Reacher Pilot 6th Pre-Production Studio Draft 1/12/2021 44.
ROSCOE Over 150 closed cases; all successful prosecutions; more than 20 fugitives captured. Good investigator. Considering how little support you get around here, might wanna consider keepin’ him around. FINLAY What in God’s name is a guy like that doing in Margrave? ROSCOE (pointed, busting chops) What’s a guy like that doing in jail? Hate to be the one that put him there. FINLAY (deadpan) Get out of my office.
Roscoe leaves. Finlay, stressed, takes a MANILA ENVELOPE from his drawer. On it, in BLACK MARKER: DON’T DO IT. He dumps out a SOFT PACK OF PALL MALLS, pulls out a cigarette, lights a match, waits... then throws the cigarette in the garbage. He stares at the cell phone, picks it up, stares at his wife’s number in “RECENTS.” Does he call her again? As we PUSH IN on him contemplating the phone, we NEEDLEDROP: Baby, I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time, And maybe I'm afraid of the way I love you. As we get close, MATCH CUT TO:
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INT. WARBURTON COUNTY JAIL - CONCRETE & METAL ROOM - LATER
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OVERHEAD OF REACHER SLEEPING. He blinks awake: Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pulled me out of time, You hung me on the line, Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you... He sits up to find WINGS playing on the radio and Hubble sitting in a chair, staring at Reacher - actually, more like staring through Reacher as Hubble has the “1,000 yard stare”. REACHER You always watch people sleep? HUBBLE
Been hoping a Beatles song would come on. They soothe me, ever since momma’d sing me Rocky Raccoon when I had a cold. Turned it up when Wings came on; least it’s McCartney.... Sorry I woke you.
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