
Human Target
- TV-14
- Year:
- 2010
- 60 min
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TEASER:
OVER BLACK:
A man’s voice. Nervous. Raspy. A little out of breath...
RASPY VOICE (V.O.)
Blending in... You have no idea what
it’s like, always blending in... You
forget who you are. Eventually, you
start to forget who you ever were...
...then, BLINDING LIGHT, and we’re in-
INT. DINGY OFFICE BULLPEN - DAY
A large office bullpen, awash in stark daylight. But there’s
nobody here. The desks are all empty. The place is dead-
RASPY VOICE (O.S.)
They push you and push you further into
the margins. Treat you like dirt, take
away your manhood. Make you small...
--except for the DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES face down on the ground,
some crying, all panicked. We’re in a hostage situation...
RASPY VOICE (O.S.) (CONT'D)
Somebody had to do something about it.
One hostage is separated from the crowd; in a chair, a BLACK
HOOD covering his face, his wrists and ankles taped down. If
we’re paying attention, we’ll see he’s wearing BROWN LOAFERS.
And as we keep pushing into the office, we finally find the
source of the voice. A GUNMAN, on the phone with-
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EXT. OFFICE BUILDING PARKING LOT - DAY
A NEGOTIATOR, among a heavy perimeter of cop cars-
NEGOTIATOR (INTO PHONE)
I hear you, Hollis, I really do. He used
you. Took advantage of all your work, and
then cut you loose. It’s a terrible thing-
WE HEAR A COMMOTION OVER THE PHONE, before the line goes
dead. Off the Negotiator, concerned-
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Human Target - Steinberg Network Revisions 1/23/09 2.
INT. OFFICE BULLPEN - SIMULTANEOUS
The Gunman (HOLLIS) is now amidst the hostages, RIFLE RAISED-
HOLLIS:
What was that?! I heard that!!!
We now see that he’s wearing a VEST WIRED FULL OF EXPLOSIVES.
He points his rifle at a WOMAN on the ground-
HOLLIS (CONT’D)
All I want is Lydecker don’t make me hurt
the rest of you!!
The Woman is crying. Hollis’s nerves are totally frayed.
This whole thing is going south, fast...
As Hollis paces nervously, we see a photo on the wall: KEN
LYDECKER, the man in the hood. In the photo, he’s smiling.
A PHONE RINGS in the hostage area. Hollis picks up.
NEGOTIATOR (FROM PHONE)
Hollis? Hollis, are you there?
Hollis doesn’t know how to respond, stays silent...
INTERCUT WITH:
EXT. OFFICE BUILDING PARKING LOT - DAY
NEGOTIATOR (INTO PHONE)
Alright, listen; I’ve got people to
answer to, and if they think those
hostages are in imminent danger, they’re
HOLLIS (FROM PHONE)
You won’t. You know I’ll blow the office.
NEGOTIATOR (INTO PHONE)
I know that, but at a certain point it
isn’t gonna be up to me anymore. Now
since I don’t think either of us want to
go down that road just yet, help me buy
some time. Send out the employees...
HOLLIS (FROM PHONE)
No... No that won’t work...
NEGOTIATOR (INTO PHONE)
Lemme finish. The deal is, I get the
bystanders, and you keep Ken Lydecker.
He’s the only one you really want anyway.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
Human Target - Steinberg Network Revisions 1/23/09 3.
CONTINUED:
NEGOTIATOR (INTO PHONE) (CONT'D)
You’ll still have leverage, and I’ll have
something to show my bosses. And we all
get to live a little while longer...
ON HOLLIS, sweaty. He doesn’t know what to do. But he
watches the Woman Hostage crying on the floor, and a moment
of humanity hits him... Off Hollis-
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EXT. OFFICE BUILDING PARKING LOT - MINUTES LATER
We see a line of HOSTAGES filing out of the building. The
cops receive them, offer medical assistance, etc.
CUT TO:
Hollis is left alone, pacing. We move past the seated Hooded
Man. If we’re paying attention, we’ll notice that HIS SHOES
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