detective...
...you neednt protect me
against molestation from young women...
...until I ask you.
Anyone could tell the girl meant no harm.
He aint no tec. Hes a gentleman.
Look at his boots.
How are all your people down at Selsey?
Who told you my people
come from Selsey?
Never mind, they do.
How do you come to be up so far east?
You were born in Lisson Grove.
What arm is there
in my leavin Lisso
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
??
by
Howard Franklin
Danilo Bach
David Seltzer
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Revisions by Danilo Bach
FADE IN:
INT. MIKES HOUSE - QUEENS - EARLY EVENING
Winter. A celebration. Close friends, cop friends,
family all here to celebrate patrolman MIKE KEEGANS
promotion to detective, NYPD.
The party spills through the house -- front room, dining
room, kitchen, with a small fenced backyard visible be
curb in front, a mint low-
rider Impala convertible, stereo thumping, cruises past.
INT. PANEL VAN - DAY
The thumping fades, leaving the Macarena filtering in.
Starling pulls the cover off the eyepiece of a periscope
bolted to the ceiling of the van and makes a full rotation
of the objective lens concealed in the roof ventilator, catching
glimpses of:
A man with big forearms cutting up a mako sha
detective grade.
When the suspects are caught
and charged,
and a verdict rendered,
you would be eligible
for the assignment
of your choosing,
commensurate to sentencing.
No.
Im sorry?
Im not interested.
Bear in mind, Mr. Tellis,
if I may be so bold,
that career opportunities
in law enforcement...
What a fucking waste of time
that was.
Tellis!
Captain Mitchell Cheevers.
- Thanks for coming down, m
detectives, FEDORCHUK and
ALTEREZ, who are waiting for the ball scores.
FEDORCHUK
I remember where I was -- pissing
off my balcony at the neighbors
dog!
Others laugh.
ALTEREZ
(yells at Crais on TV)
Get to the goddamn ball scores!
ON THE TV SCREEN, an on-location interview with a CAL-TECH
PROFESSOR comes up. Her name and title appear across the
bottom of the screen.
CAL-TECH PROFESSOR
From the tim