Human Target Page #4

Winston inspects the Fed Ex box on the table.

WINSTON:

I see Lydecker finally sent payment...

Winston unpacks the box to produce a WHISKEY BOTTLE. He

looks at it, puzzled. Holds it up to Chance.

WINSTON (CONT’D)

Whiskey...?

CHANCE:

It’s not whiskey. It’s 30 year old

Yamazaki. It’s a $900 bottle of scotch.

(off Winston’s look)

Hey, that stuff’s not easy to find...

WINSTON:

When I suggested we might keep

transactions quiet by bartering instead

of cash, I assumed you understood I

meant, ‘bartering for things of value’.

(re:
a canvas by the table)

This is a Degas. It has great value.

(re:
the whiskey)

This is a slow Tuesday night for you.

CHANCE:

(re:
the scotch)

Ken Lydecker is a good guy who was in a

bad spot. I figured he could use a break.

(re:
the Degas)

That guy... I didn’t much like that guy.

(CONTINUED)

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WINSTON:

(beat)

Alright, setting aside for the moment

your stunning disregard for our solvency,

there’s a bigger conversation I’ve been

putting off...

(then)

There are a finite number of times you

can cause a mess of that magnitude and

still have clients show up at our door.

CHANCE:

Don’t start... I told you, it was the

only way to stop the guy from killing

Lydecker, along with dozens of bystanders.

WINSTON:

I understand that. What I can’t figure

out is why it got that far. Why not

challenge him at the outset? You said he

hadn’t armed the vest yet, why not disarm

him cleanly before he did?

CHANCE:

What do you think, I let it get that far

because I thought it’d be fun?

WINSTON:

I don’t know, mate, you tell me.

CHANCE:

Come on-- I controlled the situation.

WINSTON:

The building explo-

CHANCE:

--exploded, I know, I was there.

(then)

I waited because I felt Lydecker was in

no immediate danger. I let it play out

until I had an angle. When the bomb

went, I got distance, gave myself cover.

I was in control the whole time.

A beat, Winston unable to take that at face value, but

unready to push the issue. Yet. He nods, gets up to leave.

CHANCE (CONT’D)

Where are you headed?

WINSTON:

Peale has a referral he wants me to see.

(CONTINUED)

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CHANCE:

I can come.

WINSTON:

No you can’t. Shop stays closed while

you recover. No discussion.

CHANCE:

Hey... Thanks for worrying. But really,

there’s nothing to worry about.

Off Winston, hoping that’s true. He exits.

CUT TO:

INT. CHANCE’S OFFICE - NIGHT

Chance and Winston’s non-descript office. Could belong to

any small business in LA. Seated across from Winston is

STEPHANIE DOBBS (35, sophisticated-sexy) and her husband

JAMES (40s). In the corner is PEALE, a local cop.

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