The Shadow Effect

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(MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN:
So without further ado,

ladies and gentlemen,

I present to you the governor

of this great state of ours,

dare I say the future President

of these United States,

(CHEERING)

please welcome Governor John Francis!

(CROWD CHEERING AND APPLAUDING)

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you all for coming out

on this very special night.

Ladies and gentlemen,

fellow Washingtonians,

we live in dangerous times,

times riddled with adversity.

But it is only through challenges

that great opportunities

present themselves

to change our very future.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Christ, I could use a stiff

drink and some SportsCenter.

These speeches are

starting to get a little...

Rote, sir?

Well, I was going to

go with soul-sucking,

but yes, now that I'm

running for President,

I guess "rote" does sound better.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Come on, guys, is this really necessary?

Down.

Do I know you?

If you pull that trigger,

I guarantee you

my guys will not stop,

not until you're found,

captured, and killed.

(NECK SNAPS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(CELL PHONE BEEPING)

(DETONATOR BEEPING)

(VOICE SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO)

POLICE OFFICER:
Police, move.

Move, move, move.

(VOICE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO)

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

(GUNS COCKING)

Police!

Hands in the air!

(SWAT MEMBER)

Hands where I can see them.

POLICE OFFICER:
Hands in the air!

(SWAT MEMBER)

Watch out, he's got a bomb!

POLICE OFFICER:
He's got a bomb! Down!

- (SWAT MEMBER) Everyone down!

- POLICE OFFICER: Move, move!

(RAPID, HIGH PITCHED BEEPING)

(COUGHING AND SPITTING)

Jesus, baby.

Are you okay?

(GROANS)

(CONTINUES COUGHING)

I warned you. You can't mix

the grain with the grape.

Were we drinking last night?

Yeah, with the Andersons.

We had wine with dinner, then

you drank whiskey with Phil.

I have this worst headache too.

BRINN:
Oh, here.

(DRAWER SLIDES OPEN)

Here you go, tough guy.

(GRUNTS, SNIFFS)

Thanks.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(SPEAKER ON TV)

Dr. Connelly, it's a pleasure

to have you here to

talk about the brain,

the body, and the connections that

you have made between the two.

Now, I have read about identical twins

being separated at birth that grew up...

I hope Jesse got the register fixed.

(SPEAKER ON TV)

Yet they have the same hobbies,

they wear the same clothes,

they have the same hair style,

even down to the same type of dog,

but you are suggesting

something so much more.

DR. CONNELLY:
Well, something

deeper in their DNA.

My research has shown in some

cases, these types of twins

can share some of the same

emotions and memories

due to synaptic, possibly

even telepathic, convergence.

(SPEAKER ON TV)

That's interesting.

What made you go down that path?

That aspirin actually helped.

BRINN:
Good, you look better.

(SPEAKER ON TV) Oh, when you

were in Southern California.

There you go.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(FOOD SIZZLING)

So have you been before?

Like, would you wanna go, or... ?

WOMAN:
Ah, I'll check on my schedule.

Okay.

Here, pancakes there,

um, scrambled, there.

- SARAH:
Thank you.

- Sarah, I was thinking...

- No.

- Maybe when you...

No, Jesse.

- Just no.

- See what she does to me?

GABE:
Jesse?

SARAH:
It's 'cause you ask every time.

The b*tch thought I wasn't good enough.

Do I look not good enough to you?

Jesse, honey, table six.

All right, I get it.

Wait. Uh...

Okay, all right, all right.

(BELL CHIMING)

Good morning, Gabriel.

Morning, Sheriff.

Brinn, how's it going, darling?

Not bad.

Oh, Gabe, Jesse said that

he can take me home tonight.

I got my cooking class.

(FLY BUZZING)

You know, before we kilt 'em all,

the Indians believed that when you died,

you were reborn

over and over and over.

Called it reincarnation.

JESSE:
I think you mean Buddhists.

Well, either way,

it kind of makes you wonder

why that was ever the needle on order.

I mean, if you're just

gonna wake up again,

then why not kill your friend

and f*** his wife, heh?

Well, best be careful.

Buddhists also believe in bad karma.

You could come back as that fly.

Well, I was fighting in Iraq.

We were fighting for the right reasons.

To protect you and your flies.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(GASPS)

Hey.

Hi.

Those for me?

Um, no, I was going to have a date,...

- Oh, heh.

- ...but they canceled.

I got a knife in my hand,

do not tease me.

I will keep that in mind.

Thirteen.

Lucky number.

It's only the sixth.

My birthday's not for another week.

Well, consider it an early gift,

in case I forget, like last year.

BRINN:
If you like the stew tonight,

we can put it on the new menu.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

We live in the time

Where no one knows How to live

Just let them all pretend

Who they've never been Before

Hey.

Who am I

Gabriel, honey, you're having a seizure.

Talk to me, baby, baby,

Talk to me, please!

(RADIO PLAYING MUSIC IN THE DISTANCE)

(HUMMING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Beer's nice and cold.

JULIA:
Jack.

JACK:
Yes, dear?

Why'd you have to become a politician?

You know why, dear.

Make a difference.

Then let's stop going to

those insufferable events

and go to Africa and

make a real difference.

I thought we were

still talking about beer.

JULIA:
I don't know, Republic of Congo

is poverty-stricken, isn't it?

Maybe we should go to the Congo.

(KISSING)

JULIA:
Beer?

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

(SMACKING LIPS)

Tasty.

JACK:
You know, I can't tell

if you are smart or naughty.

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