coffee
or tea. Some chat and gossip, other are content to keep their
own company, some just stare slackly into space.
??
Paul enters, sees ELAINE CONNELLY sitting with a few other
ladies, sipping tea. Shes 80, refined and elegant, his best
friend here. She gives him a good-morning smile. He gives her
a rakish wink in return, which makes her smiles all the more.
??
Paul reaches past the people at
coffee?
- Wheres the boss?
- Hes upstairs.
Thanks.
Come on!
Youre telegraphing that wheel kick.
Johnny!
What a surprise, man!
Yes!
Whats this? You moving in?
This is "I give up. " I came to say good-bye.
- Here are the dojo keys.
- What are you talking about?
Ill pay you that back rent soon.
You think I bought that place for the rent?
I bought it for you.
- Mr. Silver?
- What?
The plutonium deal.
coffee houses.
Dr. Susan Bright (WOMAN) steps out of her door. She is
the scientist that we saw in the OPENING SCENE.
She is in a hurry, juggling a briefcase, an armful of
books, a cup of coffee and her keys as she heads for her
car.
She is bent to the car door as we GLIDE UP BEHIND her.
MAN
Hello, Susan.
The voice hits her like the Hymlich maneuver.
SUSAN
Oh my God...
MAN
What god would that be?
coffee cups, and a confusion
of wires and very low-tech, high-tech equipment BECK sits at
the monitor controls. He is younger than we expected,
twenties, clean cut good looks. Hell be a hell of a good-
looking man at thirty-five, he just needs to be hardened.
From the looks of the coffee cups around him hes on his
way.
BECKS VOICE/ RADIO
Okay, Six, lets wrap this container
and call it a day.
Abov
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