A Few Good Men Page #28

ROSS:

Doctor, in your expert, professional

opinion, was Willy Santiago poisoned?

STONE:

Yes.

ROSS:

Thank you, sir, I have no more

questions.

RANDOLPH:

Commander, you may step down.

ROSS:

Please the Court, while we reserve

the right to call rebuttal witnesses

if the need arises, the Government

rests.

RANDOLPH:

We'll stand in recess until ten-

hundred hours this Monday, the l9th

at which time the defense will call

it's first witness.

RANDOLPH raps his gavel.

SERGEANT AT ARMS

Ten hut.

And the courtroom begins clearing out. KAFFEE, JO and SAM

are packing up their various papers.

SAM:

I strenuously object? Is that how it

works? Objection. Overruled. No, no,

no, no, I strenuously object. Oh,

well if you strenuously object, let

me take a moment to reconsider.

JO:

I got it on the record.

SAM:

You also got it in the jury's head

that we're afraid of the doctor. You

object once so they can hear you say

he's not a criminologist. You keep

after it and it looks like this great

cross we did was just a bunch of

fancy lawyer tricks. It's the

difference between paper law and

trial --

KAFFEE:

Sam --

SAM:

Christ, you even had the Judge saying

Stone was an expert!

KAFFEE:

Sam, she made a mistake. Let's not

relive it.

There's an uncomfortable silence.

SAM:

I'm gonna go call my wife. I'll meet

you tonight.

Sam starts to leave. JO turns and says

JO:

Why do you hate them so much?

Sam stops and turns around.

SAM:

They beat up on a weakling, and that's

all they did. The rest is just

smokefilled coffee-house crap. They

tortured and tormented a weaker kid.

They didn't like him. And they killed

him. And why? Because he couldn't

run very fast.

A long silence. KAFFEE makes a decision.

KAFFEE:

Alright. Everybody take the night

off.

SAM:

(continuing)

I apologize, I, --

KAFFEE:

It's alright. We've been working 20

hour days for three and a half weeks

straight. Take the night off. Go see

your wife, see your daughter. Jo, do

whatever it is you do when you're

not here. What day is tomorrow?

SAM:

Saturday.

KAFFEE:

We'll start at ten.

KAFFEE picks up his stuff and walks out.

SAM and JO stand there uncomfortably for a moment. JO begins

packing up her things.

SAM:

Why do you like them so much?

JO:

(pause)

'Cause they stand on a wall.

(beat)

And they say "Nothing's gonna hurt

you tonight. Not on my watch."

Despite their differences, SAM likes this woman.

SAM:

Don't worry about the doctor. This

trial starts Monday.

CUT TO:

INT. KAFFEE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

A baseball game is on.

KAFFEE's pacing slowly around, carrying his baseball bat.

He's looking at the blackboard as he walks around the room.

He's studying it. Studying it hard. There's a knock on the

door. KAFFEE answers it. JO is standing in the doorway.

JO:

I'm sorry to bother you, I should've

called first.

KAFFEE:

No, I was just watching a baseball

game.

JO:

I was wondering if -- how you'd feel

about my taking you to dinner tonight.

KAFFEE:

Jo, are you asking me out on a date?

JO:

No.

KAFFEE:

It sounded like you were asking me

out on a date.

JO:

I wasn't.

KAFFEE:

I've been asked out on dates before,

and that's what it sounded like.

JO:

Do you like seafood? I know a good

seafood place.

CUT TO:

INT. A SEAFOOD RESTAURANT - NIGHT

On the Virginia side of the Potomac. KAFFEE and JO are sitting

at a table, finishing up dinner.

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