Christine Page #6

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with the police?

After Jimmy suskind comes out

here with a busted up cop car,

started fiddling with

his pistol,

says it doesn't shoot straight.

So I said give me your keys

and your pistol.

He said, "I ain't gonna

give you my pistol."

I'll take it for one day

and get it fixed for you.

It'll have it shooting

straighter than

a pecker in a peepshow.

He says, "alright."

Hey, madman,

take care of the front office,

I gotta take care

of a little business.

Here we go.

There you are.

Come on in.

This is it.

And...

All of these guns

belong to other people?

Only about half of 'em

I'm working on for other people.

Others, I sell to friends.

Yeah, the rest of them

are mine though.

And...

Ahh, how about that one there?

- What's that?

- That one there?

That's a bad boy,

looka there.

That's a .44.

Yeah, it's loud,

got a big kick.

It's got a lot of weight to it.

It's a damn monster.

Here, hold it.

- Really.

- Oh yeah, come on.

It ain't loaded or nothing.

There you go.

Holy cow, that's heavy.

Here.

I had no idea that

so many people

carried guns down here.

Oh sure.

Now this a .38 special.

My momma carried that

in her purse.

It aims for sh*t, but it's good

for close contact.

We just got bullets for those,

called "wadcutters."

They explode on contact.

Stop a threat dead

in its tracks.

I didn't know that

sarasota was a

town known for its threats.

Oh yeah, there's threats

everywhere.

There's a fever settling into

this country, miss chubbuck.

Can't you feel it?

You gotta be ready

to protect yourself.

Be aware.

You're living in

condition white.

"Condition white"?

When you're sleeping.

When you're home,

tucked in your covers.

Condition white sounds nice.

It's a victim's mentality.

Condition white is for sheep.

Condition yellow...

That's when you are

aware of your surroundings.

You're yellow when

you leave the house.

There's a bird.

There's a car.

Most people live and die

in white and yellow.

Carrying a gun on you

usually jumps you

right up to orange.

That's the next level.

That's where you want to be.

That's when you're aware of

your surroundings

and of threats.

And...

What happens after orange?

Well, that's red.

That's when you see the threat,

and you're ready to

take an action.

You carry one of these around

with you for a few weeks.

You'll see.

Changes things.

Why are you so bad?

Why are you so bad?

- Don't...!

- It's going to be nothing!

Hi, you've reached Jean Reed.

I'm probably not here,

or if I am, I'm...

That's great Wayne, re-rack it,

cue it up the preview.

Will do.

- Is Mike in his office?

- Yeah.

Oh, that is a great shot.

Yeah, I thought so.

The shoe's been

in evidence for a year,

with blood all over it,

they completely missed it.

I love it. I love it.

You've got some pep

in your step.

Yeah, I think

I've got something.

Look out for it.

Michael, I have some footage

that you need to see right now.

I think its really gonna blow

your hair back.

We're always fighting, you know?

But I think we're actually

saying the same thing.

You want flash and pizzazz,

and that's fine.

You know what?

Who am I to say that's not okay?

There's drama and tragedy

and suffering all around us.

I just want to really

get to know these issues

and the people behind them.

We need to put it in context.

The mistake we've been making is

not doubling down on the idea.

We need to go deeper.

Wayne? Where's Wayne?

Wayne!

I'm not following.

I am saying,

let's get ride of this

pedestrian idea of the news.

So-and-so did such-and-such

at this place and time...

It's so cold.

Let's really examine it.

And there's a subjectivity

to those stories

we're not tapping into.

We need to go

inside people's homes.

Really spend some time

with them.

Plant cameras.

Heck, give them the camera

so we can see what's going on

behind closed doors,

cause that is

the big question...

That we're all running around

here trying to answer,

what would it be like

to be someone else?

They did this chubbuck.

It was called "American family,"

it was on pbs last year.

I thought about that, Mike.

Wayne?

I need you, Wayne.

So I'm thinking long form,

docu-journalism

with little movies

to fill in the gaps.

Movies on the news?

Yes.

Wayne, Wayne, come on.

Stand by, I'm coming.

Cue it up.

People just watch stuff, Mike.

You know, a never-ending parade

of stuff

to distract themselves

from their miserable lives.

So I mocked up

something like

a domestic dispute

and a home invasion.

It's a little rough.

So, try to follow me here.

The door is unlocked.

Hey, you never leave

the door unlocked.

Are you home?

What you're seeing here is

a dramatic rendering

of the moment a

roommate comes home and

realizes that her friend

isn't home when she should be.

She's usually home

by nine o'clock.

This is based on that case

last year where

that girl in Reno was

abducted from her dorm room

and no one reported it

for over a week.

We've got more standard

talking-head interview

which will go right in front.

But then we just jump into this

and we don't make

a big thing out of it.

We just do it.

What is that, a knife?

What I'm looking at?

The exposure's off,

we'll adjust that.

Jean wouldn't come out

and run camera with me so...

It's a little too much

to do for one person.

Christine?

Why are you even here?

Look, chubbuck, this is...

Interesting, but...

I think you need to

develop the idea more.

I'm punting

the chicken lady tonight,

why don't you take

the rest of...

If you're punting

chicken lady anyway,

I should go on and announce it

on coming attractions.

Jesus Christ!

I'm punting the chicken lady

to make room for the

serial killer from gainesville.

It's gonna lead.

What?

Who?

Young Jean Reed, here.

She's been working as

an extracurricular activity.

Doing really good work.

Real grisly.

Exclusive stuff, too.

I tried to tell you

about it, Christine, I swear.

Is this a joke?

We do local news,

gainesville isn't local.

He's at large.

He could be anywhere.

Well, I didn't know

those were the rules.

There's no rule book, chubbuck.

And I don't need

your permission.

Excuse me.

I never wanted to do

a chicken story anyway!

Good, I'm glad we agree.

You know, Mike, just because your

wife has a drinking problem,

doesn't mean you get

to treat me like this!

That's on you,

don't put it on me!

That's on you!

I'm just trying to do my best

for this station!

And it isn't easy!

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Are you f***ing kidding me?

You f***ed up again!

And now you insult me?

You insult my family?

I got half my savings

invested in this station.

I believe in it.

What do you believe in?

What are you doing

to make a mark?

Okay.

I'll do the chicken lady.

But there's gonna have to be

some changes around here.

Christine!

Go home!

Have you even seen the flowers

that Gail has put out for us?

They're fake!

Mike, just fake!

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