Body of Proof Page #3

Central High, scholarship to Brown,

senior associate at Whitney, Howell

& Walker. Apartment in Mount Airy,

single no boyfriend. Colleagues

say she was a workaholic who pretty

much lived at the office.

Det. Morris shoots a look at his partner. Det. Baker shoots *

a 'What's the big deal?' look back. *

MEGAN:

She's obviously in excellent

physical condition. Callouses on

her feet, a few minor scars here

and there, healed puncture marks on

the left forearm both anterior and

posterior, made by an animal's

incisors, probably canine.

Fingernails are trimmed short,

chewed in places -

DET. MORRIS

Any DNA under them?

MEGAN:

All in good time, Detective.

(continuing to the head

and mouth)

Looks like she ground her teeth.

Another stress indicator. Was she

up for partner?

The Detectives exchange another look.

DET. BAKER

That's right.

Like everything else, Megan files this away -

MEGAN:

Scarring on the skull above the

hairline. Peter, check for any

prior head injuries in her medical

files.

(continuing)

Now this is interesting.

DET. MORRIS

What?

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MEGAN:

A small growth at the base of her

neck. Some kind of nodule or

neoplasm. Peter, make sure you get

a sample to the lab -

An impatient sigh escapes Det. Morris' mouth.

MEGAN:

Yes, Detective Morris?

DET. MORRIS

She got her head bashed in. Can we

get to the murder weapon already?

Megan pauses from her examination to look at him.

MEGAN:

There are over 100 trillion cells

in the human body, 60,000 miles of

arteries, veins and capillaries,

208 bones, 40 plus organs and

dozens of life sustaining systems

from cardiovascular to respiratory

and at any given moment anything

can go wrong with any one of them.

When the range of possibilities is

infinite I abide by one rule and

one rule only:
the body is the

evidence. It will tell us

everything we need to know, if we

have the patience to look.

DET. MORRIS

You could have told us that before

you called us in here.

MEGAN:

If it's going to be good for you it

has to be good for me too, okay

Detective?

Det. Morris' jaw drops.

DET. MORRIS

You're something else.

MEGAN:

I know.

DET. MORRIS

I'm gonna get some coffee.

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Det. Morris heads for the door. Megan turns Angela's head *

around to inspect the wound. As she speaks, Det. Morris *

slows to a stop. *

MEGAN:

The skull has collapsed into theoccipital lobe in a V-shaped

depression. Extensive tissue and

hair loss and flecks of rust

throughout. The murder weapon was

something heavy, maybe cast iron,

and square with a dull edge,

possibly a large plumber's wrench

or some kind of mallet. And

Detective?

DET. MORRIS

Yeah?

MEGAN:

I take mine with cream, no sugar.

A beat. Det. Morris shakes his head and pushes his way out

the door. All of which Det. Baker has secretly enjoyed. No *

one, we get the feeling, talks to her partner this way, *

including her. *

DET. BAKER

I heard you were some big

neurosurgeon a few years back.

Megan heads to a work table and a tray of instruments. She

picks up a scalpel. For just a moment, she stares at it. It

used to feel like an extension of her hand. But no more.

MEGAN:

That's right.

DET. BAKER

So why are you working here?

Megan turns back to the examination table. She positions the

scalpel at Angela's right shoulder, angled towards the base

of the sternum -

MEGAN:

You can't kill someone when they're

already dead.

--and begins to cut.

END OF ACT ONE:

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ACT TWO:

FADE IN:

INT. MEGAN'S OFFICE -MORNING

Megan leans against her desk staring at her computer screen

as she talks on the phone -MEGAN

(into phone)

This is Dr. Hunt.

the Crystal Ball.

Calling about

Is it in yet?

(pause)

Great. I'll be by later.

She hangs up. And finds Peter staring at her from the

doorway.

PETER:

I always knew you were a witch.

Unlike Elliot, Peter is a man's man. On whom Megan must have

the upper hand, lest he have it on her.

MEGAN:

Then you should watch yourself,

shouldn't you.

He shrugs this off with a smile as he enters. He peers at

her computer screen.

MEGAN:

It's a handbag.

PETER:

Does it come with a broom?

MEGAN:

Are you here just to annoy me?

PETER:

I put Angela's stomach contents in

storage. That liquid we found was

Gatorade. And the tissue samplefrom her neck is at the lab.

MEGAN:

So is her diaphragm, right?

PETER:

Yeah, that too.

(beat)

About that....

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MEGAN:

Yes?

PETER:

Why does a woman wear a diaphragm

on her morning run?

MEGAN:

Either she had or was planning on

having sex this morning, or...?

She waits. He has no idea.

MEGAN:

The diaphragm was stained with old

blood. Some women use them as a

menstrual barrier before getting

their period.

PETER:

I didn't know that.

MEGAN:

Clearly. You find out about that

scar above her hairline?

PETER:

I've got calls in to her primary

physician and two specialists we

know about, but it'll take time.

MEGAN:

Then let's find out for ourselves.

Megan heads for the door. Peter knows what this means.

PETER:

Brain dissection. Cool.

INT. ME'S OFFICE - MORNING

As Megan and Peter head down the hallway Megan is intercepted

by Deputy Chief Medical Examiner DR. SEMO SOLOMONA, age 41.

Semo is a Samoan man whose girth brings new meaning to

'throwing his weight around the office.'

SEMO:

Dr. Hunt.

MEGAN:

Semo.

SEMO:

I'm a doctor too, you know.

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MEGAN:

And yet no one calls you that.

Strange.

He bristles.

SEMO:

You ordered an ANA panel on a

suicide?

MEGAN:

So?

SEMO:

So he blew his brains out. What

are you doing ordering a thousand

dollar autoimmune test?

MEGAN:

Do you know why he committed

suicide?

SEMO:

No.

MEGAN:

Neither do I. But now we both know

it had nothing to do with hisimmune system.

SEMO:

Cause of death. That's our job.

The what, when and how, not the

why.

MEGAN:

Semo, have you ever heard of "going

the extra mile"?

She throws a look at his waistline. Apparently not. Semo

bristles some more.

SEMO:

I'm the Deputy Chief Medical

Examiner. The entire budget of

this office is on my shoulders.

You keep pulling this crap I don't

care how many friends you have.

MEGAN:

What makes you think I have

friends?

Peter pipes up.

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PETER:

It's true. She doesn't have any.

Semo turns. He glares at Peter, then marches back down the

hallway. Peter smiles at Megan. She gives him a look.

PETER:

What? You do have friends?

INT. EXAMINATION ROOM #2 -MORNING

Elliot walks into Examination Room #2 with a LAB TECH

trailing behind him. He flips through a lab file, searching *

for a particular result -

ELLIOT:

Tox screen negative for drugs and

alcohol. And --here we are --her

electrolytes are...

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