Reacher Pilot 6th Pre-Production Studio Draft 1/12/2021 55.
DAWSON Hell, I’ll dance... REACHER
(never takes eyes off KJ) Not talking to you, peewee. Talkin’ to the guy with the pricier boots, better haircut and expensive truck he lets you sit shotgun in.
Dawson looks down at his boots - ashamed Reacher is right - and this PISSES DAWSON OFF. You can see it in his eyes. REACHER (CONT'D) So... you want me to lead? KJ
Not much of a dancer. More of an academic. A reader. In fact, I read somethin’ interesting just this morning - ‘bout some charges brought against a Major Jack Reacher in a small village outside Baghdad; charges of a very serious nature, charges that somehow... disappeared ... like grains of sand in an unforgiving desert... but, somehow, the desert seemed to forgive you, didn’t it?
Reacher looks back at KJ, taken aback he knew something about Reacher that he should never be able to know - something very few people know. Reacher just stares KJ down. KJ’s eyes scan Reacher, then he gives a self-satisfied smile... KJ (CONT'D)
We don’t forgive as easily in Margrave... watch your back Mr. Reacher.
Dawson eye-fucks Reacher - the guy has CRAZY eyes - as he gets back in his truck. Reacher watches as the truck pulls away. Then he crosses to the barber shop; Mosley out front... MOSLEY
What about the word “trouble” don’t you understand? That man’s a problem. REACHER
Not for me. Now let’s finish the shave. I’m having dinner with a beautiful lady. And he walks in as we needle-drop HAVE A GOOD TIME by BIG WALTER HORTON, a blues classic...
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