Post by Rook on Mar 29, 2012 10:37:44 GMT -5
FADE IN:
INT. APARTMENT - DAY
Focus on computer screen with a news article on the convenience store shooting. BRANNIGAN enters, tosses his keys down and begins to dial his cell phone.
BILL (V.O.)
Hello?
BRANNIGAN
Hey Bill, it’s Brannigan.
BILL (V.O.)
What is it?
BRANNIGAN
He’s in town, the guy, my guy, the one I’ve been working on.
BILL (V.O.)
Who the hell are you talking about?
BRANNIGAN
The Ghost
BILL (V.O.)
Ah hell, this mysterious assassin of yours again? You’re killing me with this story.
BRANNIGAN
Just hear me out Bill. Just this morning, a man walks into a 7-11 and shoots another guy dead.
BILL (V.O.)
Like that never happens.
BRANNIGAN
Don’t be a jackass and let me finish. He’s standing there, in broad daylight. No mask, no struggle. It was cold and calculated. After he kills this man, he goes to the register and buys a Snickers Bar.
BILL (V.O.)
Fine. He’ll be ID’d by dinner if he stared the cashier in the face. What’s this got to do with tea in China?
BRANNIGAN
That’s just it. The kid doesn’t remember a thing about the shooter. Not a single detail. Neither does the second witness.
BILL (V.O.)
Victims do that all the time. I feel like I’m talking to a five year old. That’s what security cameras are for.
BRANNIGAN
I just got back from reviewing them. They are useless. The lens is smudged. It was like trying to see into a mirror after a hot shower.
BILL (V.O.)
Sucks to be you.
BRANNIGAN
No, you don’t understand. It fits the pattern, like the murder at the Bank of America a year ago.
BILL (V.O.)
Another smudge?
BRANNIGAN
No, a crack in the lens.
BILL (V.O.)
Don’t banks have like…six cameras, easy?
BRANNIGAN
Sure they do. Of the three cameras covering that particular area of the bank one didn’t work, one was facing the wrong way and then there was the cracked one.
BILL (V.O.)
Why do I argue with you? Two doesn’t make a pattern that makes a coincidence.
BRANNIGAN
Two months ago in an outdoor mall, a fly landed on the lens of a security camera just as the shooter came into view and happened to walk across the lens in perfect time to completely obscure him.
BILL (V.O.)
Okay, I admit, that’s odd. Do you want me to alert the President before or after lunch?
BRANNIGAN
The common thread is that all of these killings can be linked to The Boss.
BILL (V.O.)
Jesus! One loser story to another. I’m not going to talk to you anymore. Just work on the story I e-mailed you so I can sell papers.
BRANNIGAN
That’s why I called you, actually.
BILL (V.O.)
Don’t say it. I don’t want to hear it.
BRANNIGAN
I can’t do the story you sent me.
BILL (V.O.)
(Yelling loud enough that BRANNIGAN has to remove the phone from his ear)
And why the hell not!
BRANNIGAN
With the Ghost in town? I’ve never been so near his work. I’m not going to pass this up.
BILL (V.O.)
I hate you. You know that?
BRANNIGAN
I’ll keep in touch.
BRANNIGAN hangs up and crosses to a poster boards with NEMESIS’S face in the center of a web chart. Pulling a photo out of the printer he pins a picture of the guy killed to the board, connecting him to the picture of NEMESIS with some string. Grabbing his keys he bots out the door.
EXT. APARTMENT – DAY
BRANNIGAN exits the building and bumps into HITMAN. They pass each other and BRANNIGAN gets in his car.
BRANNIGAN
I’m so close!
EXT. BACK ALLEY – DAY
BRANNIGAN watches the back door of a building, checking his watch. He’s leaning against his car. MARTIN exits and Brannigan rushes to meet him.
BRANNIGAN
Martin! Hey!
MARTIN
This can’t be good.
BRANNIGAN
That’s no way to talk to your best friend.
MARTIN
The only time you meet me at work is when there’s trouble.
BRANNIGAN
Come on, that’s not true.
MARTIN
How about the time I got my tires slashed when we staked out those Bikers who you thought were sorcerers?
BRANNIGAN
That was my mistake. They were just making meth.
MARTIN
How about the half snake person?
BRANNIGAN
Yeah, that was a scam, but you have to sift through the dirt to get a gem.
MARTIN
I almost got shot.
BRANNIGAN
But you didn’t get shot, and you probably won’t this time either.
MARTIN
Probably?
BRANNIGAN
Trust me.
MARTIN
I’m going to regret this.
