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girls.

BURNETT:

(as Theresa screams)

No, Theresa... No, he wasn't

talking about you.

83 INT. LOIS FIELD'S MANOR - UPSTAIRS - NIGHT 83

MOVING THROUGH the doors of the master suite where a lightbreeze blows through balcony of sheer curtains, Lowreyturns ever-so-slowly with his flashlight following a beatbehind. The beam comes to rest on a bludgeoned bodylaying on the bed amongst huge pillows and exotic stuffedanimals. The telephone cord is wrapped around her neck.

Lowrey's closer inspection reveals -

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LOIS'S CLIENT BOOK

Where an obvious page and photo have been ripped out.

Julie's. Lowrey goes for the phone. Picks it up withhis handkerchief. No dial tone. So he drops thereceiver and heads out of the room. But just as hereaches the doorway -

Suddenly -- Lowrey's BEEPER SOUNDS.

He jumps. Reaches down to switch it off when -

From out of those billowing curtains -- Noah!

Sledgehammer in hand, he swings at Lowrey, who instinctively

blocks and ducks as the hammer misses and crushesthe bannister railing. It gives under Lowrey's weight,

who reaches over and traps the sledgehammer, only to findone of Noah's hammy fists battering him behind the earuntil -

The rail finally gives way.

Lowrey falls and crashes onto a Craftsman table coveredin antique picture frames. It collapses underneath him.

Then -

CLOSE ON LOWREY'S RADIO

Laying next to him. It SQUAWKS LOUDLY...

BACK-UP COPS (V.O.)

(over radio)

Pulling up now, twenty-one-two.

Give us your twenty in the

residence... twenty-one-two. Do

you copy. Twenty-one-two...

The CAMERA LIFTS to reveal that Noah has vanished.

84 INT. MIAMI PD - SQUAD ROOM - NIGHT 84

Howard can't believe his ears. Is every cop's wife sucha pain in the...

BURNETT:

Theresa, I know it was my idea. I

know I was the one who wanted a

little quality time. It's just

that this can't wait. Can't I

just wake you up when I get home?

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Lowrey's PHONE RINGS. But Howard's close so he picks it

up.

HOWARD:

It's about f***in' time.

(answers)

Howard here.

INTERCUT WITH:

85 INT. JULIE'S APARTMENT - JULIE 85

This small place is a typical, party girl pit stop. Verylittle furniture, but closets overflowing with clothes.

Magazines, beer bottles, unmade bed. Wet and frightened,

Julie scurries around with a cordless phone at her ear,

locking all the doors and windows.

JULIE:

I need to talk to Detective Lowrey!

HOWARD:

He's not here. How can I help you?

JULIE:

You can get me Detective Lowrey!

HOWARD:

This isn't another paternitycase, is it?

JULIE:

No. It's another murder case.

HOWARD:

Did this happen at the BiltmoreHotel?

JULIE:

Listen! I just saw my best friendmurdered. I'm soaking wet. I'm

alone, I'm scared and I'll onlytalk to Mike Lowrey!

HOWARD:

Don't hang up. Lemme find him.

(hand over phone)

Page Lowrey. Find out where he

is!

BURNETT:

Theresa. I gotta go.

Burnett hangs up and redials Lowrey's pager.

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86 EXT. LOIS FIELD'S MANOR - NIGHT 86

Lowrey, battered and barely conscious, is loaded into anambulance. His BEEPER SOUNDS.

87 INT. JULIE'S APARTMENT - JULIE 87

She's so frustrated she's about to hang up.

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JULIE:

I don't want to come downtown! I

don't want police protection! If

you can't gimme Detective LowreyI'm just gonna blow town!

INTERCUT WITH:

88 INT. SQUAD ROOM - HOWARD AND BURNETT 88

HOWARD:

Don't leave town. Please, and

don't hang up. I've got Lowreyright here. He just walked in.

(holds the phoneto Burnett)

Be Lowrey.

BURNETT:

I can't be Lowrey.

HOWARD:

Shut up and listen! She'll onlytalk to Lowrey. She says she'sour witness. That means she's our

only link to the dope, not tomention my pension plan, so get onthe phone.

Burnett accepts the phone. Hand over the receiver, he

does a quick Lowrey impression that starts as lame andends pretty damn convincing.

BURNETT:

Yo, you are live with Lowrey...

(then into phone)

Yo, you're live with Lowrey.

89 EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET - NIGHT 89

Burnett's Volvo turns onto the block. He pulls over onthe opposite side of the street and parks, his carblending in with others in the residential neighborhood.

He gets out, crosses to the lobby of her building.

90 EXT. JULIE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 90

Burnett knocks on the door.

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He notices his gold wedding band, hastily removes it.

Just as he drops it into his jacket pocket -

JULIE (O.S.)

Who's there?

BURNETT:

Mike Lowrey.

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91 INT. JULIE'S APARTMENT 91

She stands on the other side of the door with a baseball

bat, cocked and ready to fly.

JULIE:

How do I know it's Detective

Lowrey?

BURNETT:

... 'Cuz I'm Mike Lowrey. I'm a

cop. Wanna see my badge?

JULIE:

Yes! I wanna see it now! I'm

not letting you through the fuckingdoor until I do. Hold it up tothe peephole!

Burnett shows his shield. Holds it up to the peephole.

JULIE:

Anybody can get one of those.

BURNETT:

(annoyed)

Hey, lady. You called me,

remember...? 'On the mike with

Mike.'

After a beat, the door swings ajar.

92 INT. JULIE'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS ACTION 92

But as Burnett enters the house, all he notices are that

two DOGS start YAPPING HYSTERICALLY. He can't see her.

But she can see him. From behind the door, she comes out

swinging a bat. Burnett ducks and Julie smashes the hat

stand instead.

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BURNETT:

What the f*** was that for?

JULIE:

You're not Mike Lowrey!

BURNETT:

What do you mean I'm not MikeLowrey? You never even met

him! Me.

JULIE:

The way Max described you wasdifferent.

BURNETT:

I'm undercover.

She doesn't believe him and swings the bat.

BURNETT:

Okay. I'm way undercover.

JULIE:

Prove it!

BURNETT:

I knew her from way back. From

time to time, you know... We'd gettogether. Mess around, you know?

JULIE:

Wrong.

Julie swings for real, nearly taking Burnett's head off.

BURNETT:

Okay. Okay. So I exaggerated.

It's a man thing.

She swings again, but he's had enough, he moves quickly,

catching the bat with his hand and ripping it away fromher.

BURNETT:

You know what? You don't wanna

believe me? That's fine with me!

Go it alone.

Burnett heads toward the open door. Julie's veneer dropsas she shrinks to the floor.

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JULIE:

I saw it all... I watched him

shoot her. Like she was nothing.

(trying to hold

it together)

Please shut the door.

BURNETT:

You don't got any more golf clubsor bats, do you? Nothin' that youcan swing at me, do you?

She shakes her head. He carefully steps forward.

BURNETT:

Then lemme introduce myself. I'm

Mike Lowrey. And I'm here to help

you.

JULIE:

You're not what I expected.

BURNETT:

Yeah, well neither are you. You

swing like Barry Bonds.

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