In the Loop Page #5

MALCOLM:

What is it then?

A beat.

SIMON:

Is it...I don't know? Foreseeable? No.

MALCOLM:

No. Not foreseeable. That's declaring

war. It's neither foreseeable nor

unforeseeable.

SIMON:

Right. So not inevitable, but

not...evitable.

Malcolm leaves the office. Toby is still hovering.

MALCOLM:

(calling back to Simon)

Okay, you need to work out the line.

(to Judy)

That includes you, Jane F***ing Austen

with the strap-on. Oh, and put the

sniff out there that the next time the

BBC ambushes a Minister with a war

question we’ll drop a bomb on them.

JUDY:

I can't do that. That's political,

that's not in my...

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MALCOLM:

Purview? OK, darling. You scuttle off

back to f***ing Cranford and organise

the tea and cake and horse c*cks. (TO

TOBY) You, Ron Weasley -- you do it.

Malcolm heads out. Mark Hadley spots his go.

12 INT. FO MICHAELS OFFICE - DAY 12

Suzy and Michael in Michael’s office. Suzy’s getting

documents together for the big meeting. Michael’s at

his computer, on the phone. Classical music still on.

MICHAEL:

(on phone)

I want the Angolan charge d’affaires

on the phone. Well STOP him playing

football.

SUZY:

I’m just giving Toby a quick ring, is

that OK?

Suzy dials.

13 INT. DFID/INT FOREIGN OFFICE MICHAELS OFFICE 13

Toby is at DFID, finishing another call. His mobile

starts ringing.

Toby checks the phone. Sees it’s Suzy -- Christ, not

her again, I’m a bit busy here. He answers.

INTERCUT PHONE CALL:

TOBY:

Hiya. You do know this is the third

time you’ve rung? Are you on a new

tariff?

SUZY:

So? How's it going? You found the bogs

yet?

TOBY:

Yeah. Hard. But, no, good. All a bit

manic. It was never like this at

Agriculture. People tend not to swear

so much about wheat.

SUZY:

(to Michael, re. the

music)

Can you turn that down a bit?

(MORE)

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SUZY (CONT'D)

(to Toby)

Look, I've got a leg up for you. We

could get Simon over for a three

o'clock with Karen Clark?

TOBY:

Right - Karen Clark from...did she go

round Britain in a coracle for

leukemia?

SUZY:

Karen Clark, US Assistant Secretary of

State?

TOBY:

Oh right. Sh*t. Karen Clark. Wow.

Thanks.

SUZY:

Exactly. I'm giving your big dick a

swing right?

TOBY:

Uh hu.

SUZY:

Why?

TOBY:

(uncomfy with this private

motivational motto)

Because I am a big swinging dick.

SUZY:

Exactly. Remember that, okay. I'm

giving it a big shove. I ought to go.

I love you.

Judy’s hovering nearby.

TOBY:

Likewise. Affirmative on that.

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