Angel Eyes Page #5

CATCH:

(as he works)

What day is today?

ELANORA:

Wednesday.

CATCH:

No.

They are not smiling at their little jokes, but they have

an ease with each other and the deep love of dear

friends. He doesn’t pause in his work, but we can see

some nervousness in him as he says...

CATCH:

Met somebody today.

Mrs. Chu is now taking some of the groceries out of the

bags to help.

ELANORA:

Oh? That’s good. Ahh --they had

the broccolini today. Thank you.

CATCH:

A woman.

Elanora is more interested and curious now, still helping

with the groceries and being casual.

ELANORA:

You didn’t tackle her, too, did

you?

CATCH:

No.

ELANORA:

Good, Catch.

CATCH:

She’s a police officer.

ELANORA:

(stops; worried)

Are you in trouble?

Catch goes on working, a depth in his eyes.

CATCH:

No. No trouble.

(CONTINUED)

23.

CONTINUED:

Elanora watches him work and gladdens slightly. We see

her own depth of feeling.

ELANORA:

Well... that’s a good thing.

He is still working, but his eyes are on his thoughts,

his struggle.

CATCH:

I saw her once a long time ago.

Elanora stares a moment. This has meaning for her.

ELANORA:

Where?

He doesn’t answer. He’s nervous about this.

CATCH:

She looks the same.

Now she watches him as he moves to the refrigerator and

continues his work in silence.

INT. RIB HOUSE -THAT NIGHT

It’s a noisy restaurant with a large bar area. We PAN TO

a booth of off-duty cops, out of uniform now, including

Ray, Sanchez, Sharon and a few more male officers.

They’re all a bit high. Sharon shows the signs, too.

They are passing around a photo now as one COP looks at

it and says...

COP:

Beautiful.

... And Sanchez says proudly.

SANCHEZ:

Yeah. My wife’s got him in

agility class.

RAY:

No sh*t.

Ray is handed the photo, and we see that they’re talking

about Sanchez’s dog, the name "REX" printed on the photo.

(CONTINUED)

24.

CONTINUED:

RAY:

’Rex.’ Rex is good. I wonder who

the first person was to name a dog

’Fido,’ and what the hell does it

mean?

SHARON:

I like how you’re always asking

the big questions, Ray.

There is some laughter. Ray is a smart-ass and a flirt.

RAY:

I got a big question for you, Pogo

--but I can only ask it when

we’re alone.

She moves some of the change on the table, sliding it

toward Ray.

SHARON:

Here --use this --call your wife

and ask her instead.

SANCHEZ:

I happen to know Ray’s wife is

busy tonight.

They laugh and drink and Ray asks her...

RAY:

Why doesn’t your partner ever come

out with us?

SHARON:

Robby’s a family man.

RAY:

I’m a family man.

SHARON:

Yeah, but his family actually

likes him.

More laughter. Sharon’s eyes do a quick roam of the bar.

Ray catches this.

RAY:

That Lambert --I guess he’s not

showing either.

She shrugs this off like it’s not important and starts to

slide out of the booth.

(CONTINUED)

25.

CONTINUED:

RAY:

Where are you going?

SHARON:

The head. Do you mind?

SANCHEZ:

She’s just gonna freshen up her

makeup.

RAY:

You’re wearing makeup?

She leaves the booth with a wry frown.

SHARON:

That reminds me, Ray. You still

have that eye-liner you borrowed

from me?

She grins, leaving the laughter behind her.

ANGLE -DOOR

Catch has entered the bar. He is watching Sharon leave

the booth and walk to the rest rooms. He looks back at

the raucous booth and hesitates. He sits at a small

table near the door.

INT. BATHROOM -NIGHT

Sharon is drying her hands in the bar’s bathroom, staring

into the mirror. No smile now. We see into her mind for

a second.

FLASHBACK -MAN

Pointing the gun at her face today.

BACK TO SHARON (PRESENT)

in the mirror and see how shaken she still is.

ON CATCH:

A waitress is leaving his table, and he looks back at

Sharon’s booth and sees that she still isn’t there. He

starts to turn, and then freezes as he hears...

(CONTINUED)

26.

CONTINUED:

SHARON (O.S.)

There you are.

She has stepped out of the bathroom and spotted him. He

is surprised, face to face now.

SHARON:

We thought you wouldn’t show. Why

you sitting here?

He shrugs.

CATCH:

I don’t talk to a lot of people.

Would you...?

He half rises and gestures to the other chair. She

glances back at her booth, then sits. She’s nervous,

too.

SHARON:

I didn’t have a chance to thank

you. I’m Sharon Pogue.

She puts out her hand. He stares at that hand for just

half a beat before taking it. They shake. The feel of

her hand holding his evokes the memory of the accident,

but he covers this.

SHARON:

You look familiar.

CATCH:

I guess I live on the beat you

patrol.

Her way to cover nervousness is to be blunt, even tough.

SHARON:

Why would you do that --jump a

man with a gun?

CATCH:

(shrugs)

He was going to shoot you.

SHARON:

He could’ve shot you. You have a

death wish? You a bungee jumper?

CATCH:

No. I didn’t have time to think

about it.

(CONTINUED)

27.

CONTINUED:

SHARON:

What d’you think about it now?

CATCH:

I figure... it was worth the risk.

SHARON:

For someone you don’t even know?

CATCH:

Yeah --and for what you do. I

think cops are great. Out there,

trying to keep it safe. You know?

Tough job. Firemen are

everybody’s heroes. Kids wave at

firemen. People should wave at

cops. Did you ever think about

how many people are walking around

this town because you saved them?

SHARON:

I never thought about it.

CATCH:

... because you helped them or

because you arrested somebody who

would’ve hurt them or because you

just... did your job?

SHARON:

Now I’m walking around this town

because of you. Ever think about

that? Maybe you should be a cop.

CATCH:

I don’t know... I look pretty dumb

in a hat...

He has made her smile.

CATCH:

... and I don’t drive and, like I

said, I don’t talk to many people.

Am I talking too much? I am. You

go ahead.

SHARON:

Okay. What d’you do? You

employed around here? Oh, God.

Sorry. Every time I try to talk

to somebody, it comes out like an

interrogation.

(CONTINUED)

28.

CONTINUED:

CATCH:

Where do you want to be ten years

from now?

SHARON:

What?

CATCH:

Somebody taught that to me. Kind

of a shortcut. You ask somebody,

what are your plans for

tomorrow --what’re your dreams

for ten years from now. It’s

supposed to get things started.

SHARON:

Does it work?

CATCH:

I never tried it.

SHARON:

Bullshit.

CATCH:

No. Really. I just remembered it

--God is my witness.

SHARON:

Not in here. It’s mostly cops.

Now she has made him smile, the first real smile we’ve

seen from Catch. It’s open and real and she is charmed

by it.

SHARON:

You have a nice smile.

She’s a bit self-conscious, saying that, and just as she

says it, the waitress arrives with shots and beers for

both of them. Sharon looks up, questioning, and the

waitress nods toward the booth. Catch and Sharon see the

cops, staring, smiling, raising their glasses. There is

a hint of teasing in their grins. And now Sharon is more

self-conscious, and a bit tough again, taking her drink

and turning back to Catch.

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