Straight Down The Line

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In Chapter 6 of THE DISH, Rush hangs out at the beach in his car doing coke outside Jett's apartment building, Jett gets busy with a vibrator in bed, Haven watches DOUBLE INDEMNITY in her houseboat, and we meet marina sheriff's deputy Trimmer Waltz, gliding by Haven's window in his boat ...


EXT. VOYAGE STREET - MOMENTS LATER
An ancient, ruined VW bug.
Engine idling.
Facing the beach.

INSIDE THE CAR
we see Rush.

SNARFING up a big,
fat line off the dashboard.

He SHAKES his head.
Takes a drag of his smoke.
Shudders.

INT. JETT’S APARTMENT - AT THAT MOMENT
Jett lies in bed
in a white tank top.

Opens a drawer
on the bedside table.

Takes out a vibrator.
Leans back.
Flicks it on.

It disappears under the sheets.
She closes her eyes.

EXT. MARINA - NIGHT
A SHERIFF’S PATROL BOAT
skims across the water soundlessly.

At the wheel is deputy
TRIMMER WALTZ (28).

Fit. Clean-cut.
Impossibly good-looking.

With a bright gleam
in his eye.

Either brilliant or demented.
Maybe a combination of the two.

The skiff glides by the houseboat.
Trimmer hears the film.

TRIMMER
Every night with the old movies.
(toasts with a flask)
Someday, Haven -- I’m going
to rescue you from
that watery prison.

And he takes a drink to that.

INT. CRAYCE HOUSEBOAT - DART’S BEDROOM - NIGHT
Dart is fast asleep.
Mouth open, like a child.

Haven watches the end
credits go by. Thunderstruck.

HAVEN
(quoting dialog)
Straight down the line.

PUSH IN ON Haven’s face.
Thinking.

HAVEN
Ankle bracelet --