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CJ:“Any last requests?” Pulaski:“Yeah, can I fuck your sister?” CJ:“You're an asshole to the end. Punk motherfucker!” — Carl Johnson and Eddie Pulaski, before the latter's demise.
Carl is leaning against a post, waiting for Frank Tenpenny and his colleagues to arrive to retrieve the dossier Carl acquired. A Police Car approaches and C.R.A.S.H. emerges. Jimmy Hernandez points a gun at Carl, before Eddie Pulaski tells him to hand over the dossier. Carl hands over the dossier and asks if C.R.A.S.H. will leave him in peace now. Tenpenny asks Pulaski, who says Carl has "done well". Tenpenny then ambushes and knocks Hernandez out with a shovel, accusing him of selling them out to Internal Affairs, informing them of the corrupt work Carl has performed for them. Tenpenny then orders Carl to dig the grave for Hernandez, implying that Carl will be digging his own grave as well. Tenpenny then leaves Pulaski alone to supervise Carl while he returns to Los Santos.
As Carl digs the grave under the watchful eye of Pulaski, he tries to convince Pulaski that Tenpenny is using all of them and that Pulaski will be the next to be killed. Pulaski violently silences him, when suddenly Hernandez regains consciousness and tries to attack Pulaski, who turns around and shoots Hernandez, killing him, with his body falling into the grave. Moments later, Pulaski attempts to flee in a Buffalo, but Carl chases him through the desert in a Bandito. During the chase Pulaski taunts Carl, insulting his sister and mother. At the end of the chase, Carl manages to incapacitate Pulaski, as Pulaski lies bleeding against his car as Carl approaches and asks him if he has any last requests. Pulaski responds that he wants to have sex with Carl's sister, Kendl. Carl coldly remarks that Pulaski was an "asshole to the end", calls him a "punk motherfucker" and kills him with a strong kick to the head.
Even though Pulaski is killed in this mission, the news report of Tenpenny's trial in the mission Riot states that Pulaski is "believed to be on the run", implying that his body was not found.
Mission Objectives[]
In order to complete the mission, the player must:
Kill Pulaski
Deaths[]
Jimmy Hernandez - Killed by Eddie Pulaski for trying to attack him after being injured by Tenpenny's shovel.
Eddie Pulaski - Killed by Carl Johnson for insulting his family as well as for trying to kill him.
Reward[]
There is no monetary reward for this mission. However, the mission Saint Mark's Bistro is unlocked if the missions Green Goo and Madd Dogg are done.
Tenpenny hits Hernandez with a shovel, laying him out.
Tenpenny:
YOU SNITCH PIECE OF SHIT! YOU VATO ASSHOLE! YOU SOLD US OUT!
Tenpenny hits Hernandez with the shovel again, and then gives the shovel to CJ.
Tenpenny:
Time to dig, Carl.
CJ takes the shovel.
Tenpenny:
(to Pulaski) You take care of things. (takes the dossier)
Pulaski:
Whuh - where you going?
Tenpenny:
To get drunk and get laid - you got a problem with that?
Pulaski:
No, Frank, relax.
Tenpenny:
Good. I'll see you back at the precinct. And I'll see YOU in the next life, Carl.
Tenpenny leaves in his car. As CJ is digging the grave, Pulaski watches by holding a gun at him.
Pulaski:
Awright, that's good - that's deep enough for two.
CJ:
Eddie, Tenpenny's just using you, he's using all of us. You're the next one he's gonna silence, man.
Pulaski:
Shut the fuck up, scum! And it's Officer Pulaski to you!
Hernadez regains consciousness and attempts to sneak-attack Pulaski.
Pulaski:
Fucking die!
Pulaski shoots Hernandez in the chest, killing him, before his body falls into the grave. Pulaski then attempts to escape in his white Buffalo, but CJ chases him in a Bandito.
CJ:
Hey Eddie! You know Tenpenny gonna rub you out too!
