OPER
Libertys moving.
Another AGENT rounds the corner into the corridor and is
followed a step or two later by
PRESIDENT ANDREW BENJAMIN SHEPHERD.
SHEPHERDs walking with his personal assistant, JANIE, a shy,
professional and incredibly efficient 25-year-old.
JANIE
The 10:15 events been moved inside
to the Indian Treaty Room.
SHEPHERD
(to Janie)
The 10:15 is American Fisheries?
JANIE
Yes, sir.
and did you hear he booked another fan appearance without us?
GWEN
Youre kidding. When for?
TOMMY
Tomorrow morning, before the store opening.
ALEXANDER (OFFSCREEN)
Hes a miserable twit!
GWEN
The guy is terminally selfish!
FRED
He ate my sandwich.
GWEN AND TOMMY
What?
FRED
A month ago, he ate my sandwich.
TOMMY
And he ate Freds SANDWICH!
Gwen turns to notice Alexander staring into a ma
fish market backs on the water.
Across the street, ground floor, is the
meth lab --
EXT. FISH MARKET AND STREETS - DAY
The Macarena blares from a boom box. Snappers, artfully
arranged in schools on ice, stare up blankly. Crabs scratch
at their crates. Lobsters climb over one another in tanks.
One of the black SWAT vans turns down a side street. The
other takes an alley. The Marcells Crab House va
operating in the north
to subvert Union forces.
Had Thomas not burned the legendary
missing pages from the Booth diary,
the killers may have found
a vast treasure of gold,
and the Union may well have
lost the Civil War.
- Thank you.
- [applause]
[man] Id like
to thank Ben and Patrick Gates.
Thank you.
And say what a wonderful addition Thomas
Gates is to our civilian heroes exhibit.
Thank you.
Tha
FISH SMELL
THAN THE BOUNCING.
HOW FAR YOU HEADED?
TO DALLAS.
UP DALLAS, ARE YOU?
WHERE YOU GOIN?
IM HEADIN ON UP
NEW YORK CITY.
HMM.
IM GOIN WHERE
THE SUN KEEPS SHININ "
" THROUGH
THE POURIN RAIN "
" GOIN WHERE THE WEATHER
SUITS MY CLOTHES "
" BANKIN OFF
OF THE NORTHEAST WINDS "
" SAILIN ON
A SUMMER BREEZE "
" AND SKIPPIN
OVER THE OCEAN "
" LIKE A STONE ""
[ANASTASIA]
DO YOU LOVE ME, JOE?
DO YOU
operates - his paralyzed legs a particular dead weight.
After covering Eugene with a blanket, Jerome enters a bathroom
containing a surgically-clean stainless steel basin, sink,
shower and toilet.
Beside the toilet stands a large, industrial-style stainless
steel refrigerator.
Donning protective gloves, Jerome opens the liquid-nitrogen
cooled refrigerator. A cloud of condensed water vapor billows
operating the laptop with one hand.
Business talk, mile-a-minute.
MALE VOICE (v.o.)
(from phone)
... might be perched up on majority
shares, but youre not the only one
who gets hurt if the actuals crash.
Forecasts were fucked to begin with.
NICHOLAS
(into phone)
The moment Baer/Grants P and L
report is placed in my hand, I will
be speed dialing your number.
Empty walls. No distractions. MARIA, th
operative,
and l couldnt tell you until l knew you.
Well, can l call you when l land?
You can call me, but lll be in Peru.
l said that a little loud.
Come on, thats a code blue.
We got the wolf sleeping at night.
Hes slipping his arm in the drawer
and out comes the cookie jar. All clear.
Got it?
Well, maybe when you
get back from Peru.
-l dont think thats an option, Lisa.
-Linda.
l know. l change
fish moving in the f.g... Aquarium fish -- fish we
know -- fish of the lesser depths, as we RISE UP TOWARD the
surface...
Then nearer the surface still, fish dart and flee before a
distant RUMBLE... that GROWS LOUDER AND LOUDER...
HELICOPTER
ERUPTS INTO WATERY VIEW as it blasts across the ocean...
CUT TO:
EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN - DAY
A tropical morning sun paints its luster on the sea-chop. A
helicop
fish.
The Peppermill meant cash. The money was
comin in so fast we couldnt count it.
Watch these guys.
I think theyre stealin towels.
- And it all went right
to the family, tax-free.
- Back to yellow. You lose.
The high rollers, the slot junkies,
the vacationers from the Midwest...
all came certain they could win...
- that this was their shot at a miracle.
- Place your bets.
Its all been arranged