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EXT. TEXAS SCRUB -- DAY
Two men in shorts and Hawaiian shirts are poking around a
sandy section in the middle of scrub flats.
SERGEANT CLIFF POTTS is in the f.g., a plant-and-tree
guidebook in hand, as SERGEANT "MIKEY" HOGAN works a metal
detector over a large, sandy bank in the b.g. Both are Army
career men with a morning off to pursue their hobbies.
CLIFF
We got ocotillo, devils walking
stick--whats this stuff--its
that whattayoucallit--horse-
crippler.
Mikey bends to scoop something out of the sand, putting it
in a canvas bag slung on his bip
MIKEY
This place is a gold mine.
CLIFF
Lead mine.
MIKEY sees that Cliff is talking, pulls his headset off.
MIKEY
What?
CLIFF
Its a lead mine.
MIKEY
Right.
CLIFF
I dont know why Im talking to
you, youve got that thing on
your head.
MIKEY
You finding lots of cactus and
shit?
CLIFF
Its not just cactus. Theres
the nopals, the yuccas--
MIKEY
(Puts headset on)
Looks like a lot of cactus to me.
CLIFF
(Grumbles)
Man knows a hundred-fifty varieties
of beer, he cant tell a poinsettia
from a prickly pear.
MIKEY
(Troubled)
Cliff--
CLIFF
You live in a place, you should
know something about it. Explore--
MIKEY
Cliff--
CU MIKEY
MIKEY in the f.g. now, looking down at something as he pulls
his headset off again --
MIKEY
Cliff, you gotta look at this--
Cliff wearily turns and approaches from the b.g.
CLIFF
Dont tell me--Spanish treasure,
right? Pieces of eight from the
Coronado expedition--
He stops by Mikey and looks down, his expression changing
CLIFF
Jesus--
GROUND -- CU BONES
Sticking out from the sand bank are the SKELETAL BONES of a
MANS HAND. There is a ring on one finger.
MIKEY (O.S.)
Was Coronado in the Masons?
EXT. ROAD -- DAY
A distant cloud of DUST appears on the horizon MUSIC
underscores that we are in Texas, and we SUPERIMPOSE the
OPENING CREDITS as the dust takes form around an APPROACHING
CAR. The car comes close enough to see it has a County
Sheriffs insignia on the side.
INT. CAR
We see SAM DEEDS, the Sheriff, driving. Sam is 40, quietly
competent to the point of seeming a bit moody.
He sees something up ahead. MUSIC, CREDITS END as Sam pulls
off the road and we see the sergeants standing in the scrub
EXT. SCRUB -- DAY -- BONES
The hand and forearm down to the elbow of the skeleton are
visible now.
WIDER
Cliff stands looking at the arm with Sam. MIKEY is a few
yards behind them, playing with his metal detector. Beyond
him we see the Sheriffs car parked.
SAM
I was driving back from Apache
Wells when they got me on the
radio.
CLIFF
This was a rifle range way back
when. But we figured it isnt
Army land anymore, its your
jurisdiction.
SAM
(Nods)
Ive got the forensics fella coming
down from the Rangers. No way to
know how old the body is without
some lab work.
CLIFF
That ring--
SAM
Masons been around a long while.
Mikey has come up to them, still sweeping with the metal
detector.
SAM
Treasure hunter?
CLIFF
(Apologetic)
Old bullets. He uhm--makes art
with them.
Sam just nods. Mikey frowns, goes down on one knee and
scratches something out of the dirt at their feet--
CLIFF
The Sheriff says we shouldnt
touch anything,
MIKEY
(To Sam)
He cant hear with that rig on--
Mikey!
Mikey comes up with something, holds it before them. An
encrusted piece of metal--
MIKEY
Whatve we got here?
Sam takes the thing, lays it back down where Mikey found it.
SAM
Sposed to leave everything right
where we found it. Theyre real
particular about that.
MIKEY
The scene of the crime.
SAM
No telling yet if theres been a
crime.
Sam frowns down at the piece of metal as he rubs the face of
it.
CU METAL
Sams thumb wipes across the face of the encrusted metal.
It is roughly star-shaped.
SAM (O.S.)
But this countrys seen a good
number of disagreements over the
years.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM -- DAY -- TEXAS MAP
We look at a beautiful old pull-down map of Texas.
PILAR (O.S.)
We do the best we can here--
A teacher in her late 30s, PILAR CRUZ, steps in front of the
map and we FOLLOW her across the room, carrying a poster
PILAR
--but hey, public education these
days is a bit of a battleground.
Posters bung on the walls beyond her show luminaries from
Texas history--Sam Houston, Stephen Austin, Juan Seguin. A
new parent, CELIE PAYNE, stands in the middle of the otherwise
empty classroom.
CELIE
He went to school on base when we
were in Okinawa. its all--you
know--kids in the same boat--Army
brats.
PILAR
His record shows that hes a good
student.
CELIE
Im more worried about the social
thing. Are there like--gangs,
or...?
PILAR starts to put the poster up. CELIE moves to hold it
in place for her.
PILAR
We havent had any serious
violence, if thats what you mean.
Weve got a pretty lively mix
though--you walk into the cafeteria
and the Anglo kids are in one
section, the Mexican kids in
another and the Black kids have a
table in the back--thanks--
CELIE
So Blacks are--
PILAR
Theyre the smallest group except
for a couple Kickapoo kids. Look,
youre obviously a concerned
parent. Chet has no history of
getting
