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Jay picks up the phone. Taylor looks to the TV. TIGHT ON: the

frozen close-up of Jay and Taylor.

MATCH CUT TO:

INT. NEW YORK FBI FIELD OFFICE - DAY

The same news coverage now plays on a small TV. The TV sits

on a desk in a sea of cubicles. Dozens of JUNIOR AGENTS and

DISPATCHERS answer tip calls. A chaotic symphony of voices.

TITLE CARD:
HEW YORK CITY FBI FIELD OFFICE

A large agent, SPECIAL AGENT MAURICIO BORJES (34, Dominican

by birth, American by nature), strides down the hall.

BORJES:

Kenny, you seen Naj?

A YOUNG AGENT talking on a phone looks up and shakes his

head. Agent Borjes curses silently and stalks off.

INT. COMMERCIAL BATHROOM - DAY

The glistening tip of a hypodermic needle. A finger taps the

syringe. Hands pinch flesh. The needle finds a home.

WIDER REVEALS:
We're in a bathroom stall. An attractive woman

in her 40s shoots up into her thigh. This is FBI AGENT JAN

"NAJ" MARLOW. She grimaces and withdraws the needle.

BAM! The sound of the bathroom door opening startles her.

BORJES'S VOICE

Yo, Naj! You in here?

MARLOW:

(regaining her senses)

Yeah.. What's up?

BORJES'S VOICE

A-SAC wants us on a phone call.

18.

MARLOW:

One minute.

OUTSIDE THE STALL

Borjes listens to Marlow's labored breathing.

BORJES:

They need us now. You okay?

Borjes waits a long beat. We can read the concern on his

face.

MARLOW (O.S.)

I'll be there, Mo!

He finally leaves. In the stall, Marlow wraps the needle in

tissue, exits the stall, and buries it deep in the trash.

INT. NEW YORK CITY FBI FIELD OFFICE - CONT.

Agent Marlow hurries down a hall and passes the bullpen of

cubicles. This office lacks the slick look of a TV show set.

It's a government funded old school workplace. Marlow arrives

at a door labeled "DOMESTIC TERRORISM," and enters

THE SIT ROOM:

One wall is a bank of video monitors. Another is an enormous

white board. In the center, Borjes and eight MALE AGENTS sit

at a conference table. SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE FRED CHAMBERS

(55, one grain of salt from a heart attack) talks into a

speakerphone. He glances up, pissed, as Marlow enters.

CHAMBERS:

(into speakerphone)

This is Special Agent in Charge

Fred Chambers. I understand I'm

speaking with one of the men from

the Guggenheim pictures.

JAY (O.S.)

Yes, this is Jason Burchell. Sorry,

who am I speaking with?

Agent Borjes writes down the name Jason Burchell.

CHAMBERS:

Start the work up.

Borjes nods and exits the room. Marlow takes his empty seat

next to Chambers. She is the only female in the room.

19.

CHAMBERS (cont'd)

Thank you for calling, Mr.

Burchell. You're doing the right

thing by contacting us. It will

only help your case.

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