Pulaski:
Carl, you got it all wrong, pal! Tenpenny was the one saving your ass! Every time I wanted to get rid of you he'd find some excuse to keep you alive! Well, now it's up to me, and I ain't such a fucking soft touch! So how's your sister? I always had a thing for her. Tenpenny and I got some great shots of her and her varrio boyfriend going at it like a couple of horny Chihuahuas. Man, does she put out like a pro!
CJ:
Screw you Pulaski! I know what you're trying to do, and you ain't gonna crawl inside my head.
Pulaski:
I ain't kidding! It's the best stake-out I ever done! Carl, you should have seen your moms before she was buried. She was a real mess - most of her face was hanging off!
CJ:
Don't fucking talk about my Moms!
Pulaski:
The boys, you know, they fooled around with her at the scene, you know... touching her, joking around and shit.
CJ:
Fuck you, Pulaski, FUCK YOU!
Pulaski:
Heh heh heh!
CJ catches Pulaski and shoots him until he's heavily injured.
CJ:
Not feeling so fucking full of yourself now, huh?
Pulaski:
(coughs) Yeah, well them's the breaks... fuck...
CJ:
Any last requests?
Pulaski:
Yeah... can I fuck your sister?
CJ:
You a asshole to the end. Punk motherfucker!
CJ stomps a dying Pulaski on the head, killing him.
Post-Mission Phone Call[]
NOTE: This phone call will not occur if the player hasn't completed the aforementioned missions yet.
CJ: He-ello?
Rosenberg: You've hung us out to dry; I know it!
CJ: Rosenberg?
Rosenberg: Yeah! Soon to be wearing concrete shoes in a shallow grave in the desert, Rosenberg! I'm surprised you remember!
CJ: Look, I haven't forgotten y'all, man, just hang in there.
Rosenberg: Easy for you to say, this Salvatore guy might whack me at any moment.
Video Walkthroughs[]
Gallery[]
Carl Johnson and Eddie Pulaski shortly before Pulaski's death.
Pulaski's corpse.
Trivia[]
The mission's name is a reference to the concept of "duel at high-noon", the favored time for gun fights in the Old West.
The mission objective itself is also a reference to how duels at high-noon are portraited in classic movies – the bad guy versus the man of the law (usually the sheriff) in a deserted town.
The plate of the vehicle Pulaski escapes in has a plate reading "PULASKI".
However, like any other vehicles with unique plate numbers, if the car is saved in a garage, it will change to a regular plate.
If the Buffalo is destroyed during the chase, it will reappear in the final cutscene fully intact. The only time this will not occur is if Pulaski drowns, in which case the final cutscene is skipped. On a similar note, if Pulaski is beheaded during the mission, he will appear leaning against the Buffalo in the final cutscene. Again, this cutscene is skipped if he drowns.
In the cutscene when Carl is digging, Pulaski is holding a Colt .45. In regular gameplay, he wields a Desert Eagle.
This mission is the only time Pulaski appears outside of cutscenes.
The shovel used by Tenpenny in the first cutscene is fully wooden and is shorter than the one featured during normal gameplay.
Despite the Buffalo losing its immunity to explosion damage once Pulaski enters it, the Heat-Seeking Rocket Launcher cannot damage the vehicle if it locks onto it.
The Police Car C.R.A.S.H. arrive in during the cutscene has a police scanner different from the one featured during gameplay. It appears to be voiced by the same woman who dispatches announcements in Area 69 during the mission Black Project.
The Buffalo Pulaski tries to escape in is owned by him and is present at Las Brujas, despite the fact that Pulaski arrives with Tenpenny and Hernandez in the police vehicle.
Instead of High Noon, there would have been a different mission involving the death of Jimmy Hernandez. Only mission dialogue subtitles and instructions were discovered in the game files. These indicate that the mission would have involved Carl driving Hernandez's corpse in Tenpenny's car while evading police roadblocks and a pursuing helicopter. Finally, the mission would conclude with a minigame that involves burying Hernandez – which would likely be similar to the other Rhythm-based Minigames in the game.[1]