maneuver, but he몵s not very good at it. He looks as if he몶s down on his luck: shiny pants, slightly frayed collar, an old windbreaker. One of life몶s chronic losers, he is one of those individuals who continue to believe in themselves despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. This is GUS GORMAN.
Behind the teller몶s wicket is a middle-aged female CLERK with the requisite officious mann
satellite dishes scan the skies.
Super up: S.E.T.I. INSTITUTE, NEW MEXICO
INT. INSTITUTE - MONITORING CONTROL CENTER - SAME
A lone TECHNICIAN works on his putting skills. Behind him,
wall to wall technical equipment quietly sifts through data.
A RED LIGHT begins to flash.
The Technician turns and slowly walks towards the source. One
by one a series of LIGHTS turn on. The Technician (TECH ONE)
gra
satellite caught Red October
in Polijarny lnlet this morning.
Do you hear it?
No.
Beaumont, at Cal Tech
we used to do this
in our sleep.
You hear it now?
Wait a minute.
Maybe.
Um...
Its buried in surface clutter?
Yes.
I should go to SAPS?
Correct, Seaman Beaumont.
Signal algorithmic
processing systems.
Give it a week,
and youll be
teaching at Cal Tech.
So...
Iike Beethoven on the computer,
you ha
MANEUVERS: SPINS,
FISHTAILS, POWER DIVES, BACK FLIPS, you name it.
4 INT. PROP PLANE - DAY 4
Bulk and Skull psyche themselves up.
BULK
Be the eagle. Be the eagle.
SKULL
Be the swallow. Be the
swallow...
They take deep breaths then CHARGE THE DOOR.
BULK AND SKULL
Aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!
Naturally, they get STUCK, wedged shoulder to shoulder.
THE PILOT glances back, CHUCKLES and BANKS THE PLANE.
모
5 EX
satellites on this. Even if
Castor was here... he must have
slipped the net by now...
ARCHER
Hes here! And were going to
keep looking until we find him!
A silence descends on the chastised team. As they go
back to work, veteran agent TITO BIONDI takes Archer
aside.
TITO
Jon, these people have been
working round the clock -- you
gotta cut them some slack...
Archer considers his best friends advice