CUT TO BLACK:
END EPISODE
INT. APARTMENT - DAY
Focus on computer screen with a news article on the convenience store shooting. BRANNIGAN enters, tosses his keys down and begins to dial his cell phone.
BILL (V.O.)
Hello?
BRANNIGAN
Hey Bill, it’s Brannigan.
BILL (V.O.)
What is it?
BRANNIGAN
He’s in town, the guy, my guy, the one I’ve been working on.
BILL (V.O.)
Who the hell are you talking about?
BRANNIGAN
The Ghost
BILL (V.O.)
Ah hell, this mysterious assassin of yours again? You’re killing me with this story.
BRANNIGAN
Just hear me out Bill. Just this morning, a man walks into a 7-11 and shoots another guy dead.
BILL (V.O.)
Like that never happens.
BRANNIGAN
Don’t be a jackass and let me finish. He’s standing there, in broad daylight. No mask, no struggle. It was cold and calculated. After he kills this man, he goes to the register and buys a Snickers Bar.
BILL (V.O.)
Fine. He’ll be ID’d by dinner if he stared the cashier in the face. What’s this got to do with tea in China?
BRANNIGAN
That’s just it. The kid doesn’t remember a thing about the shooter. Not a single detail. Neither does the second witness.
BILL (V.O.)
Victims do that all the time. I feel like I’m talking to a five year old. That’s what security cameras are for.
BRANNIGAN
I just got back from reviewing them. They are useless. The lens is smudged. It was like trying to see into a mirror after a hot shower.
BILL (V.O.)
Sucks to be you.
BRANNIGAN
No, you don’t understand. It fits the pattern, like the murder at the Bank of America a year ago.
BILL (V.O.)
Another smudge?
BRANNIGAN
No, a crack in the lens.
BILL (V.O.)
Don’t banks have like…six cameras, easy?
BRANNIGAN
Sure they do. Of the three cameras covering that particular area of the bank one didn’t work, one was facing the wrong way and then there was the cracked one.
BILL (V.O.)
Why do I argue with you? Two doesn’t make a pattern that makes a coincidence.
BRANNIGAN
Two months ago in an outdoor mall, a fly landed on the lens of a security camera just as the shooter came into view and happened to walk across the lens in perfect time to completely obscure him.
BILL (V.O.)
Okay, I admit, that’s odd. Do you want me to alert the President before or after lunch?
BRANNIGAN
The common thread is that all of these killings can be linked to The Boss.
BILL (V.O.)
Jesus! One loser story to another. I’m not going to talk to you anymore. Just work on the story I e-mailed you so I can sell papers.
BRANNIGAN
That’s why I called you, actually.
BILL (V.O.)
Don’t say it. I don’t want to hear it.
BRANNIGAN
I can’t do the story you sent me.
BILL (V.O.)
(Yelling loud enough that BRANNIGAN has to remove the phone from his ear)
And why the hell not!
BRANNIGAN
With the Ghost in town? I’ve never been so near his work. I’m not going to pass this up.
BILL (V.O.)
I hate you. You know that?
BRANNIGAN
I’ll keep in touch.
BRANNIGAN hangs up and crosses to a poster boards with NEMESIS’S face in the center of a web chart. Pulling a photo out of the printer he pins a picture of the guy killed to the board, connecting him to the picture of NEMESIS with some string. Grabbing his keys he bots out the door.
EXT. APARTMENT – DAY
BRANNIGAN exits the building and bumps into HITMAN. They pass each other and BRANNIGAN gets in his car.
BRANNIGAN
I’m so close!
EXT. BACK ALLEY – DAY
BRANNIGAN watches the back door of a building, checking his watch. He’s leaning against his car. MARTIN exits and Brannigan rushes to meet him.
BRANNIGAN
Martin! Hey!
MARTIN
This can’t be good.
BRANNIGAN
That’s no way to talk to your best friend.
MARTIN
The only time you meet me at work is when there’s trouble.
BRANNIGAN
Come on, that’s not true.
MARTIN
How about the time I got my tires slashed when we staked out those Bikers who you thought were sorcerers?
BRANNIGAN
That was my mistake. They were just making meth.
MARTIN
How about the half snake person?
BRANNIGAN
Yeah, that was a scam, but you have to sift through the dirt to get a gem.
MARTIN
I almost got shot.
BRANNIGAN
But you didn’t get shot, and you probably won’t this time either.
MARTIN
Probably?
BRANNIGAN
Trust me.
MARTIN
I’m going to regret this.
CUT TO BLACK:
END EPISODE