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　　His face， distorted in the water; wild eyes， disoriented， choking for air. He reaches out， finds nothing to grab. Suddenly， he is yanked hard to the side.
　　
　　SURFACE
　　
　　The parachute is caught by the wind， and dragged， pulling Maverick along beneath the surface. He is twisting in the water， turning over and over， trying desperately to slip out of the tangled straps. He finally hits the surface of the water and sucks air into his lungs. With the end of his strength， he hits the release snaps and breaks free from the parachute. It whips away like a kite in a typhoon.
　　
　　The sea is choppy and rough. He struggles as his equipment drags him under. He twists， finds the inflatable raft attached to his harness. Maverick pulls the cord， and the raft hisses open. He pulls his body into the six-by-two foot raft and collapses， completely exhausted. The survival has been almost without thinking: an instinctual physical struggle.
　　
　　TWILIGHT
　　
　　Maverick begins to focus on the situation. He stains the water with dye， then sees another parachute floating nearby. Paddling to the parachute， he reaches over the side and begins to pull on the heavy cords that are submerged in the water.
　　
　　A great struggle. The weight is extremely heavy. Finally， he pulls a body to the surface. Goose. Goose is dead. Maverick releases the parachute and pulls Goose into the raft on top of him. He holds Goose in his arms. His mind shuts down again.
　　
　　From high above the ocean， we see the debris on the water. An oil slick， pieces of honeycomb titanium， and the small， helpless figure in the raft.
　　
　　DISSOLVE TO:
　　
　　EXT. OCEAN – NIGHT
　　
　　Searchlights skim over the black ocean. A brilliant light flashes as Maverick pops a pencil flare. Helicopter blades flick powerfully. The lights of the choppers descend toward the wreckage area， scanning the debris， searching for life. The spotlights find Maverick and Goose in the raft.
　　
　　The draft from the chopper churns the water. A FROGMAN drops from the chopper and hits with a heavy splashes. He surfaces and swims to the raft as a rescue harness is lowered.
　　
　　Maverick watches curiously as he starts to examine Goose. He hugs Goose closer and looks threatened.
　　
　　FROGMAN
　　Let him go， sir. Take it easy.
　　
　　He tries to pry Goose free， but Maverick has a death grip on the body.
　　
　　FROGMAN
　　Sir! Let him go. It’’s all right. Let him go.
　　
　　Maverick glares at the man as he bobs in the water.
　　
　　Another long moment， then Maverick releases Goose. The frogman quickly straps Maverick into the harness.
　　
　　HIS POV
　　
　　He watches the lifeless body in the water as he is pulled up and away. He shivers from the cold.
　　
　　INT. HOSPITAL ROOM – NIGHT
　　
　　EXTREME CLOSE ON Maverick’’s face. He is emotionless. His eyes are flat and absolutely without expression. There is complete silence in the room. Then we hear the quiet， calm， probing voice of Viper.
　　
　　VIPER
　　How do you feel？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　All right.
　　
　　VIPER
　　Goose is dead.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I know. I was there.
　　
　　Not one sign of emotion from Maverick. Not one tone of expression. We see Viper now， and his face is strained from a very long day.
　　
　　VIPER
　　If you fly jets long enough， something like this happens to you. No one escapes it. It touches us all.
　　
　　Maverick looks at Viper， and his eyes are very disturbed.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　He was…… my responsibility – my RIO.
　　
　　VIPER
　　My first squadron in Vietnam， we lost eight out of eighteen planes. Ten guys. The first one kills you， but there’’ll be others – you can count on it.
　　
　　No reaction from Maverick. He can’’t quite face up to that reality right now.
　　
　　VIPER
　　You’’ve got to put him in the box.
　　
　　Maverick is watching Viper， but he doesn’’t have anything to say.
　　
　　EXT. CHARLIE’’S SPORTSCAR – NIGHT
　　
　　The RADIO plays John Lennon; "Stand by Me". Maverick opens his eyes， doesn’’t know where he is for a moment.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　…… they say you’’re alright.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I’’m fine.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　This is it， then.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　What？
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　The dark side. The price you pay for all the fun you’’re having. You knew about it， of course. Didn’’t you？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　He was a friend of mine. A good guy…… great guy. It was my fault.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　That’’s not what I hear.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I was flying…… my responsibility.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　That’’s what you get flight pay for.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Maybe I shouldn’’t take it.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　（in surprise）
　　Why？ You act like you didn’’t know one day this would happen.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Not to me.
　　
　　CHARLIE