moving on my helicopter.

Jack Malone:
Look, Barry, Samantha's life is no more important than anyone else's, but she's the one who's been shot.

Barry Mashburn:
No, th-this is not negotiable, Jack. She stays.

[Martin and Jack share a look]

Jack Malone:
Who do you want to give me?

Barry Mashburn:
Okay.

[looks at Richard]

Barry Mashburn:
The Idiot.