calls to a STAFFER--
SHEPHERD
Maria--
STAFFER (MARIA)
Good morning, sir.
SHEPHERD
Did they tell you Im gonna need--
STAFFER (MARIA)
--overall consumer spending and not
just first homes. Yes, sir. Well have
it for you in 15 minutes.
SHEPHERD
Thanks.
SHEPHERD moves on. LEWIS and JANIE stay with him.
LEWIS
Mr. President, I really feel we need
to focus on...
SHEPHERD
Lewis, however much coffee you
cally.
At least until I complete my thesis.
Which is becoming more and more
overwhelming each year.
This third tome
has become quite a battle.
Which is odd because the second book
came quite effortlessly.
How many years have you been here?
Oh, God. Itll be...
10 come January.
But I skipped a semester my sophomore year.
Yeah.
- Nice party.
- Yes, it is.
About as good
as the one three years ago...
crying
out loud, its my kid. Brucey, how are you, baby? [Players talking]
huh? Yes--no, I couldnt-- no, theres a lot of boys here. Were playing.
Huh? Boys, give me a break! My 5-year-old is calling from california.
Must be costing him a fortune. How have you been, honey? Yes, I got
your letter. Yes. It took three weeks. Next time, you tell mommy to
give you a stamp. Yeah, I know, honey, b
cally weaker... they
have less stamina...
DEHAVEN
Sure. And were gonna hog the
bathroom, too.
DEHAVENS AIDE catches up, pulls her aside.
DEHAVENS AIDE
White House boys want a private
meeting.
DEHAVEN
Ill act surprised.
??
INT. DEHAVENS OFFICE - CAPITOL BLDG. - DAY
Shoes dumped on her desk, DeHaven changes out knee-high
stockings while devoting one ear to...
WHITE HOUSE #1
... to reassure you that
calling after them)
Watch your left pocket.
A BUTLER has entered the room.
BUTLER
Phone call, Mr. Harris. Its Miss
Charles.
STUCKEY
Cynthia? Is she coming out?
EDWARD
Were about to find out. Go on.
Take care of your guests.
Stuckey exits the room as Edward crosses to the telephone.
EDWARD
(into phone)
Where are you, Cynthia?
(beat)
I see.
(pausing, getting angry)
No, I dont expect you to be at
my
conversation.
WOMAN
So whats in store for us in tomorrows
column?
IKE
I dont know yet. Im kind of a last-
minute man. Ideas dont flow until an
hour or two before deadline.
The Woman gets up and begins throwing darts.
WOMAN
(interrupting)
This is very interesting. You get your
ideas for your column from life. You
start up a conversation with a woman in
a bar, attack her choice of reading
mat
calling about anything in
particular, or were you just hoping to
catch me sleeping in the nude?
SEBASTIAN
I cracked the reversion.
Upon hearing this, Linda receives a jolt of adrenaline.
LINDA
You cracked it?
SEBASTIAN
Look at this.
Sebastian hits a couple of keys. A moment later the
molecular structure appears on Linda s computer.
SEBASTIAN
Watch this.
LINDA
You sure?
SEBASTIAN
91% sure.
LIN
close to
attacking COLLINS, who says back into the phone...)
COLLINS
I may be detained
(THUGS mime beating and kicking COLLINS, who falls to the ground as
lights on him fade)
MARK
What does he mean...?
(Phone rings again)
What do you mean "detained"?
(Lights come up on BENNY, whos on a cellular phone.)
BENNY
Ho ho ho
MARK & ROGER
Benny! Shit
BENNY
Dudes, Im on my way
MARK & ROGER
Great! Fuck
BENN
call her "she."
Mama.
I thought the world of that old man.
Yeah.
Dont go crying on me now.
I aint.
-Well, dont. -I aint.
-What do you think I should do? -I dont think theres much to do.
-Will you talk to her? -I cant.
You could talk to her.
Last conversation I had with her...
...was in San Diego, California, in 1942.
It aint her fault.
I aint the same as I once was.
Like to think I
want me to let Kobish find it?
Put a gun in his paw
and his fingers get itchy.
Hes only got half a brain.
Dont want nobody to get hurt.
Maybe youve got different ideas.
OK, Ill let him dig it out.
Wait!
Im waiting.
Top shelf of my closet, in my room.
Behind the hat boxes.
- Hal!
- Yeah, Glenn?
Kobish, watch the back door.
- Yeah?
- Ladys got a present.
Top of her closet, back of the box