Reacher Pilot 6th Pre-Production Studio Draft 1/12/2021 43.
SHARON (OVER SPEAKER) Hi. This is Sharon Finlay. Leave a message and I’ll get ya back.
Beep. On Finlay. Heartbroken. Then... FINLAY (INTO PHONE)
Hey. It’s me. I’m just... I’m just dealin’ with a tough case... alone in the middle of Georgia... and I just wish you would call me back... Knock at the door. Finlay quickly hangs up. Composes himself. FINLAY (CONT'D) Come in. ROSCOE (enters with smart phone)
Boss. Got Reacher’s military record from DC. Wanna hear the back of his baseball card? FINLAY I do. ROSCOE (reads from phone) Silver Star, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Soldier's Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Bronze Star, a second Silver Star and a Purple Heart for wounds
sustained in the bombing of a Marines Barracks in Kandahar. Finlay takes Roscoe’s phone, reads from it verbatim. FINLAY
Major Reacher ran into the inferno, carrying soldiers out 2 at a time. Witnesses report 6 separate trips, confirming 12 were saved. Major Reacher suffered severe smoke inhalation, but returned to active duty 32 hours later despite having shrapnel remains of a jawbone removed from his abdomen...
Finlay runs his hand over his forehead, puts down the phone, exhales stress. As Roscoe picks up/looks at the phone... ROSCOE Wanna hear his MP numbers? FINLAY No.
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