A top-secret, experimental, offensive/defensive military installation hidden away in the countryside outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CLOSE on a beautiful, intricate, state of the art computer panel as it is lifted out of a large console. A huge, dimly lit display board, sporting a galaxy of small running lights, looms above.
The panels removal creates a large, vulnerable opening, inside of wh
top! Ooh,
Shellys out, walking down the street, ten times a week! I read it! I
said it! I stole my mommas credit! Im cool! Im hot! Sock me in
the stomach three more times!
JOSH
Dont forget to call me after supper.
BILLY
Okay.
JOSH
Remember about Cynthia!
BILLY
Dont worry! Im as interested as you are.
SCENE 5
JOSH
So, will you tell me?
BILLY
Youre in!
JOSH
What do you mean, Im in?
BILLY
Cynthia
top bunk?
He never did it before.
Well, now you know
its possible.
Hes not Peter Pan.
He cant fly.
We need you.
Youre going to have
to wait here
until the x rays get back.
At least she didnt dump him
in a pot of boiling water, huh?
Yeah, she did that last month...
said his bath was too hot.
What have we got?
This one was found
in a dumpster.
Jesus.
- Social Services?
- Mm-hmm?
Hes not breathing o
board.
You will bury yourself
under a mountain of paperwork.
Discussion is over.
Mike, give me a pint.
Rough day?
The worst.
Sure you want a whole one?
Yeah. Hit me big time, baby.
Hey, Einstein. If you figure out
that Citizen letter, let me know.
Congratulations on the op.
Its a big shot.
Thanks.
How are you doing? You okay?
Im good.
Youre starting early today.
Yeah, Im gonna get chip-faced.
Wan
board.
You will bury yourself under a mountain of paperwork.
Discussion is over.
Mike, give me a pint.
Rough day?
The worst.
Sure you want a whole one?
Yeah. Hit me bigtime, baby.
Hey, Einstein. If you figure out that Citizen letter, let me know.
Congratulations on the op. Its a big shot.
Thanks.
How are you doing? You okay?
Im good.
Youre starting early today.
Yeah, Im gonna get chip-faced. Want
BOARDtopples out from inside, slams against his
back, hard.
JIMMY
snaps the hockey stick into position... spins around...
swings wildly with the wooden baton. He makes contact with...
A POT RACK
suspended above the island... pots dangling from their hooks
come clanging down on top of him...
The dust settles... Jimmy realizes hes been beating the
stuffing out of an ironing board. He sheepishly ex
top
of all of it?
You dont. You prioritize.
Ive got death warrants
coming down any day.
Obviously they come first.
Every time a death warrant is issued or
reissued, we have to make a new report.
- You know anything about John Reese?
- Uh, yeah, John Reese.
Thats the cop killer who pleaded
self-defence, right? I saw him
on Minutes
Right. Yeah. Big celebrity.
Even wrote a book.
Every time I see him
shoes.
Happy birthday, Myra.
She and Roz are like this:
This section has three zones,
each with a supervisor.
The other two supervisors report to me.
I go to Mr. Hart.
Thats his office.
He was just made vice president.
Ive never seen anyone
leapfrog so fast to the top.
And I have the bad back to prove it.
Margaret, anything serious?
- Nothing so far.
- Margaret, please. Roz is on my case.
Sorry.
board the plane taking
John Kennedys body to Washington...
... the new President was sworn in.
In a voice shaking with emotion...
... a woman judge from Dallas
gave him the official oath to speak.
Mrs. Kennedy still wore
the bloodstained dress...
... in which she had held
her dying husband in her arms.
Thats so terrible.
You know what you could get
for the photograph...
...of the man firing those
board?
- Yes, I did, Bessie. They rejected me.
- Rejected? Again?
Lets not say too much
about this in front of George.
You come straight home from work.
Dont hang around that pet shop.
Dont be upset, Miss Barnes.
Theres a fish in the water cooler.
I know. Its mine.
Hi there.
Hi, Hen old boy!
- George, good to see you.
- Good to see you, little buddy.
Dont you look important? That uniform
and all