The Final Countdown Page #5

- What?

Laurel. I wish I was.

- I'm not gonna lie about it.

- People assume you are anyway.

- I'll just have to live with the fact.

- Fact?

Of what they think.

You're a strange girl,

Laurel.

You give more back talk and less

cooperation than any girl on Capitol Hill.

I don't know why I put up with

you and your dog.

I don't know why

I just don't fire you.

Because I'm the best

political assistant you'll find

and you're still more interested

in politics than sex.

Charlie!

What is he barking at?

Charlie, what is it?

Listen.

They had U.S. markings.

- You sure of that?

- I thought so too.

Their speed!

Are they ours?

I don't know. But if they are ours,

they've kept them a close secret.

- I want inquiries made as soon as we return.

- Yes, Senator.

Bridge.

Skipper, the F-14s

are on top of the contact.

Alert 1, this is Eagle 1.

What have you got?

We've overflown

the craft, sir.

It's a civilian yacht,

flying U.S. flag

about 50 feet in length,

old but in mint condition.

- Over.

- Hold observation position.

Dispatching 86 tanker

for refueling.

Stand clear, Path 1.

86 tanker departing.

The challenger's back with one,

two, three jabs to the mouth.

Louis responds with a right to the head.

Cuts with a left to the body.

- Brings it up to the head.

- Hey, who's that fighting?

- Louis takes another left and a right.

- I don't know.

Louis is staggered by a right to the jaw.

He almost goes down.

There's the bell ending round 12.

Look sharp, feel sharp

Be sharp and listen, mister

How are you fixed for blades

- Do you have plenty?

- How are you fixed for blades

You're better off...

Let's get some air.

Captain's off the Bridge.

I don't know.

Dan, what's this all about?

What do you make of it?

Nostalgia broadcasting

on the Armed Forces band.

Broadcasting

after a strike? Nah.

Excuse me.

Sir, is it possible that this could be

part of some secret naval maneuver?

- Course not.

- There are a few people

- who'd like to watch us work under pressure.

- What are you saying, Dan?

The Department of Defense sent

him out here.

Maybe they wanted

to give him something to watch.

Now, that makes more sense

than anything else so far.

Now, wait a minute, gentlemen. You may

be the victims of some kind of joke.

But whether the Pentagon's

behind it

or the Kremlin

or some little green men from Mars

I promise you, I'm as much

in the dark about it as you are.

Captain, we're getting something

you might wanna hear.

- In the Plot Room.

- Aye, sir.

The Germans are retreating

on the 70-mile front in southern Russia.

However, forces were reported

and long-range artillery fire

was heard in the suburbs of Moscow.

Rate this script:5.0 / 2 votes