Dessa två scener går så här:
(Hans jumps down from an inspection and ends up crouched at John's feet. With a gun pointing at his head, he pretends to be an hostage until John calms him down..)
John: What the fuck are you doing up here? What were you looking for?
Hans: I was ..trying to get up, on the roof and.. see if I could signal for help. You know.. (looks back to where he'd stashed the gun) It's just through here. Why don't you come and help.
John: Hold it. Forget the roof.
(as Hans goes to pass through the passage between industrial units to retrieve the gun. John swings the weapon around so it is again pointing at Hans)
John: I said forget the roof, they got people all over it.
Come on, you want to stay alive, stay with me.
(Hans 'has a look' before scene breaks to FBI)
(Cuts back. John takes out cigarette pack with 2 left)
John: You smoke?
Hans: (smiles) ..Yeah. Thanks.
(John has one cig. in mouth as he passes the pack and remaining cigarette to Hans. There is a directory board over Hans left shoulder, showing names and locations of employees. John has has weapon pointed in Hans' general direction. Not directly at him, but not far off either. Hans takes the last cigarette and slips the empty pack in his pocket as John pulls out a Zippo.)
Hans: You don't work for Nakatomi. And you're not one of them..
(John, now turned further away from Hans, smiles wryly)
John: I'm a cop from New York.
Hans: (Hans shows some surprise) ..from New York! (chuckles)
John: Yeah.. Got invited to the Christmas party by mistake. Who knew?
(Hans chuckles, notices John's bare feet, John starts chuckling..)
John: Ehh.. Better than being caught with your pants down, huh?
(Hans also chuckles, John glances at directory)
John: I'm John McClane. You're uh..
Hans: (Hans looks blank for a moment) Clay. (smiles) Bill.. Clay.
(John glances back at Directory and sees a Clay, W.M. from the 29th floor. Nods to himself.)
John: Know how to use a hand gun, Bill?
Hans: I spent a weekend at a combat ranch. That game with the guns that shoot red paint. Probably seems stupid to you.
(John has been doing things with the hand gun, seems to put a clip in it and cock it.)
John: Nope. (John holds out gun, to Hans.)
Time for the real thing, Bill.
(Hans looks at the gun, looks at John, then slowly, reaches out to take it.)
John: All you got to do is pull the trigger. Come on. (Walks past Hans.)
(Hans drops his cigarette, stamps it out, and speaks into his radio..)
Hans: 33. Stockwerk. Kommt sofort.
(He takes his time, aiming the gun at John as John walks slowly away, with a 'I knew it..' look on his face)
'click' (as he ..again, cocks the weapon)
(John takes out his cigarette and slowly turns back to face Hans.)
Hans: Put down the gun, and give me my detonators.
(John takes a drag on his cigarette)
John: Well, well, well.. Hans.
Hans: Put it down. Now.
John: That's pretty tricky with that accent. You oughta' be on fuckin' TV with that accent. (Slowly walks back towards Hans) But what do you want with the detonators Hans? I already used all of the explosives. ..Or did I?
Hans: I'm going to count to three.
John: Yeah. Like you did with Takagi?
(Hans pulls trigger) 'click'..
John: Oops.. ('click, click, click)
No bullets. What do you think - I'm fuckin' stupid, Hans?
('bing' as elevator arrives)
Hans: (dripping with sarcasm) You were saying?
Transkribera de två scenerna när jag tittade på dem igen, tror jag att John inte lurades en stund, men försökte dra ut så mycket information som han kunde från denna chans att bli gisslan. Jag tror inte att han först insåg att det var Hans själv, men John visste hela tiden att det var en av gängmedlemmarna. Han var förmodligen förvånad över att ledaren skulle bli tvungen att göra sina egna "triviala uppgifter" borta från deras huvudsakliga stränghållare på 30: e våningen.
Observera att det mesta av tiden han har en vapen pekade på Hans allmänna riktning. Men han når ett stadium där han inser att han måste övertyga "Bill" att han själv är övertygad om sin berättelse, så ger honom det (lossade) vapnet.
När John tittade på katalogen och hittade namnet trodde han förmodligen något enligt följande:
OK - this guy is no dummy - better be real careful with him.
Han tillade att han kom på radion tyder på att han inte var tillräckligt noga, han hade spelat lite för mycket för att få mer information, och det kostar nästan hans liv (för den femtima tiden den kvällen).