Robbery/Homicide

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Oh, go on. Admit it. You love it. You've been sucked into my lair.

Screened DEATH BECOMES HER last night, a little gem from the late 80's starring Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep. Delicious little black comedy about death, revenge, jealousy -- and what happens if you make a deal with the devil to live forever. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, hot after BACK TO THE FUTURE. Evil, nasty fun. Hollywood doesn't make 'em this dark anymore. A shame. Check it out if you haven't seen it. A classic.

Onto today's scene from GUN-WILD ...

Now that Hondo and the gang are on the lam after the bank heist, it's time to introduce a pair of robbery/homicide detectives who are hot on their trail.

Or at least, trying to get warm.

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INT. 7-11 - AT THAT MOMENT
Two PLAINCLOTHES ROBBERY/HOMICIDE COPS
interview Skinny Black Cashier at the scene of the crime.

A TECH CREW is finishing up their work,
packing up their stuff to go.

SKINNY BLACK CASHIER
She was wearing a baseball cap,
scarf up over her nose and shades.
But I told the other cops after it happened.
I don’t see how --

PLAINCLOTHES COP
ZIP IT. I like to conduct my OWN interviews.
Sometimes the beat cops miss something.

Meet BOBBY TEEN (45), Detective Sergeant, Robbery Homicide.
Six-foot-four. Face like a potato. Bit of a belly.
Once spit-and-polish, now a bit soft from working
the Santa Monica beat.

SKINNY BLACK CASHIER
But it was a small job. She only got a couple hundred bucks.

PLAINCLOTHES FEMALE COP
That might be. But the chief doesn’t like it
when perps start shooting up local businesses.
In case you haven’t noticed, this ain’t Compton.

Meet TAYA RALLS (27), African-American gazelle.
Tall and lean. Freshly-minted Detective.
Think Rosario Dawson, with an attitude.
Chip on her shoulder the size of City Hall.

SKINNY BLACK CASHIER
What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

BOBBY
Watch your language.
We’d like to see the surveillance tape.

SKINNY BLACK CASHIER
But I told you, man -- she shot up the camera.

BOBBY
But she was taped BEFORE she shot it up, right?

Pause.

SKINNY BLACK CASHIER
Uh -- yeah.

BOBBY
See what I mean about conducting my own interviews?

SKINNY BLACK CASHIER
I’ll go get the tape.

He goes into the rear of the store.

TAYA
You really think there’ll be anything?

BOBBY
It’s our job to leave no stone inturned.
(beat)
You can write that down if you want.

TAYA
Isn’t that unturned?

BOBBY
Ooh. Big college girl.
Shut the fuck up.

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